Posts by smiddy3

I had a few good laughs also though I must say I gave paul a W for volume at first it was a bit hard to hear or understand him and he could improve on that .

Otherwise well done and I look forward to improvement next time LOL

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Anyone know the significance of the three days and nights Jesus is dead?

by Crazyguy in

in my studies i’ve come to realize that most dying and rising gods such as inanna, jesus and others all were dead three days and nights.

the moon is dead as far as man not being able to see it in the sky three days and nights but many of these gods are not associated with the moon, osiris maybe being the only exception.

have any of you in your research come up with a plausible idea on why there all dead just threes days and three nights?.

smiddy3

The Israelite`s had a thing with other numbers also didn`t they , as well as the number 3.?

Such as 7 , 10 , 12 , 40 , 144 ,all of which feature in numerous scriptures and prophetic writings.

And the WatchTower publications of Jehovah`s Witnesses has also alluded to its members of the importance of these numbers over time.

7,000 years for 1 Creative day.

7. Heavenly completion

6. Earthly imperfection

10. ? { I forget this one }

etc,etc.

Hence their continued fascination with predicting Armageddon / End of the World / Great tribulation and such.

The six thousand years of human existence was first taught to finish in the late 1800`s and later it was revised to end about October 1975.

Armageddon was first taught to happen in 1914 ,then 1918 .

The resurrection of faithful men of old ,Abraham ,Issac ,and Jacob was supposed to happen in 1925 .

None of which ever happened .

The carrot of the New World Of Paradise is forever dangled in front of the gullible Jehovah`s Witnesses and the threat of everlasting destruction keeps them in check.

Not to mention the threat of losing their family and friends and forever being shunned if they ever leave the J.W. religion .

Which is emotional blackmail.

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Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Blood Doctrine / Kerry louderback Wood and her Thesis.

by smiddy3 in

i just thought i might bring this up again for the many new people that that have come to this site .. the subject : "the tort of misrepresentation of blood transfusions by jehovah`s witnesses" by kerry louderback wood.

kerry louderback wood p.a.law firm 2005. if you are interested in the subject download it as i am useless in doing so.

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smiddy3

Thank you lastmanstanding for supplying the link,its astounding how many times the sin of omission and misrepresentation occur in just this one pamphlet on Blood printed by the WTB&TS

There outright deceit is nothing short of criminal

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Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Blood Doctrine / Kerry louderback Wood and her Thesis.

by smiddy3 in

i just thought i might bring this up again for the many new people that that have come to this site .. the subject : "the tort of misrepresentation of blood transfusions by jehovah`s witnesses" by kerry louderback wood.

kerry louderback wood p.a.law firm 2005. if you are interested in the subject download it as i am useless in doing so.

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smiddy3

I just thought I might bring this up again for the many new people that that have come to this site .

The subject : "The Tort of Misrepresentation Of Blood Transfusions by Jehovah`s Witnesses" by Kerry louderback Wood

Kerry Louderback Wood P.A.law firm 2005

If you are interested in the subject download it as I am useless in doing so.

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My New Found Patriotism

by pale.emperor in

i'm not entirely sure where this has come from, but these past few months i've found myself gradually becoming more and more involved politically and identifying myself differently.

we all remember what it was like as jws, no political involvement whatsoever, no national pride, no singing the national anthem or saluting the flag etc.

the watchtower literature always shown artists renditions of nationalism or politics like this:.

smiddy3

Well said pale emperor as an Aussie i think I can agree with you ,well 75% without the footy thing

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Has God preserved His word today?

by JW Answers in

has god preserved his word today?

many people attack, doubt and fault god's word.

yet god has made several promises in his word.he promised to preserve his word unto every generation,he promised that every word would be truth,he promised that we can rely and depend on his every word.satan wants nothing more than to dismiss, and cast doubt on god's word... so the question today is... do we have god's preserved word today?

smiddy3

If there is no GOD then obviously there is no word of GOD.

He/She hasn`t been proven to exist to date so why should we believe that GOD`s word exists ?

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Anyone notice there has not been any announcement for the annual meeting broadcast this year?

by nowwhat? in

let the speculation begin!.

smiddy3

It has obviously already been announced but only to those with "ears" of understanding.

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How to ween them off their 'drug' addiction!

by stuckinarut2 in

the other day, we were discussing the similarities that a jw has to a drug addict.

(or any form of addiction really).

as jws, we constantly required "another hit" to keep the cravings at bay, or to keep the level of "high" as a "spiritual" person.. yet another jw related activity - ministry, meetings, publications, assemblies etc...just to keep the high level of euphoria.. but what happens when the "drug" supply is cut off?

smiddy3

This is an excellent post stuckinarut2 and pe makes some good points to your thread ,not that i can offer anything more insightful ,I just hope many more people can come up with positive suggestions as its a good thread.

As JWs, we constantly required "another hit" to keep the cravings at bay, or to keep the level of "high" as a "spiritual" person.

Yet another JW related activity - ministry, meetings, publications, assemblies etc...just to keep the high level of euphoria.

A good observation stuckinarut2 I hope many more people respond as I also would like to hear what others have to say about this .

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What I wish I had known at 18

by NewYork44M in

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friends

the financial times had an article with the above question.

the author asked various people to answer the question.. https://www.ft.com/content/169705e4-b4dd-11e8-b3ef-799c8613f4a1.

while i was not interviewed, if i was asked this question i would say that i wish i had known in 1975, when i was 18, that i was raised in a cult and that the continued focus on armageddon over my lifetime was a cruel joke.

smiddy3

What do you wish you had known at 18?

That the J.W.religion was a religious cult / real estate / publishing / fraud that has caused thousands of deaths due to wrong information on medical information and caused untold damage to minors who have been sexually abused within the religion and Elders have never reported such sexual abuse to the appropriate authorities and even silenced victims with charges of slander if ever they speak out about such abuse without 2 witnesses to back their claim.

Also the sham they have of getting voluntary free labour to build KH`s dedicate those halls to Jehovah and then sell them off for a profit and keep the money at American H.Q.with nothing going back to the Congregation that supplied the labour ,time effort,and personal expense in building the hall.

Had I known all of this and more I would never have joined this cult as a 19 year old in 1960