Posts by smiddy3

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Smiddys wedding anniversary

by smiddy3 in

today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..

Attendance Figures

by snare&racket in

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friends

i was a jw in the 80’s-2000’s and probably saw the peak of uk attendance.. anecdotally, many here appear to have a view that attendance has reduced significantly.

our kh would have around 90-110 for a meeting, at worst maybe 75 and the highest was 144 (for memorial lol).. small circuit assembly had about 1000 people and district had about 8-12000. .

i know kh’s and circuits/districts have variance, however in the uk i attended many of these various gatherings and the numbers above tended to be reasonably average.

smiddy3

So a cong. might appear to have many more attendees but that may only be because it has swallowed two other congs.

With all of the congregations being sold around the and other`s merging I think Cadellin has hit the nail on the head and we wont get any "truth" from the WT/JW`s

And i`m starting to doubt whether you would get the "truth" even from there yearbooks anymore or anything they print.

We all know how they revise there own history and sanitize it.

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Jephthah's daughter : A shining example of singleness

by Diogenesister in

really watchtower?

jephthah's daughter as an example of what a girl wants to be when she grows up??.

a burnt offering?!!.

smiddy3

With regard to the Hateful 8 ,GB members ,how many of them are married and how many have been married more than once ?

Do they have a moral right to impress singleness on anybody if they themselves are married ?

Are they the GB members or at least some of them hypocrites ?

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We enter the dark world of the Jehovah's Witnesses: abuses, subjected women and suicides Accusations of pedophilia

by Not_Culty in

we enter the dark world of the jehovah's witnesses: abuses, subjected women and suicides.

accusations of pedophilia, rejection of homosexuals, "social death", theft of personal data, suicides ... .

spanish interviews 15 former members of this "sect" in spain who denounce all kinds of situations.

smiddy3

Christendom`s priest`s / Clergy spend years studying on many levels to become ordained in there church .

And they can still stuff up

Jehovah`s Witness Elders have virtually no such training compared to what Christendom has except to have spent many hours consistently in the field service preaching WT propaganda.

And many if not most not even having a good knowledge of the history of JW`s,

And JW`s Elders are certainly not trained as counselors to the many complexities of human behaviour

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Why did Jehovah allow Eve to become pregnant?

by moomanchu in

jehovah reminds me of married couples who are having problems who decide to .

have children to improve their lot.. obviuosly jehovah can prevent pregnancy.. 1 samuel 1:5,6 .

but to hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, .

smiddy3

Well God had to prove he was right. After all, the angels were watching!

Or was it in fact other GOD`S that were watching, Gen.3:22a

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What is the difference between elohim and elohim?

by I_love_Jeff in

another question for jehovah's witnesses.

if the second elohim (אֱלהִים) of psalm 82:1 refers to humans, then what happens when we substitute "humans" as a translation in other verses where elohim (or elim, the other plural for "gods") occurs in the plural?

psalm 8:4-5 what is man, that you (god) art mindful of him?

smiddy3

Before mankind ever invented for himself Kings ,Judges or Gods or the like to rule over him ,Yahweh/Jehovah in Genesis 3:22 says this "Here the man has become like one of us"....

Who was he talking to ? his peers ? other Gods ? Himself ?

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Beware of divulging any personal info on this site!

by Crazyguy2 in

hey this is crazyguy, forgot my password so this is my new name.

anyway be sure to all you new ones that if you post any personal info on this forum or respond to pms asking for email addresses this information maybe able to be used by wt spies to try and find out who you are!

someone has recently pmd me asking for my email address or more accurately to respond to his email address which would give him mine, this maybe an innocent request but this person also has no posting history.

smiddy3

Lurkers and newbies especially need to take care here more so if they are not computer savvy .

Good advice.

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Smiddys wedding anniversary

by smiddy3 in

today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..

smiddy3

Thank you zeb LOL , and NVR2L8 , much appreciated .

My wife should receive an Oscar or some such equivalent.

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thanks..

smiddy3

Thats why after being on this site for about 12 years I`m listed as being on it for about 2 years ,i think I have gone from smiddy1,2,3 by now with different avatars .