Posts by freddo

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British Branch up for Sale
by wannaexit in
1. jw
2. friends
more money for mother!!.

http://ibsaproperty.com/.
freddo

The reason they are selling it is that it is in a prime location in the biggest Capital city in Europe and will get them a huge amount of sovs.
The place they are building in its stead is:-
Much cheaper and will have far fewer people and no printing presses.
So lots of lolly coming in from the sale; much less going out and they still have the cheek to massively hint for donations/free labour to build the new place.
Just like its big brother in Brooklyn/Warwick, London/Chelmsford is a money realisation scheme.
At least Dick Turpin wore a mask!
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Witnesses Repair 60-Year-Old Dam in Warwick
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in this propaganda piece they continue to obsess over this damn dam!.

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http://imgur.com/a/icmez.
freddo

What's needed is a squadron of Lancaster bombers flying in to Kingdom song no 617 ...
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Latest from Australian Royal Commission
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
just received this update.

http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e90fa1e64ebb08847cc04916&id=fcec86ae2b&e=0670c7af59.
freddo

@Listener
I wonder if they (GB) knew this added investigation was coming down the pipe a few weeks ago and this is why the Feb 2017 WT (Study copy) had that eye catching sentence about the GB in it?
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Paperback?
by Maxee in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone seen the paperback editions of previous and recent bookstudy pubs.

i haven't seen them here in aus?.

also i recieved a email today from my brother, who too is a enquiring jw.
freddo

That's a better resurrection than Lazarus, smiddy!
The points are good from the original poster though. The paperback stuff was an original cost cutting measure - remember those awful paperback bibles before the present silver one? And some of the books offered (like the CD-ROM still does) contained "old truths".
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2017 Yearbook - Still Waiting
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t06777k65p11e53/20160521e.pdf?dl=0.

may 21, 2016. we are pleased to inform you that electronic versions of the annual items for 2017 will be made available for download on jw.org beginning in october of this year.

this includes examining the scriptures daily—2017 and the 2017 yearbook of jehovah’s witnesses.
freddo

Look at the upload dates of previous on line Yearbooks on jayborg. They are usually late December.
Anyway I expect "they" are deciding whether to fudge the figures or work out whether the fall out is worth it if they drop them all together.
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The Great October 2016 Invite to the Sunday Meeting campaign ...
by freddo in
1. jw
2. friends
well how's it going round your way?

massive increase of interested ones?

did you even know it was supposed to be happening?
freddo

In answer to the more recent posts this has been an "extra effort" for October started with a BoE letter back in March/April (Thanks WIFI BANDIT) and those newer small invites have been handed to mag routes and relatives.
The final figure for week 5 was 58 plus 12 listening in.
So it has crept up a little bit but still not even a match for the 75 publishers and my observation is that while there were a handful of new faces they all seemed a bit Misfit/Odd/Elderly/lonely types. Probably those long term return visits that look good padding out reports but going nowhere.
Let's see what happens as winter draws in. We've had an exceptionally mild and fairly dry October this year in my neck of the woods.
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The Great October 2016 Invite to the Sunday Meeting campaign ...
by freddo in
1. jw
2. friends
well how's it going round your way?

massive increase of interested ones?

did you even know it was supposed to be happening?
freddo

4 weeks in and it's
1. 45 plus 12 on phone
2. 55 plus 10
3. 52 plus 8
4. Assembly Day
5. Tell you soon.
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Lost and Sad, Then He Found Me...
by Sorry in
1. social
2. relationships
well, i got myself in a dilemma.

i'm currently 18, being baptised for a year.

i had my doubts, but due to a variety of reasons (getting subtle flack for not baptised, not having a support system even if i wanted to leave).
freddo

Welcome! Be careful not to "commit a DF offence" by action or word so that the rug is pulled from under you. Meeting with elders and telling them how you feel can rapidly (within minutes, even) become the basis for an apostasy charge.
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Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?
by flipper in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?

remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.

what about the thousands that don't get caught?
freddo

Hi Tami, I'm sorry to hear your awful story. As an ex-elder in the UK who heard of a few cases of child abuse in my vicinity it was men or older teenage boys who committed abuse. As more and more news articles of JW abuse have come to the fore I have heard of rarer cases where women were abusers too.
To have your own mother abuse your own children is probably among the sickest of the sick as far as paedophilia can go - my heart goes out to you.
You have true friends here. Please stay.
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The WTBTS' "Golden Calf"
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in recent months i have personally experienced 3 times how jehovah's witnesses' thinking and ad hominem attacks are being molded by their masters in the wtbts.. 1) j.w.

family members have stated that i am no longer part of the family because i say "negative things" about the org.. 2) my closest friend in my former congregation complained several weeks ago that i was "finding fault" with the org every time we had a conversation.

nothing from him since.. 3) when reverse witnessing to an elder at a trolley recently, he accused me of "criticizing the organization.".
freddo

Quite correct, Searcher. And of course we are wise to remember that we are not to put our trust in "princes nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation" Ps. 146 v 3 - who of course include the GB.