Posts by smiddy3

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Australian Pollies seem driven to call out failure of signing up to redress scheme

by jonahstourguide in

noticed this on abc news again re the redress scheme here in australia.. i thought it notable that jws were specifically mentioned and that the government is aware of jw tactics.. bolding is mine.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-08/states-territories-urged-beef-up-name-and-shame-abuse-scheme/12226250.

states and territories urged to go far beyond name and shame threat against 'recalcitrant' institutions in abuse redress schemeby political reporter matthew doranposted 7hhours agodean smith stands at his desk in the senate, gesturing while speaking into a microphoneliberal senator dean smith said victims of child abuse deserved more than just a threat to name and shame institutions.

(abc news: jed cooper)sharestates and territories are being urged to not only shame institutions which refuse to sign up to the national redress scheme for victims of child abuse, but also name senior officials and the levels of public funding the organisations receive.key points:a federal parliamentary committee has recommended institutions which fail to sign up to the national redress scheme for abuse victims be named, their officials identified, and public funding outlinedcommittee chair dean smith has written to the states and territories urging them to adopt the proposalsocial services minister anne ruston said all jurisdictions would need to agree if such a proposal were adoptedlast week, a federal parliamentary committee made up of liberal, national, labor and greens members unanimously recommended identifying "recalcitrant" organisations ahead of the june 30 deadline.this week, the committee chair, liberal senator dean smith, wrote to state and territory attorneys-general escalating that demand and encouraging them to adopt the proposal.institutions have until the end of june to sign up to the multi-billion-dollar scheme, aimed at compensating victims of child sexual abuse, before the federal government publicly names them for holding out.so far, 545 applications for redress have been delayed because 284 non-government organisations are yet to join the scheme.senator smith suggested it was not enough to simply name the holdouts, and argued the committee wanted explanations on why they were not signing up, names of office holders in the institutions, what date they expected to join the scheme and the financial benefits received through public funding or their charitable status.

smiddy3

What`s with this campaign in November about witnessing to politicians and business people ?

Can someone provide a link ?

I do hope Australian Pollie`s stand shoulder to shoulder in calling out and naming and shaming those who don`t sign up to the redress scheme and that religions lose their tax free status as well as their charitable status if they fail to do so.

Maybe its just wishful thinking and too much to ask for

.Politicians do have religious beliefs also don`t they and that may sway some of them not to support the proposal.

We will just have to wait and see.

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Dissenting Virologist

by Wakanda in

so here it is on bitchute.. tear away.. https://www.bitchute.com/video/pyd8crtke8xy/.

smiddy3

My thoughts are with you AA on this matter ,that`s why I gave you a like.

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The Motive of the Governing Body

by jwfacts in

i have been quiet of late, developing other interests, happy that there are a whole group of people producing great resources.

however, i found some old emails from ray franz that promoted me to write an article that answers a question i regularly receive.

it is in regards to the motive of governing body members.

smiddy3

Geoff Jackson responded to questions with scorn, belittling the right to be questioned about doctrine by a secular body, and providing answers that ranged from evasive to outrightly disohonest, such as when discussing Corporal Punishment.

Can we expand on these please ? I would love someone more capable than I to do so .

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Coronavirus Positive

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

hey all,.

i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

smiddy3

Is it just me ? or something just doesn`t seem right about this whole thing ? Doesn`t it seem way out of character for S& R to just ignore all of the concerns that have been posted about his health ? And worrying about him and for him to just ignore all of this ? And not make any comments about it ?

Geeez , snare if your out there ,please get in contact with us to know your OK ,so we can all relax.

MMM ,i find it very odd that he was supposed to have posted 7 days ago and not made any comment about all of the people on this forum that have been concerned about his health ?

And he hasn`t addressed any of these concerns we have about him ?

Something just does not add up .

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Watchtower admits false prophesy in Court of Law!

by digderidoo in

a false prophesy was promulgated?

q. it had to be accepted by jehovah's witnesses?

q. error?

smiddy3

Am I right in contrasting this case with the case of 29 , 54 ,of the Jehovah`s Witnesses at the Australian Royal Commission into child sexual abuse when the Australian Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson took the stand ? and gave his testimony under oath ?

And also the Jehovah`s Witness lawyer Vin Toole who also gave his testimony under oath ?

A few Elders also gave their testimony along with the above others either swearing on the Bible ,which was a no , no , when I was an active JW whereas some others just gave an affirmative to tell the truth.Matt. 5:37

And that surprised me .

Both G.Jackson and Vin Toole gave misleading answers to questions that were given them , and the Elders in my mind gave a pitiful response to questions that were asked of them .

One in particular that I felt was just waiting for the Holy Spirit to put words in his mouth and they just never came .

I wish I was cluey enough to download these clips ,but I`m afraid I`m not .

I hope the newbies especially can see these for themselves ,and make up there own minds .

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have you heard anything ?

by lancelink in

i was a witness from grade school ( 1976) until 2007. i seem to remember an important aspect that was always talked about at the hall as being a fact.they would say that "the rocks themselves would cry out" if the public preaching work was to stop,,,,, all i've seen and heard these past few months are the witnesses complaining about the witnessing work coming to a halt.but i've not heard one rock crying .. .

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smiddy3

Actually its God that has caused all of the suffering humans face when you stop and think about it.

As for the rocks crying out ,their interpretation of that scripture is archaeology finds about the Bible or some such thing.

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What do you make of this recent article regarding the United Nations stance towards overriding religions of the world on certain matters?

by devout_no_more in

first of all, this is my first post here on the forums even though i have been registered now for some time.

i have been faded from the jehovah's witness religion for many years now, but only recently within the past year or so gotten quite serious about it - crisis of conscience by ramond franz really kicked things off for me personally.. anyway, my wife, parents, step-sister and her husband and my half-brother are all still active jw's, so i am still exposed to them, and this is also the reason why i'm still "faded".

frankly i'd probably just as soon disassociate myself without the threat of being shunned.

smiddy3

Ask a JW to show you one scripture that explicitly states that the UN is going to destroy religions.,just one.?

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Watchtower admits false prophesy in Court of Law!

by digderidoo in

a false prophesy was promulgated?

q. it had to be accepted by jehovah's witnesses?

q. error?

smiddy3

Bump for newbies .

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What do you make of this recent article regarding the United Nations stance towards overriding religions of the world on certain matters?

by devout_no_more in

first of all, this is my first post here on the forums even though i have been registered now for some time.

i have been faded from the jehovah's witness religion for many years now, but only recently within the past year or so gotten quite serious about it - crisis of conscience by ramond franz really kicked things off for me personally.. anyway, my wife, parents, step-sister and her husband and my half-brother are all still active jw's, so i am still exposed to them, and this is also the reason why i'm still "faded".

frankly i'd probably just as soon disassociate myself without the threat of being shunned.

smiddy3

I think their are about 1.8 Billion Muslims in the world ,and around 1.2 Billion Catholics and probably a similar number of Protestants and that doesn`t include all of the other religions scattered throughout the earth.

The UN is not and never has been or ever will be a world power .

Their is even talk it should be disbanded because it is in some ways so ineffective ?

And as AA points out its in favor of religious freedoms for all .

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What do you make of this recent article regarding the United Nations stance towards overriding religions of the world on certain matters?

by devout_no_more in

first of all, this is my first post here on the forums even though i have been registered now for some time.

i have been faded from the jehovah's witness religion for many years now, but only recently within the past year or so gotten quite serious about it - crisis of conscience by ramond franz really kicked things off for me personally.. anyway, my wife, parents, step-sister and her husband and my half-brother are all still active jw's, so i am still exposed to them, and this is also the reason why i'm still "faded".

frankly i'd probably just as soon disassociate myself without the threat of being shunned.

smiddy3

devout_no_more

Welcome to the forum .

Firstly I think the UN is really just a paper tiger that nations use to either support or veto any proposal that is put forth according to their own agenda.

Secondly This article is just one persons opinion and interpretation of what the intentions of the UN would like to see happen but there is no way on earth they could enforce any of what she suggests.

But that`s just my opinion.