Posts by smiddy

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Enjoyed a Movie with My Future Roommates

by Saethydd in

i went to see guardians of the galaxy 2 yesterday.

(great movie by the way, perfect mixture of action and comedy in my opinion.

) i told my family i would go by myself because they were all going to be at my sister's graduation.

smiddy

It sounds like you had a great "normal" day and not a "contrived happyfying " day.

Good for you

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so i've been a lurked on this site for about 15 years, thank goodness for dial up internet.... anyway my fade has been working off and on for that long but my whole family is still in including my kid.

at this point i have started dating a worldly person.

he is wiling to put onthe facade of being a witness so i don't have to lose my family.

smiddy

wannaexit ,maybe you can understand where I was comming from. just saying.

floridaborn ,I see you have been lurking on this site for 15 years and joined 3 years ago and now only posted just recently.

I`m not sure what to say , except your a very cautious person .and as wannaexit says "I too am amazed " lurking for 15 years ? and only just posting ?

However ,getting back to your post ,your obviously not a teenager but an adult and want a relationship with the opposite sex .and are scared of losing your family if they find out your dating a worldly person .

You need to identify what will make you happy in this short life that you have on earth. .( reality check)

Do you want to do what pleases your family and makes them happy and you miserable ?

or do you want to do what makes YOU happy for the rest of your short life here on this earth.

I hope you think about this and make the right decision for you

It is your choice and nobody else`s

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The 2016 year,How do you score the J.W's??

by karter in

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friends

with the a.r.c.,closing bethles,selling off k.h's.publisher numbers at best stagnating,court case's going against them.. i give a 3 out of 10.. karter.

smiddy

I agree with you Karter its certainly a downhill slide for them and a 3 sounds reasonable to me .

However they will still be around for "generations" to come ,their will always be vulnerable/needy people among us sadly.

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Site Updates

by Simon in

just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

smiddy

Thankfully the edit option works for me now.

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A petition in Russia for transforming a Kingdom Hall into a cultural space for young musicians.

by OrphanCrow in

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someone in russia is paying attention to the jw property seizures.

this is a petition started in russia for transforming a kingdom hall into a cultural space for young musicians.. the petition is in russian so i have copied the google translate here:.

please mark out space for the development of musical creativity among young people!shtanko eugene - pechora, russiaapril 20, 2017 the supreme court declared extremist activity "administrative center of jehovah's witnesses in russia" and banned its operation.

smiddy

Well at least this hall will now sound out" Music to the Ears" no matter how inexperienced these young musciscians are.

Anything they perform has to be better than those" Kingdom Maladys" that the KH spewed out before.

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DISTURBING! Italian TV Reporter Violently Attcked On Live TV While Reporting On African Migrants

by kpop in

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friends

my god!

i hope she is ok!

what have you leftists done to italy?!

smiddy

In this day and age nothing surprises me .

In that video nobody sees the attacker ?

And nobody sees the victim Francesca after the alleged attack

And if the video/cameraman couldnt get that footage he needs to look for another job,he`s obviously incompetent .

Apparently other news media doesnt pick up on the story ?

If it is true and not a ratings publicity stunt I hope she is OK and unharmed .

However I`m sceptical

Just saying

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Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Respond to All Accusations Made Against Them? FROM WEBSITE

by NikL in

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you could fertilize your garden with this shite.... https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/respond-to-accusations/.

smiddy

The media : Why dont Jehovahs witnesses/G.B members provide the Data base of child sexual abuse you have on file ?

GB/JW`s : We dont respond to false accusations

Whenever the media reports on persecution /harrassment/discrimination of Jehovahs Witnesses its a fact.

Whenever the Media reports on Child Sexual Abuse and failure of the JW`s to respond on behalf of the victim ,then its all lies the media lies ,you cant trust the media,they are a product of Satans system of things.

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Reaction of Governing Body Belies More than their Accusation

by carefullyread in

a disfellowshiped brother wrote a letter of disquisition to the governing body of wbts a little while ago.

it was not in any way nasty, derogatory, rude, blasphemous, or with profanity but it was civil, truthful, & very informative that some have described as extremely truthful to enlightening, an ebullient disclosure.

i got to see some paraphrases extracted from it that have been circulating quietly or rather secretly passed around & i agree with the latter description.. the governing body was greatly perturbed, alarmed, to confused with this letter particularly as they became aware several of the congregation were also sent copies which some of the local congregational elders raised controversial questions about but mainly was dismissed by them without reading, to scoffing & ridicule but some also saw something more truthful to concern them.

smiddy

If we assume it IS all factual, then I think it confirms that the members of this GB (or their Helpers) damn well know that they are dispensing a bunch of bullshit

Wouldnt the GB member who warned JW`s about not listening to the media reports about Jehovahs Witnesses ( child sex abuses,Australian Royal Commission into abuse in the JW religion etc.) and labelling such reports as lies and untruths says it all doesnt it ?

Doesnt that confirm they are liars and will cover up the truth at any cost ?.

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Site Updates

by Simon in

just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

smiddy

The edit button is not working for me ..

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Can the dead hear?

by AmyWatson916 in

the "what does the bible really teach?

" book says we cannot speak to the dead (page 64) and that the dead do not hear (page 58) but on page 68 the book has jesus talking to a dead man and the dead man apparently hearing and responding.

the same thing happens on page 69 when peter talks to a dead woman and the dead woman apparently hears and responds.

smiddy

You ask some valid questions AW916 ,and no doubt JW`s will give you an answer though maybe not one that satisfies ( they do have answers for everything even if their not relevant to the question asked ) They are also masters at deflecting questions which prove embarrassing for them to answer .You need to be very attune to staying on the question you ask and not to be sidelined by their trying to deflect that question away.

Getting back to your OP ,no I havent read that book but will endeavour to do so .

Thank you

and take care.