Posts by smiddy3

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JW Obession with the trinity

by Riley in

so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

smiddy3

I guess theI Italian Mafia / Vatican back in the day are good examples of that ?

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Mormon abuse allegations

by RolRod in

mormons in the news covering up abuse allegations.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/us/wirestory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632.

A question about the contemporary generation teaching following a conversation with a JW apologist

by Giles Gray in

i would like to ask the ex-jws on this site to put their ‘apologists hat’ back on for a moment, so that i can go through the overlapping generation teaching in an attempt to make sense of it.

i apologise if these points have already been addressed on this site.a quick background for the reason for my request… having never confronted a jw apologist on the topic, i recently engaged with a jw regarding the official understanding of a ‘generation’ and unfortunately he didn’t have an answer to the points i was making.

i was left a little confused as to what the official jw response would/should be.so i was hoping that my thoughts below might be considered from an apologist’s perspective.the point in question relates to this section of the watchtower article below from 2008, as well as the jw.org video explanation of the overlapping generation:---:w08 2/15[box on page 25] can we calculate the length of “this generation”?the word “generation” usually refers to people of various ages whose lives overlap during a particular time period or event.

smiddy3

The GB / Jehovah`s Witnesses claim to base their beleifs solely on the Bible.

And out of the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses let a matter be established of what is "truth"

3 Bible scriptures that identify a generation as approximately 50 years in length.

#1 , Matt.1: 17-18 , Abraham born 2018 BC / Jesus born 2 BC , 2016 years between them and 42 generatiions , = 48 years for one generation.

#2 ,Luke 3 :23-38 that is 76 generations from Adam to Jesus a period of 4024 years ,4024 divided by 76 = 53 years . for one generation.

And certainly Jesus never said anything of the sort.

#3 , Luke 21: 20 - 32 ,Jesus died at age 30 ? ,this prophecy was fullfilled in the year 70 AD , again well within a 50 year timespan.

And nowhere in the entire Bible is there a hint of an overlapping generation even suggested.

And certainly Jesus never said anything of the sort.

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An army of volunteers and a convoy of trucks and heavy equipment headed to Florida as we speak!

by nowwhat? in

no not the watchtower, but franklin graham's samaritan purse!

nothing on the website as of noon friday edt.

evidently all the resources are tied up making their next movie.

smiddy3

Ain`t that the truth .

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Mormon abuse allegations

by RolRod in

mormons in the news covering up abuse allegations.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/us/wirestory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632.

smiddy3

The link doesn`t work for me ?

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ARMAGEDDON

by Lost in the fog in

can i ask please especially for all who are pomo?.

we've taken a decision similar to revelation 18:4 to get out of the watchtower and not share in its sins.. how many of you still believe that god will one day terminate the world's many systems by means of an armageddon?.

smiddy3

The only Armargeddon I can relate to is :

Ar`m a geddon out of this cult religion before I go nuts.

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An army of volunteers and a convoy of trucks and heavy equipment headed to Florida as we speak!

by nowwhat? in

no not the watchtower, but franklin graham's samaritan purse!

nothing on the website as of noon friday edt.

evidently all the resources are tied up making their next movie.

smiddy3

And we all know which one that is .

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Late NEWS:" Sexual harrassment is rife in Antartica".

by smiddy3 in

i saw this this on the news tonight :.

you would think the ladies down their would be able to keep their sexual urges under control wouldn`t you ?

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smiddy3

I saw this this on the news tonight :

You would think the ladies down their would be able to keep their sexual urges under control wouldn`t you ?

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Is Jehovah WITHHOLDING something from Jesus?

by BoogerMan in

(matthew 28:18) jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “all authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.. (1 corinthians 15:27) for god “subjected all things under his feet.”.

according to the washtowel, jesus is not going to have all of jehovah's power & authority, because he'll [jesus] need 144,000 dead/resurrected humans to help him run the earth: .

w08 5/15 p. 15 par.

smiddy3

Hi punk ,regarding the name Jehovah for GOD the 1st edition of "Aid To Bible Understanding" admitted that the name Jehovah may not be the correct pronunciation of his name but it is the most popular name in use today " unquote .

The most popular name in use today by whom I ask ? They are referring to christendom and Bible commentators of course.! Who else would be using that name ?

So it isn`t the most accurate name for GOD the GB were concerned with it was the most popular name that was used ,and they went with that .

The Jerusalem Bible a Catholic Bible returned to the use of the historical name Yahweh as the name of God in the Old Testament, rendered as such in 6,823 places within this translation.

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Is Jehovah WITHHOLDING something from Jesus?

by BoogerMan in

(matthew 28:18) jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “all authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.. (1 corinthians 15:27) for god “subjected all things under his feet.”.

according to the washtowel, jesus is not going to have all of jehovah's power & authority, because he'll [jesus] need 144,000 dead/resurrected humans to help him run the earth: .

w08 5/15 p. 15 par.

smiddy3

w08 5/15 p. 15 par. 14 - Jehovah has also purposed that 144,000 anointed Christians be taken from the earth and raised to heavenly life as Christ’s joint heirs associated with him in administering earth’s affairs.

Either Jehovah think`s Jesus isn`t quite up to it and not capable of doing a good job or he knows it, but isn`t 144000 human helpers a bit over the top ?