Posts by smiddy3

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China where it started ,83,000 / USA now <400,000 How come ?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

am i missing something here ?

how is it that where this covid 19 started , in wuhan china, china has only ,reportedly 83,000 for the whole country ?

whereas in the united states of america the figure is just under 400,000 ?.

smiddy3

Am I missing something here ? how is it that where this Covid 19 started , in Wuhan China, China has only ,reportedly 83,000 for the whole country ? whereas in the United States of America the figure is just under 400,000 ?

How is china where it all started ,with so few, compared to the USA ,thousands of miles away where the USA have nearly 5 times that of China ?

How can we really know the number of victims of this virus in China? Are they down-playing the numbers ?

somehow the numbers just don`t add up .Who is looking into this ? The United Nations ? The World Health Organization ?

Both the political and health agencies.?

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Just got a letter from a local JW

by wozza in

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friends

a local brother has called on me 3 times in the last few months and has just sent me a letter ,.

in the previous calls we kept it simple : i have'nt been to meetings for years ,don't believe in god now ,etc.

touched on how i was appalled at how the org handles child molestation and they were quick to say that there have been problems but the governing body has it handled now blah blah.

smiddy3

Well we did get a call from an old friend the night b4 the memorial however she never followed through with her stating she would ring back b4 the Memorial started .?

She is in Qld and we are in Vic.

Oh well che sera sera .

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Covid 19 CENSORSHIP

by The Fall Guy in

if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.

however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.

which contradict the official narrative are being muted.

smiddy3

Just a thought occurred to me reading this post how would/could/should this topic apply to The JW religion as to their stance and to propagate their teachings / views regarding Blood transfusions ?

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Could anybody in the world non JW`s zoom in to the Memorial ?

by smiddy3 in

why i ask this is because the night before the memorial we had a phone call from a longtime friend who obviously is still indoctrinated ,to encourage us to log onto jw.org and view the proceedings ?.

she made a big deal about how this has never happened before and that even non jw`s could watch it .. she was going to ring us up on the night to help us log in if we had any problems or whatever .. this friend is a bit eccentric to say the least and speaks against the elders at times ,sometimes i even wondered whether she was df or not ?

so this ph.call surprised me somewhat ,and the wife`s attitude is she`s happy just let her be and don`t rock the boat ,she is about our age so just let her be ,we have had a lot of history with her and she still talks to us despite what the religion says.. but when the memorial was about to start no phone call and we haven`t heard from her since ?

smiddy3

Why I ask this is because the night before the memorial we had a phone call from a longtime friend who obviously is still indoctrinated ,to encourage us to log onto jw.org and view the proceedings ?

she made a big deal about how this has never happened before and that even non Jw`s could watch it .

She was going to ring us up on the night to help us log in if we had any problems or whatever .

This friend is a bit eccentric to say the least and speaks against the elders at times ,sometimes I even wondered whether she was DF or not ? So this Ph.call surprised me somewhat ,and the wife`s attitude is she`s happy just let her be and don`t rock the boat ,she is about our age so just let her be ,we have had a lot of history with her and she still talks to us despite what the religion says.

But when the Memorial was about to start no phone call and we haven`t heard from her since ? I had a go at logging on and couldn`t do it ,I couldn`t access zoom the memorial ?

Did she have it all wrong ? Or did I do something wrong that I couldn`t log on ?

Not that I really wanted to but hey ,for old times sake ? Also the night b4 she could have had a few Chardys I suspect.

Because the Cong.we were in was not backward in having a drink or two or three.

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Covid 19, is this the WT new push to bring back ex JW's before the end of the system?

by William Penwell in

not sure if this was covered as i could not find anything on it but talking to my son he tells me one of the gb had a talk telling them this is a sign of the last days.

have the jw's being pressured into talking to relatives and friends to bring them back into the fold before the end of the system blah blah blah?

the reason why i ask is my son was saying his mother has being on his case the last few weeks and then two days ago i got a telephone message from my sister, that hasn't spoke to me in 4 years, asking how i am doing.

smiddy3

I remember the JW religion denigrating the Catholic religion for using the threat of Hell-Fire to keep their members in fear of going against the R.C.church ?

Is there really any difference with what the JW religion does with how they handle their own members ? Fear of the Great Tribulation ,fear of Armageddon ,fear of everlasting destruction at God`s hand.?

And you might add , fear of disobeying the Governing body of Jehovah`s witnesses.!

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My D.I.L.was informed by her mother ,her father died this morning.

by smiddy3 in

my lovely d.i.l.

heard of her fathers passing this morning.both her parents and siblings have shunned her for over 22 years.. about 1 week ago her mother notified her by e-mail that her father had cancer and was not expected to live much longer.of course they had known for a long time that he had terminal cancer.. last week my d.i.l.

did ring her father and spoke with him.. the only other time they contacted my d.i.l.

smiddy3

Thanks for the condolences friends, there is no way she could attend the funeral if she wanted to as the state of NSW separates them .

I`m proud of my D.I.L. as she puts her own health on the line as a pharmacy assistant every day.

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My D.I.L.was informed by her mother ,her father died this morning.

by smiddy3 in

my lovely d.i.l.

heard of her fathers passing this morning.both her parents and siblings have shunned her for over 22 years.. about 1 week ago her mother notified her by e-mail that her father had cancer and was not expected to live much longer.of course they had known for a long time that he had terminal cancer.. last week my d.i.l.

did ring her father and spoke with him.. the only other time they contacted my d.i.l.

smiddy3

My lovely D.I.L. heard of her fathers passing this morning.Both her parents and siblings have shunned her for over 22 years.

About 1 week ago her mother notified her by e-mail that her father had cancer and was not expected to live much longer.Of course they had known for a long time that he had terminal cancer.

Last week my D.I.L. did ring her father and spoke with him.

The only other time they contacted my D.I.L. previously was to tell her, her grandmother whom she had a good relationship with had died .

She has never been DF nor has her husband my son, ever been DF ,they just decided the religion was not for them hence the shunning .

And they both could tell stories about her siblings leading double lives .

These people have no natural affection and are just so cold blooded.

As a JW i could never see me acting the same way they have.Words fail me .

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Cardinal George Pell Acquitted Of Child sex Abuse !

by smiddy3 in

cardinal george pell the australian catholic who was the 3rd most senior person in the vatican was acquitted by the high court of australia of all sex charges against him this morning.. after serving about 400 days behind bars he is now free to walk out of jail, to the shock of many.. this should make news headlines all around the world judging by past experience..

smiddy3

To be honest when this first conviction came down I didn`t see how on the evidence that was provided he could have been convicted the way he was .

Their definetely was an element of doubt about the case he was tried on.

However having said that I think and this is my own opinion he was convicted on what has been brought out how he was a friend of a known serial sex offender in the Catholic religion and he was in a position where he could move around priests that had a problem with abuse of children ,and he was in the thick of it in the Ballarat area where abuse was rife at the time ?

It will be interesting to see if other accusations will now be levelled at cardinal Pell either civil or criminal now that this particular case is now closed for good.

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Evidence of WT bad intent - How they handled changing the meaning of "porneia"

by AlainAlam in

sorry, long post :) i'm considering evidence that at least at some point, the gb/watchtower had bad intentions.

i would like to share the following: *** w74 11/15 p. 703 questions from readers ***do lewd practices on the part of a married person toward that one’s own mate constitute a scriptural basis for the offended mate to get a divorce?there are times when lewd practices within the marriage arrangement would provide a basis for a scriptural divorce.. based on this, some jw chose to divorce.

but then:*** w83 3/15 p. 30 honor godly marriage!

smiddy3

wozza

Is that why they never identify the author of any of their publications by name ? Their books or publications would now be rejected because so and so is no longer a JW or in fact has become an apostate ?

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STIR CRAZY please help me covid-19 with religious family

by Wagurl in

hi need some help with the teachings regarding the 4type horsemen and the virus.

i'm 17 going to be 18 in six months.

i am a running start student and trying to find the best way to move out after i graduate next year to continue.

smiddy3

Jehovah`s Witnesses have been living on the edge for the past 140 years forever looking at every negative thing going on in the world and saying to themselves this is it ,this is it ,this is it.

Honestly have they ever been right about anything they have predicted in their books ?

"Your Will Be done on Earth"?

"Babylon The Great has Fallen" ?

"Revelations Grand Climax " ?

The short answer is no.

Its a religion based on FEAR ,fear of the GT ,fear of Armageddon ,fear of displeasing Jehovah,and above all

FEAR of not following the directions of the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses.