Posts by freddo

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JW TV - Britain Branch Report
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
although it is titled as "britain branch report" it's not much of a report.

it only goes for just over 6 minutes and half of it is some 'wild talk' about romeo and juliette, i say wild talk because it has nothing to do with the british branch and if there was any point to it, it's lost on me.. anyway, about the only thing said that is of any importance was this (at the 2.20 mark) -.

"the governing body, very kindly, have given us permission to continue construction once we have reviewed the scope of the building so we hope to be underway very soon".
freddo

I'm not sure if the "build, build, build - we're going places" of this time last year followed by everything coming to a screeching halt was pure incompetence or a crafty master plan.
It certainly got donations to the fore and "justified" begging for kingdom hall project savings funds. And they can still fund a tiny Chelmsford for 100 instead of 1000 people by the money made from selling the London properties and moving printing to Selters.
Then the surplus from that and the KH's gets sent to New York to keep it away from UK investigations.
...
If it is a crafty master plan then they've done it on the backs of gullible and trusting bethelites and followers ... if it's incompetence followed by opportunism then the result is the same but with less bad motive.
Ignore me; just musing.
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A mistake we did ...
by Absolutesbeginners in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello girls !.

i ve been reading you all many times , and from many years ..... i am sure my english is getting better and better because of you !

i am from france, no sorry , from "small brittany " ...so what ?
freddo

Salud. Mat an traoù.
Is your mother's husband a witness? The guy 22 years younger than her? Are you officially DF'd or DA'd?
Welcome to the forum.
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1958 Convention Program. 8 days from 9am till 9pm. Anyone attend?
by StopTheTears in
1. jw
2. friends
how in the world did they justify this torture?

imagine the children forced to sit in the summer heat at yankee stadium for 12 hours a day.

for 8 days.
freddo

I wasn't born then but went to the 1969 Wembley, London 8 day International aged 8. The sessions were a blur of boredom but the food tents and double towers of the old Wembley stadium remain imprinted on my mind. I remember my first experience of London Underground trains which was cool.
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Further CO Leaks
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
believe inspired truth, not inspired error (s-341a-16-e).

instructions for the circuit overseer’s meeting with the pioneers and field missionaries in conjunction with the circuit assembly (s-312-tk16-e no.

circuit overseer meets with pioneers and field missionaries program for september 2015 through february 2016 (s-335-16-e).
freddo

Is there any chance we'll get to see the outlines for March - August 2016? As in the source is still able to get his hands on this sort of thing from now on?
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300 books and magazines placed outside The Shard
by pleaseresearch in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi all.. so i got a txt today from a very proud mum claiming that, the jw cart produced 300 book and magazine placements.

mostly from foreign speakers.. the shard is the tallest building in the uk.

this is where the cart was placed.. not a bad day they had really.
freddo

@Slidin
I was present at the midweek meeting with the Amsterdam video and I thought that they said several Bible Studies were started. Not sure now.
But I thought: What is "several"? Why use the word at all? I would use "several" if say I handed out between about 4 and 8 tracts but didn't make a note of the number. Any more and I would have guessed at about 10 or a dozen.
So I believe they said "several" because the number was pitifully low for a four day event with two million visitors (if I heard that correctly). Let's give them the benefit of the lie and imagine they had eight start a study from these dozens of carts.
What sort of study would it be? A doorstep study of which half (4) would fizzle in two visits and maybe one would last more than a month?
It is truly pathetic.
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Child Abuse In This Weeks Meeting Part
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was sitting at the meeting this week and the "apply yourself to the field ministry" part started.

it was the first part under, "the initial call".

they read from the "good news" brochure and ask a question on it.
freddo

@thedepressedsoul
Nice catch!
Topic 13 p.26 of the Good News brochure - printed in 2012 and used daily by keen JW's everywhere in their "ministry."
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KH construction
by truth doubter in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
is it a fact that all kh construction earth wide has stopped?
freddo

Probably just enough to say "look there's one being built" when they close and sell ten others.
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Circuit Overseer Guidelines (tg-E) October 2015
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
circuit overseer guidelines (tg-e) october 2015. http://bit.ly/1utgizt.
freddo

@SBF
I wonder if the taxes page gets filled in at "the CO school" depending which country the CO lives in?
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Coordinator for the elder body
by truth doubter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was recently told that circit overseers must give up the position at age 70. is that true and if so, does the coordinator have to give up his position at age 70 also?
freddo

CO's go at 70
Sub-CO's at 80
CoBE's at 80.
Here's why.
CO is retired at 70 (so no car, no medical no nuffin' for two older JW's - don't forget Mrs. CO goes too.)
But he can still help out on his own dime as a Sub-CO for a few years and/or as a CBE. So if he is reasonably healthy he can be used in a struggling congo or circuit.
If he isn't he can be put out to grass and forgotten about.
I wonder what happens if Mrs. CO is a year or two older than hubby? Do they both get booted when she hits 70?
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Circuit Overseer Guidelines (tg-E) October 2015
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
circuit overseer guidelines (tg-e) october 2015. http://bit.ly/1utgizt.
freddo

Yeah "speaker ratings" is done every year by three elders and sent to the CO.
The three elders were:
Auxiliary Counselor (remember him?)
School Overseer
Coordinator
I did it one year as the Aux. Counselor. You have to do this little dance when the one being reviewed leaves the room and the other two review him!
Mind you I don't know which three do it now, what with the new meetings etc.