Posts by smiddy3

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Date a JW student

by Renee86 in

can a witness date and court a jw student if he intends to get baptized?

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I became interested in the JW`s via a workmate in early 1959 ,as a 20 y.old with a girl friend .I shared my new found beliefs with my GF and she followed me in accepting a Bible study .We planned on getting married but we couldn`t get married by a P.O. in a KH unless we were baptized.

There were very few KH`s in Melbourne at that time ,the hall / meetings we were going to was a rented hall in a Melb, suburb.

In November of 1960 we were both baptized at a CA and our experience was a part of the program by the bro./ workmate who first contacted me as an incidental witness given at a workplace to fellow workers.

In Feb, 1961 we were married in a neighboring Kingdom Hall by a Presiding Overseer who came over from the other side of Melbourne to conduct the service.

I just thought I would share our experience.

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Will the next James Bond be........

by BoogerMan in

.......a disabled black, non-binary, homosexual, transsexual, environmentalist vegan?

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all bases need to be covered.

smiddy3

I think Jon Pertwee was my fav.actor to play Dr Who ,who was yours ?

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Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?

by smiddy3 in

i was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.

2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?

are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..

smiddy3

Lets face it JJ ,you could have got a good wife no matter what religion you belonged to or even no religion .

And you also could have got a terrible wife in the JW religion , there are plenty of bad marriages in JW land as anywhere else.

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Jehovah’s witnesses and compulsory voting in Australia.

by Longlivetherenegades in

what do jehovah’s witnesses do during election period in australia?

i learnt voting is compulsory in australia and those who choose not to vote are fined.

do jehovah’s witnesses pay such fines?.

smiddy3

usually goes along the lines of having given their allegiance to Christ’s Kingdom and being neutral to human affairs.

They post their forms back to the Electoral Commission and no more is heard.

Yes that is what I and my wife did for many years as there are legitimate excuses that can be given and one is objection on religious grounds.

I also believe that some would go to a polling booth on voting day write on the form some scripture and place that in the box.

That way the Govt. wouldn`t know they were a religious nut.

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Is it difficult to believe in a loving God?

by Kosonen in

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friends

is it difficult to believe in a loving god?.

if yes, i understand you.

it has been difficult to me too.

smiddy3

IMHO Jesus could not possibly have been a perfect human being. His mother Mary was an imperfect human being ,no amount of mental gymnastics can alter that fact.

So the whole house of cards fall flat

Simple as that.

The Bible record speaks for itself proving God is not a loving God when you consider his treatment of humans either directly or indirectly.

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What is the harm or downside of being PIMO?

by PimoElder in

what is the harm or downside of being pimo?.

i get all the good things about being in the cong, good social life lots of invites to bbqs and meals out.

lots of interesting gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

smiddy3

For the life of me I can`t get my head around how anyone, PIMO, could still go D2D in FS ??

If that in fact is what any PIMO does.

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My personal favorite Jesus story (in woodgrain)

by Terry in

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my favorite jesus storya couple of years past retirement, i moved into a "retirement community" .

old folks home) which was convenient like a hotel.. once a week there would be a coffee and doughnuts meet and greet get-together so you would know who your neighbors were.. well .

.. i attended a few and missed a few.

smiddy3

t-b-k

I`m sure I`ve seen images of Jesus in WT publications over the decades , your not suggesting they could be fake are you ?

Sheeeesh ! What`s the world coming too .

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What are Jehovah's Witnesses' stance on home ownership?

by timothytha in

what do people usually think of when they buy a house?

"i will probably live here for a long time" (you're invested with your time), "i will save money by building equity over time".

(you've invested in yourself financially for the long run) of course, i wouldn't be able to list the numerous reasons why people want to buy a house.

smiddy3

I think it depends greatly on where you are located.The first couple of congs. I attended in Melbourne were very conservative and cold ,however most people worked for a living.

The Presiding Overseer as he was then known worked for a Life Insurance Co. as a salesmen and his brother was an Assistant to him, 2IC and he also worked for the same Co. as a sales rep.

When we moved to S.E.Qld. a lot of the brothers were either self employed in the building industry or in other cases working full time ,and was a very relaxed cong, and very social .

My wife and I were very much in the "in" crowd socializing with the Elders and MS as I was one.

Restaurants ,eating and drinking was a big part of our socializing after meetings and conventions.

Camping get-together`s and having meals at each others place on a rotating weekly basis we had a great social life.

Completely different from our Melbourne experience.

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Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?

by smiddy3 in

i was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.

2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?

are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..

smiddy3

I was a twenty y/old when I converted to the JW religion and was a problem drinker and I was a chain smoker .When I was baptized at a Circuit Assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.

So I can point to the 2 positives becoming a JW .

1.I gave up smoking

2.I gave up drinking for a while ,but because I still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not JW`s ,I learnt to control my social drinking when I started again.

And I have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though I left the religion 29 years ago.

The negative points of being a JW in my 32 years of being one ? are far too great to list here .

Love to hear your thoughts.

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My story

by PimoElder in

hi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.

as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .

i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.

smiddy3

Welcome P E ,you will find this to be a very supportive community here .And I would suggest you and any other new person to the forum to take advantage of the search button at the top of your screen to look back at an encyclopedic of information about the religion its practices and flip flops over the years.

Pick a topic and I`m sure you will get some factual info you never thought of.

Their are and has been some very intelligent and informative ex-JW`s who have contributed to this site.

You say their are many good people there, and of course there are and you will find their are many good worldly people out the in the real world as well.

I wish you well and take care.