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Things that YHWH Never Told Me. Did You Know that YHWH Came from Egypt? Hmmmm!!
by fulltimestudent in
1. jw
2. friends
i belong to a group (best description that i can think of) that specialises in sharing academic papers.

ok, sometimes that provides me with all kinds of interesting material pertinent to my research interests.

but, sometimes, (and since i have not read all of it, i'm assuming its fair dinkum, genuine research) something turns up (not among my usual research interests) that blows my simple brain.. anyway, after a brief examination, my conclusion is this: i think charlie russell would have gone gaga over this research.. the author has named his paper, .
smiddy3

I`ll have to look at this another time ,as I`ve spent too much time on here already.
But sounds interesting.
"Our Father witcheart in Heaven" "Harold be thy name" ?
Good catch stan L
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Cremation is a non Christian practice so why is it ok?
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
only the pagans burned their bodies and criminals not worthy of burial were burned.

the point is they use the same type of reasoning as to why we can't do other things such as birthdays.

toasting etc.
smiddy3

I am an organ donor so hopefully parts of me will live on after I am gone and help someone in need .
They can do what they like with the rest of my body as I wont have any need for it.
And as has been brought out they cherry pick what they want to accept and what they want to highlight and what they choose to ignore in the Bible.
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The Sin Jehovah`s Witnesses Are Guilty Of.?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are jehovah`s witnesses guilty of committing the unforgivable sin ?.

“i am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of christ.

but even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
smiddy3

Are Jehovah`s Witnesses guilty of committing the unforgivable sin ?
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:6-9)
The New Testament preaches about Jesus and his kingdom ,the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The Jehovah`s Witnesses preach about another Kingdom one that is not even mentioned in the New Testament ,and what is that ?
"The Watchtower announcing Jehovah`s Kingdom "
Are Jehovah`s Witnesses to be accursed ?
They do claim to be a Bible based Christian Religion , are they really ?
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The Netflix Documentary on Social Media
by smiddy3 in
1. social
2. entertainment
i`m not sure this is the right subject for this topic?.

has anybody watched this program ?

are you concerned by the content ?
smiddy3

FF2005
Hi buddy, you must be about the same age as me as I also have a son 58 Y.O.? And I too came to this forum about 15 years ago.
Thanks for responding
I thought this post would have got a lot of folk involved Either they haven`t seen the program or the topic just does not interest them ?
I remember many years ago a young teenage girl was very upset about what someone was saying about her on social media and it was pointed out to her to just stop looking at it ,but she couldn`t do it she had to see how everybody else was responding.?
Anybody else ?
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The Netflix Documentary on Social Media
by smiddy3 in
1. social
2. entertainment
i`m not sure this is the right subject for this topic?.

has anybody watched this program ?

are you concerned by the content ?
smiddy3

I`m not sure this is the right subject for this topic?
Has anybody watched this program ? Are you concerned by the content ? Does it disturb you ?
I myself am a little bit confused by it all ! Not being that addicted to social media but then I`m mostly on this site for a couple of hours a day .
But I know of kids that are never off of their phones ,internet ,tablets whatever ,what`s happening to them.
What is your opinion of this Doco
Can the principle behind it also be applied to how Watchtower operates ?
Very thought provoking I feel.
The Social Media Dilemma

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Starring:Skyler Gisondo,Kara Hayward,Vincent Kartheiser
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The Society and 1975.
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. bible
stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

w68 8/15 pp.

494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .
smiddy3

Fink ,I remember a publication called "The plain Truth" that was given out free at a newsagents around the 70`s and that spoke about Armageddon and was well illustrated .Actually it was a far superior in quality compared to the WT & Awake mags.
The Adventists also believed in Armageddon in their publications and "World Tomorrow" also preached about the big "A" though I don`t think they put a date to it.
Just saying.
I`m sorry to hear stan that your wife still shuns her son ,just shows the power of indoctrination , so tragic and evil.
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The Society and 1975.
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. bible
stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

w68 8/15 pp.

494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .
smiddy3

I am aware of the WT twice using the 6000 years of human existence the last being 1975 ,I thought the earlier one was the late 1800`s .
I converted in 1960 so I lived through the 1975 debacle ,and while I knew they fudged blaming the R&F for their mistake I still didn`t leave till the early 90`s.
Silly me.
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The Fugitive, with David Janssen on Youtube
by Wasanelder Once in
1. social
2. entertainment
hey oldsters, remember the tv series from the sixties?

david janssen was born to play that part.

i was 7 when it first aired.
smiddy3

That brings back memories ,good lord
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California to ban sales of fossil fuel cars in 15 years
by mickbobcat in
1. social
2. current
this will never work but liberals are too stupid to know it.

first off all you have to do is cross the border and buy a car.

if they will not let you license it in the state then many will license it out of state.
smiddy3

Coal , Oil ,and Gas are still essential in today`s world , and will be for years to come ,face the facts people.
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Annual Meeting?
by pauluk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower annual meeting is traditionally held the 1st saturday in october which is today, usually there are topics and speculations leading up to this but i've not seen anything on here or reddit this year.

has it been cancelled this year, anyone know?
smiddy3

We wait with baited breath ,C,mon Watchtower get your act together ?