Posts by smiddy3

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2020 Convention- Worse fear-mongering propaganda video

by Newly Enlightened in

https://youtu.be/p7jx8sbghck .

smiddy3

Isn`t there a couple if not a few contradictions in WT Theology in this video ? Doesn`t the narrator say that all of the Anointed ,the 144000 will by that time at the start of Armageddon be in heaven ? Didn`t they used to teach that some a small number will still be alive on earth after Armageddon ?

How many times does Jesus take up the throne and start ruling as King ? In the first century ? In 1914 ?

after Armageddon ? How many "King" hats does he wear?

This one I could be wrong about , maybe my memory is failing me a bit now ,I was thinking that Gog of Magog appeared after the one thousand year reign of Christ Jesus when Satan was let out of his prison as a final test for humans before he was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur. ?

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Theocratic Warfare: Thinking Out Loud About "Truth", "Lies" and "Characterization"

by gubberningbody in

entities, like the gb don't exist.

people do.

entities don't make decisions.

smiddy3

Maybe silent 3 should have just remained silent

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Do You Think All These Organized Demonstrations Are Productive?

by minimus in

jw
friends

from washington state to new york city to atlanta and california and so on, you see thousands of demonstrators trying to get rid of police, statues, monuments and anything they consider racially biased.. do you think this type of activity and destruction is working well for the country and it’s law abiding citizens?

?.

smiddy3

I know a lot of this got fueled by the killing of Gerald Ford but people need to refocus their frustrations and anger.

RubaDub strikes again .

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False prophets, and proud of it

by neat blue dog in

the latest wt celebrates the 100th anniversary of 1920 with an article about what happened that year:.

on march 21, 1920, joseph f. ruther-ford .

spoke on the subject“millions now living will never die.” the bi-ble students left no stone unturned in theirquest to invite interested ones to this event.they rented one of the largest theaters innew york city and distributed some 320,-000 invitations.the public responded beyond all expecta-tions.

smiddy3

Only the Watchtower can find joy in celebrating non events.

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Thoughts on Sunning and blood Doctrines.

by Phizzy in

i have a couple of thoughts on the blood and shunning doctrines, both of which have been covered well before.

here, and on j.w facts.com and elsewhere.. but i would like to point out the following, the only scriptures they can use in reality for their blood doctrine are the verses from acts chapter 15. o.t verse are really out of the question, and dishonest to use on their part, as they do not follow most of the injunctions in there!.

the context of acts 15 is a council of the apostles and others in the jerusalem congregation, to decide what they should ask of gentile christians in the way of behaviours and practices etc, as jewish christians were demanding they comply with the mosaic law, or were, at the very least offended if they did not.

smiddy3

The ARC into Institutionalised Child Sexual Abuse by organizations highlited the evil cruel practice of the Jehovah`s Witness organization of the policy of shunning of its members and especially the victims of sexual abuse by the organization.

I have yet to see any further naming or shaming of any institutions religious or otherwise or any other restrictions / loss of funding etc,put upon them for not joining up to the Redress Scheme set up by the Australian Government.

There was supposed to be a meeting to have taken place on July the 8th that I have heard nothing about .

If anybody has any information about that it would be much appreciated.

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Elder manuals

by dogisgod in

pre elder arrangement.

we had congregation overseer.

when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

smiddy3

before the elder "arrangement" came in to existence - we had congregation servant..assistant cong servant ..

And would you believe the first congregation I ever attended, two fleshly brothers filled both those positions. And their mother and father were held in very high esteem in the congregation.

The Assistant Cong.OS `s girl friend at the time played the piano at our KH wedding in 1960 .

Years later on I heard the asst.C.O.S.was charged with pornography and his then gf/wife committed suicide by walking in front of a train.

And as the person who related that info to us commented how the parents were once on a pedestal were now brought to such a low.

A very sad story.

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Thoughts on Sunning and blood Doctrines.

by Phizzy in

i have a couple of thoughts on the blood and shunning doctrines, both of which have been covered well before.

here, and on j.w facts.com and elsewhere.. but i would like to point out the following, the only scriptures they can use in reality for their blood doctrine are the verses from acts chapter 15. o.t verse are really out of the question, and dishonest to use on their part, as they do not follow most of the injunctions in there!.

the context of acts 15 is a council of the apostles and others in the jerusalem congregation, to decide what they should ask of gentile christians in the way of behaviours and practices etc, as jewish christians were demanding they comply with the mosaic law, or were, at the very least offended if they did not.

smiddy3

Rub is a funny guy,I like his/ her posts

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NY Tribunal Rejects Fuel Tax Refund For Religious Group

by Rattigan350 in

https://www.law360.com/tax-authority/articles/1292663/ny-tribunal-rejects-fuel-tax-refund-for-religious-group.

ny tribunal rejects fuel tax refund for religious group.

by abraham gross

smiddy3

Good news . Now if only the New York Tax Tribunal could also see that the WTB&TS is really a Real Estate Enterprise first and foremost posing as a religion to claim Tax Exemptions .

Isn`t this a Tax scam of some sort ?

Taking into consideration their Kingdom Hall Trust Funds where Congregations hand over deeds and titles in exchange for waivering loans owing only to have the same congregations vote to continue to dedicate the same amount of $$$$ to the Organization in a Resolution indefinitely.

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Watchtower June 2020 Article, '' Return to Me''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | june 2020. .

study article 26.

6 who can share in the search for inactive ones?

smiddy3

Its been a few years now since my niece and her two boys visited my wife and I as they were leaving the town we are living in to go where the need is great? They never even visited her mother or stepfather when leaving.

And we never hear anything more from her when these articles about returning to the Borg come out.I`m sure while she lived here she let the Elders know we were JW`s and that I was an MS and just don`t attend anymore.

However we have never had a shepherding call from any of the Elders in the 14 years we have been living here.

I might add that in the mid 70`s we did live here for a year and attended this congregation before we moved interstate and joined another congregation.

Do you ever get the feeling , what`s wrong with me ? Why haven`t they tried to get me back in ? LOL

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Where Is BLONDIE?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i might have missed this but blondie was always one of the best posters here.

her analysis and commentary was spot on.. is everything ok with her?

.

smiddy3

Distancing herself from the Watchtower and wanting nothing more to do with it I can fully understand .

However cutting herself off from so many here who consider her a true friend I find a bit disappointing.

Its like Blondie is shunning all of us without any explanation that I find so sad.