Posts by smiddy3

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"The Bunker" episode

by neat blue dog in

if you like criminal minds check out season 13 episode 6, the bunker.

of course it borrows from cults in general but some jw similarities as well, such as emotional propaganda videos, us vs them, telling new converts that they're going to be persecuted and told lies about the organization, end of the world fear etc.. here's an idea: if you're pimo, watch it with a jw relative and watch the discomfort ensue 😏.

smiddy3

Marked for later viewing ,thanks for that.

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Help with 1975 please

by jhine in

i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

smiddy3

Gen1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" .

The WT/JW `s have stated in their publications that this could have taken place millions if not billions of years ago ,we don`t know .

The creative days of 7000 years only applies to when God turned his attention to the earth and making it a paradise for humans .

I think some people get confused over that distinction .

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Help with 1975 please

by jhine in

i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

smiddy3

DOC ,it took me 32 years ,maybe we were slow learners .Looking back now ,and how my mind was before joining the JW`s ,I was 19-20 when i did. Who was this person ? I can`t believe the person I was back then did so ?

When I was a child ,12 yrs old I rebelled about being told by my parents to attend Sunday school ,it was bad enough I had to go to real school 5 days a week .

At school I wouldn`t join the cadets as that would interfere with my own free time , so how did i get sucked into slaving for the WT / JW religion ?

I guess that they got me at a vulnerable time in my life.

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False members numbers

by asp59 in

is watchtower faking there member numbers?

i live in europe.

for the last 15 year's probably 25 person i knew or more were df, pimo, left by own will, inactive.

smiddy3

With all of the bad publicity of late all around the world ,I can`t see how they could be expanding. And as far as those children who have been brought up in the religion with the exposure to the internet ,I can`t see many of them staying in the religion for very long. And those that do are probably living double lives to please their parents.

I left the religion in 1993 and I know even back then ,confirmed by both my sons youth`s were then living double lives.

Looking back over the history of the JW religion if the GB ever really did believe they were given the "truth" from God ,no way have they ever believed it themselves especially after Freddie Franz died maybe even before.

And they have been lying about everything else ever since just to keep themselves and their wives in the lifestyle they have been accustomed to.

Without wanting to be pedantic : The Jehovah`s Witness religion was never given approval as having the "truth" by God or Jesus, in 1919 as they claim .As an organization they didn`t exist then until the 1930`s .

It was the International Bible Students Association ,IBSA that can rightfully claim that God-Jesus chose as dispensing "truth" and I think they are still in existence today aren`t they.

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King Richard

by Rattigan350 in

there is this new movie out called "king richard" staring will smith playing serena and venus williams father.

i don't know much about this, but i heard that they were raised by jw parents.

how does that factor into the movie and their growing up aspiring tennis stars?.

smiddy3

It depends on whether the Williams family are involved with the making of the movie or not ,

Then again , where there is money to be made maybe they are involved

.Serena has been outspoken as to the God Jehovah, religion she was raised in ,however her lifestyle hasn`t been all that squeaky clean , so how does she get away with not being DF? or even publicly reproved ?

It wouldn`t have anything to do with the money she could donate could it ?

Any ordinary R&F member that does something wrong, they are publicly reproved or DF

Does the GB have double standards ?

Just saying.?

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Help with 1975 please

by jhine in

i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

smiddy3

I believe Rivergang has summed it all up very well ..... Well said.

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How many states have you ever lived in? (USA)

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i only have lived in 4 states!

michigan.

georgia.

smiddy3

I have lived in 3 United States of Australia ( USA ) Victoria ,NSW ,and QLD.

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What kind of job would you like to have?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

it doesn’t have to be about big money.

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smiddy3

I was lucky I believe.I started my first job as a leather worker and finished my apprenticeship and after 12 years wanted to get out .Applied for another job and was accepted into a photographic laboratory position .And spent the rest of my life working in laboratories,28 years of my last working life ,working in a refinery.

That has given me and my family a comfortable retirement life.

I always held the motto "A worker is worthy of his wages " The KH`s I always attended had people working in jobs or in business for themselves.

25

Question

by Gorb in

jw
friends

what is the probability that a religious organisation is used for money laundering?

for example, large amounts of money are raised by the organization as a donation and then legally introduced into the financial system.

is there any chance that jw.org is used for this kind of purpose?

smiddy3

Whether it be termed money laundering or some other named Real Estate ? scam ?,I can`t understand why the USA govt.,taxation ,IRS ? if that`s what it`s called hasn`t investigated and prosecuted the GB ? / JW so called religious organization for not being a not for profit organization ?

When they make billions of dollars in real estate deals and rake in millions of dollars in contributions for charitable works when they do no charitable works at all ? Nothing for their own members and certainly nothing for non members.

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Help with 1975 please

by jhine in

i answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .

i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.

how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.

smiddy3

That 1975 being the end of 6000 years of human history was first mentioned in a publication that was released at an assembly in 1969 .i think it was called "Life everlasting In freedom Of The Sons of God" if memory serves me correct.

And it was suggested there that it would be appropriate for Jesus to then begin his thousand reign.

What the average JW does not know is that 1975 was not the first date the GB had said that 6000 years would end in 1975.

Somewhere in their earlier publications you will find they believed and taught a much earlier date was the end of 6000 yrs of human history. And with new light , they had to make an adjustment to come up with 1975.

If memory serves me correct it had to do with someone called " Usher" chronology" ? being so many years out , maybe 40 yrs ? or so.?