Jussie Smollett on trial

by LoveUniHateExams in

there is a trial currently starting - even funnier than the baldwin nonsense.. yes, everyone's favorite actor, singer and hate crime victim is going on trial.. i am, of course, talking about jussie smollett.

he's going on trial for lying to chicago police and wasting their time.. he's obviously as guilty as hell, but i just can't wait for this to unfold.. it's gonna be hilarious ....

smiddy3

It can only happen in America.

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Unitarian Universalist: Anyone Familiar?

by Darkknight757 in

i hope you are all doing well.. has anyone had an encounter with a unitarian universalist?

my wife has a friend who invited us to their church a few years ago.

we never went lol.

smiddy3

An interesting post DK757 ,I guess I`m a bit of an introvert as I`m quite happy in my own company.Though I`ve got into the habit of going to one of two clubs everyday now for 2 beers that I`m happy to spend about 2 hours quietly drinking before heading home again.

I have a few different friends / acquaintances who I have come to know at each club and if there I will socialize with them but if they are not there I`m still happy being on my own , in my own thoughts.

Organised meetings of any sorts now are not my cup of tea.

As far as the spiritual aspect is concerned ,I do find wonder in the complexity and divergent of all life forms that exist on this planet and I find myself wishing ? that their was some higher power nurturing and protecting what there is.

But then I come back to reality.Just about every living thing on this planet survives by living off the death and destruction of some other living thing on land sea and in the oceans IMHO .

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If Ever GB Members Deserved To Be Thrown in Jail It's When ...

by smiddy3 in

it was when the governing body started to disfellow-ship jehovah`s witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .. resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.. and to this day they still go unpunished .

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smiddy3

It was when the Governing Body started to disfellow-ship Jehovah`s Witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .

Resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.

And to this day they still go unpunished .

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I`m astounded by this number ,what`s your thoughts ? definite benefits for sure ,but what of the future ?

by smiddy3 in

by 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time.

but no year in the past compares to 2021. as of sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on.

just this month, spacex deployed another 51 starlink satellites into orbit.. right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet.

smiddy3

Just one of the many images of space junk / space debris around our planet.

Image result for Space junk map. Size: 133 x 101. Source: www.asianscientist.com

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I`m astounded by this number ,what`s your thoughts ? definite benefits for sure ,but what of the future ?

by smiddy3 in

by 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time.

but no year in the past compares to 2021. as of sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on.

just this month, spacex deployed another 51 starlink satellites into orbit.. right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet.

smiddy3

By 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time. But no year in the past compares to 2021. As of Sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the Earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on. Just this month, SpaceX deployed another 51 Starlink satellites into orbit.

Right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet. About 60% of those are defunct satellites—space junk—and roughly 40% are operational.

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Is Bible prophecy now starting to come true regarding the prelude to the great tribulation?

by Disillusioned JW in

is bible prophecy now starting to come true regarding a prelude to the great tribulation?.

full disclosure: i still don't believe in the bible's claims about the existence of the supernatural, even of jehovah god (i'm an atheist and a scientific/philosophical naturalist), but i am asking this question because recent events are starting to seem (to me) to fit well the description of some prophecies in the bible.

consider the following.. several hours ago (on 11-26-2021) as i was about to enter a local fred meyer store of my city (in suburb or small city in the metro area of a large city) a person i know told me that a moment earlier a person left the store in a hurry with a cart load up with unpaid merchandise (i think i was told it was groceries but i don't remember that for sure).

smiddy3

Aren`t believers in the Bible as Gods word, today on this forum , doing what the WT/JW religion have been doing for the past 145 years or so looking for signs ?

What did Jesus say ?

You know your bible, you know what he says.!

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Satans plans

by asp59 in

if you are a believer.

what you think was the most important thing for satan to stop.

the preaching work or humans becoming kings and priest in heaven?.

smiddy3

John 8:44New International Version

44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

So one must ask himself / herself what kind of a being is Jehovah God who allows Satan to exist and do this to his created human beings ,in a sense his children ?

Would any normal parent put their children through what God has allowed Satan to do for thousands of years as Jehovah has ?

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2021 Annual Meeting Talk, "I Will Never Abandon You"

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

this 19 minute talk by “governing body” member samuel herd lacks enthusiasm, energy and mostly reads his script.

looks like he was forced to talk about something he no longer believes, but goes along what was written to appease the rest of the ''governing body.''.

mr. herd says, ''sometimes we have to make adjustments.

smiddy3

I think the reason the numbers of the anointed keep going up is because the r&f have lost faith in paradise earth being a reality in their lifetime and is not going to happen, so they opt out for the resurrection into heaven the moment they die, however far away in time that may be.

IMHO

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