Posts by smiddy3

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Jehovahs Witness n Retention rates !!! Check this out.

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

jw
friends

a study of religious retention rates–that is, what percentage of people raised in a particular church or religion stay with it when they are grown–is quite interesting.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2012/07/religious-retention-rates/.

jdubs have alittle over 36%.

smiddy3

I`m surprised that the Mormons have 70% ? And the Catholics only 68% ?

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A Lighter Note

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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have a great week all !.

zing.

Welcome to all of the Resurrected "Faithful Ones of Old" from 1925 onward.

by smiddy3 in

i haven`t had a chance of yet to welcome all of you newly resurrected ones that joseph rutherford assured us would be arriving since 1925 .. so please feel free to make yourself known to us and if we don`t hear from any of you, what should we derive from that .?.

hello......hello.......?.

smiddy3

I haven`t had a chance of yet to welcome all of you newly resurrected ones that Joseph Rutherford assured us would be arriving since 1925 .

So please feel free to make yourself known to us and if we don`t hear from any of you, what should we derive from that .?

HELLO......HELLO.......?

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My son finally got his first car

by Tameria2001 in

on saturday my son finally got around to getting his driver's license, and then on monday, he bought his first car.

you might be thinking he is 16 or 17, but you'd be wrong.

he is almost 22 and in his third year of college.

smiddy3

That`s nice Tammy sounds like your son has his head screwed on right and I wish him well in his studies .

He's very wise when it comes to money, even more so than his parents.

Sounds like my boys and their parents

5

Lord of the Ring

by Sea Breeze in

this pope is apparently not comfortable with people kissing his ring.

should you meet him please be aware of this new light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4qckk4atyy .

smiddy3

There is no way the WT /JW religion will be around for another 2000 years ,the writing is already on the wall for them.

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Went to the KH a few days ago.

by nowawake14 in

jw
friends

i actually visited the kh a few days ago.

i just needed to see some friends.

i hadn't been in months.

smiddy3

I have reached out over the years to a few I considered good friends while in the "truth" for 33 years and even though a couple seemed genuinely pleased that I made that initial contact they have never bothered to reciprocate my call to them and that has been years ago now.

My philosophy now is "If they don`t want to know me ,I don`t want to know them "

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McFarland Fx W. Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lorain Ohio, 2016

by dropoffyourkeylee in

just stumbled across this record of a child abuse case in ohio which apparently went to the ohio supreme court:.

http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2016/2016-ohio-5462.pdf.

smiddy3

Due to the way Watchtower handles these matters by involving elders, judicial committees, the service and legal departments, they rarely stay within the bounds of the clergy-penitent privilege.

And are the rank and file members of Jehovah`s witnesses even aware that the governing Body / Legal department resort to claiming Clergy-Penitent privilege in a court of law ?,when they proclaim to their congregations they do not have a Clergy class within there religion ? Thereby separating themselves from Christendom`s religions ?

Are they not Hypocrites ? Liars ? Deceivers ? of what is true ?

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Jussie Smollett Charges Dropped!!

by minimus in

jw
friends

interesting breaking news!.

smiddy3

the N word i would use is Nitwit just to jump on the bandwagon

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Funeral Fashion

by ThinkerBelle in

i have a funeral to attend for a non jw family member and the jdub family member reminded me that i should not wear black.

for the life of me, i can't recall where this belief came from in jw teachings and i'm born in.

is there something in print or is that just a personal opinion belief?

smiddy3

I have been to a couple of "worldly" funerals and most people just wear everyday smart casual clothing ,nothing black to be seen.

However going back a few decades especially in Europe and of Italian descent black was probably the norm.

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I got to give a speech at the University of Louisville today about JWs and Propaganda

by dubstepped in

today my wife and i went to college.

although not allowed to go to college as jws we got to lead a class today and it was really special to be able to do that.

the class was an honors class on social media and psychology and i created a presentation around the propaganda and manipulation used against us as jws.

smiddy3

I plan to watch this later ,sounds like a great opportunity you both had.