Posts by smiddy

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

smiddy

258 pages is that a record set by cofty ? If not who holds the record ?

sorry to go off topic.

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Why isnt the overlapping generation( interpretation), consistently applied to these scriptures.?

by smiddy in

why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.

" as having overlapping generations ?

and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?

Why does the WT interpret Matt.24:34 "Truly I say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur." as having overlapping generations ? And not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .? Ph.2:15 ,Ps.48:13 ,Ps.78:4,Ps 79.:13, Ps.100:5 ,Mtt.12:39 Mtt.23:36 ,Lu.21:32

Quite frankly the overlapping generation interpretation is even more ridiculous when considering these scriptures about a generation or this generation.

And their is no scriptual validation for the Governing Body to make such a claim of an overlapping generation.

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AUSTRALIA: Jehovah's Witness Malcolm Lee guilty of raping 80-year-old-woman

by jwleaks in

friday 16, december 2016. abc news: malcolm lee, 56, has been sentenced to three years, nine months jail for the attack on the woman, 80, at her home near lakes entrance in march.

during a home massage, organised as a gift by the victim's daughter, lee touched, kissed and digitally raped the woman.

he claimed he believed at the time it was consensual and she was enjoying it.

smiddy

A Believer ,take off your rosy coloured glasses, drop the scales from your eyes , lift your head out of the sand ,or out of your arse whichever is applicable and face the facts .

JW`s have more than 1000 cases of child sexual abuse not reported to the appropiate authorities ,noted by the Australian Royal Commission ,thats 3018 Elders who didnt report it.

The USA , Canada , Spain ,The UK ,Japan ,all have multiple cases of child sexual abuse against children that were never reported to the authorities , these are just cases that have come to light recently, their are many more as if this isnt enough.

Google crimes committed by Jehovahs Witnesses and you wil see that every crime imaginable has been commited by a JW in good standing.

And if you want to use the excuse that if they did these things they werent really JW`s.

Then I would say to you their are no Catholics in any jails anywhere in the world either.

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My Mother reach out to me AGAIN!

by HereIgo in

about 3 weeks ago i created a thread due to my mom reaching out to me (we hadn't talked in over 2 years due to typical jw politics).

well, today she reached out again thought facebook messenger saying " i'm so sorry i hurt you my beautiful baby boy.

i'm hurting very much also.

smiddy

Sometimes being blunt and forthright is the only way to get through to some people .

I hope in your case it was a success.

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Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses Holds Women Back

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/jehovahs-witnesses-women-religion-serena-williams-news-81664/.

by lydia segebrecht december 16, 2016. an open letter to serena williams about jehovah’s witnesses’ treatment of women.. dear serena,.

i want to start by applauding everything you said in your open letter that was reproduced on the guardian website last week.

smiddy

jwleaks , I would like to see that letter of yours published in an Australian newspaper (the saturday paper ? if no other ) if at all possible .

But I suppose pigs might fly before that happens.

Thanks Barbara for posting this.Serena and her sister Venus life style are in complete contrast to what the religion they promote advocates for women .

I would like to see this letter published in an Australian paper also ,for when Serena plays The Australian Open Tennis Competition in early 2017.

If Serena was serious about her concern for women and equality she would speak out about the inequalitys that exist in the religion she promotes so as she doesnt come across as a hypocrite .

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AUSTRALIA: Jehovah's Witness Malcolm Lee guilty of raping 80-year-old-woman

by jwleaks in

friday 16, december 2016. abc news: malcolm lee, 56, has been sentenced to three years, nine months jail for the attack on the woman, 80, at her home near lakes entrance in march.

during a home massage, organised as a gift by the victim's daughter, lee touched, kissed and digitally raped the woman.

he claimed he believed at the time it was consensual and she was enjoying it.

smiddy

Next time a JW knocks on my door I`ll ask them about Malcom Lee and if he was in their congregation.

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Ex JWs in Spain contacted their Government to act against the JWs on child sexual abuse matters

by Susan Gaskin in

the letter below (translated from spanish) was just sent out yesterday to the minister of justice in spain by ex jws.

the collective group who did this have a website with this link: http://www.foroextj.com/.

email: [email protected] facebook: www.facebook.com/abusostj twitter: @abusostj.

smiddy

Could this strategy be used in other nations around the earth ? With any success?

What would be the pros and cons of employing such a strategy ?

I find this an interesting concept for a couple of reasons.

1. Here in Australia we seem to be going down the path of having one set of laws for mainstream Australians and another set of laws for indigenous Australians .

2. Also australia seems to be going down the path of giving into the Muslim community allowing them to practice Sharia law in their community .

All in the name of political correctness gone mad.

And the Jehovahs Witnesses being allowed to have their own Judicial Committees meting out punishment to their members outside of the law.

Just asking for your comments.

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the future for the borg

by pepperheart in

it look very possible that the borg could lose their charity status in both the uk and oz if this happens the jw will not have all the tax breaks for the buildings that they have now.and that the headquarters will have to start finding extra money.and as they have done so much cost cutting anyway these past years i think they will have to start selling kingdom halls off.

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smiddy

I can understand the UK Charity status being under threat, However where is their any evidence that the Charity status is under threat in Australia ?

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Would you trust your Doctor if he got things wrong??

by stuckinarut2 in

just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.

he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.

if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?