Posts by BluesBrother

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Request--The Rutherford Kite!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
ha grandpa:.

was there such a thing as a rutherford kite back in the old days?

atlantis reply.
BluesBrother

That would have been a great way to get Pioneer hours in….. just “ go fly a kite “ !
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Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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BluesBrother

the daftest one i ever met --in the UK --was John Blaney.…..
He was not daft. He was brilliant but also strange, bizarre. He had a gi- normous ego and truly a “one- off” . There was never another like him.
Despite his faults , I woould love to see someone remotely like him today to break up the blandness…
[edit.. sorry about the formatting and crazy quotes.. they came with original quote and I can’t get rid of them ]
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Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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BluesBrother

Ukpimo said :
“ Mike Seidler (absolutely beautiful human being, a true Christian unlike many other COs of his time, however Dodie his wife was an absolute dragon, most sisters dreaded working woth her on the ministry. The personalities of both didn't match, poor chap. Heard he died recently)”………….
I would not go so far as to say that, I never liked him much , very businesslike and the changes he made ruined our cong. … I would agree with your assessment of his wife , Dodie. The sisters used to call her ‘ The Terminator’ because so many studies were stopped after taking her along.
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Current blood card?
by carla in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i have a question regarding the current blood card- did the blood card always have a spot where the jw gives the elders the authority to pull the plug (so to speak) and to admit them to a long term facility?

as well as no blood, naturally.

if the elders have no financial responsibility how is this possible?
BluesBrother

Thank you Atlantis, I have wanted an up to date copy of the blood card for some time. I should have come to you , all the best. ….
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LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....
BluesBrother

I grew up near a small sea port . There was a local brother who took it on himself to go down and Witness to the crews on the ships. Everyone left it to him as a specialised territory…..This goes back to the ‘60s
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Know it’s not true but stay anyway
by Elena in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.

my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.
BluesBrother

They don’t dare to think to hard ….. that is what got us on here , and they know that.
They just pray for more faith, leave “it all up to Jehovah “ and go with the flow….
That is what some tell me anyway
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Did God know adam and eve would sin?
by gavindlt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to all those on this forum, i would love to know what your take on this vital question is..
BluesBrother

Yes , “today it hardly seems fair”… We can often say that about parts of the Bible . I don’t claim to know the answers but I am willing to accept that since I was not there and we have only sparse information, I am in no position to judge.
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UK Blood Scandal inquiry findings
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. medical
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-69025640.

how do you feel about this latest inquiry?

although we expect jehovah's witnesses to use this opportunity to say "we were right all this time", it's nonetheless a historic blow to the nhs.
BluesBrother

This is really a two edged sword for JWs .
1) On the one hand it does support what we were told by WT , at the time that diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis C can and were contracted from blood products.
2) On the other hand it shows that the blood fractions ,which they nowadays allow and seem to almost encourage, are just as liable to carry a disease, if one should be in it. . The haemophiliacs taking factor 8 were just as badly affected as anyone having a transfusion.
That fact seems lost on the JWs I know, who are too busy saying “ We told you so !”
They don’t want to know either…..
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Shocking health care article by JW.Org
by KerryKing in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/w20081115/maintain-a-scriptural-view-of-health-care/#p14.

seems to me like this is another damage control article, are vaccine injured jws causing a stir?

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BluesBrother

Please note that this article was published in 2008 , long before we had heard of Covid or there being any concerns over vaccines. I do not see anything different here to what they have said before.
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Branch dedication London
by ExBethelitenowPIMA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i’ve been invited to the dedication at chelmsford.. it’s crazy here, several thousand ex bethelites here for lots of events.

all hotels booked.

big marquee.
BluesBrother

Have to say that the zoomed program yesterday was a total disaster in this house. The older dubs hated the opening video with grinning idiots doing building work .. The 2 hours that followed was just “ branch experiences “ and reports from other places … The result being that by the time Ken Cooke started his talk they were reduced to slumber or complete annoyance with it all .