Posts by smiddy3

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wt on education..

by zeb in

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i have just watched the glass smashing on the wt video on education.. please consider these experiences from the opposite side of that "coin".. i have heard young ones say out-loud on the mike in the kh that "jehovah is my special friend.."these ones who were at the top of the wt 'tree' pioneering, putting in the hours etc but, it followed that soon saying that pivotal statement they dropped their pioneering, faded, picked up the girl/boyfriend and suffered being dfd.. so where did their wt "education" leave them?

it left them as young adults naive to the world, unskilled, with no qualification to offer any employer and having to replace their former family/associates/friends with new ones.. ( dont get me going on shunning) in some cases with little success as we have read here where they moon about for months or longer unable to emotionally heal after the leaving or df'ing and also others with such a turn around they would never have believed it possible... there was a wt that related how a brother (!

) followed an interest in history and left the truth.

smiddy3

2 hours ago

I have just watched the glass smashing on the wt video on education.

This relates to your recent post also Gorby ?

can someone post what`s this all about ? I don`t want to go to JW.org myself .

Having an education and a qualification lifts one up you stand tall and can look at the 'man in the glass' and say well done and it also says to prospective employers this is what i have achieved I can be valuable to you.

Well said zeb , an educated person can pay his own way in life and not end up being a burden in society ,a sponger , or a bludger depending on the society they condemn for their livelihood like so many J.W.~s

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Interpretation often takes you away from truth

by Ireneus in

yesterday, my classmate was giving an example from her homeland on how people can give various interpretations which have nothing to do with truth.

though studying in the us, she was closely monitoring what was happening in kerala (a small southern state of india), her birth place.

last month saw unprecedent heavy rains wreaking widespread havoc in this small state with huge population (which is much more than australia’s population).

smiddy3

The people interpreting it as god's anger were making two flawed assumptions - that there is some divine entity that involves itself in human affairs, and that this entity was responsible for the event.

And as far as Christianity is concerned that explains why J.W.`s are just one of 40,000 plus Christian sects.

Each one giving their own interpretations to the one ( or maybe two or three . ) set of books

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The Unveiling

by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

ladies and gentlemen, i proudly present you with mr and mrs @stucknomore2.0:.

https://youtu.be/o9bqz9jj_qg.

sacha and sherrie, you've done an amazing job in spreading the word about this forum, and it is my sincerest hope that the plug you made brings some newcomers in.

smiddy3

I can relate to them not having anything to do with me ,because I D.A. my self after many years ,however my wife never D.A. her self and nobody of her "friends" in the "truth" have ever contacted her in over 25 years .?

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Dealing with nightmares

by Freedom rocks in

i had some terrible dark nightmares when i was studying which disappeared once i got baptised.

i think it was psychological based on the fact i believed jehovah was protecting me after i was baptised.

i had a nightmare tonight after just under a year of being out of the borg and woke up feeling a bit lost because in the past i'd have prayed and then gone back into a peaceful sleep but since i don't pray anymore i wasn't sure how to comfort myself to go back to sleep.

smiddy3

The brain is a complex organ and dreams can be so bazaar I wouldn`t put too much stock in anything I dreamed otherwise you could go round the twist .

Dreams are not reality and don`t belong in the real world.

Leave them where they belong in the imagination of the complex brain.

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Big news today

by former2free in

for you who have read my bio you will know i have been working on my wife to wake her up.

now i won’t call her awake yet but through a series of long conversations this week i revealed to her my dissenting toward the jw faith.

she was totally supportive of me assured me she would never think differently of me because of how i feel.

smiddy3

My thoughts and good vibes are with you and your wife f2f hopefully you can both be on the same page together and out from under the control of 8 men in America,who dictate what beliefs Jehovah`s Witnesses have at any one time only to change that belief when their expectation / prophecy doesn`t materialize which necessitate`s the doctrine of "new light" that excuses their failed earlier expectations /evidently`s and predictions /prophecy`s .etc.

I wish you both well on your journey to TTATT .

Take care.

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Developments in the India Branch

by MaxPayne in

the following letter was read in the congregation today.

it's for all the congregations in india.

i have pasted it as it was.

smiddy3

The boxes that come from these countries are marked as "charitable material inside".

And on the outside "White washed graves "

Talk about taking advantage of vulnerable people in poor Countries

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The difference between Jesus version of forgiveness to that of watchtowers version of forgiveness

by UnshackleTheChains in

jesus version of forgiveness.

https://youtu.be/6snr5zjfngg.

jehovah's witness version of forgiveness.

smiddy3

You got that right sir 82 ,

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J.W.Sisters are not recognized as part of the 144000 Anointed class by the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses and never have been.

by smiddy3 in

rev.14: 1-6 describes the 144000 as males who do not defile themselves with women and are classed as virgins.?.

how does the governing body of j.w.`s explain that a man having a sexual relationship with a woman defiles a man?.

isn`t this or shouldn`t this be an affront to women who are jehovah`s witnesses ?

smiddy3

Not at all Vidiot ,ts just an observation I have made in publications I`m aware of that all illustrations made about those who have gone to heaven as the 144000 are all depicted as males with beards .

If they recognized women among the anointed surely they would portray them in their illustrations ,? but no they don`t.

I don`t presume to know what they are planning to do ,its anybody`s guess what they will come up with next ?

And while women have been given some praise and acknowledgement in the Bible they have never been given any role of any significance ,certainly not in any governance or teaching capacity.

So I fail to see how they could be given a role to act as co-workers with Jesus Christ ruling as "King priests" in heaven for a thousand years .

Just my 2 cents worth.

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Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?

by minimus in

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friends

this isn’t a usa question.

is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.

smiddy3

The last job I had offered voluntary superannuation which I opted in for as I was a lousy saver and if the big A came before I received any benefits ? no big deal. (Paradise)

As it turned out I was in that job 28 years and came out with a tidy sum ,maybe it was because I was a convert and figured it was a good each way bet ?

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Advice on my JW Mother

by InjusticeSystem in

i need the advice of those of you who are exjw's on what to do about my still in mother.

briefly, here's the situation: i am a born-in, never got baptised (thank the fsm), became an athiest about 2015 but haven't come out to anyone but my wife and some trusted friends.

my mother was raised in the society and is a true believer, but was never as strict about it as some parents are when i was growing up.

smiddy3

You don`t want to shun her because she doesn`t believe what you believe do you ? Otherwise wer`e not much better than them.

If their is any breakdown in your relationship with your mother let it come from her and not you.

Much good advice from previous posters I think.