Posts by smiddy3

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“A Better World Is Near.”

by Rattigan350 in

"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

smiddy3

As peacefulpete says above here is another text.

," He that bears witness of these things says yes I am coming quickly,Amen! come ,lord Jesus"

Rev.22:20.

The emphasis is on coming quickly ,that was penned about 2000 years ago.

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Eating of blood prohibition specifically not forbidden for non-Jews

by peacefulpete in

deut 14:21 you shall not eat anything that has died a natural death; give it to the stranger in your community to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner.

for you are a people consecrated to yhwh.... it seems quite self evident the ritual of blood letting prior to eating meat was understood by the deuteronomist as binding only on jews..

smiddy3

Was`nt there an exception to the rule ? with King David `s soldiers who in fear of starving ate the flesh without blood letting ?

And they were not guilty of violating God`s law ? and went unpunished ?

Offhand I can`t remember the scripture reference.

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this week i have to travel a long way by car with my 75 year old father.. he was a liberal elder, but with climbing of the years and the correct covid trouble, hé takes all possibility's to let me know the chaos is what we expected and the big a is around the corner.

because of the love and respect i have for him, i want to avoid the conversation, but that will be very dificult.. now i have the idea to talk with him about the conversation at it self, if he starts his endtime speech about woke, gender and putin.. i have a flowchart that i want to discribe the risks of the conversation.. whould this work out?

to talk about the meta factors of the conversation?.

smiddy3

I have a flowchart that I want to discribe the risks of the conversation.

Whould this work out? To talk about the meta factors of the conversation?

Can you be a bit more specific Gorb ?

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The WT brings up the theme of fleeing

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2022/those-seeking-jehovah-will-lack-nothing-good/.

this article explains what a modern time application to fleeing might involve in the prophecy jesus told about the last days.. that is a timely reminder.

i think it will become soon possible to flee to australia from the mark of the beast.

smiddy3

Of course, we do not expect to receive miraculous protection today.

Why not ? If he did so in times past ,Bible times, why not now ?

Especially if these are in fact the time of the end ,wouldn`t that be an appropriate time to demonstrate he is GOD and Jesus is his enthroned KING ?

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how long after a fade does the local hall keep your records?

by mickbobcat in

so i have not been to a kh for 26 years.

if i wanted to dissociate what would be the procedure and is there any gain in doing it so long after i left?.

smiddy3

I have been out for about 28 years now and it was just a few years ago that I sent a letter to the last KH I attended DA myself from the religion ,in my mind I was DF the organization .

But I wouldn`t be surprised if they turned it around and DF me instead.

That`s what sneaky bastards they can be.

To each his/her own I guess ,whatever makes you happy.

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Christmas Cards 2021

by garyneal in

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friends

hello,.

long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

she normally does this.. thanks.

smiddy3

I took part in it a couple of years ago and would think about it again maybe.?

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“A Better World Is Near.”

by Rattigan350 in

"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

smiddy3

So now it`s not just around the corner , not soon ,but near.?

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If the Almighty, Powerful, benevolent God had a book written for humans, what would it contain?

by pistolpete in

i know for a fact it would not start off with a talking snake, magical fruit, invisible beings that desire beautiful women to have sex with.. and it wouldn’t end with a flying dragon, a two horned lamb, locusts that resembled horses with men’s faces, but with women’s hair and teeth of lions.

and the book wouldn’t allow for hundreds of millions of religions to spurt from it.

i think the first thing a book written by god would have, is that it would be written in a way that all languages could understand without being translated.. regardless of what language you would speak, we could read it and understand what it said.

smiddy3

Obviously GOD has not kept up with technology otherwise He/She would have used social media forums by now to get to the masses.

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What Type of Future do YOU look forward to?

by Revealed in

or dread?.

smiddy3

I`m 82 years old what future do YOU think I should look forward to ? Every day I wake up is a blessing .Every day I go down to a club have two beers and chew the fat with a few friends and talk a bit of BS ,maybe have a punt or two just as an interest.Win or lose who cares,?

There is a saying "you only Live Once " it`s not true.

The fact is "You live every day ,you only die once " so make the best of it regardless of what the future has in store for you.

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God`s Creation ,if He/She had a hand in it at all ,then why ?

by smiddy3 in

every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet.. one life form preys on another life form for it`s survival from the most primitive to the most highest complexity.. and i mean "every" living life form from the lowest to the highest that exists in the world.. this is just the natural order of things that has been going on since man has observed his surroundings.. their is no room for a god of love in the real world.

no wonder "they" came up with the phrase "survival of the fittest ".

"every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet".. this cannot be denied ,it`s a universal truth.

smiddy3

Every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet.

One life form preys on another life form for it`s survival from the most primitive to the most highest complexity.

And I mean "EVERY" living life form from the lowest to the highest that exists in the world.

This is just the natural order of things that has been going on since man has observed his surroundings.

Their is no room for a GOD of love in the real world. no wonder "they" came up with the phrase "Survival of The Fittest "

"Every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet".

This cannot be denied ,it`s a universal truth. Where is God`s love in that truth ?