Posts by smiddy3

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Do You Take Any Special Vitamins or Meds That You Would Recommend?

by minimus in

jw
friends

as we get older , we tend to feel the aches and pains or some tiredness like never before.. i have some friends who are in excellent condition and i’ve asked what their secret was.. some swear by cbd oil as a cure all for aches and localized pain.

greek yogurt is a natural food that can attack gut fat as does taking probiotics.

have you found anything that makes you more energized?

smiddy3

Simon i think you could replace one of those meat diets with Subway ,but I got a laugh anyway.

Not to put a dampner on the health foods / vitamins trend ,however I know of two women who were religious in there eating healthy and taking vitamins lots ,that died at a young age .

One in particular while in hospital dying responded to another young person who said to her "when I get out of here I will eat nothing but healthy foods"

"My friend replied don`t even bother ,I`ve been doing it all my life and where has it got me "

Vale Anita .

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More Watchtower Property For Sale!

by Atlantis in

if this is old news then just scrap it.. .

looks like more watchtower property is for sale.. .

https://www.matele.be/bioul-le-centre-des-temoins-de-jehovah-a-vendre.

smiddy3

I would think the WT Corporation doesn`t let on to the R&F this massive selling off of properties around the world , they are being treated like mushrooms ,kept in the dark and fed bullshit.

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Question? How Many Hours of Field Service Does it Take

by new boy in

jw
friends

currently, to create one new jehovah's witness convert?.

smiddy3

I was a JW for 33 years and along with my wife we potentially brought 8 family members in the "struth" never a person in our D2D ministry .

Thankfully all are out except 1 niece who shuns us all.

I`m sure there are millions like us who went from D2D for many ,many years and never brought one person into the "struth" in the D2D work.

If I was Jehovah/Jesus I would sack all of the GB for not getting the job done and producing results that matter in preaching in all of the inhabited earth and making disciples .

They have failed dismally in not preaching in all of the inhabited Earth and they have failed dismally in converting many people in there D2D work.

The bulk of there baptisms nowadays are from family members and not worldly converts .

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Maybe it could be worse...

by Olig in

so i just watched a documentary on netflix called "the end of the world cult" about some geezer named wayne bent (self proclaimed as michael travesser).

some of the stuff this guy says is absolutely unbelievable, and made me seriously think that there are some god awful cults out there, and made me think my time in the jw's (however boring and restrictive) wasn't all so bad... has anyone else seen this?

does anyone have any recommendations on other documentaries of the like??

smiddy3

I have Netflix I must look out for it and comment after i watch it.

Thanks Olig

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Leaving Neverland the Micheal Jackson documentary

by Finkelstein in

leaving neverland the micheal jackson documentary was just released and i must say watching it myself left me pretty disgusted but not necessarily surprised.. being that there is two accounts given by two separate boys, men now, leaves the impression that their stories are truthful and factual.. what one can take from this story is that mj was a megalomaniac that thought he had the power, money and personal stature to get away with just about anything he wanted, this included pedophilia with boys.

i wonder if the over oppression restrictive nature of being brought up a child in the jws religion had an effect to his loose out of control behavior of a super rich celebrity ?.

his celebrity status and wealth really came to him when he was a pubescent young boy/teen, money in such a huge amount made anything he wanted or could afford possible.. personally i think he was inherently gay and had pursued arranged marriages to protect his perceived public image, a pretentious act which was mostly devised as a money and business endeavor .

smiddy3

Didn`t one or both of these guys now claiming they were molested by MJ at one time defended him and denied that MJ had molested them ?

Why after all this time and now that MJ is dead and can`t defend himself have these allegations surfaced ? by those that defended him before ?

Not meaning to be cynical ,but is there $$$$$$ to be had here ? with this doco and those involved ?

Just asking .

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Dutch (ex) JWs: Online survey sexual abuse within JW Netherlands by Utrecht University

by jochie in

since today dutch (ex)jws are asked to fill out an online survey by utrecht university with regard to (child) sexual abuse.as chairman of reclaimed voices i call on all dutch speaking (ex) jws to fill out this survey in case you were a victim of abuse or in case you know of someone else that was abused within the jehovah's witnesseswith your participation you contribute to an important investigation that is carried out.link to the survey: https://usbo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/sv_4hkmbqjhlm0uhmh

smiddy3

Following a motion that was adopted in the House of Representatives on 3 July 2018, as researchers at Utrecht University we conduct an independent investigation into experiences with sexual abuse within the Dutch Jehovah's Witness community. We investigate the way in which people who report within the community are treated. Among other things, we examine whether the closedness in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses contributes to whether or not to report experiences with sexual abuse.

Thanks for supplying that link jochie and i hope many will take advantage of this secure online survey that will protect the identity of those who participate and protect there privacy.

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Priests to made report..

by zeb in

today the 6-3-2019 .

the attorney general for the state of victoria, australia is to push legislation that will require priests to report any confession that reveals child abuse.. will elders be required to do so?

elders.

smiddy3

We can only hope so zeb that Elders ,clergy ,pastors ,priests,have a mandate to report child sexual abuse when they learn of it or face the consequences,hopefully a jail sentence .

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Need Help - How do I refute this???

by HappyBlessedFree in

so i was talking with my husband about all the things the organization is doing ie.

hiding pedophiles, lying about what 1914 was etc.

so his response was that the nation of israel had times when they weren’t doing the right thing, but it was still gods chosen organization.. another topic we were talking about was disfellowshipping.

smiddy3

Picking up on what TFG said is your husband aware that the F&DS class is only a "Theocratic Arrangement" and that no individual GB members make up the faithful slave ?

When Steven Unthank tried to sue WT in a court of law that was their response .There are posts about that case.

Also if God picked the"Bible Students" back in 1919 on the basis of what they believed and taught back then ,he would have to reject them now simply because they don`t believe anymore what they taught and believed back then ?

Good luck with enlightening him .

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Ending Bible Study

by Maria Nieves in

i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.

initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.

however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.

smiddy3

Maria Nieves, could it be that you are a very sensitive person and and have very low self esteem ? about yourself ?

I do not mean to be provocative or upset you in any way ,however I think you are worrying far too much about how your actions will affect your bible Study conductor / mentor than you are about how this situation unfolds and affects your feelings and mentality .

You need to look after your own well being and other people will look after there own ,and they will do so ,sometimes at your expense .

Do not be duped ,JW`s have a goal of getting people baptised into there religion ,once they realise you are not going down that path they will drop you like a sack of potatoes, unless they think they can work on you to reel you in like a fish on a hook,

There friendship with you is conditional , once they realise you don`t want to be a JW they will drop you like a hot potatoe

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More Watchtower Property For Sale!

by Atlantis in

if this is old news then just scrap it.. .

looks like more watchtower property is for sale.. .

https://www.matele.be/bioul-le-centre-des-temoins-de-jehovah-a-vendre.

smiddy3

i agree it sounds more like an Assembly Hall ,but what does that indicate ? Surely that the WT is in trouble somewhere along the line .

Ok I can see getting rid of some Kh`s but not Assembly halls so soon after they have been built ?

Churches of Christendom have lasted for Centuries in one religion or another and Jehovah`s Witnesses sell there KH`s / Assembly`s off after a decade or two ?