Posts by freddo

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She sent me 'Return to Jehovah' I sent her a Christmas card

by Xanthippe in

it just felt so good to say to a jw i don't feel the guilt this booklet says i must be feeling.

i don't feel guilty for having a great big christmas tree or letting my daughter have birthdays, easter eggs, dress up at halloween, have sleepovers and friends, i told her.

i only feel guilty about not contributing to live aid and bandaid and giving the money to a cult instead.

CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?

by The Searcher in

how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

share your horror story!.

Following Christ "from a distance."

by New day in

luke 22:54.

"then they arrested him and led him off, and they brought him into the house of the high priest; but peter was following at a distance.

" i am still raging because this verse was used at a recent circuit overseer's visit.

freddo

@Alive!

"Bullying disguised as encouragement" So, so true.

Especially from the GB and their puppets the C.O.'s

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Following Christ "from a distance."

by New day in

luke 22:54.

"then they arrested him and led him off, and they brought him into the house of the high priest; but peter was following at a distance.

" i am still raging because this verse was used at a recent circuit overseer's visit.

Of course Peter "following at a distance" (when Jesus was being led captive to mock trial and then execution) was actually doing the very best he could and if we want to judge, better than all the other apostles who at that point weren't following him at all. Considering the situation understandably so as they were hiding so they wouldn't get crucified.

The present GB have trouble presenting themselves to court to "be hailed before governors" regarding child abuse!

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Watchtower purchases CoC copyright for undisclosed amount!

by the girl next door in

now what is your stance?

freddo

If this were true then "All's fair in love and war" ... so now let's unleash the pdf's of war.

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2015-12-16-BOE Instructions For Recommending New Congregations!

by Atlantis in

2015-12-16-boe.

instructions for recommending new congregations click the green download button.

http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/v8exeat petra!

freddo

It's really only for CO's but the elders are copied in to make the 99.999% of elders who aren't having to form (or likely to need) new congs think that someplace, somewhere there are new ones being formed.

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Literature being discontinued, including Isaiah's Prophecy and Reasoning book

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

congregations get an annual letter that tells what can be ordered for literature (it's mainly a list of audio cds/dvds for the deaf), but this time it included publications that will be discontinued, and this included the isaiah's prophecy book and the reasoning book, and i think i saw the draw close to jehovah book.

i meant to take a picture of the letter but forgot.

the branch is only going to give what they have on stock, when that stock depletes that's it, you won't be able to order those publications anymore.. this is in canada so i don't know if this is worldwide..

freddo

The Revelation Climax book. So called because it came again and again.

Remember when we studied it for the third time with the literal cut and paste stuff that was to be stuck in when it got revised?

The only book printed by the WT with stuck together pages and it has Climax! in the title.

You couldn't make it up.

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Drink Driving

by Simon in

with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.

feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.

i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.

freddo

I was in the same predicament as you Simon but I decided to take a bus home in the small hours of the morning. So I broke into the local bus depot and there were dozens of buses I could choose from. I checked them all over but had to walk home in the end because I couldn't find one going to my area of town.

I expect if I broke in again I'd find three in a row all going to my street. Just my luck! I blame Satan. Or Old Blakey.

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Caleb talks to his mother about the new system.

by LogCon in

mom: yes?.

you dont want to make jehovah sad, do you mom?.

mom: okay.. .

freddo

Mom: Well why not dig smaller graves, Caleb? All these full-size ones are taking over my flower beds and borders.

Caleb: Now, Mom! We've got to be hole-souled - see what I did with the words whole and hole Mom? See, We are Jehovah's happy people! See, the "W" is silent?

Dad: (He is a career Min Serv. - you can tell by his knuckles dragging the floor) Good one Caleb! (Does a high five)

Caleb: Actually Dad we could dig some smaller ones, after all we need to bury the babies and toddlers too don't we?

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Street witnessing to Christmas Shoppers Yesterday

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

well, ok, but targeting a german christmas market seems a little hypocritical...

freddo

@Thomas Covenant

I googled "Bristol German Christmas Market"

Looks like it is indeed Bristol, England.