Posts by smiddy3

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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories
by Bangalore in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
smiddy3

I would be happy to be payed $150 for telling my story not charged $150 for telling my story ? WTF ?
Or did I misunderstand this post.
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Any New Zealanders experienced sexual abuse in JW?
by Amypk80 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
looking for jw sexual abuse survivors from new zealand .
smiddy3

Twice Amypk80 has posted this request and no NZ has responded to her post ,surely their is someone over their who can give her some encouragement as she is a newbie to this site.
Amy you will have a PM (personal message) click on the envelope in the above bar next to your log in name.
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Sexual abuse
by Amypk80 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
does anyone in new zealand have any experience with jw covering up sexual abuse?

.
smiddy3

Come on guys Amypk80`s a new girl here offer her some encouragement by replying to her post .
Surely our cousins across the water can give her some joy ?
{I`m an Ozzie Amy}
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2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.
smiddy3

Anything can happen in 10 months in JW lala land ,they change their mind about any and everything more times than one changes their underpants.
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Wife came home upset ...
by The Fall Guy in
1. social
2. humour
... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

".
smiddy3

A man can`t decide which one of two GF `s to propose to.So decides to put GOD to the test using 3 religions.
He goes into a synagogue and prays fervently asking GOD to help him decide eventually he still gets no answer.
He then goes into the High Church of England praying fervently asking God to give him a sign as to who he should choose ,again nothing.
He then decides to give it one more try by going into a Catholic Church and goes through the same procedure praying fervently and in desperation lifts up his hands raises his head and low and behold he see`s the sign from GOD
AVE MARIA inscribed in the rafters.
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Can't believe we are still here
by moreconfusedthanever in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just this week i had the jws knock on my door.

sisters from my old congregation.

we exchanged the usual polite conversation.
smiddy3

Maybe that`s why their are so many more people claiming to be of the anointed now,they don`t like the thought of lying in the ground or being cremated at death and want and hope for an immediate resurrection at death so they partake of the wine and emblems claiming to be of the anointed.
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Sharing the Bad (shameful) News in all the Earth - Courtesy of the BBC
by fulltimestudent in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
australia's royal commission into child abuse released its full report yesterday, so it was gratifying to see the uk's bbc run this headline on their website this morning (aussie time):.

australia jehovah's witnesses 'did not report 1,000 alleged abusers'.

hopefully, all over the world people will learn the shameful news of what yhwh (as guided by the holy spirit) told his earthly witnesses to do.
smiddy3

As of this date 15/12/2017 A.M. No Australian state or territory has signed up to the redress scheme giving compensation to the victims of Child sexual Abuse by any Institution.
Derryn Hinch a senator asks why not ? and that they must do so ..however I think Parliament is now in recession until early next year.
Senator Derryn Hynch made an interesting observation regarding the dollar amount to be agreed upon .
I think first up it was $500,000 in Compensation then it was reduced to $200,000 and then low and behold (in his words) it was reduced to $150,000 that the Government accepted which coincidentally ? happened to be the number the Roman Catholic Church had initially put forward as an acceptable figure.
I wonder why ? { Anyone ?}
Religion still is a powerful and influential force in Government in this day and age ,so don`t be surprised if the recommendations of the ARC submitted in their final report today are not watered down somewhat by the actions of Government
True some, if not many of the recommendations will be adopted but definetely not all of them and some of those not adopted will be the ones we wanted to be adopted.
It will be interesting to see what transpires in 2018
Edit to add ? What gains were made in Ireland with their investigation into Child sexual Abuse some years ago ?
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Wife came home upset ...
by The Fall Guy in
1. social
2. humour
... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

".
smiddy3

Q. is my glass of beer half full or half empty?
A.It depends on who is asking my wife or or my friend.
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Wife came home upset ...
by The Fall Guy in
1. social
2. humour
... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

".
smiddy3

two men are stuck on opposite sides of a river. The first man shouts to the second.
"How do I get to the other side of the river ?"
The second man shouts back ,
"You ARE on the other side."
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2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.
smiddy3

So they are advertising what they are going to do 10 months into the future ?
I wait with baited breath