freddo

Joined

• started 77 topics
• posted 3,022 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by freddo

• 
  92

  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Fantastic news. Just. Fantastic. News.

  Please bear in mind that even your kids may "turn you in" so please go slowly and carefully.
• 
  86

  Music Video: Would Jesus Wear a Rolex on JW Broadcasting? - PARODY

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this took quite a while this evening.

  so worth it though.

  hope you enjoy!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Bump!

  I love this parody - for anyone that missed it - it is brilliant. But read the WT 15th Aug 1994 page 11 paragraph 3 as well.

  The Society actually quote the lyrics of the song! Hypocrisy at its best.

  Please pass this on to anyone you know - even anonymously if you need to.
• 
  6

  5 years since I attended a kingdom hall meeting, feels so good!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i'm 25% there, but i can't put in words how good i feel!!!!!!!!!

  once i move to a different city i'll have this travesty of a religion out of my system, i'll be at 100%.

  two more years, i'm 33 years old and more excited then ever.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Why do you "only" rate yourself as 25% out and needing another two years for 100%? Given you were never baptised and haven't been in service since 2004 I mean?

  As for the mind control, with me that part of me is 100% mentally out. It's only disentangling family and the hope of freeing them and others that keeps me (bodily) there.
• 
  30

  Aliens exist and YHWH (Jehovah) was one of them.

  by Jehovah Was An Alien in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "the constellation of the seven stars forming the pleiades appears to be the crowning centre around which the known system of the planets revolve even as our suns planet obey the sun and travel in their respective orbits.

  it has been suggested, and with much weight, that one of the stars of that group is the dwelling place of jehovah and the place of the highest heavens; that is the place to which the inspired writer referred to when he said: "hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven" (2 chronicles6:21) ; and that it is the place to which job referred when under inspiration he wrote: "canst thou blind the sweet influences of pleiades, or loose the bands of orion" – job 38:31"

  the constellation of the pleiades is a small one compared with others which scientific instruments disclose to the wondering eyes of man.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Errrr ... is the OP just being ironic?

  I didn't take his post to be what he really believes.

  But then, I'm English not American!
• 
  33

  How to spot faders or "closeted" apostates in a congregation / meeting?

  by nevaagain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i am awoken for several years now (never really bought the cool aid) but for family reasons i am still enduring everything.

  but my wife knows ... .

  anyway so yesterday we had this boring meeting and as i was sitting there trying to make time pass faster i looked around me and i thought who else feels the same as me and is completely bored?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Own Lyrics.

  "Kiss my bum lest god be angry ..."
• 
  41

  Could we ever see a GB member disassociate?

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we saw it with raymond franz.

  but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.

  to leave, and expose it..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  I say no.

  But then in May 1941 Rudolph Hess flew away from Nazi Germany when it was right at the peak of its power.

  I don't suppose we'll ever fully know why.
• 
  53

  How did you feel when they eliminated the Con. Book Study?

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  years ago when i was "in" i loved the book study.

  it was my favorite meeting by far.

  mainly because it was a small group.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  It was a relief to have another "free" evening where I didn't have to put on a tie and go out for the evening and up until about 2004 when I was still an elder I was always a book study group overseer so that made it even worse.

  Given the choice I would rather have kept a one hour study in someone's home and dropped the midweek meeting at the KH.
• 
  33

  Urging More Lurkers To Sign Up

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have seen a lot of new posters intro stories on here, also updates from those who have been around for a while.

  i just want to take 1 post to beg those reading to speak up.

  it was a big turning point for me and one of the best decisions i made.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  @The Rebel

  "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" - lurking and posting!
  
• 
  33

  Urging More Lurkers To Sign Up

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have seen a lot of new posters intro stories on here, also updates from those who have been around for a while.

  i just want to take 1 post to beg those reading to speak up.

  it was a big turning point for me and one of the best decisions i made.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  Good post! Really encouraging to hear from others travelling the same journey.

  Armageddy ain't a happenin' anytime soon.

  Jahwayh's garlic-munching jwdot orgasm is busy trying to balance telling us how Elijah stood up to 450 Baal prophets in the cong "bible" study and yet letting Geoffrey Jackson wimp out to the polite questions of the Australian Royal Commission.

  And Watchtower isn't going to reach out of your computer and expose you as a doubter!
• 
  17

  Elders & Ex Elders, did knowing sins of congregation members change how you treated them?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you found out all the sins of fellow witnesses did it effect how you treated them?

  it was shocking when i found out the range of bs these people did to each other.

  i don't mean sexual abuse, i mean fraud, theft, infidelity and more.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  freddo

  In our hall it is easy to identify the recently "dealt with" - if they answered and stop answering they've had a private reproof. If they were running a microphone and are "not on zer list" they've had a private reproof. They were all over cart (non)witnessing and now they're not? = Private reproof.

  The "best one" I knew of were the self-righteous finger pointing pioneer wife and the persistent porn problem elder husband who got caught by said wife! They were always on about "immodest clothing" worn by others. She went to pieces and came off of pioneering and he got removed from being an elder.

  I had an un-christian feeling of grim satisfaction over that one.