Posts by BluesBrother

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With no reporting necessary do they still need a territory guy?

by carla in

now that they no longer have to report hours do they still need a territory guy?

maps?

etc...?.

2023-S-147-October-Announcements And Reminders

by Atlantis in

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2023-s-147-october-announcements and reminders.. page 1. https://imgbox.com/vjct8rt3 .

page 2. https://imgbox.com/c0tbzgxy .

grandpa!.

BluesBrother

Kids doing maintenance? Health and safety?.

Mind you I used to lend a hand , or get in the way more like, in the late 50s-60s.

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"A good REPORT invigorates the bones." (Proverbs 15:30) 🤣🤣🤣

by BoogerMan in

yesterday's annual meeting "report" was soooooooooooo invigorating!.

memories:.

km 1/97 p. 7 question box - why should we report our field service activity promptly each month?

What a sea change from the past when it was All about your report . I can remember the big chart at the front of the hall that showed the publishers and hours and a ten hour quota per month. Woe betide you if you failed to make it !

Nathan Knorr must be turning in his grave.

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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!

by BoogerMan in

this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!

reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.

BluesBrother

I cannot see that Data Protection has anything to do with a dub’s time in the Ministry.. I can only think that it is just not as important any more……. I am sure that less time will be spent.

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About quiting hours

by Gorb in

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what i'm thinking: can a jw be happy that the hour rapport quits?

can you show you are happy with it in the kingdom hall?

knowing it was one of the control systems of the local elders and co?.

BluesBrother

My wife was delighted when I told her… She has never been able to report big hours , ,health reasons , and has often felt that they thought less of her . Now they won’t know…

I imagine the big hour ( look at me, I’m always out) ones will be sorry .

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Breaking news - no more reporting

by wannaexit in

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i didint search to see if its been talked about.

big news for jws sheeple , no more reporting.

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BluesBrother

Holy Moly.....

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Tattoos

by NotFormer in

i was wondering about the jw attitude towards getting tattoos.. redditors suggest that the only jws who have them would have got them before they were baptised.. jw.org gives a meally-mouthed "true christians wouldn't" response.. but no-one (that i've seen so far) answers the question i'm actually asking: is getting a tattoo after being baptised a disfellowshipping offence?.

if not disfellowshipable, how would a typical jw congregation treat someone who got a tattoo after baptism?

would they really treat it like it is a conscience issue?.

BluesBrother

I have heard JWs make comments that having tattoos is wrong and would not be allowed. However, when I looked it up ,a WT said that the Jewish law restricting them was because they were a part of pagan religion and that restriction would not apply today .

The article then went on to point out all the practical reasons for not having one and discouraged it. I have never known a young dub with a tattoo. I have known a couple of older ones who had them in their youth before they were Witnesses.

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Can Elders Voluntarily Resign?

by NotFormer in

an elder with half a brain (and they must exist 🧐) is going to see the writing on the wall with the way the wt is manoeuvring them into taking the fall over csa cases.

can an elder in good standing step down with no consequences, official or social?.

BluesBrother

I resigned .. I used phrases like burn out , depression loss of spirituality etc.. During the last few months I had been playing up a little so they should not have been too surprised. They wanted me to stay on a bit but ……

It was wonderful to feel free !

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Whatever happened to JW paedo Michael Porter?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i remember reading about this guy in a national newspaper in 2010 after he had had his trial for child sex abuse.

porter avoided prison, despite being guilty of some acts child abuse.. the local elders defended him and were on his side and didn't df him, from what i remember.

then after an outcry porter was was df'd, and i think sent to prison.. anyone up-to-date on this?.

BluesBrother

He moved to Mill Hill, London as the storm broke and the last I heard remains a Witness.

An article on the Silent Lambs site carries this comment

”Peter Bell, presiding overseer of Jehovah's Witness centre, at Kingdom Hall, East Barnet Road, denied media reports that Porter had ever been an elder there. He said: "The courts misreported the facts. Porter has never been an elder here and never will be. He will not be an elder anywhere.”

https://silentlambs.org/news/why-is-brother-porter-smiling

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My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

by MillennialDawn in

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i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

BluesBrother

I heard Jim Buckingham once at a Circuit Ass. He must have stood in because he was not our normal C/o. He was certainly a force.

John Blaney is well remembered around here. John Blaney stories are often bandied around .... who knows if they are all completely true? A real character of the kind they don’t have today.