Posts by freddo

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Where Are You on The Witno Scale?

by tresdecu in

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friends

1 - still think it's the truth ...came to this site cause danger is your middle name.. 2 - concerned, smoething's amiss but still believe.

3 - 98% sure it's bs, but still go for / with family.

4 - anger / denial, inactive with minimal attendance (ie memorial, spec talk etc).

Why do you come here?

by love2Bworldly in

jw
friends

i come here to learn, but i also come here because it feels like a private club and i'm privy to be a member of the "in" crowd.

it's a great place to socialize.

does anyone else feel that they are a member of a special "club" when they come here, that only some people in this world will understand the jw world?.

freddo

1. To keep my sanity.

Err ... that's it really!

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Ireland and UK friends

by Berengaria in

jw
friends

if one had but three weeks to see the best of these, what are some of the musts in your opinion?.

besides london.. .

.

freddo

SCOTLAND - THE FORTH RAILWAY BRIDGE; EDINBURGH CASTLE, ISLE OF SKYE

CITY OF YORK include the National Railway Museum

NORTHUMBERLAND: HADRIAN'S WALL (ROMAN - 125 A.D.)

CHATSWORTH HOUSE - DERBYSHIRE

LAKE DISTRICT - CUMBRIA

ELAN VALLEY - MID WALES

SNOWDONIA - NORTH WALES

BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND - Titanic Museum

MALVERN: Town and Hills

BATH: The Roman Baths (1st Century A.D.) the only hot spring in Britain; The Royal Crescent and Pulteney Bridge

BRISTOL: The Clifton Suspension over the Avon Gorge

HISTORIC DOCKYARD PORTSMOUTH: HMS VICTORY (1800's warship) and THE MARY ROSE (Henry VIIIth's flagship 1500's)

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Princess Diana's death.

by quellycatface in

jw
friends

what are your thoughts?

accident or assassination?.

i still get upset over this.

It was the Queen Mother riding a Vespa scooter with Prince Philip on the back using a bazooka to blow them away. Prince Andrew flew his helicopter overhead and winched them away before anyone found out.

True story that. Honest injun. Am I still allowed to say that or is it offensive nowadays?

25

Princess Diana's death.

by quellycatface in

jw
friends

what are your thoughts?

accident or assassination?.

i still get upset over this.

freddo

What cofty said.

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JW GB MEMBER CAUGHT ON CAMERA!!!

by ADJUSTMENTS in

jw
friends

gb member and so called "annointed" person geoffry jackson is caught red handed on video doing some worldly dancing and sexual gyrating (they have spoken against such manner of dancing on several occasions) with a woman who is not his wife!!!

i can only imagine what they do off camera now!!!.

i would not have even considerd doing such a thing on the dance floor with a woman, especially if it was not my wife, and i'm not even one of the so called "annointed" smh!!!

freddo

Adjustments - if you think this is something to get het up about you need to take a long look at yourself. Every congregation do or j.w. wedding I ever went to would have that sort of dancing and no-one would bat an eyelid and I'm from stuffy old "stiff upper lip" blighty aka the U.K.

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Have You Ever Rejected Being Appointed an Elder/MS Before the Announcement?

by GermanXJW in

jw
friends

when i was a jw several brothers (ms) told me in private that the elders had asked them several times if they did not want to become an elder.

they said they rejected because it was too much responsibility for them.

were you ever approached that the boe wanted to make you an elder but you refused?

freddo

Yes defender of truth - I believe you have hit the nail on the head as regards Quendi's non-appointment!

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Sept 1 service meeting mystery revealed

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

the letter has appeared at last - just for uk.

it is a money grab for the new bethel which has been approved.

there is a video to be shown - just watched it - brief summary of uk bethels, why current one is too small, why we need money to build a new one.

freddo

So it is about money after all, what a surprise.

They will get their money and then they will sell the London properties and get their money again and then some. Then they will distribute it back to the congregations to give each of the publishers a nice little handout .... won't they? No?

A "snare and a racket" indeed!

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Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

by konceptual99 in

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friends

probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

freddo

Thanks Londo - so it was about money after all. Quelle Surprise!

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Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

by konceptual99 in

jw
friends

probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

freddo

I suspect Saltheart might be right - only money concerns would seem to foist a change this big on the sacred service meeting.

If it's UK only - especially England and Wales - then that would fit. We will see ...