Posts by smiddy

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JW Convention 2017

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

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smiddy

A Free Public Event given by JW`s to the general public.

I was a JW from 1960_1993 , attended national and International Conventions along with Circuit Assemblys and Congregation invitations to public talks and NEVER was their any PUBLIC of any significance that ever attended any venue that I ever attended .

They were attended by JW`s and relatives of JW`s or JW`s from other areas not assigned to that particular venue.

NEVER was their any public of any significance that came along ( except maybe for one or two who came out of curiosity)

What are your observations about this fact.? Did you ever see great numbers of the general public ever to attend a JW meeting via an invitation ?

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Geoffrey Jackson 2006 Convention Talk - Keep In Expectation As Jehovahs Day Draws Near

by pale.emperor in

two ironys here... first of all the title "keep in expectation as jehovahs day draws near" - (this talk is from 2006!!

) i suppose 11 years isnt near enough.

second is that geoffrey jackson, of all people, is giving a talk that goes on and on about liars and how jehovah never lies.

smiddy

This same talk has been regurgitated for about the last 50 years at least

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"The Santa Clarita Diet" on Netflix

by schnell in

someone recommended "the santa clarita diet" to me at work, and when i got home and watched the trailer, my wife and i both sat down and binged through the whole thing.... https://youtu.be/xjrnbogoauq.

thematically, the show is all about rebirth.

sprinkled throughout is the idea that when something changes in your life, you just have to be bold and run with it.

smiddy

My wife and I saw the first episode and that was enough for us.But then again we're not into Zombie type shows

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My Story

by WeatherLover in

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i'm a 4th generation jw.

i started to realize it wasn't the truth over 2 years ago in late october/early november 2014. i don't know how exactly it happened.

i remember i had just heard about confirmation bias, and it hit me: i realized that i would be guilty of confirmation bias if i didn't look at the other side.

smiddy

Wise advice from all of the above , however .

Live the life YOU want to live and not the life others want you to live.,you cant take back a wasted life to start again , you only live once.

Bye the way Welcome WeatherLover

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How much money people usually donate to WT ?

by Bardamu in

i grew up in the org and never got baptised, however i was wondering recently about how much money my family and old friends are wasting in all that.

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i remember of course never talking in amounts, that it was important to give from what you can not what you have etc but i admit i have no clue how much the average witness gives (say in % of their income).. i'm sure it varies greatly, i'd love to hear what you guys have to say..

smiddy

Some Elders used to suggest 10% of your earnings as a good guide whenever anyone asked how much should we donate.

10% being the tithe the Israelites were required to give under the law.

I loved the scripture "Dont let your right hand know what your left hand is doing" so when I went to the meetings I put my money in my pocket on my left and I told my right hand not to worry about what my left hand was doing.

Somwhow or other most times I left the KH ,I had as much money as when I walked into the KH

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Jalessa Castillo, a Jehovah Witness Pioneer, who joined The Orlando Times Team, maintains a 3.75 Grade Point Average at Valencia College.

by no password in

http://www.orlando-times.com/the_journey_of_jalessa_526.html.

the orlando times.

home.

smiddy

Ok my bad if she is a pioneer she is baptised.I just cant get my head around how she is getting away with what she is doing when other R&F witnesses are hauled over the coals for far less infringements of the societys rules and regulations.?

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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology

by schnell in

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out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

smiddy

This fascination with numbers in the Bible is not exclusive to Jehovahs Witnesses and I think just empathises how supersticious most believers in religion are.including JW`s.

The numbers 6, 7 ,10 ,12 ,40 ,666 , 12,000 ,144,000 and combinations of those numbers all figure prominently in scripture from the first book of the Bible to the last book of the Bible.

And what happened to the 7,000 years for a creative day that was JW doctrine in the 60`s-80`s ?

But its just supersticious nonsense that doesnt mean twat

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New BBC Panorama doc maybe be coming

by wizzstick in

on a ex-jw fb group this post went up in december.

been meaning to copy and paste it on here.

the op on fb said they were happy for it to be shared:.

smiddy

Lets keep this post highlighted for the next couple of months so that the more people who are exposed to it the more chance some people will come forward and participate in this BBC program ,its a great opportunity to get the message out their that nothing really has changed since 2002 and more victims just keep getting abused .

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Shun Glasses

by Tallon in

saw this on another exjw site and had a good laugh.. hope you get a kick out of it too ;).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb2wzmfccdq&feature=youtu.be.

smiddy

The WT /GB could make millions of $$$$ marketing those among their 8 million Borg members .

We shouldnt give them all these brainy ideas.

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My families shunning has gone to a whole new level

by pale.emperor in

8 months df'd.

loving a life of freedom.

however, my family are all shunning me.

smiddy

Well said clarity