Posts by smiddy3

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Car-death pandemic!

by BoogerMan in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxzngij8ja0.

Bucket List for the years A.C.

by Phizzy in

what things, modest and attainable, will be on your bucket list to do after covid ?

preferably post things you would not be allowed to do if you were still a jw!.

i will start, i want to go to an actual horse race, and have a small flutter on each race..

smiddy3

Things that I didn`t do as a JW ,but now have no problem doing and have no guilt trips about it.

1. Playing the pokies now and again.

2.Buying scratchies from the newsagents where you can win money.

3.Buying Lottery tickets and only last night won more than $800 for a $57 outlay ,not that it happens often but when it does WHOOPEE.

4.When I go to one of my local clubs I often play Keno and have had many a win and many a loss for a small outlay.

The losses are over a long period of time wheras the wins are immediate .The biggest win I ever had was $13600 in one go whereas the losses for a typical week could be $ 50-100 .

And there are usually smaller amounts won over those periods .

5.At one club we have a "Punters Club" where you pick a winner for every race at one course on a saturday ,I usually choose 3 tickets and put my wife in for 3 tickets which are $2 each ,so that costs me $12 for a Saturday .

There are usually 60-70 participants between $120-$140 winner takes all .3 points for a win 2 points for second and 1 point for third ,whoever has the most points takes the money.

Its an interest and can give you beer money for the rest of the week.

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Witnessing Work to Stop?

by Sea Breeze in

my 87 year old dad called me for the first time in 16 years the other day .... just to chat.

i was floored to say the least since he didn't even bother to call me when my mom died several years ago.

he called again today to inquire how i felt about jehovah's witnesses.

smiddy3

It all over No Public witnessing ! No Bible Studies ! No Kingdom Halls!
Just go on line ??? Whoopy!!

That`s the e-mail message I got the other week from an old sister that still talks to us from time to time ?

I agree with BI that some are just jumping to there own conclusions.

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"The Winesses" Oxygen TV { Free Trial } Australia

by smiddy3 in

hi friends this is just to let people in victoria australia know that they can watch "the witnesses" on oxygen channel on tv as a free trial at present .. and as i don`t like paying for anything i don`t have to its paid off .. so the wife and i watched the 1st episode this arvo and its riveting stuff and will watch the second episode tomorrow .. i don`t know if the same deal applies to the other states or not ,just thought here`s an opportunity for aussies who don`t subscribe to oxygen channel to see it for free..

smiddy3

was a new boy and Vidiot ,you both have a valid point.The ARC does not have power to force the Institutions that were involved to join the Redress Scheme to give compensation to victims of child sexual abuse or to even adopt the reccommendations made by the commission but were strongly urged to do so .

And I believe the deadline for doing so expires at the end of this month ?

And what the ARC plans to do with those who refuse to take part in the scheme is to name and shame them hopefully on an ongoing campaign to get some change by embarrassing them publicly and holding them to account for there failure to do so.

But it is true they have no power to prosecute them for not doing so.

I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i agree with people who say all lives matter.

i think blm is a racist group.

if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..

smiddy3

I`m not sure the group values anybodys lives including there own. ? In total disregard for "safe distancing" during this Covid-19 pandemic they are putting everybodys lives at risk protesting in their thousands.?

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Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower

by neat blue dog in

the latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .

i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .

i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .

smiddy3

A couple of times I started to grow a beard and it was tolerated for about 2 weeks or so and then the PO/ Elders came down on me to get it off ,in the case of the PO it was influenced by the hippie types and was a stumbling block,and in the case of the Elder he said it was narcisstic looking at yourself in the mirror grooming your beard

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"The Winesses" Oxygen TV { Free Trial } Australia

by smiddy3 in

hi friends this is just to let people in victoria australia know that they can watch "the witnesses" on oxygen channel on tv as a free trial at present .. and as i don`t like paying for anything i don`t have to its paid off .. so the wife and i watched the 1st episode this arvo and its riveting stuff and will watch the second episode tomorrow .. i don`t know if the same deal applies to the other states or not ,just thought here`s an opportunity for aussies who don`t subscribe to oxygen channel to see it for free..

smiddy3

OK so the wife and I watched the second episode today and were just blown away by the arrogance and denial the WT organization goes too in keeping these documents from public scrutiny .

And now that Irwin Zalkin law firm has them and the courts prevents him from disclosing the contents ? ,I just do not comprehend this.

If the Australian judicial system can get G.B. member Geoffrey Jackson and JW lawyer Vin Toole ,and a couple of Elders to appear in the Australian Royal Commission Into Institutions Of Child Sexual Abuse ,which they did , case 29 and case 54 I believe ,what`s wrong with the American system where they don`t seem to be able to do this ? If you are able to watch these u-tube videos of the ARC wherever you are in the world please do so.

I applaud these victims who have had the guts to come out in public and expose what has happened to them in some cases many years ago.And now seek justice ,closure , and a change in JW/WT policy about Child Sexual Abuse so that many more victims wont eventuate .They need to recognise its not just a sin its a crime committed against another person and should be reported to the police.And they need to stop victimising the victim.

Why they haven`t been prosecuted for destroying evidence in shedding notes made by Elders in the Judicial Committee meetings of Child sexual abuse evades me.

It disgusted us to see how the family of these victims sided with the perpretator of these crimes and were not supportive of there own children and even shunning them and ordering them to leave the household is heartbreaking to watch.

I should have paid the price for watching it sooner .

Kudos to the Lawyers that have taken on the WTB&TS , and Trey Bundy and his Investigating Reporting Team for pursuing this continuing crime against children in the JW religion and there refusal to take steps to prevent it, and for putting there public image and the name Jehovah before protecting children in their care .Shame on them.

One other thing that was not brought out in these 2 videos is that these paedophiles are going door to door in neighbourhoods with children in them ,so children outside of the JW religion can also be at risk of being groomed by these people .And this was addressed at the ARC.

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How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

hi friends ,.

is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

what country state or region you are from ?

smiddy3

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i tried ?

Bloody hell it did work I`m amazed ? Though I really only wanted to show a couple of relevant photo`s .

Oh well.

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In love with disfellowshipped JW

by Amberlou in

i started dating a coworker who is a divorced jw.

found out he was disfellowshipped, and he was trying to figure out how to make things work.

i am not a jw, and his family is not supportive of the relationship.

smiddy3

Whether you are genuine or not ,have nothing to do with this man ,it can only end in disaster for you .

And if you love misery then keep doing what you are doing .

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Why is this an APOSTATE site?!?

by LaraK in

i made a big mistake when signing up at this supposed website for jehovah's witnesses.

after reading some things on this site it has become apparent to me that this site is nothing put another pathetic site for apostates: people who betrayed jehovah, left the truth, and are so bitter about their experiene in the truth, and they are angry just like satan because they know they will very soon be dead at jehovah's hand!.

this website should be renamed something more fitting like "satan's playground" or a similar name that would get across the message of your site.. sincerely,.

smiddy3

Well said Phizzy ,and I also would be curious to know where Larak is today ? still entrnched in WT- BS or an apostate in her/his own right ?

And a lot can change in 19 years .

As for bringing back old posts I think it is good for some as there were many gems delivered by some exceptional people over time and newbies should not be denied some of those gems.

Sometimes I just use the search engine and just go back and read some that appeal to me and I learn someting new everytime I do.