Posts by smiddy3

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Opinions on the Divine name in the New Testament? + an interesting question

by Blotty in

i am genuinely curious and mainly posting this for research purposes, i do not have enough knowledge on either of these subjects to debate them in any useful manner.. (this information is as far as i am aware and may be incorrect in places)as most know the nwt is known for placing a form of the divine name in the nt (new testament) - while i agree the evidence is significantly weak for it too appear in the nt, a few things must be considered - (from my limited research)rev references the name twice (3:12, 14:1)early copies of the lxx contain the divine name (likely the versions that the nt writers copied?

stafford has a couple of videos on this subject)it was emphasized over and over the name [divine name, which ever form you prefer] would be "known" (other words used aswell) forever - if this is true, why then go against your own message in some cases and replace it with a surrogate?some also claim the nwt is dishonest for not translating some occurrences of "lord" as the divine name - common ones i notice are: phil 2:10-11, 1pe 3:14-15, heb 1:10yet these all use "lord" as a title not a proper noun, seems to be staunch trinitarians who make this claim most oftenscholar qualifications:why does a scholars qualification's matter?

sounds dumb i know.

smiddy3

I am certainly not a scholar by any definition and don`t claim to be.It just seems to me that if there is a GOD he/she doesnt seem to care whether it`s name is known or not ?

2000 years after the last book of the Bible was penned and their is a number of versions as to what pronunciation that name could have been .

Jehovah`s Witnesses of course use that name however in the 1`st edition of "Aid To Bible Understanding" the writers admitted that Yahweh maybe a more correct pronunciation of Gods name ,however they settled on Jehovah as that was the most popular name used at that time ?

Used by whom I ask ?

Christendom..... whom they say are apostates ? False religion .

Just my 2 cents worth. as one who spent approx.32 years in the religion until I finally woke up.

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Who will Survive Armageddon?

by Vanderhoven7 in

breaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.

according to sergio:.

are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.

smiddy3

Truly I say to you, whatever things you may bind on earth will be things already bound in heaven, and whatever things you may loosen on earth will be things already loosened in heaven.

Doesn`t the Roman Catholic religion apply this to themselves ?

And at least they have been here for the past 2000 years .

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Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

smiddy3

tbk , Nw, says it all for me ,

Nowwhat for the win!

First, it is a parable. Second, in this parable there isn't a separate evil slave from the faithful slave. Third, there is no mention or even insinuation in this parable that there is a class of people who comprise said slave.

Sums it up nicely.

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Christmas, yes or no ?

by jhine in

i have just started to steep the mincemeat for my mince pies in dark rum .

christmas is a big deal in my family and circle of friends.

however among ex jws it's a bit different or so l understand.

smiddy3

I grew up with Xmas so it is never a problem with me to celebrate with friends and family and i see it as a good time without the religious experience

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List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

2. no going to home coming football games.

smiddy3

wozza,

One of the police officers was and older man and he was in the administration office while the much younger guy was a motor cycle cop.

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Hobbies

by peacefulpete in

jw
friends

i think it's been a while since this was asked.

tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.

i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.

smiddy3

about the difficult thing about owning a dog, I think that could apply to owning a cat, too!

Dying that is.

We had both for many ,many years our dog travelled with us as we moved interstate over 2000 miles by car and our cat came down by plane once we had settled in .

I cried when both eventually passed and especially with our toy poodle "Lillie" that became my dog we had them both for about 16 years,

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List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

2. no going to home coming football games.

smiddy3

11. Cannot be a Police Officer

There were two police officers in the congs,I attended .

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Hobbies

by peacefulpete in

jw
friends

i think it's been a while since this was asked.

tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.

i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.

smiddy3

I used to play Table tennis at lunch time in a few places where

I once worked and when I retired I joined a Seniors Citizens group that had a TT group which I became a part of and I also at the same time joined a Keenagers group that had Table Tennis on the agenda.

And participated in that for a number of years.

I have now been a member of a Men`s Gym at the local Health Clinic 3 doors away from my home for the past couple of years.

Not only my body benefits from these exercises but so do my eyes

If you know what I mean ,wink ,wink,nudge ,nudge ,say no more ?

let the reader use discernment .

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Australia 2021 Census: why did JW grow?

by shepherdless in

hi all, some may remember about 5 years ago, i did a few articles on what the australian census of 2016 said about jw and some other religions.

i have been meaning to add a bit on the 2021 census; the more detailed results have only been available in the last month or so.. an obvious question is why and how did jw numbers increase between 2016 and 2021. it is reasonable to assume the pandemic had a role.

the data doesn't fully answer that question, but it does show that a lot of over 35 y.o.

smiddy3

Thinking back to when I became a JW in 1960 their were about 60 thousand members in the religion and now there are about 84 thousand did I read that correctly ?

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...AN ELEPHANT in my pajamas (an alternative way of seeing the world)

by Terry in

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friends

an elephant in my pajamas.

by the age of 2, i began noticing comedy was a verbal violation of logic.. in fact, groucho marx taught me an important way of applying my thinking in terms of logic and humor.

by the age of 2, i had been taught to develop a bias toward “what was obviously logical” and to omit all else.. that was a social bias.

smiddy3

That was a great post Terry ,I had a real laugh at those quotes.

Drinks are on me .