Posts by smiddy3

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Stuart imprisoned,tried and restricted.

by amicabl in

for the last month or so i have been watching all of stuart’s xjdub videos on youtube.. thanks to local congo’s of jws he has now been arrested and apparently mistreated and had actually quite weird restrictions placed on him to keep him away from carts, khs etc., by a court in vancouver.. he was out it would seem the next day carrying on his “ministry”.

and successfully too.. i know his activities could be considered a little extreme at times, but i have felt encouraged by him and i wondered if anyone has any information on the whole situation..

smiddy3

From the videos I just watched I think he should be arrested and charged especially with his harassment of the guy in the diner .

I don`t think being aggressive and in your face tactics does apostates any favour`s its counter productive.

Even with the two women at the cart he was harassing them in my book though I don`t know why they just didn`t pack up and move on and calling up the Elders and then they just stood by beats me.

Oh well I suppose it takes all kinds no matter what side of the fence you stand on.

Just my 2 cents

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The Hailstone Message :2018 Assembly

by jwdoctrine in

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the following is the talk of the assembly followed by my 15 minutes commentary.i have included part of my notes below which i used for the commentary .

what is the hailstone message?.

is it literal or symbolic?.

smiddy3

In the 1970`s if I remember correctly their was a worldwide campaign of delivering "Special Brochures" out to the public and you were not to engage with the public in conversations , the emphasis was to get to as many people as possible in your territory during the campaign.

I believe their was speculation that their would be seven such "Special Brochures" that were to be announced with the final ones being the hard hitting Judgement / condemnation on the people .

Of course no such thing ever eventuated after the few " Special Brochures" were released and the Bros & sisters were diligently placing them as though the end was nigh .

They were likening it to the 7 times the Jews marched around the walls of Jericho and the walls came down ?

Anybody else remember those times ?

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DFed talking to other DFed

by blownaway in

i don't know if they do this any longer but back in the day they had a special section at an assembly sectioned off for dfed people who would have to wear a ribbon that said disfellowshipped.

do they still do this and what was the rules on dfed talking to dfed at the assembly?

smiddy3

I was in for 33 years and I had never heard of such a thing 1960-1993

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1969 Awake on Education - A Sore Spot for Me

by NotBlind in

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my father would have started college 49 years ago this week.

about three months earlier, the week he graduated high school, the awake!

magazine came out with some very clear direction to teenagers.

smiddy3

Even before that magazine came out in the early 1960`s we were told that our primary school age children would never get to go to High School because the New system would be here by then .

Tell that to my sons grown up child and his child ?

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Anyone else get a message from Hanged Man?

by pale.emperor in

i dont know why i'd want to argue over something like this.

i've been aware of this theory for years.

as interesting as it is - it's still bullshit.. for future reference, i believe the bible to be a collection of fantasy, myth, real locations and crazy ramblings of psychedelic bloke stuck on patmos.. my reply:.

smiddy3

The witness who converted me into the religion didn`t know the difference between Astronomy and Astrology and I still converted ?

what fool am I ?

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Public prosecutor's office starts investigation in the Netherlands

by fulano in

https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/5416472/openbaar-ministerie-onderzoekt-seksueel-misbruik-bij-jehovahs-getuigen.html.

i hope someone could find an english translation.

i have no time at the moment..

smiddy3

"they say that research into it is not necessary because the problem is to small" ? typical !

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Funny ex-jw memes

by Apostate Anonymous in

backstory:.

so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

smiddy3

Keep them coming as they are pictures/illustrations that speak more than a thousand words.

I have no idea how to do this ,too old a dog.

how about "youths who put God First" and died needlessly

No blood transfusions but hey blood fractions are Acceptible ? canabalism ?

Vaccinations were not acceptible according to the "Golden Age" formerly "Awake"

Sorry I`m starting to rant

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For those who is asking can you have a relationship with God with out the Org

by Alex Bogdanov in

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hi everyone, sorry i didn't write or participate here for a while.

my second child was born.

i took time of work.

smiddy3

At one stage J.W.`s used to point to the increases in numbers they were having as evidence of God`s blessing on them as the one "true" religion .

Totally ignoring the fact that other religions were having as much growth and even greater growth numerically than they are and still doing so today.

"Babylon The Great has Fallen" ,false religion so they said many years ago and that religion was becoming an empty shell.

Despite its problems the Catholic Church still has over 1 Billion paying members ,and Protestant religions are pretty much the same , and Muslims around the world are over 1 Billion members and growing .

And that doesn`t even take into account the non Christian religions which are still thriving today.

So much for Babylon The great having fallen .

Jehovah`s Witnesses today are about a little over 8 Million and their growth is apparently stagnating and in fact they are even declining in many parts of the world .

It seems to me the only religion not getting blessed by God are Jehovah`s Witnesses ,I wonder what sins they are covering up ?

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Thank You to all posters...I have not chosen this path

by CovertsadJW in

i wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has posted here as i have been reading all of them.

i have realized that i am not alone in my struggles and the realization that the " truth" is a bunch of crap.

i have been over come with emotion over the last years or so.

smiddy3

An Elders wife who belonged to a dynasty of influential family members ,elders and servants told my wife she just "Needs to be Seen" doing all that is required of her in the congregation to be accepted "you don`t have to be actually doing it" ?

Why didn`t we wake up then !

Your children should be your primary concern don`t let their life be screwed up by a cult .Because that is what will happen if they continue on being indoctrinated .

Play the" Head of the House" card and teach them alternatives to the cult.

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How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

by Sour Grapes in

a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

smiddy3

Their have been so many of these Demon associated with material things over the years its hard to keep up with them.

Sparlok ,Smurfs , Items bought at second hand /Op shops , kiss records , Heavy Metal recordings the list goes on and on and on.

Jehovah`s Witnesses are a very superstitious lot :

,One elder related to us"how a brother bought a figurine from a second-hand shop and he became troubled by the Demons and when he threw it away across the street onto a vacant lot it bounced right back into his home again"

I believe these same type of story`s do the rounds of many other fundamental /last days /end times religions.

So J.W`s are lumped right in with Christendom in this regard.