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Posts by freddo
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10Swedish Chef at February tv.jw.org Broadcasting
by Gorbatchov init seems the producers of jw broadcasting read my earlier post here at jwd.org about the swedish chef.. because they introduces the swedish chef in their program now.
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the broadcasting is surprising me more and more every month, a must see (if you can).. compare:.
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Swedish Chef at February tv.jw.org Broadcasting
by Gorbatchov init seems the producers of jw broadcasting read my earlier post here at jwd.org about the swedish chef.. because they introduces the swedish chef in their program now.
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the broadcasting is surprising me more and more every month, a must see (if you can).. compare:.
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Google "Swedish Chef Dough" for a bread based one. Brilliant -
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another hello from Cleveland area
by 08out inlurker since 2008 when i walked out as an elder ,had all the politics i could take ,noticed a few from my area so i finally joined
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Wonderful news! Welcome. -
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My advice to any lurker:
"Use your loaf" when deciding if this represents God's holy spirit in action.
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Quality of newer membership
by Lostandfound inon a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.
i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.
the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.
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In the 60's, 70's and 80's the folk coming in were solid hard working tradesmen, technical bods and salesmen with "stolid" families. Even a few professional types. Convinced by the triple whammy of 6000 years chronology, 1975 and the biggest convincer of all "the generation that saw 1914 would not pass away".
"The generation" teaching kept those of the 1960's going. It made sense. Along with vulnerable housewives whose non-witness hard-working husbands put up with their fantasy of seeing their dead loved ones.
Their kids who stayed became the semi-born in elders of the 70's, 80's and 90's. And their husbands' (dead or alive) pensions and common sense kept the old sisters and widows plodding round the doors.
The early 90's was the last of the "this made sense" time - the Berlin wall came down, (peace and security) the generation was nearly gone, surely Armageddy was upon us!
But it wasn't.
The big "generation" change in late 1995 is the catalyst for when the downward spiral started. For a few more years people could keep the old and the new generation teachings in their heads together. The deceleration would have been quicker after 2000 had not 9/11 occurred to give a little boost for a couple more years. This finally petered out in 2014 when no-one could hold a real generation lasting more than 100 years in their minds.
Those that come in now are increasingly lonely old people (who rarely become publishers) and the mentally ill, vulnerable and frankly useless. I see them - no jobs, single abandoned mothers, unwashed - homeless - on benefits - on drugs.
The quality working classes and thinkers have not been coming in round our way for over fifteen years. The odd ones (very odd) who have seem to rise quickly and burn out quickly - there is always a character flaw that brings them down.
The internet being in your pocket from pre-teen upwards spells doom for any quality coming in to jw's.
I just wish the crash would be fast rather than a very slow crumbling away.
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Daughter FINALLY escaped!
by MindBlown666 inwow....has it been a while!
i hope many of you are doing good!
it's awesome to see many of you holding strong, and keeping the site going!.
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freddo
Woot!
Can you tell us the backstory please?
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They're not really waiters (cuz they've all been "let go") they're members of the teaching department impressed into service. (Oh the mock humility.) -
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Reveal News: "Jehovah’s Witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police" by Trey Bundy
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-fight-law-requiring-child-sex-abuse-be-reported-to-police/.
jehovah’s witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police.
trey bundy, february 1, 2016 .
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Thank you Barbara - you do a fantastic job. Such bravery to walk away from WTHQ and fight for what is right.
Question: Is this being put out to mainstream news?
I seem to recall a case in North-east England where 3 elders (obviously leant on and "guided" by London branch legal) tried this "confession" defence to avoid giving evidence in court (they weren't charged with a crime because UK does not have mandatory reporting) but they had to testify due to a court order summoning them to do so.
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Baptisms and Assembly attendances
by freddo inlast year we had a thread posting baptisms in relation to assembly attendances.
the numbers seemed to be down.. please keep'em coming.
and describe whether you think they might be born-in (kids/teens) or adults from outside.
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2 BOEs arrives!
by Atlantis in2016 march 7, through march 28, answer sheet.. .
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.. .. 2016 revised talk outlines.
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freddo
The Public Talk outlines letter may seem innocuous. But it shows yet more control. Public talks are divided into a few subheadings with the number of minutes allowed for each subheading printed alongside. Typically a 45 minute talk might be:-
Title: Obedience Preserves us Alive!
Introduction: Why we obey Jehovah (5 minutes)
God will bless you if you obey him
God will kill you if you don't
Why We Are Ready to Obey Jesus (3 minutes)
Jesus loves you!
But he will destroy you at Armageddy if you slip up!
Obedience to the Faithful and Discreet slave brings blessings! (30 minutes)
The GB really love you and want you to succeed.
Give us your money
Give us your ice cream money
We want a lakeside apartment so leave us your condo in your will
The GB want you to have a happy life
But if you don't believe the Overlapping Generation or 1914 you're dead.
Be blessed and pet that Panda while eating bowls of fruit in Paradise (7 minutes)
Listen obey and be blessed
Today's trials (that we put upon you) are transitory.
Keep obeying now and for ever!
When elders first had 45 minute public talks reduced to 30 minutes they were given free rein to remove what they liked from each section and were guided to cut each section proportionately. This meant a thinking elder might have a subsection of the talk of e.g. originally 15 minutes which he would reduce to approximately 10 minutes and he could leave out what he disliked and emphasise what he liked within that section.
And no there is no talk (yet!) as I have described above!
Now, just like good old OCLAM meeting, there is less room for freedom.