Posts by eyeuse2badub

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When you stop & think about it ,why would Gods chosen people in the Old testament need an army ?

by smiddy in

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friends

as the op states why would israel /jewish nation need to have an army at all ?

if they were the chosen people as the bible states under a theocracy , why would the men of israel need an army .?

to protect them ?.

eyeuse2badub

Fantastic post Smiddy. I've raised this same question many times to my jw friends and family. Of course, they have no reasonable answer. With the 1 angel killing 185,000 soldiers in 1 night and with no bloody battle taking place, why the need of a human army? Unless, possibly, that story is, god forbid, just a story!

David_Jay

Great comments David_Jay regarding the history of the Jews and their weird religion. I think you covered most of it except you didn't mention that the Bible, as we have it today, is simply Jewish mythology and nothing more!

just saying!

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Fiji: Tears of joy for villagers

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

from the fiji times.

see also https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5673136815079424/fiji-houses-built-love.

tears of joy for villagers.

eyeuse2badub

This is truly a heart-warming story of human kindness. Too bad the god of the universe just didn't redirect this huge storm around this location. If he/she would have done that, then no need for all the suffering. But then there would have been no photo opps or publicity for his organization!

just saying!

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Interperatation of Revelation 13 due for an update?

by pale.emperor in

regarding the watchtower interpretation of revelation 13 https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201105/seventh-world-power-bible-history/ - identifying the usa and britain as part of the legs of iron from daniels vision... i think they're gonna have to update this one in the next decade.. trump seems to be the last person who'd work closely with a female prime minister for one, secondly, us brits aint so powerful as we once was.

trump appears to be pretty ok with dealing with russia and for all we know could become an ally with them.. your thoughts?.

now that i read the watchtower interpretation of revelation without my jw spectacles on, it's laughable that they come to these conclusions..

eyeuse2badub

Maybe now that jw's are familiar with the term "overlapping generations", they will also accept it when the gb introduces the term "under-performing prophecies".

just saying!

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Why Is YHWH Used Regularly In OT and NEVER in NT?

by minimus in

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friends

and if the name jehovah is that important why is it that jesus christ never use that name in a record of scriptures?.

eyeuse2badub

Why would god go to soooo much trouble to preserve his word the bible from the dastardly satanic culprits who tried to destroy it but not take the same care to preserve his name and it's proper pronunciation?

just asking!

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November broadcast makes thier strategy clear.

by Crazyguy in

thier talk at this summers district conventions about shunning faders was a bit unclear and many said it was pointing out that only jws were to shun wrongdoers not specifically faders.

this new broadcast makes it now obvious that those who leave the meetings have left jehovah so therefore they are to be shunned as a form of discipline.

there can be no mistake that they do not want any of thier cult members associating with faders or those that have left the cult.

eyeuse2badub

I was a 'prominent' elder in our congregation for many years. I was a 'lifer' so to speak till I finally admitted ttatt to myself. I've been faded for about 7 years now but attend on some Sundays and the RC's just to keep up with the latest, greatest, most recent, divinely revealed (but possibly uninspired) new lite.

I get a very warm reception at the kh and all my old fellow elders just sort of keep their distance.

I do my reverse witnessing to those that I know will listen to facts and reason!

just saying!

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Relatives of those who have lost their lives putting faith of life or death in a religion that is neither Inspired nor Infallible.

by smiddy in

with the admission of the governing body that they are neither inspired nor infallible , i am curious to know how many of you people from all around the world know of somebody ,a relative or friend , who lost their life because of following the dictates of a religion that now says they are neither inspired nor infallible.,that they now admit they make mistakes.. how many people have needlesly died having followed the jehovahs witness religions policys regarding not getting your child vaccinated against diseases ,which was the case years ago, not having organ transplants as that was considered cannilbalismm years ago ,and since the mid 1940`s the ban on jehovahs witnesses having blood transfusions.. yet somehow today you can have fractions of blood donated by non jw`s who are designated as people to be destroyed at armageddon because they follow satans system of things,.

blood that is donated by these people ,stored in a laboratory , and processed into fractions by laboratory staff and given to jehovahs witnesses with their consent.with no consequences to them for doing so.. blood is not poured out on the ground and not used for any purpose as their bible the nwt dictates.or any other bible for that matter..

eyeuse2badub

The oldest son of one of my very best jw friend's died needing a blood transfusion to give him a fighting chance in his battle with a blood disease.

Then the "new lite" regarding blood fractions was handed down by 'god's channel of communication'. The boy could probably have made it with the fractions but too little too late for him. Years later my grief stricken friend took his own life because he never got over the bullsh*t ruling from the gb!

I find it extremely hypocritical also that jw's can 'donate' blood by having blood drawn for medical testing to determine certain medical conditions. So we can't take blood to save us from a known medical condition and thereby extend our life, but we can donate our blood to have it tested, inspected, homogenized, and pasteurized to determine if we have a disease that can shorten our life.

Every time my 'still in' jw wife goes to have a 'blood test', I remind her that she is actually donating blood and has no idea what happens to that "sacred" blood once she leave the lab. So far she hasn't commented.

just saying!

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Sheep and the Goats - The Light Gets Brighter

by nmthinker in

perhaps some of you remember a new understanding of the sheep and the goats in the epic march 2015 wt study edition - specifically the article "loyally supporting christ's brothers".. while this article was studied many months ago, it was instrumental in helping me wake up.

during my study of the 2015 article i recalled that we had just revised our understanding of the sheep and the goats a few years ago and this caused me to research the real progression of the jw understanding of this parable.

i put the results of my research in an excel spreadsheet.. .

eyeuse2badub

How much money does one need to contribute to be a sheep?

just asking!

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Intelligent design thought.

by Crazyguy in

ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.

eyeuse2badub

Since no one knows how we got here, why we are here, and how long we will be here, one persons guess is as good as another's. That how religion has flourished-by providing bullsh*t guesses and calling them answers!

just saying!

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Update on U.S. Local Design/Construction Arrangement—November 2016

by wifibandit in

update on u.s. local design/construction arrangement—november 2016 video will be considered the week of november 7, 2016. english and spanish.

eyeuse2badub

The only reason they have the option of consolidating congregations into fewer kingdom halls is because the halls are half empty. They must have given up on their hope of filling halls to capacity through the preaching work. Amen brother!

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"Faithful slave" can you READ the Bible - let alone EXPLAIN it?

by The Searcher in

an org myth debunked - by the book they claim to have a better understanding of, than other religions.wt14 11/15 p. 30 - who are the two witnesses mentioned in revelation chapter 11?.

"......the account refers to god’s anointed ones who took the lead during a difficult time of testing.. so in the fulfillment of revelation chapter 11, the anointed brothers who took the lead at the time of the establishment of god’s kingdom in heaven in 1914 preached "in sackcloth" for three and a half years.

at the end of their preaching in sackcloth, these anointed ones were symbolically killed when they were thrown into prison for a comparatively shorter period of time, a symbolic three and a half days.

eyeuse2badub

They have been trying to explain this Hebrew mythology (the Bible) forever. Ain't going to ever make sense!

just saying!