Posts by freddo

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the February 26, 2017 (REWARD)

by blondie in

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blondie’s comments you will not hear at the february 26, 2017 wt study (december 2016) (rewards).

excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .

freddo

Next week's article contains the following "experience" to encourage us:

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"I didn't let my illness stop my ministry!!!" says Sister Irone Lungg

Sister Lungg was a top level dancer* who suffered life changing injuries as a young woman. "The most important thing to me wasn't worrying about being in an iron lung for the next sixty years but how I was going to continue my ministry, what with the end being so close and all."

And of course back then in 1955 Iron Lungs weren't as comfy as nowadays so when my pioneer partner wheeled me from door to door and kept the pressure up with a set of foot bellows I could feel every jolt from the cobblestone pavements.

But everyone listened intently! I cannot imagine why! If you had someone on a gurney in a big metal tube turn up on your doorstep would you have listened? Probably not so it must have been due to Jehovah's intervention on my behalf!

Nowadays I have the Mk 3 Iron Lung which is so much easier as it has rubber wheels and suspension so I can stay out in the ministry longer! How I thank Jehovah for how he has blessed me and now that soon, very soon* I will leap like the Hart and dance like the Gazelle on Hebron's dewy slopes in paradise!"

When we consider Sister Lungg's experience doesn't it make us even more determined to give of our utmost in Jehovah's service - whether that is our ministry or our donations or building a new headquarters in War-Wick?

*Some facts have been changed.

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Three congregations dissolved and a kingdom hall sold within a 50 mile radius in my area...

by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE in

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has anyone else heard of these situations with congregations and halls in your area?

i thought the ground breaking mandatory pledge a little while ago was to keep up with "immense" growth?

how soon they forget... looks really bleak for the future of the wbats, the jw gravy train seems to be coming to a slow and agonizing yet inevitable stop.

freddo

Happening in the UK too. In 2015/2016 within 30 miles of me I know of two congregations disbanded and a Kingdom Hall sold.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the February 26, 2017 (REWARD)

by blondie in

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friends

blondie’s comments you will not hear at the february 26, 2017 wt study (december 2016) (rewards).

excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .

freddo

I can't get too worked up about this WT study. It's the same old same old do more now and put off your own life for a panda petting paradise one.

(With a bit of "if you feel bad it must be cuz you are a guilt ridden wreck but Jeeeeehooooovaaaaah loves you sooooooo - much so get up those hills outside Jerusalem before the Romans turn up again to slaughter you.)

I'm also saddened the spina bifida suffering lady didn't cross crocodile-infested waters with her wheelchair strapped into a dug out canoe though.

These "do more" examples must be getting soft.

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A Little Girl's Coins . . .

by compound complex in

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she could have bought an ice cream cone .

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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sqr58.

freddo

I remember when couples who had weddings in the kingdom hall - for a time in the UK in the 1980's and 1990's could choose "suitable music" like passages of Vivaldi's four seasons for their wedding music.

Then of course Teddy J. and his crew put a stop to that and since then it has been only "Kingdumb MAL-adies" allowed.

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June 2017 Watchtower - Jehovah's Sovereignty is at stake if you disagree with us

by Listener in

four years ago the watchtower made the following demand.

all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

they are not content with obedience and in the upcoming june watchtower they have this to say -15. how does respect for theocratic headship reveal our love for jehovah’s way of ruling?15 what is our response to divinely authorized headship?

freddo

Funny how Hebrews 13 v 17 gets trotted out. Just ask them to read Heb 13 v 7 - 9 to get the true context of it.

(nwt 2013)

"7 Remember those who are taking the lead among you, who have spoken the word of God to you, and as you contemplate how their conduct turns out, imitate their faith.

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.

9 Do not be led astray by various and strange teachings, for it is better for the heart to be strengthened by undeserved kindness than by foods, which do not benefit those occupied with them."

Bold italics mine.

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Thank you so much - I am really touched

by doubtfull1799 in

just wanted to thank everyone so much for all your responses to my first post.

i am overwhelmed by all the replies and supportive comments that came through overnight while i was asleep here in aussie land!.

i will absolutely endeavour to reply to each one individually but it will take some time as there are a lot to go through.

freddo

Nice to hear from you again.

As a side point and as an elder did/do you find much comment or response to the ARC over there? Is it talked about behind closed doors or a select few or openly or maybe not at all?

Here in the UK quite a few local circuit heavies know about it and a few talked about it to each other on the low down.

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Assembly Dramas:They were so bad.... but.... you waited for them to break away from the monotony!

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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you do remember the four day assemblies... sitting outdoors being fried in the sweltering heat,getting heat stroke in the middle of july in an outdoor baseball stadium.sitting outdoors from 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. was so much fun while you wore a suit,long sleeve shirt and a tie while your brain fried.

mom's who had children to take care of,lug strollers,feed all the kids,take them for bathroom breaks and try to not faint from the heat.. the sound and audio was always breaking and barely audible from the wind,airplanes flying over and (if you attended the cicero,illinois circuit )you would smell horse manure from the horse stables next door.. you know that you are a jehovah's witness.... when the only excitement waiting for the drama... where brothers and sisters dress up in ancient cloths,fake beards,fake rocks and fake soldier uniforms and wave their hands incessantly to pretend that they are acting out a drama.the excitement was unbearable!.

freddo

When I first attended as a kid the stadium we went to had distractions. It only had seating round two sides as the opposite side just had "bleachers" - concrete steps with no roof.

I could sit high up in the main stand and look over at the railway station and shunting yards where the engines (switchers in the USA) would sort the wagons out. Also an airport was nearby so I could see a couple of planes an hour take off and land to relive the tedium.

Sadly about three years in to a ten year stretch the stadium was turned into an all-seater and I could no longer see the railway and the planes flew too low to be visaible anymore.

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My Introduction - An ex-elder's story of waking up later in life.

by doubtfull1799 in

background:.

my parents got the “truth” while i was in primary school.

i was baptised at 14. i loved school and was extremely studious.

freddo

I was in my fifties when I truly woke up. It was all the things you mentioned and between ten and about five years ago I realised it was all a bunch of absolute crap.

I never wept for the loss of everlasting life though because I don't think I really believed in it deep down. Overlapping Generation, Child abuse policy and ARC did it finally for me.

You have a pm. Look for the green envelope next to your name.

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The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

by stuckinarut2 in

i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

freddo

In my opinion stuckinarut2, they're stuck in a rut too.

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Was There ANYTHING Positive That You Experienced Because of Being a JW?

by minimus in

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was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.

freddo

I didn't take up smoking or drugs. And I have no desire to now.