Posts by freddo

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A Limerick for Geoffrey

by JustVisting in

there once was a man from down under,who's speech was thought of like thunder,.

but when pops came dow ill,.

geoff flew in with a pill.

freddo

Geoff Jackson, a man on the run

Was such a dutiful son

What a bad sport

He lied to the court

Now he's gonna get done!

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How big a deal is the royal commission..? It seems to be not much...

by _Morpheus in

my understanding (very limited and maybe flawed) is that this commission has no teeth.

if thats true why would the org care?

send a few lawyers, go through the motions but in the end.... its a dog parking on a porch.

Can disassociated ones get reinstated without proving repentance?

by maksutov in

one of the jw high-ups questioned by the australian royal commission (i think it was o'brien) stated that those who had disassociated (as opposed to being disfellowshipped) do not have to undergo a lengthy reinstatement procedure of proving repentance over many months, but can simply ask to be reinstated immediately.

is this true?

has anyone heard of this ever happening?.

freddo

I winced at his testimony about that. Theocratic warfare at its finest.

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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

by The Rebel in

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so i was fooled by the witnesses.

what can i learn from that?

not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

freddo

I saw the landings on British TV as a kid - allowed to stay up very late because it was early hours of the morning here.

It wasn't until the excellent "Capricorn 1" in the late 70's about faked Mars landings that anyone started on about faked moon landings.

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I'm not sure........I listened carefully to Justice McClellan, he said until Friday......

by umbertoecho in

however, it may be that they are trying to find jackson and see if he will come in to assist.

it has been said on a wt friendly news site, that jackson has declined.

i don't know what this means in terms of what the rc will decide to do.

freddo

No it's over for the time being. (Save for the possible appearance of GJ)

You probably were thinking of when Justice McClellan on Wednesday July 29th adjourned until Friday July 31st.

I'll miss it. But then again I need to wash the car and do some chores.

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Hello Again

by spoils_useful_habits in

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hi everyone, i joined this site 9 years ago, posted a few times but decided i just didn't want anything to do with the jw's anymore including perusing exjw sites.

i felt that i just had to completely "detox" myself from this religion, not even talking about how much disgust i had for it.

it did a wonder of good.......but, i recently came across an article about the australian child abuse cases and started to see what was happening with that, which got me here again.

freddo

Excuse me butting in but to you who have left and got on with your lives - it would be most helpful to post your experiences since leaving as it will reassure the thousands trying to muster up courage to jump ship.

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