Posts by smiddy3

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''Special Letter'' to be Read In Canada Week of Feb 3,2019

by Beth Sarim in

i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.

anybody heard of this!!

just a heads-up!

smiddy3

This rings a bell was it the 1970`s ? when "Special brochures" were to be distributed D2D a different one every month or so and we weren`t to waste time talking to people just to get to as many homes as possible in the time we were out in the service.

Speculation was rife among the R&F that their were going to be seven and the last one was to be a hard hitting "hailstones" like message that would bring on the great tribulation .

Comparison was made about marching around jericho and the seven trumpets bringing down the walls .

Of course nothing of the sort happened , it was a big let down.

Anybody remember that time ?

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Jehovah's Witnesses Called At My Door

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

last saturday morning, i answered a knock at my door to see a man standing next to a young boy who handed me a pamphlet posing the question, "how do you view the bible?

would you say it is (1) a book of human wisdom?

(2) a book of myths and legends?

smiddy3

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, a Watchtower publication, and turned to page 23 of the Foreword, pointing out the following statement, "While inclining to view the pronunciation Yahweh as [I paused to let the man read the next phrase aloud] the more correct way, [and I continued reading] we have retained the form Jehovah because of people's familiarity with it since the 14th century."

I never realized this was in this book also ,I only remembered it being in the "Aid" book and that is really telling in the fact that they claim to be the only one`s Highliting and making known GOD`s name when they admit its not his correct name ? and a name that was invented by a catholic monk in the 13th Century no less.?

It could be argued here that it is Jehovah`s Witnesses who are hiding the "true " name of GOD.

That`s priceless.

And the fact that they say peoples familiarity with the name Jehovah since the 14th Century ?

Doesn`t that clash with their claim that Christendom and the world have been trying to hide the name of God ?

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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Ever Do Anything For Anyone But Themselves?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i was thinking of how witnesses were always admonished to take care of their own before they should ever help a worldly neighbor.

i don’t think they ever do anything for the community unless it’s a benefit to them..

smiddy3

The G.B. / Jehovah`s Witnesses claim they are not a charity and that it is the responsibility of family members to look after the elderly or infirm Jehovah`s witnesses and not their job to do so.

Failing that they will tell you to use the Government sponsored programs and Churches as well as the local community to get the needed help .

Funny how "The God of Love" Jehovah`s chosen people fail to help their aged loyal servants who for many years into old age spent their lives in the service to the organization that now rejects them in their time of need ,

and are told to rely on what they term as Satan`s system of things ,Govts ,Churches ,health Care ,etc.while they WTB&TS turn a blind eye and offer no help whatsoever .

And all the while the WTB&TS claim and get Charitable status around the world ?

My mind boggles.

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Baptised 52 years today!

by Phoebe in

jw
friends

january 29th - my baptism date.

can you remember how you felt at your baptism?.

i got baptised because my dad kept frightening me.

smiddy3

I`m pretty sure it was Nov.12th 1959 when I was 20 years old and my GF was 18 yrs old we got dunked at the same C.A. in St.Albans a suburb of Melbourne Australia .

I was surprised that I didn`t feel anything "special" at the time and I remember feeling very uncomfortable going D2D and not feeling any "Holy Spirit" on us.

Like most of us here I put it on the back burner and didnt wake up till 33 years later .

I`ll be 80 yrs old in July this year .

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Shunning Hath Begunith

by Solzhenitsyn in

my spouse assumed that being honest would feel liberating.

appointments were made with pimi parents to let them know of the decision to no longer be a jw.

before the tall nonfat latte at starbucks was half drunk and after her parents asked several direct questions, they stood up, hugged her and said "well this is goodbye, return to jehovah and we'll pick up right where we left off, we love you," and walked out the door.

smiddy3

olzhenitsyn

I feel for both you and your wife buddy,its no fault of you or your wife she just has to realize and accept that her parents have made that choice and the onus is upon them to heal the breach .

And that you both are their for them if they ever wake up to the real "truth"

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Remembering SuziDrums

by 3rdgen in

hello friends,.

i don't post here much anymore but still check in to read from time to time.

yesterday i thought i would send a fb msg.

smiddy3

My condolences 3rdgen I know the pain of losing someone close to your heart .

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Is this the most awkward and forced kiss in cinema?

by LoveUniHateExams in

right after rose smashes into finn's speeder, she practically sexually assaults him (#finntoo) .

besides, i thought finn had the hots for rey.

as soon as he woke up from his coma at the beginning of the film, he was like: "where da white woman at?

smiddy3

I`m lost ???

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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Ever Do Anything For Anyone But Themselves?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i was thinking of how witnesses were always admonished to take care of their own before they should ever help a worldly neighbor.

i don’t think they ever do anything for the community unless it’s a benefit to them..

smiddy3

In their mind why would they ?

Unless your a JW your going to be destroyed by Jehovah/Jesus at Armageddon because your a part of Satan the God of this system of things world .

If a JW helps a non witness who has shown no interest in becoming a JW then they would be considered helping and supporting Satan`s system of things of this world that is lying in the power of the wicked one .

In contrast to this though is this .

How many aged and infirm Jehovah`s Witnesses do you know personally that are no longer cared for by family ,and certainly not by the Organization of Jehovah`s Witnesses and are in Church funded , or Government funded institutions and cared for by these institutions that they considered a part of Satan`s system of things or Babylon The Great ?

I know a few.

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Article: D.C. Attorney general proposes making clergy ‘mandated reporters’ of abuse

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-attorney-general-proposes-making-clergy-mandated-reporters-of-abuse/2019/01/23/2a8f8f72-1f35-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html?utm_term=.1c7f810d688b.

d.c. attorney general proposes making clergy ‘mandated reporters’ of abuse.

by fenit nirappil and.

smiddy3

Clergy of whatever denomination should be mandated to report abuse whether it be sexual or physical abuse against minors or adults ,including domestic violence in the home and for that matter any crime that has been committed by a confessor to a clergyman .Elder ,Pastor or any other person who has heard of a confession of a crime in a religious setting.

It should be Mandated reporting and penalties applied for not doing so .

It should be a no brainer ?

JW`s claim they have no clergy yet claim clergy penitent privilege in a court of law .? Go figure.

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Prayerfully Considering or Seeing What Sticks

by scotoma in

jw
friends

tony says the magical words “prayerfully considering”.

presumably, this has been done many times even when they have gotten things wrong.

have a urim and thummim method of knowing the correct interpretations?

smiddy3

I sincerely believe the Bible is an instrument that you can play any tune on to suit your own particular beliefs.

I know this is not original but it is a tune I subscribe to .