Posts by smiddy

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WT Study 1/10/16 Encouraging Child Baptism And More Nonsense

by JW_Rogue in

i've noticed that each wt lesson really only has one or two points they want remembered.

normally they build up to these by about the third subheading.

this week's lesson though was different, the main point was insidiously made through an experience in the first paragraph:.

smiddy

Not old enough to do all those things stuckinarut , says

However old enough , by Jehovah`s Witness standards , to make life or death decisions about blood questions imposed on Jehovah`s Witnesses that even adult J.W.`s find difficult and confusing as to what is acceptable and what is not , in there ever changing views regarding " New light" or new medical procedures available in hospitals .How is a teenager , let alone a pre-teen ever going to make an informed life or death decision as to what fractions he/she can or can`t use , what other alternative options are available according to the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses is just beyond the comprehension of a teenager , and certainly a pre-teen .

If ever their was a case of child abuse against the Watchtower/Jehovah`s Witnesses , this should take priority .as hundreds of youths have died following the G.B. direction world wide , since this policy was introduced around the 1940-50s`s as a disfellowshipping offence for taking blood.

And in the " AWAKE" magazine of May 1994 on the front cover , many youths , 26 ? , they held up as martyrs for sacrificing there lives refusing blood.in obedience to their religious instruction from the G.B.

If that is not child abuse I would like to know what is.

smiddy

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I can't let go of this obsession...

by juandefiero in

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i really want to let go of the exjw obsession.

but i can't.

i keep coming here and other sites several times a day.i want to shout from the rooftops to my family and friends and say, "it's all a lie!

smiddy

Kairos , I think I know where your coming from , history has shown us all to often that the recipients kill the messenger .

Lets hope they all do find out from another source .....and exit the cult.

smiddy

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HARSH FINAL COURT DECISION IN VICKI BOER V. WATCHTOWER TRIAL

by hawkaw in

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i have some unique and troubling news.

i just got off the telephone with scott boer, vicki boer's husband and before that vicki.

her honour, justice anne molloy, has just ruled on the legal cost issue in the boer case.

smiddy

I wonder where Vicki Boer is today and how she is coping ? anybody know ?

I`m now speaking in hindsight as I am not aware of this case before , however even now especially with all the lawsuits against the WT organization she should go public in the media TV ,Newspapers and on line , every avenue you can think of to expose this CULT religion

smiddy

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Your favorite Bible version / translation

by lumberjack in

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which one is your favorite?

smiddy

The Atheists Bible

The Skeptics Annotated Bible

My Book Of Bible Stories for children, where it should stay , and like Santa Clause can be put to rest with other fables when their old enough to reason for themselves.

smiddy

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The WT in 10 years time

by Coded Logic in

a. in 2026 in what state do you think the organization will be?.

) 9million + members.

) roughly the same amount of members as today (7-9 million)..

smiddy

I just hope to Christ they don`t exist at all in ten years time.

OK the quiz ,

A .5

B. 4

C. 4

D . 5

smiddy

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Is there evidence for networks of abuse?

by slimboyfat in

i tend to avoid the subject because it's too depressing, so i've probably missed lots of discussion about this issue.

but i read a comment on youtube yesterday that shocked me and made me wonder.

the person claimed that many years ago abusers in society generally identified jws as a safe haven for abusers and joined en masse order to exploit the situation.

smiddy

blondie

Kudos to you and your husband for those experiences , as they say behind every good man there is a good woman.

smiddy

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Is there evidence for networks of abuse?

by slimboyfat in

i tend to avoid the subject because it's too depressing, so i've probably missed lots of discussion about this issue.

but i read a comment on youtube yesterday that shocked me and made me wonder.

the person claimed that many years ago abusers in society generally identified jws as a safe haven for abusers and joined en masse order to exploit the situation.

smiddy

talesin , and other interested folk ,

If I remember correctly , this point was brought up in the ARC as to the advisability of handling a JC in such a way , without concern for the victim , however I don`t think the practice was challenged from a legal perspective.

Only that it would cause more trauma to the victim .

SBF , have you looked at the videos or the transcripts of the ARC ? if not I recommend you do so , and anybody else who has not taken the time to look at them .

smiddy

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A possible reason why the GB are becoming more demanding as things worsen

by Listener in

basically because they feel they are not being blessed.. this is not to say that all gb members feel this way.

the power hungry ones love getting the whip out.

the other members incorrectly look to the old testament for answers.. they are telling the sheep to be faithful, dedicated, self sacrificing, serving to the fullest, whole hearted and obedient.

smiddy

You make a good point their SBF the organization has always blamed the rank and file for their failures

It has never been the fault of the governing body , always the lack of faith , or the lack of witnessing enough , or the lack of prayer , that Armageddon has not come yet .

It has always been the rank and files fault ,

The average Jehovah`s Witness , that spends there own time , money ,resources , to preach hours upon hours going from door to door a theology /interpretation of the Bible that keeps ever changing every few years

If the Almighty Jehovah God approved the Jehovah`s Witnesses /the IBSA as they were known in those days as his chosen people , why don`t they believe those same things today ?.

They don`t and nothing like it .

And if they are approved today for what they believe in , they couldn`t have been approved in 1919 for what they believed then .

The only alternative you can come to is it is just another American man made religion of the time , such as the Christadelphians ,Christian Scientist , Mormons ,(Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints ) Assembly of God , Seventh Day Adventists ,Bereoan Bible Students Association .2nd Adventists , Millerites , Exclusive Brethren , etc. etc. ,there were so many more.

And the Watchtower Society /Jehovah`s Witnesses have not proved to be any better than any of those mentioned in either morality as a group of people , or prophecy predictions.that have come to pass.

smiddy

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Tears Of The Shunned

by Watchtower-Free in

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smiddy

I must admit it is an interesting visual.....aid ?

smiddy

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Im sick of my life

by BlackWolf in

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sorry but i really feel like i need to rant right now.

recently my dad was made an elder so my family has been doing a lot more "theocratic" activities lately.

every morning i wake up and put on my itchy dress and stupid makeup and heels and then pretend that i love what i'm doing and that everybody is my friend when in reality i feel horrible and all the other teenage girls at my hall hate me for some reason.

smiddy

Blackwolf

Depending on how old you are , at a guess I would think mid-teens , you have your whole life ahead of you , learn to play the game .Do minimal "theocratic" activities as you can get away with ," female issues" are a good excuse , pursue your interests on the side if possible , either through the internet , the local Library ,etc.

But be prepared to face in the future if your parents did disown you simply because you wanted out of the religion , do they really "love" you ?,Do they have your interest at heart ? or are they just trying to save face in a corrupt organization ,that does not have your interest at heart.

If that is all you mean to them ,then maybe you are better off without them .This might sound harsh but I speak from experience .

My D.I.L. who is a wonderful woman , left the religion nearly twenty years ago , and her parents siblings will have nothing to do with her ( and they are not the ideal J.W.`s either I might add ) and in my view they don`t deserve her , it is their loss not hers.

I wish you all the best in whatever you decide to do .

smiddy