At 3.30 the young man says he was in a refugee camp and then an orphanage. I wonder if Watchtower contributed any money or man power to either of those?
Posts by freddo
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32Re: Quarterly Organizational Accomplishments Video Series
by pixel indear brothers:.
we are pleased to inform you that a new series of short videos will be produced to emphasize the acceleration of the worldwide work of jehovah’s witnesses.
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freddo
Hermann Munster - LOLOLOLOLOL!
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13 year anniversary
by gerry intoday marks 13 years since my wife and i have stepped inside a kingdom hall.
after 29 years full on being a jw and a number of years serving as an elder then as the presiding overseer we pulled the plug.
yes 13 years ago coming home from the first day of a circuit assembly i said to my wife “that’s it i am not going back”.
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freddo
Please post more often gerry!
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Which Public Talks did you enjoy giving/hearing? And which ones did you dislike giving or hearing?
by humblepotato ini was just going through some of my talk outlines and i've decided to git rid of quite a few of them.
i'm still serving, but as time goes on... there are many subjects i will not teach anymore.. i got rid of the outlines dealing with blood, the field ministry, and ones talking about 607 and 1914. i can barely stand hearing them let alone give them.
in fact, talk 41 "stand still and see the salvation of jehovah" is one i got rid of because its whole point was about having blind obedience toward the gb and the elders during the great tribulation, and that we need to start practicing obedience now if we want to survive.
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freddo
The good thing about when they reduced the talks from 45 to 30 mins was that at first the speaker could delete what he wanted. It was supposed to be in proportion so if a section in the original was say 12 minutes you wee supposed to do it in 8 minutes.
But on one or two outlines I was able to virtually delete whole sections if I thought they were too whacky.
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Today's WT. Jephthah's Daughter - Virgin Slave or Crispy Critter?
by Slidin Fast ini whiled away the time today in the wt researching the above question on line.
it seems to me that there is more evidence to say that the account simply depicts the poor nameless child/woman as being toast.
the idea of her going into "tabernacle service" is completely fabricated and has no basis in scripture.
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freddo
As awful as the whole account is I think Judges 11 v 39 and 40 do give the feeling that this wasn't a literal sacrifice. Also 11 v 35.
Edited to add
I only used the NWT for this - a quick look at other versions shows 11 v 35 very differently!
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Is shunning unscriptual?
by MrTheocratic ininternational version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.
do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.
.how does one explain this scripture?.
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freddo
@Mr T ...
What "dontfitin" said answers your question about missing something far better than I could.
@dontfitin
That point about 1 Cor 5 v 11 being cross referenced with 2 Thess 3 v 6,13-15 is excellent. The Kingdom Interlinear confirms what you are saying.
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"Happy" bethel music dance video....and what bethel is REALLY like!!
by Witness 007 ini think the "happy" dance bethel video is the best thing to come out of bethel in 100 years.
sure many were told off for this.
i cant believe so many were convinced to go alittle "worldly.
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freddo
I wonder how "happy" they are now with all the cut backs and being sent to the field?
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Is shunning unscriptual?
by MrTheocratic ininternational version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.
do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.
.how does one explain this scripture?.
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freddo
@Mr T
Scripture at 1 Cor. 5 v 11 doesn't say "formerly" a brother - says "claims to be a brother" or "called a brother" depending on which translation is used ...
"Brother being named" according to Kingdom Interlinear.
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Witness Carts - A Vehicle for Significant Decline
by slimboyfat ini was stalking to a jw today about her recent experience on the carts and with being a jw generally.
until this conversation i considered the carts as just an ineffective preaching method and a harmless waste of time.
but now i wonder if the effect of the carts might be to produce noticeable decline in jw numbers.
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freddo
@Slimboyfat
I suppose Edinburgh being the capital gets tourist trade and so more cart spots for the Japanese tourists!
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After 15-17 years JW daughter coming by for a visit today.
by James Mixon inis something going on in jw land i don't know about.
she and her new husband and my two.
grand daughters, one i have never seen.
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freddo
Wow! She'll be nervous too! Big hug and a warm smile cannot fail to disarm! Maybe small treats for the grandchildren on stand by?