Your husbands got balls , good for him for not pussy-footing around and laying down the law about your daughter,not attending a KH under any circumstance.
Well done
smiddy
Posts by smiddy
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23Guess who is getting announced as no longer being a JW
by atacrossroads innot me surprisingly.
i thought i would be the one to go first.
this coming week my hubby is being announced as no longer being a jw.
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Each and every member of this board reaches more people than they ever did going from D2D , with more effect.
by smiddy ini was just reflecting about this site and it`s influence on me and what i have got out of it and it came to me that whatever subject i bring up , or others bring up , the obvious thing is we engage in discussion .that`s what it`s all about .. however , the feedback we get or the input we give , far outweighs anything we ever achieved going from d2d for the wtb&ts./ wt real estate agency /publishing house .. how many times did you have a meaningful discussion with a person at a door ?, as a jw ?
not many i would think.. the majority of times , they were not home or not opening the door to you , so even if you did meet people they were too busy to talk to you or they just were not interested.. whereas , here on this board you engage with many people from all over the world , and we can discuss a subject as long as we want.until it runs it`s course.. i think anybody who posts here has had far more satisfaction in their interaction with other people on this board than they ever experienced in the d2d work as a jw.. and i hope that people who just lurk here can see the benefits of open discussion in a forum like this without judgement and recriminations that occur in the jw religion for speaking your mind.. smiddy.
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I was just reflecting about this site and it`s influence on me and what I have got out of it and it came to me that whatever subject I bring up , or others bring up , the obvious thing is we engage in discussion .That`s what it`s all about .
However , the feedback we get or the input we give , far outweighs anything we ever achieved going from D2D for the WTB&TS./ WT real Estate Agency /Publishing House .
How many times did you have a meaningful discussion with a person at a door ?, as a JW ? not many I would think.
The majority of times , they were not home or not opening the door to you , so even if you did meet people they were too busy to talk to you or they just were not interested.
Whereas , here on this board you engage with many people from all over the world , and we can discuss a subject as long as we want.until it runs it`s course.
I think anybody who posts here has had far more satisfaction in their interaction with other people on this board than they ever experienced in the D2D work as a JW.
And I hope that people who just lurk here can see the benefits of open discussion in a forum like this without judgement and recriminations that occur in the JW religion for speaking your mind.
smiddy
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Why isn't the Boston Globe doing a better job?
by Londo111 inhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2016/06/29/who-are-jehovah-witnesses-who-live-among/z39a6dvdcp5lvufo7y7ozo/story.html.
why isn't the boston globe doing a better job covering this group?.
after all, the movie spotlight won an oscar about this paper and their groundbreaking journalism into the catholic church covering child abuse.
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smiddy
It`s been a while since I watched the movie Spotlight , wasn`t the abuse brought to their attention many years before and nothing was done about it ?
So , while the end result was satisfactory , in the meantime , many more abuses occurred ruining many children`s lives.
If the journalists had acted upon this information they received back then much suffering to children could have been averted.
Maybe we should be more active in writing to newspapers , contacting TV stations , Radio stations ,about the cover ups of child sexual abuse in Congregations , Elders not reporting these crimes to the authorities when brought to their attention.and their shunning of family members who no longer want to be known as a Jehovah`s Witness.
smiddy
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Don't believe anyone is up there listening - said a prayer anyway out of sense of obligation
by Zoos ini've read many statements on this forum from people who have expressed the sentiment that you don't shove ttatt down the throat of an older person.
it would be too traumatic and its best to let some people, in some situations, simply pass on in the delusion.. its humane.
merciful.. in the initial roar of my awakening, i was unable to cuddle up to that sentiment; preferring, instead, to shove the blood curdling shock of truth down the throat of anyone i could get my grip on... age be dammed.
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That was very touching Zoos , your obviously a good person and I understand where your coming from .
In that situation , what`s the point of trying to undermine their faith no matter how blind it may seem to be to us..
Take care,
smiddy
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Welcome lostsoul123 , from down under and a high five from me.
smiddy
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What should I do?
by Tameria2001 inhello everyone, it's been quite a while since i was last on this forum.
originally i was under a different user name, but lost all that information when i moved to a different state.
anyways, i had left the jws back in 2001, after being raised up in it most of my childhood life.
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Attend the family reunion, stay the full time and let the JW`s make as big a scene as they like and show themselves up for what stupid people they can be.
smiddy
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Calling All Who Were JWs Between 1967 and 1980
by -Crossroads- inhello jwn,.
to introduce myself, i am still in the jws but learned ttatt some months ago.
i now ask this question to get more info on a past teaching.. between 1967 and 1980 was when the 'current understanding' of the wts was that organ transplants were cannibalism, and thus abhorrent.
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smiddy
Hi Crossroads , welcome to the board ,
If i remember correctly it was in the" Kingdom Ministry" that stated organ transplants were likened to cannibalism and seeing the donated organ was still functioning it would have the donors blood within it .
So , by their reckoning on two counts you would be DF .( eating blood and eating flesh) WT view not mine .
At the time I thought it was big stretch of the imagination to call it cannibalism , however I was still a firm believer back then and went along with it.
smiddy
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Elder who taught at private school for JWs accused of abuse
by Robo Bobo inhttp://www.presstelegram.com/article/lb/20160630/news/160639983.
note: southwestern longview was a private school that catered to witness children.
buena park – a south carolina man who worked as a teacher at a private school in long beach a decade ago has been arrested by buena park police officers on suspicion of the “continuous sexual abuse of a child” who was a student of his, authorities said today.. jason gorski of fort mill, 43, was arrested on june 21, said buena park police sgt.
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When are the Elders who dont report these crimes , going to be charged with being complicit in a crime by not reporting it to the relevant authorities , whether it be the police or child protection services.
Elders seem to be getting away with this in one country after another , they are culpable and need to be brought to justice for not reporting these crimes against children.
What can we do to put pressure on Governments where we live to make Elders more accountable when they fail to report child sexual abuse within their congregations,
They seem to be escaping this punishment not only in Australia ,the UK , Europe , and the USA ,to name a few
and no doubt elsewhere ..
This is not good enough , we need to do something about it
Any suggestions ?
smiddy
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Richmond, Virginia Convention Lowlights: 11-year-old Baptized / Porn Seen Accidentally
by Funchback inhttp://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_8dec9e79-b243-5265-80ee-fee138922f80.html.
at this rate, soon they'll let infants get dipped:.
lindsey jackson, 14, of king george county was among the 33 people who were baptized saturday during the first convention of jehovah’s witnesses of the summer at the richmond coliseum.
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smiddy
Next thing you know they will be going to the Elders saying that they accidentally masturbated 7 times in the past week.
Or
They had a wet dream that they keep trying to re-live.
smiddy
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Richmond, Virginia Convention Lowlights: 11-year-old Baptized / Porn Seen Accidentally
by Funchback inhttp://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_8dec9e79-b243-5265-80ee-fee138922f80.html.
at this rate, soon they'll let infants get dipped:.
lindsey jackson, 14, of king george county was among the 33 people who were baptized saturday during the first convention of jehovah’s witnesses of the summer at the richmond coliseum.
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How come the Bible / Jehovah in all his wisdom , since he created us never mentions masturbation that occurs in either sex.?
Males get erections when their adolescents , not even teens , answer that Jehovah .? Why ?
4000 years of human history according to the Bible that contains murder , genocide , rape , incest ,theft ,adultery ,etc.etc,
Yet their is no mention in either the Hebrew scriptures or the Christian Greek Scriptures of the practice of masturbation , which has been going on since Adam was a boy . Oh and lets not forget Eve also and the female species that also engage in this practice when the need arises.
Yet their is no mention of it in the entire Bible , why not ?
It is a fact of life .
smiddy