Posts by smiddy3

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"this is why we need gods kingdom!"

by nowwhat? in

jdubs go to answer when we see terrible tragedies.

tell them it's been 20 years since columbine and 10 years since sandy hook!

still nothing!.

smiddy3

Can anybody here spell out what the policy's are for GOD`s Kingdom ?

Are they specifically outlined in the Bible ?

I don`t recall ever reading any policy`s in my 32 years as an active JW

To me it seems like there is a lot of guess work and speculation from believers about what the KOG will be like.

That`s not very reassuring is it ?

And knowing God`s own past history recorded in his own book doesn`t inspire much confidence in me that its going to be any better than what we have now .

In fact it could be a helluva lot worse.

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WT resumes public ministries*

by Smiles in

from jw org news alert:.

breaking news | resuming public witnessing.

on may 31, 2022, the governing body informed all branch committees that they may now resume all forms of public witnessing with the exception of the door-to-door ministry.

WT resumes public ministries*

by Smiles in

from jw org news alert:.

breaking news | resuming public witnessing.

on may 31, 2022, the governing body informed all branch committees that they may now resume all forms of public witnessing with the exception of the door-to-door ministry.

smiddy3

That`s good ,no waking us up these cold wintry mornings and we can then do a lot of anti witnessing to those still trapped in the Borg doing cart work if we are so inclined to do so.

We should be able to form great questions for them to mull over even if they don`t respond to us at the time .

Once a seed of doubt is planted in their mind who knows what will result ?

You can`t unhear what you heard.

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Simple Question Re 1914

by Slidin Fast in

wt claims that satan was thrown out of heaven in october 1914 precipitating ww!

and the end times.

a small problem with that is ww1 started on july 28th 1914 whilst satan was still in heaven picking his nose.. how did we not see this and waste years of precious life?

smiddy3

Jehovah / Yahweh must really hate humans to banish Satan to earth when he could have sent him to the other side of the universe or just kill him .

He didn`t have to wait more than 6000 years to send him to earth did he.

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The Passing of a GREAT Musician.....

by titch in

i just found out this evening, may 27th, that the well-known greek musician, vangelis, passed away just last week.

may 17th, in fact.

he was 79 years old, which, well, as you know, is old.

smiddy3

Farewell Vangelis. I thank you for your musical talents and contributions to the music world.

I second that and thanks for posting titch,I wasn`t aware of his passing .

Sorry, I have to disagree with you that 79 is old .I consider 90 as being old but maybe that`s because I`ll soon be 83.

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The most powerful had their meeting in Davos

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

the most powerful had their meeting in davos this week.

it is organized by wef.

(world economic forum).

smiddy3

Now when it looks like WEF is even more powerful than the US, could WEF be the sevenheaded beast in Revelation 13?

The short answer is NO

The bigger picture is you have to believe the Bible is a set of books inspired by a GOD.

I don`t.

The set of books are written by humans over a long period of time with scientific and geological inaccuracies as well as historical fallacies .

And humans are the ones that determined which books were to be included in the Bible and not a GOD ,and they don`t even agree on which books and what number of books were to be included

.I rest my case.

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Serena Williams thinks she is a JW LMAO

by jojorabbit in

i saw a post pop up on some click bait where serena williams saying she was praying for armageddon to come and that the jws have said we are living in critical times hard to deal with.this was her response to the texas school shooting.

another cult catch phrase.

i am sorry williams you aint no jw.

smiddy3

You and me both LUHE

, Typical non thinking of a wannabe Jehovah`s Witness who doesn`t have a clue what the religion is all about.

Any other normal JW person who mimicked her lifestyle would be hauled before a judicial meeting and counselled or disfellowshipped long ago.

And she get`s away with her lifestyle because of her fame as a tennis player and the money she can donate to the organization.

If you put those questions to any practicing JW today their response would be ,oh but she`s not really a JW .

What you should ask then is : Why hasn`t the JW organization publicly reproved her or openly come out and said she is not a Jehovah`s witness as she does not live up to our standards.?

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Jesus is Michael the Archangel

by Fisherman in

only jesus has the power and authority to defeat satan and kick him out of heaven:.

“now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our god and the authority of his christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our god.”.

smiddy3

What was Satan doing in heaven for so long after rebelling against Jehovah anyway ? Should `nt he have been kicked out when he did so ?

Why was `nt he put down then and there. ( in death)

And why earth why not some uninhabitable planet ? where he could`nt do any harm ?

Why did it take him six thousand years to act ?

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Rutherford's Coup

by RolRod in

a new book on the events of the 1917 schism titled rutherford's coup is officially out on amazon.. authored by rud persson.

description.

raised a baptist, in 1906, joseph franklin rutherford, a provincial missouri attorney with a shrewd and scheming legal mind, became a baptized “bible student.” in 1907, rutherford became the legal counselor for the group's legally chartered corporation, the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania.

smiddy3

Slimboyfat

Have these translations stopped using the name Jehovah ? and if so have they adopted the more correct name Yahweh ? Or have they just used LORD and GOD instead.?

And do you think its possible that the Catholic Knox version of the Bible used YAHWEH throughout the old testament because of the JW`s use of Jehovah.?

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Verifying The Claim The IBSA ,not JW ,were approved by Jehovah God / Christ Jesus as God`s Chosen People in 1919 ??

by smiddy3 in

how do they verify this claim,if they can and how easy do we debunk this claim if we can ?.

what is needed to verify a claim made by anyone or an organization ?.

i`m interested in what you have to say about this ..

smiddy3

Maybe this helps ??

The Bible Student movement is a Millennialist [1] Restorationist Christian movement. It emerged from the teachings and ministry of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), also known as Pastor Russell, and his founding of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. Members of the movement have variously referred to themselves as Bible Students, International Bible Students, Associated Bible Students, or Independent Bible Students.

I also understood the Berean Bible Students in Melbourne Aust. were a breakaway group from Russell according to a then Presiding Overseer in the 1960`s .