Posts by smiddy3

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Amber Scorah on cults

by dozy in

amber gives a superb talk here.

i couldn't help but contrast her delivery - fluent , articulate , without any notes - not even a rostrum or podium to hide behind - with the numerous talks and items i heard when i was a jw.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7wfpaqcqcw.

i am reading her book " leaving the witness " just now - it is superb - i just can't put it down.

smiddy3

Yes it was Amber Scorah in the article of The believer,if you will do a Wikipedia search you will find heaps of info about her.

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Oscar Nominations for 2020

by LoveUniHateExams in

yes, folks, it will soon be that time of year when obscenely wealthy actors, script writers and directors will collect their oscars and give little thank you speeches, strangely working in social commentary and/or extinction rebellion propaganda.. i know it's a huge back-slapping exercise that many people (including me) find off-putting.. but, there is one nomination that i've got my eye on and hope will win its category.

its nomination is for best cinematography and the film is the lighthouse (2019), directed and co-written by robert eggers.

i haven't seen it yet but it's on my 'to see list', as i really liked eggers's previous (debut) film, the witch (2016).. i'll definitely buy the lighthouse when it comes out on dvd.

smiddy3

War is futile alright > we bomb the shit out of them and then when we win we go about building their country up again and in the case of Germany we bomb the shit out of them again and again go about building them up again.

Look also at Japan ,and Vietnam ,just to name a few.

I want to see the movie Beneath Hill 30 ? ( is that what its called ?) about the miners digging their way into history.?

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Who make up the new memorial partakers?

by jwfacts in

when the doctrine regarding 1935 being the close of the calling was done away with in 2007, it was not unexpected to see the number rise.

over the next few years it went from around 8,500 to 10,500. this seemed to indicate that there were a couple of thousand people that may have felt they had the calling all along, but too shy to profess it.

for the 30 year period between the mid 1978 and 2007, parktakers had barely dropped.

smiddy3

I personally know of 2 that has reached my ears .Both of which have been associated with the religion for many years and are probably now in their late 50`s early sixties.And both are female.

I suspect 2 or 3 others that I know.

Personally I think its tied up with being tired of hearing the big A is just around the corner and have opted to claim to be of the anointed expecting to die before the big A strikes .

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Oscar Nominations for 2020

by LoveUniHateExams in

yes, folks, it will soon be that time of year when obscenely wealthy actors, script writers and directors will collect their oscars and give little thank you speeches, strangely working in social commentary and/or extinction rebellion propaganda.. i know it's a huge back-slapping exercise that many people (including me) find off-putting.. but, there is one nomination that i've got my eye on and hope will win its category.

its nomination is for best cinematography and the film is the lighthouse (2019), directed and co-written by robert eggers.

i haven't seen it yet but it's on my 'to see list', as i really liked eggers's previous (debut) film, the witch (2016).. i'll definitely buy the lighthouse when it comes out on dvd.

smiddy3

If lighthouse wins anything in any category I`ll eat my hat !Stars out of five? Zero

Having said that joachin phoenix for Joker .as best actor

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A Song to Jehovah's Praise - rejected!

by Terry in

jw
friends

as an obedient little jw at age 20, i was serving time in federal prison in the late 60's, and the 40 brothers inside seagoville prison decided to stage our own assembly.i was the music servant.

(we didn't have elders back then.

)the theme of the assembly mimicked the free world assemblies being held outside.long story short:i composed (what i think and everyone else thought was) a very good song titled:following the fine shepherd as the end draws near.we rehearsed it (bros who had instruments) and the consensus revealed it was a winner._____excerpt:"jehovah god above, we owe you all our love; you are our shepherd and we follow you.though satan demands, that we must compromise; we'd sooner face death than be wrong in your eyes.now and forevermore, we fear not satan's roar;you are our shepherd and we follow you.

smiddy3

from hundreds of years ago.Terry ,i think you should try getting some other Christian Religion interested in publishing your song and dont be fussy who might take it up .

That could be an up yours JW if somebody did take it up .

It`s a lie that JW`s make that christendom hide the name Jehovah because many years ago I went to a funeral of a work colleague who died in an accident at a Uniting Church service and one of the songs was a prayer to Jehovah.

Plus many churches all around the world have the name Jehovah inscribed in stone from hundreds of years ago.

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For heaven's sake , Jan 1-5 weekly program

by waton in

january one.

genesis one wt mental gymnastics.

gen 1:1 earth created in the beginning, ?

smiddy3

I always thought it strange that the creation epic was divided into 7 parts

Coming on this site was an eye opener how much the bible could be related to numerology .

Think about how often these numbers spring up in the Bible .?

7 ,10, 12, 40, 12 times 12 , 144,000 .

Gen 1:7 created expanse between waters on the surface and "canopy" at heights. "Canopy" (quoting wt here) is a fitting term for a cover over a flat earth. now:

I thought that was a great find "canopy" and the definition that goes with that word.

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Notes From an Elders Meeting

by WinstonSmith in

so in this past week i came across a stash of my old elder stuff.

i've scanned a bunch of notes and agendas, and public talk outlines.. check out an agenda and my notes from the meeting here: https://imgur.com/gallery/qqmyczn.

i’ve put an explanatory note on each image in imgur.

smiddy3

Could this be a pandoras box if more ex-elders made these notes more public ? Or would it be opening up ex-Elders for liability in disclosing this information or even incriminating them in some way ?

Just asking.

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Double Standards of the Watchtower

by Vanderhoven7 in

are you aware of any double standards promoted by the organization of jehovah's witnesses?

here a a few i am aware of:.

1. the wts equated joining the ymca with apostasy but felt free to join the un for 10 years (1991-2001).

smiddy3

Jehovah`s Witnesses do not have a clergy class ,however in a Court of law they claim clergy penitent ?

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Double Standards of the Watchtower

by Vanderhoven7 in

are you aware of any double standards promoted by the organization of jehovah's witnesses?

here a a few i am aware of:.

1. the wts equated joining the ymca with apostasy but felt free to join the un for 10 years (1991-2001).

smiddy3

Double standards ? Speaks out of Both Sides of their Mouth ,sums up the Governing body of JW`s to a tee.

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For heaven's sake , Jan 1-5 weekly program

by waton in

january one.

genesis one wt mental gymnastics.

gen 1:1 earth created in the beginning, ?

smiddy3

And why has Christianity and belief in the Bible lasted so long ? Because its been in the interests of Governments and Religion as a means of controlling the population and manipulating them for their own advantage .

And this is true of governments that tolerate all forms of major Religions in their Countries. Its all about control ,control of the masses .