Posts by smiddy3

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The King of the North and the South, who are they now?

by Anony Mous in

i know several wit-lesses that to date are researching these topics.. however i haven't heard much from any publications recently about it, i think the latest refresh was ~10 years ago.

since then the power of the us has severely diminished (or at least the rhetorics about it has), russia is a small potato in modern era, the eu is a cowardly dog in the eyes of everyone and we have the rise of china which is as far as military might is concerned, a paper tiger.. we also have the rise of islam, especially since the end of the nato nation-building effort in afghanistan which is now in power in most of the middle east and africa, as well as regions of asia and growing strong in europe.. does anyone have noooo light about these developments.

is islam the king of the south?

smiddy3

Apparently Nuclear powers such as China Pakistan and India don`t rate a mention.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-30-2017 WT Study (WHO IS LEADING) IN PARTS

by blondie in

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blondie’s comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2017 wt study (february 2017) (who is leading).

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2017/who-is-leading-gods-people-today/ .

excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

smiddy3

how do you distiguish between a prophecy ,evident reality ,seems to/would indicate , obviously . must mean , etc,etc.

And not call it a prophecy / or call it a prophecy ?

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I'm now turned off by this site

by purrpurr in

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in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.

in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.

i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.

smiddy3

This is an interesting observation pp and one that I hope more people respond to .

.Doesn`t the WT/JW religion themselves engage in politics ? One way or another over the years ?

Isn`t prophecying about the KOTN & the KOTS and what the supposed Eighth king is going to do speculating in politics ?

Could their stand in times past challenging the legal systems rulings be constituted as taking a stand against the Superiour Authorities according to Rom.13 ? The political /Judicial Systems.? That are in place ?

While I like to see more discussion on what the WT religion is doing and where it is heading I do see that politics has some relevance here as do other subjects such as sexuality ,racism , and even whether we are alone in the Universe .

Because one way or another they are all related to the Bible and Religion of one form or another.

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COVID not found

by Anna Marina in

alberta has just lifted all covid restrictions because they can't find any samples to prove it even exists.. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/alberta-lifts-all-covid-restrictions-because-they-cant-produce-an-isolated-sample-of-sars-cov-2-to-prove-covid-exists-to-back-their-mandates/.

german paper bild apologises for pushing covid lockdowns and damaging society.. https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-30-german-newspaper-apologizes-covid-lockdown-hysteria-society.html.

wonder if the day will come when wt admits it lied?

smiddy3

I`d like to know what planet the Corona-Virus deniers are on ,because I`m sure I`m not on the same planet as they are.

I`m 82 years old and have had my first Astrazeneca jab and will have my second jab on the 9 sept..

Neither my wife or myself had any side effects with the first jab and hopefully wont have any with the second one.

But then again if you never hear from me again after the 9 Sept ,it`s been nice knowing you all.

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2700 years ago Jews ate pigs

by fulltimestudent in

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from haaretz newspaper:.

what does a pig skeleton discovered in jerusalem say about first temple era jews?.

the argument here is that sanctions on eating pork were only introduced in the 2nd temple era.. so what does that tell you bout biblical accuracy.. .

smiddy3

Maybe the stones are finally crying out ? luke 19:40

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Did ANYBODY Here Believe The Witnesses Were The One True Religion?

by minimus in

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i was raised believing i was very fortunate knowing i had the truth.

i was groomed to be an elder.

i figured if mother said something, even if i couldn’t totally understand it, it was correct because mother knows best.

smiddy3

I was a convert in 1960 and I certainly beleived JW`s were the only true religion.

How gullible was I !

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Jesus, without sin and a perfect human being ?

by smiddy3 in

how could he be, regardless of how god impregnated mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the bible.. mary was subjected to the adamic sin like all other humans, so jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.. to believe otherwise is just deluding oneself imho .. the only way jesus could have been really without sin is if god created him the same way he created adam.. what do you think ?

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smiddy3

How could he be, regardless of how God impregnated Mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the Bible.

Mary was subjected to the Adamic sin like all other humans, so Jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.

To believe otherwise is just deluding oneself IMHO .

The only way Jesus could have been really without sin is if God created him the same way he created Adam.

What do you think ?

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WT Using Symbolic Interpretation to Twist Scriptures

by Sea Breeze in

does anyone know of examples where the watchtower used symbolic interpretation to twist the plain meaning of scripture?the only one that comes to my mind right now is in rev.

"then i heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of israel".. .

here, the wt would have us believe that the number of those sealed are literally 144k; but supposedly "israel" symbolically represents anointed jw's.

smiddy3

What about the seven trumpets of Revelation that were applied to the Conventions that started in cedar Point ohio ? in 1922 ?

If i remember correctly ? was stated in the revelation book we studied mid week.I found that a bit hard to swallow.

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Splane's "Apostate" talk transcript

by FFGhost in

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for any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.

there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.

smiddy3

After all these thousands of years humans have been subjected to Satan being the God of this system of things, with all of the evil that has gone on , and apparently the very short time Adam and Eve lived in a paradise earth , ,who really is the Almighty God ?

Satan or Jehovah ?

I have to give some credit to Splane for being able to use the Bible to play any old tune you wish to play.

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I think Splane is the Cult Leader. And I think there are more apostates working on the inside than we can imagine.

by pistolpete in

so in the latest leaked video, splane goes on this crazy delusional rant about how faithful witnesses should never research their faith.. he criticizes the worldly court system and says they are not fair toward witnesses and the organization.

he says the court system is rigged and witnesses who get convicted, (implied child sex abusers) are innocent.

he is literally trying to justify child molesters and elders who cover them, as good people in "god's eyes" even though "human authorities" may judge them and put them in jail.

smiddy3

Still no video or link about what Splane said ? And why did the OP say he thought that their were more apostates working on the inside ?

OK , I guess this answers that

,No matter how hard they try, there is always someone in the inside leaking videos or secret letters.