Posts by smiddy3

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The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

smiddy3

I don`t think donations would be down if the WT went to strictly being televised on-line whatever .

Look at the successful televangelists like Joyce Mayer ,Jimmy Swaggert , W.W. church Of God and a bunch of others that do quite well raking in the dough worldwide.

They would rake in many more Millions$$$$$$ by now selling off all or most of their real estate they have.

They must know and I`m sure their lawyers know they are living on borrowed time with their Armageddon / Great Tribulation predictions .

Their window for cashing in on there options is closing.

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most of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.

i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.

here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.

smiddy3

It would not surprise me one bit if there was a higher conscious in the Universe ,but I would definitely rule out any GOD of any religion.Especially the GOD of the Bible.

As for the worth of Jesus on this subject unlike Moses who was supposed to pen the first five books of the Bible Jesus never wrote down one word of the Bible .? He was supposed to have made all of these wise sayings that would have filled volumes but he never wrote down one word .

How it could be said that Jesus was the greater Moses is beyond me.

All we have is imperfect humans who claim Jesus said this and that and did this and that and also performed miracles .Jesus never claimed anything in writing.We just have the words of imperfect men.

Who may or may not have had an agenda of their own ?

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Secret witnesses, wiretaps and banned literature

by Fadeaway1962 in

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/secret-witnesses-wiretaps-and-banned-literature-how-russian-law-enforcement-prosecutes-jehovahs-witnesses/ .

shame for those in prison, .

where were the angels and the holy spirit to protect them like in the past ?

smiddy3

Well Jehovah`s Witnesses do predict / gloat / glory in their belief that all Governments of this world will be destroyed at Armageddon and a Theocratic Government will be installed . Right ?

And in hindsight Governments would look at other doomsday cults that predict the end of the world etc,and wonder if these fanatics would act out like Wacol / Jonestown or some other wacko`s .They don`t know.Who knows what desperation might they do when the end is never coming ,some looneys might just try to bring it on themselves .

I`m surprised more governments haven`t banned them for continually telling people that God is going to destroy them and their Governments if they don`t become Jehovah`s Witnesses .

Lets tell it how it is folks , and not pander to the bloody Jehovah`s Witnesses.

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Meanwhile over at exjw reddit

by nowwhat? in

it has no value at all.

it consists of 99% dumb, confused kids asking stupid hypothetical questions.

smiddy3

I don`t know why people get upset about the political discussions that go on here ,that`s one of the topics for discussion that Adults can have and its a separate subject of its own ?

JW`s were/are banned from discussing or being involved in politics ,converts were participants beforehand and ex JW`s are now engaging in politics it has its place on this forum.

The moderators have given us a wide variety of subjects we can post on its not exclusively for JW topics only ?

If people don`t like it don`t read that section.

Its not rocket science ? { sorry I couldn`t resist that }

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Have you done anything like this ?

by smiddy3 in

many,many years ago i went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a sympathy card to be delivered to my home .the sales lady looked at me and saw that i wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .. i apologised to her and said oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so i thought i would commiserate with her by doing this.. on the other hand when i turned fourty i went out and bought myself a pair of ice skates ..

smiddy3

Thanks for your comments guys however it seems being a JW in a doomsday cult put a dampner on people on how to lighten up ?

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In my country the preaching work is over

by cookiemaster in

the jws in my country can't preach to anyone these days and they're going crazy.

i live in romania and initially during the covid-19 lockdown they were very enthusiastic about preaching.

they've since held daily "field service meetings" on zoom.

smiddy3

LTTBK will likely deny he/she even said that around August-September 2023 and hope nobody remembers it ever being said.

And there never ever has been an Anglo-American World power ?

Typical of a JW always looking into the future and never living in the present.

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Meanwhile over at exjw reddit

by nowwhat? in

it has no value at all.

it consists of 99% dumb, confused kids asking stupid hypothetical questions.

smiddy3

I tried exJW Reddit and didn`t feel at al comfortable with it ( I am old ) so I much prefer this site.

However I think pistolpete makes a compelling argument for the younger generation on it.

Kudos to the young who wake up that the JW religion is a cult before they are out of their teens.

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Have you done anything like this ?

by smiddy3 in

many,many years ago i went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a sympathy card to be delivered to my home .the sales lady looked at me and saw that i wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .. i apologised to her and said oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so i thought i would commiserate with her by doing this.. on the other hand when i turned fourty i went out and bought myself a pair of ice skates ..

smiddy3

Give me a break stan I`m old and decrepit ,or did I spell that wrong ?

Good one SF , surely their must be more ? OK early days yet.

I`m always getting picked up on their and there and no doubt I will continue to stuff that up .

I`m an old dog that can`t be taught new tricks.

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Final talk of the 2020 'Always Rejoice' Convention

by Listener in

this is part of splane's lecture in the final part of the final day of the 2020 convention.

now speaking of broadcasting.

do you think jehovah has been preparing us for something like this pandemic?

smiddy3

And didn`t they actually say that Babylon The Great has actually fallen in 1919 when the brothers were released from prison ? And it`s now a gradual downsizing until it`s final destruction in the near future?

"Babylon The Great Gods Kingdom Rules" ? book.

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Have you done anything like this ?

by smiddy3 in

many,many years ago i went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a sympathy card to be delivered to my home .the sales lady looked at me and saw that i wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .. i apologised to her and said oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so i thought i would commiserate with her by doing this.. on the other hand when i turned fourty i went out and bought myself a pair of ice skates ..

smiddy3

Many,many years ago I went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a Sympathy card to be delivered to my home .The sales lady looked at me and saw that I wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .

I apologised to her and said Oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so I thought I would commiserate with her by doing this.

On the other hand when I turned fourty I went out and bought myself a pair of Ice Skates .