Posts by freddo

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"Historical" Announcement This Week?

by headisspinning in

my daughter asked if anyone has heard anything about a 'big announcement' being made sometime this week in congregations in canada and possibly beyond... in her words "it's like a biggggg long thing, they cut out part of the book study for it and people heard it was a historical thing"... any ideas?

could it be the mexican branch closing or the theme of the convention?

or something else?

freddo

"How happified and thrilled we are to receive ... "

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Mexico branch......Now closing!!!

by krismalone in

a circuit overseer friend of mine serving in latin america called me today to say hi.

i asked him what's new and he dropped the news that they have received notification that the branch in mexico will be closing!!

this branch also called the central american branch (although located in mexico) oversees all of mexico's 800,000+ publishers plus all 7 countries of central america of over 100,000 publishers.

freddo

No reason why one CO couldn't cover two circuits with a substitute CO doing every other visit. This would save the borg $$$, keep control, and incentivize the brown-noser sub-CO's and any wannabees by giving status and recognition.

So 40 congs has one real CO visit per year and a different one of half a dozen or so sub CO's per year.

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EX JW art

by aintenoughwiskey in

best use yet for old light.

i have no vested interest in her art venture, just an fyi her name is sarah riches hall.

in australia.. .

freddo

The zipped mouth is appropriate.

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Happy New Year! My personal success this year...

by GrreatTeacher in

jw
friends

we've just got finished banging the pots and pans and screaming on the front porch.

a few shotgun shots ( i hope they were blanks!

) and we can hear the low rumble of the fireworks in baltimore about 25 miles away.

freddo

@GrreatTeacher.

You wrote "Ps. I finally earned my name."

You'd already earned the first half of your name by being you and especially by getting away from jwland! Well done on making the second part of your name come true.

46

Mom died, How and When I found out

by 3rdgen in

hi friends,.

it's been awhile since i've been talkative.

thought i'd give you an account of my latest family dysfunction.. a brief backstory is that i am an only child whose parents were born in jw's.

freddo

So sorry you've gone through this 3rdgen.

Some mothers are very spiteful and very selfish. Add the WT Babble and Trick Society into the mix and they take it to a whole new level.

Hugs.

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Honest Questions About Child Abuse

by Richard Oliver in

i have two honest questions for everyone here.

i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

freddo

K99 Nails it. Again.

84

Girls are unpredictable, materialist, and use us, men, as a toy - Part 2

by will-be-apostate in

well here am i, a couple of years passed since my original post (link here), somewhat less mysoginistic, more open to relationships, heartbroken again.

this is an official "fuck my life" thread.. being chased by the elders makes one arrive at the conclusion that there is nothing better than not being chased by the elders.

i had a pre-jc meeting a week ago.

freddo

What could possibly go wrong?

Crazy loon woman (CLW): Don't contact me ever again.

2 weeks later

"My knob is red and itching ... I wonder how that happened?"

4 weeks later

CLW: I'm pregnant! My baby will need financial support!

or ...

BOTH!

If you have dodged a bullet then if you want a serious girlfriend go to where sensible forward thinking women hang out. Some sort of evening class might be good - languages perhaps?

If anyone on here knows a better plan then let us know.

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AND STILL NO RELEASE OF THE 2017 JW YEARBOOK

by steve2 in

here we are on the cusp of the new year, and the 2017 yearbook of jws has still not been released.

jw.org continues to feature the 2016 yearbook in its list of main publications.

in previous years, the upcoming yearbook's annual report on jws was released in november for the january 1st then the feb 1st watchtower, then earlier in december when it was only featured in the yearbook, then more recently with a couple of days of december 25th.

freddo

Wednesday 29th December 2016 GB meeting.

Losch: "Ve must get ze yaaarbook on zer jborg, it is vot ve do."

Lett: (Gurning) "Brrrp ding whoo! Whoo! I agree!"

Tomo3: "We can't publish the numbers! It's GOT to make me look good (like my sons do!)"

Jackson: "Look guys - if we publish the numbers as they are we will show a 0.5% decrease; we know that some of the shut-ins spoke to somebody in the last six months, why don't we add those in? Can't you come up with something Splaney?"

Xplain: "Evidently we could assume that ... if we assume that just one inactive shut in per congregation spoke to someone that would give us (scratches on paper with pencil) ... 130,000 multiplied by 1 = err, umm ..."

Lett: "Yuk yuk! Bingo! (Eyes bulge and jaw drops as he raises a finger) A hundred and thirty thousand!"

Sanderson: Why not round it up to 144,000!? That's a Theocratic number. Add it on and we'll have about 8.3 million so about .5% increase!

Tomo3: Then we spread it across just the western world to hide their decreases! All in favour say "Aye!"

All: "Aye!" "

Tomo3: "And we'll publish first week in January!"

Lett: (Smiles stupidly and nods vigorously.)

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Cognitive dissonance

by Bugbear in

just happened to get my hands of a scientific report that might interest some of us with relatives who suffer for cognitive dissonance.

article is published in natural scientific report nr.

39589. writers are jona t kaplan sara gimbal and sam harris, and the abstract says .

freddo

@Bugbear

Thank you. In layman's terms then, we get "hard wired ..."

In all your studies and your personal experience have you found a silver bullet or at least something we can try upon our loved ones that are in the jw mindset?

I notice from your profile that you helped get all your (adult?) kids out and that you have made progress with your wife.

Any guidance for us please?

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COUNTDOWN! - The Great London Bethel Sell-off!

by darkspilver in

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friends

following the initial publicity for this multi-million pound sale sell-off - as highlighted here and here some three months ago....the sale process has been progressing with tender dates announced:green court (residential apartments):best and final bids invited by monday 19th december 2016 at 5pmno.1 elstree way:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd february 2017 at 5pmibsa house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd march 2017 at 5pmwatch tower house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmconference centre & open field:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmmanor point units 1 & 2:this property will be available for sale with vacant possession in early 2020buttermere court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announcedullswater court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announced.

.

freddo

Don't forget that London Bethel will almost halve in size from even today's figures (about 400/500 "inmates" ) to about 250 when it becomes Chelmsford Bethel.

So they can sell and take the lolly more quickly than would otherwise be the case.

No big printing press for little England, no more "speshul relashunship" - zer Germuns have definitely become the biggest boy in Europe.

Grand Theocracy ever decreasing!