Posts by smiddy3

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The ineffectiveness of the Watchtower Society preaching work

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

how can the watchtower society claim effectiveness in their 140 years of preaching the ''good news''..... spending billions of hours in ''field service'', having the ''faithful and discreet slave'' lead the preaching work, passing out billions of watchtower literature since the 1870's, while the pentecostals have been more effective using other evangelical methods?

congregations.

119,954. members.

smiddy3

I don`t think anyone here would dispute the ineffectiveness of the preaching work of Jehovah`s Witnesses .

If we mortal humans can see it then surely Jehovah God & Christ Jesus must be able to see it ?

The statistics they themselves publish or used to publish in their yearbooks testify to that fact.?Does anybody have the latest statistics as to how many hours they preach and how many actual baptisms they have annually nowadays ?

I would like to eliminate children of JW`s if possible because that would give a distorted figure.

My personal opinion is if Jehovah /Christ Jesus look at the hours preached by JW`s to make disciples per year and the actual number of people baptized as a result of their preaching I would sack them for being incompetent .

And give the job to somebody else .

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Is my situation unique ?

by Steel in

so ubm here.

i have a jw wife who in 10 years of marriage i have never seen actually read the bible, never given a witness to me, never had a biblical discussion.

for a number of years now hardly even reads the magazines.

smiddy3

Well steel maybe your wife is more awake than you realize if she is willing to pay to further your sons education in college . Good for her .And I hope your son rewards both of you by having a productive lucrative career and is a successful person that you both can be proud of knowing he would never had got their if both of you had listened to the Governing Body .

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17 October, 2018 Russia - Kerch College Massacre

by Listener in

sadly an 18 year old russian male shot and killed 20 people and injured another 70. this occurred last year on the 17th october, 2018. kim and mike (youtubers) reported this today.. the russian had been raised by his mother who is a jehovah's witness.

his ex girlfriend said that he had been subject to bullying because he was seen as different by other school kids and believed the shooting may have been a form of revenge.further information can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kerch_polytechnic_college_massacre.

his mother belonged to the local jehovah's witnesses,[27][28][29][30] limited his social activity, searched his pockets and refused to allow him to go to the cinema or use a computer, only allowing the latter when he turned 16.

smiddy3

This topic was brought up by Pit123123 who some believe was a troll a couple of days ago ,not suggesting that this event didn`t happen but it was just the way he presented it .

Maybe Mike & kim can give us a more balanced view.

Is their a link to Mike & kims utube video available here ?

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Refusing a blood transfusion

by BourneIdentity in

hello all, first post.

i've been lurking for months and figured it was time to post a few things, i've been pimo for the last couple of years.. i was doing some thinking about an adult refusing a blood transfusion, especially one that has several children.

when you married and had children, you signed up to take care of them, to love and protect them.

smiddy3

The soldiers of Saul disobeyed Gods dietary law against the eating of blood and they were not punished for it by Jehovah simply because there life was at stake and all they had to do was atone for their "sin" of disobeying his dietary law .1Sam.14: 31-35.

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Is my situation unique ?

by Steel in

so ubm here.

i have a jw wife who in 10 years of marriage i have never seen actually read the bible, never given a witness to me, never had a biblical discussion.

for a number of years now hardly even reads the magazines.

smiddy3

My experience is that many religious people are mentally lazy and are quite content to let other people do their thinking for them as to what to believe . Sub consciously they probably think the burden is off of them and rests with those that taught them.

Even when I was "in" I was surprised at how many Elders /MS did not want to discuss the Bible or religion outside of the meetings the common reason was "oh we get enough of that at our meetings this is our free time ."

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Is it OK to teach your children that Homosexuality is wrong?

by Thomasdam in

i know a few family's who have left the cult but send their kids to a religious school because of the public schools teaching many times that homosexuality is ok. the bible is clear that its a sin.

there is no just love each other and its all ok. i don't believe in the bible or any religion.

i have a niece who came out as gay and i told her i don't care.

smiddy3

Even while we were a practicing JW my Bro.in law and one of my wife`s nephew was gay while we didn`t approve of the practice we didn`t judge them in any way .We accepted them as we did the rest of our non JW family and had normal relationships with all of them .

Maybe it was because we were not born ins but converted to the religion.We had close ties with both our families .

Maybe the fact that we had moved to another state also contributed to that fact.and we only saw them once or twice a year.My bro.in law has been in his same sex relationship with his partner for more than twenty years now.

I know many JW couples whose marriage has failed long before that time and gotten divorced.

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Today is the date of Albert Einstein birthday 14 / 03

by smiddy3 in

can we let this day go past without acknowledging his contributions to the betterment of human society ?.

smiddy3

Happy belated birthday Albert Einstein ,sorry i missed it this year .

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"by their fruits you will know them."

by stillin in

you would think that the adherents of the world's only true religion would also be the best people in the world.

the witnesses use the words "cultivate godly qualities" like a mantra, over and over.

the believers feel that their attendance at meetings and their field service put them in line to gain god's favor as exceptional people.. the problem is that they aren't.

smiddy3

Just look at the Governing Body members on JW.Org ,do you see humble meek like people or do you see arrogant , smug,,puffed up with pride individuals ,who have tailor maid suits ,pinky rings ,and designer watches on.

Who travel around the world on flights giving talks at conventions all on donated monies from the rank & file.

2Thes.3:10 b "If anyone does not want to work neither let him eat" G.B. members are parasites /spongers living off of the generosity of the every day ,average JW who donates to the worldwide Kingdom work and a good percentage of that money contributes to the luxury life style that the GB members enjoy at there new headquarters in America.

While many of their sheep like JW people are living in near poverty around the rest of the world .

Especially 3rd world countries

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Universal Sovereignty

by incognito2014 in

i always thought this was nonsense, just an excuse for why there’s suffering.. but just assuming there really is this very long period of human history to allow god to prove his sovereignty.

this issue that affects every being not just on the planet but in the universe .

it’s a big deal and one that is so important that billions of people have had to suffer for 6,000 years.. .

smiddy3

Universal Sovereignty ? Don`t the Jehovah`s Witnesses / Watchtower have the bull by the tale and got it all arse about ?

Angels / Spirit creation are a step up the ladder than what humans are in intellect and power ..They also apparently can flit about all over the universe at will .

Whereas humans are limited in what they can do and are confined to this earth which severely restricts them from having much of an influence as to what happens in the universe .

So isnt it more logical for the Angels/Spirit creatures to be dealt with the question and answer of universal sovereignty " and not humans ?

Especially so since it was an Angel that tricked humans in the first place ?

Shouldn`t the onus be put on them to prove Jehovah`s Universal sovereignty and not humans ?

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You are afraid of children Jehovah witnesses after criminal tragedy in Kerch 2018?

by Pit123123 in

why are the leaders of the watchtower corporation modestly silent about this shame jehovah witnesses?.

all children jehovah witnesses potential terrorist?.

only not politics!

smiddy3

Did this tragedy get anything like the news coverage we are seeing with the NZ tragedy ?

I don`t recall seeing this before .?