Posts by smiddy3

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Have You Been Invited To This Year’s Memorial ?

by minimus in

jw
friends

last year was the first time i didn’t get an invitation to the lord’s evening meal.

i think they finally gave up on me..

smiddy3

Hooray ! We recieved our invite today, sadly though I was sitting on the throne when they knocked on the door and mrs smiddy didn`t know who it was and wasn`t dressed to answer it .Was ealy in the morning.

Something that struck me as funny in light of the Tony Morris & his twelve bottles of booze.

The address of the KH is in Beveridges Road and the "Special" Bible talk to be given on Sunday is

"Reach Out For The Real Life"

to be given on Sunday april the 14th 2019 at 10:00 am

Which is well and truly past ? WTF ? Giving you an invite to a talk that has already been given ?

And in the illustration their are only 10 people shown including Jesus apparently.

And the invitation is printed in Japan.

Is it just me or is their something seriously wrong with these people ?

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Easter etc..

by zeb in

jw
friends

i gave a chocolate to the bank staff and another shop with the greeting of 'happy easter'.. i always considered easter to be a time of reflection, especially so as in the southern hemisphere the weather is often dull.. best wishes unto you all..

smiddy3

That was very considerate of you zeb and

best wishes to you

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How many new topics can you post per day?

by HiddenPimo in

i noticed that yesterday i could make a post on someones already posted topic/thread but i was unable to start a new topic?.

i tired chrome / firefox / safari and none would allow me to post.. thanks in advance for any help.. hp.

smiddy3

You gotta have a sense of humour on this board

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The recent "Special " talk ,how many times was the name JEHOVAH mentioned VS the name JESUS

by smiddy3 in

the jehovah`s witnesses have long charged christendom`s religions falsely i might add of hiding the name of god jehovah /yahweh from their congregants ,by not using it or putting that name on the back burner so to speak ,and just using it minimally .. i`m just wondering if the jehovah`s witnesses /wtb&ts are actually guilty themselves of doing the very same thing with the name of jesus.. in the nwt of the bible 1984 edition i have in the section bible words indexed they have the name jehovah listed 80+ times ,.

however the name jesus is listed less than twenty times .. while i concede the bulk of the bible is contained by the o.t./hebrew scriptures and the n.t./christian greek scriptures are a smaller portion of the bible jehovah`s witness theology do place a lot more emphasis on jehovah than they do with jesus.. arent they guilty of trying to downplay the role of jesus christ in christianity ?

and exulting the name of jehovah which by the way goes against the christian teaching .phillipians 2:9-11.

smiddy3

SBF

Can JW`s or anybody else for that matter name one scripture in the New Testament where Christians were called to be Jehovah`s Witnesses ? ..... just one ?

However their are twenty or so scriptures that state Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus in the NT.

Acts 11:26b ' ...and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians " ...by divine providence mind you , they were called Christians not Jehovah`s Witnesses.

I`m surprised at you SBF in using Acts 4:10 while acknowledging that " in the name of Jesus Christ...and that their is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved"

you resort to the meaning of Jesus name to imply that scripture is bearing a witness for the name of Jehovah .

That is dishonest .I`m disappointed in you Slim

Nowhere in the KI word for word translation into English published by the WT in 1969 of the New Testament is the Tetragrammaton found the four Hebrew letters for Gods name nor do they appear in Greek.

Yet that name Jehovah appears in the NWT of the bible in the NT.section. Another dishonesty.

Isaiah 62:2b ..."And you will actually be called by a new name which the very mouth of Jehovah will designate"

And that name proved to be "Christians" followers of Jesus Christ .Acts 11:26b ....by divine providence.

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The recent "Special " talk ,how many times was the name JEHOVAH mentioned VS the name JESUS

by smiddy3 in

the jehovah`s witnesses have long charged christendom`s religions falsely i might add of hiding the name of god jehovah /yahweh from their congregants ,by not using it or putting that name on the back burner so to speak ,and just using it minimally .. i`m just wondering if the jehovah`s witnesses /wtb&ts are actually guilty themselves of doing the very same thing with the name of jesus.. in the nwt of the bible 1984 edition i have in the section bible words indexed they have the name jehovah listed 80+ times ,.

however the name jesus is listed less than twenty times .. while i concede the bulk of the bible is contained by the o.t./hebrew scriptures and the n.t./christian greek scriptures are a smaller portion of the bible jehovah`s witness theology do place a lot more emphasis on jehovah than they do with jesus.. arent they guilty of trying to downplay the role of jesus christ in christianity ?

and exulting the name of jehovah which by the way goes against the christian teaching .phillipians 2:9-11.

smiddy3

The Jehovah`s witnesses have long charged Christendom`s religions falsely I might add of hiding the name of God Jehovah /Yahweh from their congregants ,by not using it or putting that name on the back burner so to speak ,and just using it minimally .

I`m just wondering if the Jehovah`s Witnesses /WTB&TS are actually guilty themselves of doing the very same thing with the name of JESUS.

In the NWT of the Bible 1984 edition I have in the section Bible Words Indexed they have the name Jehovah listed 80+ times ,

however the name JESUS is listed less than twenty times .

While I concede the bulk of the Bible is contained by the O.T./Hebrew scriptures and the N.T./Christian Greek Scriptures are a smaller portion of the Bible Jehovah`s Witness Theology do place a lot more emphasis on Jehovah than they do with Jesus.

Arent they guilty of trying to downplay the role of Jesus Christ in Christianity ? and exulting the name of Jehovah which by the way goes against the christian teaching .Phillipians 2:9-11

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How would you reason with a family member who says...

by HiddenPimo in

“i know the org has made mistakes and failed in some areas but it is still better than christendom”.

ugggghhhhhh.

smiddy3

Its hard to argue with stupidity .

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special talk

by inbetween09 in

yesterday was the premiere, at least in our hall.

the special talk was given first time before the memorial and on stream, not live.. must haven been outstanding, right ?

well.... it was a rather underwhelming experience, nothing special.

smiddy3

And this was a "Special" talk given to the already baptised ones ? with maybe some pre-teens who havent been baptised yet ?

Pressure ,pressure ,pressure ,to get children baptised to boost the numbers.

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So what questions should I be asking?

by HappyBlessedFree in

so i am still trying to help my husband realize ttatt.

i have asked him some questions .

.. “are you okay with jehovah killing your mom, sister, nephew (non-witnesses) at armageddon?”.

smiddy3

Ask him if he knows that the name for GOD JEHOVAH was invented by a Spanish catholic Monk in the 13th Century.

This Spanish Catholic Monk translated the Hebrew Tetragrammaton `s 4 letters into Latin /English JHVH / YHWH

and added some vowels to those 4 letters and that`s why we today have JEHOVAH / YAHWEH for God`s name .

Is he also aware that the "Aid To Bible Understanding" first edition stated that they chose the name JEHOVAH because that was the most popular name for God in the world ?

Popular by whom ? Christendom of course who else is going to be using GOD`s name.

Centuries old churches have the name Jehovah engraved on them in Europe and here in Australia and elsewhere.

The JW religion lyingly said Christendom tries to hide the name of GOD and nothing could be further from the truth.

It is used widely in Christendom and has been for Centuries.

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Let's Talk Horror Movies

by LoveUniHateExams in

horror is easily my favourite genre of movie so i just thought i'd start a thread on it.. horror can be done badly and there are plenty of crap horror movies, no doubt about that.

but horror can also be done very well, too - often on a low budget.. plus, there are quite a lot of subgenres - slasher, supernatural, monster movies, body horror, psychological horror, zombie, vampire, etc.. so, do you like horror?.

what's your favourite subgenre?.

smiddy3

CoCo yes I loved "The Thing" from another world original and also its remake by Carpenter ?

the clip you provided doesnt work here in OZ sad to say.

How about " Lord of The Flies"

Their was another one that scared the bejeesus out of me when i was a kid that had to do with a severed hand that came up and choked the guy even after he tried to throw it in the fire . About the 1950`s?

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How many would leave the organization right now if the shunning rule was removed?

by HiddenPimo in

dream scenario: everyone is made aware of all the wrongs, the false prophecies / csa problem / double standards - .

and they would not shun, how many would jump ship?.

my parents are fully aware of the sins of the org.

smiddy3

I agree with jwundubbed it is far more complicated than what you suggest.