Posts by smiddy3

4

Where is it written?

by Ultimate Axiom in

some time ago i came across this quote claiming to be from a watchtower publication;.

1953 –“bible chronology also fixes the time for christ's second presence and the assuming of his right to rule as at 1914; this date was published in the watchtower as early as 1879, 35 years before 1914.” (tscp 3).

this is of course misleading, for while the date was indeed published in watchtowers from the very beginning, christ’s second presence and his becoming king were not assigned to that year until many years after (1933 and 1922 respectively, to be precise)..

smiddy3

The Watchtower /Governing Body /Jehovah`s Witnesses are notorious for re-writing their own history .

In other words lying about their past statements.

And to quote their own words that they apply to others and in this case applys to them John 8:44

"You are from your father the devil......He did not stand fast in the truth,because truth is not in him.when he speaks the lie he speaks according to his own disposition because he is a liar and the father of the lie.

And when JW/G.B.W.T. lie about their past history they show who their God really is.

30

Do You Believe In Polls?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

i think polls can be and often are skewered.

i don’t trust them..

smiddy3

I know there is a North Pole and a South Pole ,because I have been told there is in school. I havent been there to either Pole so I can`t verify it.

I`m a skeptic now because I used to believe everything in the WT until I found out it was all lies .

6

Poem about shunning.

by R1001 in

the shunning .

he places the smiles .

wherever politeness asks, .

smiddy3

Welcome to the forum R1001 , your poem was bloody long but I got to the end ,and there was a lot to commend it ,a few home truths and it certainly had a message in it.

Tell us a little about yourself (without divulging too much that would identify you ) Do you see yourself as a poet ?

or is it just a hobby ? are you a teenager ? What has been your experiences with the JW`s and what do you hope to acheive by joining this forum ? Their is a wealth of valuable information on here about the JW religion that is not available at a KH so feel free to ask anything you want .

And as I said welcome R1001

2

Netherlands Report TL/DR Version

by HiddenPimo in

conclusions .

▪ a total of 751 participants shared their experiences of sexual abuse within the jehovah's witness community via our contact point.

these experiences included 292 accounts from people with personal experience of abuse and 459 accounts from people who know somebody who suffered abuse.

smiddy3

And the Jehovah`s Witness religion here in Australia has still not signed up to the Redress Scheme and there is no indication they plan to do so in the near future.

I was made aware of this today from the Govt.site.

9

A Beautiful Day in The neighbourhood ,Mr Rogers.

by smiddy3 in

i saw this movie today and i am amazed that their were 31?

seasons of it ?

that it enthralled children and adults ?.

smiddy3

I saw this movie today and I am amazed that their were 31? seasons of it ? That it enthralled children and adults ?

In the movie he came across in real life how he was in his kids TV shows and he annoyed me somewhat.

Sugary sweet ,syrupy ,didn`t talk like a normal human being and never got out of his character TV personality role.

And the kids loved him ? I`m glad I wasn`t subjected to his show as a kid.

5

Trailer for the Oxygen documentary exposing JW abuse coverup

by krismalone in

https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/heres-a-trailer-for-a-new-documentary-about-a-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/.

smiddy3

The first part airs on Feb.the 8th and the second part on Feb.the 9th .

As for this documentary getting worldwide coverage it largely depends on each and everyone of us to see that it does by doing our part in spreading the word around on social media and any other means at our disposal.

13

Another stay in talk

by road to nowhere in

we got a local talk.

keep away from outside influences, and marginal witnesses(me?).

keep up prayer, study, all that.

smiddy3

Why did Jehovah keep company with Satan for thousands of years before war started in heaven and he was cast out .?

Jehovah did not shun Satan for thousands of years ,Satan could come and go as he pleased in heaven.

read the book of Job and realise Satan wasn`t cast out of heaven until 1919 / or thereabouts .

Is heaven such a great place to be if a war can take place their ? If it happened once it can happen again.

Think about Jesus and his relationship with Satan ,they had a good parley / parley for 40 days on top of a mountain,

Where Jesus was supposed to have been tempted ? what for fourty days ? Come on how many temptations can you give a person for 40 days ? they must have been having a good old time.

Oh by the way Jesus never did shun Satan either because Satan was prepared as was Jesus for satan to test him again at another time.

Also it wasn`t until 1914-19 according to JW`s that Jesus cast him out of heaven , so he also hobnobed with him for thousands of years without shunning Satan

How long does it take for a Jehovah`s witness to shun a fellow believer ?

4

Australian Royal Commission question looking back

by Aussie Oz in

after all the attention the royal commission focused on the wt and the damning report that came out, has anything changed at the congregational level or to wt policy?.

i am getting the sense from what i have found that really it accomplished little more than embarrassing the wt and upsetting the jws for a while.. am i wrong in that thought?.

oz.

smiddy3

You can get a feed back from the Redress scheme as I did today which lists those who have joined the Redress scheme and those who have not joined as of this date.

It also lists those who have not yet joined but that will do so in the near future .

The Jehovahs Witness religion has not joined as of today and has not indicated that they intend to join in the future.

The cut-off date for joining the redress scheme is in june this year.And those who do not take up this option will definetely undergo greater scrutiny as to why they didn`t do so in the 2 year period they had to join.

And it will be there for everybody to see if my understanding is correct.It will not be a good advertisement for the JW religion .

Is that what they want ? and cry persecution ? Nothing would surprise me now with this religion.

29

Wt. April 2020 Revised Joel Prophecy

by BluesBrother in

if this has been posted before, then my apologies..... article in april ‘20 wt changes the view of the locust swarm prophecy...formerly believed to describe the worldwide preaching by anointed.

”simply put, these verses refer, not to our zealous preaching work, but to the activity of the babylonian army that invaded jerusalem in 607 b.c.e.”.

they also tie in the giving of holy spirit to the congregation at pentecost and thereafter.. the article is available to read in full on our least favourite website.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-april-2020/an-attack-coming-from-the-north/.

smiddy3

"Well now, can we see a little bit of a parallel here? 1919, in 1919 according to official records, there were fewer than 6,000 publishers of the Good News but has Jehovah blessed the efforts of those 6.000 publishers? By the end of the century, he certainly had shown that he had blessed the efforts of the brothers...."

In other words any religion that started up in the 1800`s and has larger increases in their membership than the Jehovah`s Witnesses must have Jehovah`s greater approval ,yes ?

Or for that matter any religion that has started after Jesus was raised from the dead and sat at his Fathers right hand and has more followers than the JW`s today they must have Jehovah`s blessing more than the Jehovah`s Witnesses .

They must be Gods Chosen people in our day. What religions have greater numbers than Jehovah`s Witnesses ?

Don`t be lazy google it . you might be surprised .

25

"Fine Witness" diluted in latest experience

by neat blue dog in

the latest jwdotorg experience starts very familiarly:.

danielle, one of jehovah’s witnesses in south africa, found a bag that a customer had left behind in a coffee shop.

inside the bag was a wallet with money and credit cards.. when the owner met her to get it back,.

smiddy3

Who are these so called experiences supposed to impress ? Those that are in ? or are they supposed to impress studys & new interest ones ?

These type of experiences happen all of the time with so called worldly persons ,people who belong to other faiths and people who have no faith in God or Jesus .

The G.B. of JW`s like to paint everybody not a JW as a criminal with no conciense and no morals ,which is absurd.

And I find it funny how not a few fundamentalist religions use these same type of storys to impress their followers.