Posts by freddo

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78 to go and hopefully something good comes of it. Please do your part and sign up. Thanks

by Tenacious in

only 78 signatures are needed in order to send the request to the irs that they revoke or at the very least investigate the borg.

come'on guys, support it.. click here to support and sign up!.

freddo

Excuse the paranoia but if someone didn't want to be "outed" can they sign up and have their details kept confidential?

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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!

by Tempest in a Teacup in

jw
friends

is this something they've asked them to do?

cart displays in front of their homes?

my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.

freddo

How can your mother "forcefully" make herself live with you?

Or do you mean you allowed yourself to be emotionally blackmailed?

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Making fun of an elder, CO or GB'er, would it be considered brazen conduct or some other WT sin?

by oppostate in

would making fun of an elder, co or governing body member, be considered brazen conduct or some other wt sin, like apostasy?

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is it an actionable judicial matter, even?.

freddo

It would if enough on the body wanted it to.

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i had a couple of jw sisters call at my door today.. they started with the bizarre "can we read you a scripture" and read about "death being no more" and asked what i thought of that.. i said it sounded like a mix of disney and dumb.. they then launched into how god was going to put an end to death and wasn't that wonderful?.

i said it would have been more wonderful if he'd not created death in the first place.. they thought man created death by disobeying so i questioned why god couldn't have just forgiven them.

apparently "because he loves us" is supposed to be a satisfactory answer to why he kills us.. i asked how loving it was to kill hundreds of thousands of children in tsunami's, disease and so on.. at this point, they gave up on the 'god is love' and switched to the bible being true no matter what because it was an old book and moses had written the first chapter (says the book).. when i suggested it really wasn't that old and that most of the bible myths were copies of older stories from before it was written they questioned if i studied the bible and theology.. then i told them i was brought up as a jw so knew it was all crap.. now it was game on, they immediately switched to play defence questioning why i'd left (and i think they'd already taken a step back away from "the evil" obviously emanating from me).. not much time to say much before they cut and run so i told them i'd left because i found out it was all based on lies and that the watchtower was corrupt and covered up things like child abuse.. oh no, you're thinking of the catholics one of them said (some disdain in how she said "catholics" as though "we're so much better than them").. "well, i challenge you to do a search for the australian royal commission and you'll see the testimony the watchtower leaders gave and the damning evidence that they covered up abuse and reported none of it to the police.".

freddo

>nowwhat?

That's easy. God needed Cain to shag his sister to help perpetuate the human race. As for David; well God needed to kill his baby to punish him and show us how loving he is.

Obvious.

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UKIP giving doorstep campaigns a bad name, insist Jehovah’s Witnesses

by cofty in

jehovah’s witnesses have today claimed that the concept of knocking on someone’s door and talking them into believing in the same crazy things as you could disappear thanks to right-wing bullshit....

freddo

Very funny. Love it!

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JW Publication Reviews

by lyfe in

hi all,i'm looking for a bit of help.

i'm in the process of reviewing the following three jw publications:* the watchtower no2.

2016 why did jesus suffer and die (this is the publication i am unable to find much information online)* was life created 2010 copy* awake no2.

freddo

Welcome to the forum lyfe.

Perhaps you could be more specific?

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I'm still on my JWN holidays but had to pop back to share this experience.

by nicolaou in

i'm a postman with the royal mail and was assigned to train a new starter yesterday.

my line manager introduces me to 'dave', within seconds my jw radar was on maximum!

in his mid to late 30's, politely spoken and with that haircut - i just knew it.. the post he'd applied for was saturdays only, he said he did a lot of volunteer work.

freddo

Perhaps ex-Bethelite "Dave" needs to get his ministry hours in on a Saturday morning ...

6 years at Bethel being "somebody" and now he's like the rest of us - having to work for his food and keep. His head must be spinning when he watches the GB and other Bethel heavies on TV in their luxury studio.

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LETTER RE: NEW ELDER ASSIGNMENTS (Satire Alert)

by freddo in

dear brothers,.

how thrilled we are that jehovah's chariot moves at breathtaking speed and that his earthly organization is keeping pace!.

we are writing to let you know about some wonderful provisions that are available as of june 1st 2016. listen, obey, pay and be blessed and you and your household will "overflow" with bounteous things.(prov.

freddo

Dear Brothers,

How thrilled we are that Jehovah's chariot moves at breathtaking speed and that His earthly organization is keeping pace!

We are writing to let you know about some wonderful provisions that are available as of June 1st 2016. Listen, obey, pay and be blessed and you and your household will "overflow" with bounteous things.(Prov. 3: 9,10)

The Service Committee in each congregation will no longer consist of the Co-ordinator, Secretary and Service Overseer. Also note the change to the title of Group Overseer to reflect the direction of Jehovah's chariot.

The new positions will be:

Coordinator of Collection of Usury Payments (COCUP)

This kindly and experienced brother will remind the publishers of the need to give generously. (Wallkill will not get gold taps without your $$$)

Secretary of Regularity of Donations in Dollars (SORDID)

This efficient and numerate brother will remind the publishers of the need to give regularly.

Service Our Debt Overseer - Fund Finance (SODOFF)

This ministry minded brother will remind the publishers that electronic publications don't come cheap and that they should donate for the fine spiritual provisions they receive.

Group Grabbing Overseer(s)

Each Group Grabbing Overseer will arrange kindly shepherding calls on those in his group on a quarterly basis to extract as much cash as he can.

We know these fine provisions will make you grateful for the spiritual paradise which for over 140 years has convinced us we are so, so very deep in the time of the end.

Your brothers,

Whichever Corporation Can Hide the Funds from Child Abuse Professed Victims

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Could they make not donating a disfellowshipping offence?

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

i'm wondering at how far the borg could go in begging for money?

their halls are already resembling the"money changers in the temple".

as they get sued more and more due to their pedophilic paradise their coffers will be ever more drained.

freddo

Naaah! Social pressure is better. Or some goosestepping little secretary reminding everyone every so often to give more, more more.

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New Feature on JW Library

by neat blue dog in

there are a couple new tabs on the app, one of which is the 'meetings' tab.

can you guess what the other one is?.

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freddo

Wifibandit posted up a letter about this which will be read to all congregations over the next few days ...

We love you and your "helpers" Wifi! (But the GB and their helpers - not so much."