Posts by smiddy3

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Who was it who ''rescued'', or ''saved'' you?

by Beth Sarim in

from the borg?.

i point to none other than cal lehman and the towerwatch ministries.

towewatch.com.. the years following the collapse of the ussr and the 1995 generation left a bad taste in my mouth for a long time.

smiddy3

Their were some incidences that occurred involving a couple of brothers that were under investigation in a judicial committee that I believed was being handled wrongly and I took the Elders to task about it and threatened to name them if I sent a letter to both WT HQ in America and also the branch here in Australia .

Their knee`s buckled at that point and they compromised with me.

That`s when I knew the religion had nothing to do with GOD when I could intimidate them.In all sincerity I believed one of the brothers should have been DF and I would have accepted that ,but no they just put conditions on him all because of what they feared I was going to do.

Of course previously they tried all sorts of things to change my mind but I wasn`t having any of it.

That`s when I started looking on the internet and first found a site created by Shaun which then led me to Dogpatch / Free Minds , and here I am today.

Thank you especially to Shaun`s site that I started with.

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Talking to a Jehovah`s Witness .Ask the right questions .

by smiddy3 in

what questions should be asked to a jehovah`s witness when confronted with them.. a jw gives his sermon.

"you" immediately ask him by what authority he has from god that you should take notice of him ,seeing their are over 40,000 different christian religions in the world who claim to represent god,.

jw.

smiddy3

They might respond that Jesus gave them authority in Matthew 28.

And if they did do that just politely point out to them that they do not " Baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit" so they are not following Jesus Christs instructions there either.

And the organization claims to be the only religion to follow 1st century Christianity as instructed by the Bible.

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Was Jesus Born on December 25th?

by Sea Breeze in

we were told by watchtower that no way jesus was born on dec. 25th.

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what do you think now?.

smiddy3

Plus, Jehovah`s Witnesses base their Biblical Knowledge on a Catholic Bible by Catholic Scholars , but giving their own interpretations of scripture.

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Talking to a Jehovah`s Witness .Ask the right questions .

by smiddy3 in

what questions should be asked to a jehovah`s witness when confronted with them.. a jw gives his sermon.

"you" immediately ask him by what authority he has from god that you should take notice of him ,seeing their are over 40,000 different christian religions in the world who claim to represent god,.

jw.

smiddy3

What questions should be asked to a Jehovah`s Witness when confronted with them.

A JW gives his sermon

"YOU" immediately ask him by what authority he has from GOD that you should take notice of him ,seeing their are over 40,000 different Christian religions in the world who claim to represent GOD,

JW. We were given authority in 1919 (or there about`s) by Jehovah when he saw that only the IBSA were Teaching the Truth at his inspection.

"YOU" Can you tell me one belief or doctrine that the I.B.S.A .taught and believed in 1919 that is still believed and taught by Jehovah`s Witnesses today , just one

JW. I`ll get back to you on that .

Waiting ,waiting , Waiting , maybe the answer is soon ,or just around the corner .?

"You" And if they can`t do that then that means Jehovah would have rejected Jehovah`s Witnesses , certainly by today as being Apostates ,they don`t now teach what he approved them for in 1919.

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Are You Satisfied To Let The Government Take Care of You?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some people want limited government involvement in their lives.

the less government, the happier they are.

others feel there’s not enough government intervention.

smiddy3

I agree minimus , theJW`s I knew took advantage of whatever the government was prepared to give them.

Including a pioneer who was taking the dole money .An Elder who was a british citizen said to me if the Govts are stupid enough to hand out this money who am I to oppose it .

Another reasoning from the rank & file ,this is Satan`s system of things and to take advantage of it is Theocratic Warfare at it`s best.

Never mind what Romans Chapter 13 : 1-7 says be in subjection to the Superior Authorities / it`s an arrangement by God ,and to oppose it it to go against the arrangement of God.

And those will suffer the consequence for doing so.

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Was Jesus Born on December 25th?

by Sea Breeze in

we were told by watchtower that no way jesus was born on dec. 25th.

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what do you think now?.

smiddy3

Which jesus are we talking about ,their are hundreds if not thousands of beings named Jesus on their birth certificate that have walked this earth since the O year .

Does anyone know of any human being named Jehovah on their birth certificate ? or even YahWeh ?

Just curious.

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Hip Replacement Surgery

by titch in

i'm not really sure where to put this post or "thread", so i'll just put it in the physical activities area.

i just want to know if anyone on the forum has any experience with having a hip replacement surgery done on them, or perhaps a friend or relative.

what was your experience, if it was you?

smiddy3

Thank you titch for your reply and I will take the advice of all of you as needed.

I live in Australia and am covered.

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In what year was the last time wt had negative growth?

by Yomama in

jw
friends

anyone know..

smiddy3

And that was mainly because of the failed 1975 prediction / evident expectation ? of Armageddon.

Was it not ?

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Hip Replacement Surgery

by titch in

i'm not really sure where to put this post or "thread", so i'll just put it in the physical activities area.

i just want to know if anyone on the forum has any experience with having a hip replacement surgery done on them, or perhaps a friend or relative.

what was your experience, if it was you?

smiddy3

Hi, titch,how about telling us about your hip replacement ? As I am about to receive one on the 26th of Feb.2021.

I have had a problem with my hip for "god knows" how long with osteoarthritis and it has deteriorated a lot these last few months in both pain and mobility I am 81 years old .And I appreciated the comments to your post about this.

But if you can add your experience I would appreciate it.And anybody else who might like to respond.

Thank you.

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Its not my fault

by incognito2014 in

assume for a minute that god created everything.

there was nothing before him and everything is because of him.

every single thing in the universe he is directly responsible for.. somehow the good stuff we should thank him for but the bad stuff is nothing to do with him, it is our fault.. this world that he created that was “good” has turned in to a right shitshow but despite being absolutely responsible for it from start to finish it is not his fault and in fact he has somehow turned this round so that instead of being to blame he is the person who is going to sort the problems and we should be thankful..

smiddy3

Just about every living thing on this earth lives off the death of some other living thing to survive ,always has been and always will be.