Posts by freddo

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Meeting attendance for elders

by dkztcequ in

what is the minimum meeting attendace for someone, who is of good health, has not children doesn't work in a job that requires travel and lives about 3 miles from the kh?

is 50% for clam and 75% for watchtower acceptable?.

Depends upon what area you are in. If in "The West" then general meeting attendance has degraded markedly from 90% to about 70%. Many "listen in" with phantom illnesses that wouldn't stop them from e.g. going to work, shopping or eating out.

Also depends upon the body of elders world view as a group.

Usual rules apply - if the brother wishes to qualify as an elder he is unlikely to be allowed. If he already is an elder then one or two on the body will have a quiet word with him.

But if he is otherwise liked and used and especially if there is a need in the hall for elders then he will probably be allowed to continue with much tut-tutting and eye rolling from those in the cong that have their antenna up for inconsistency and hypocrisy.

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Convention Introductions 2017 "Don't Give Up!"

by accesible in

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convention introductions.

2017 “don’t give up!” convention.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlsbzffazazotvfyxc.

freddo

Well - any encouraging experiences from YOUR convention to share with the board as we are half way through the Don't Give Up season?

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Dunkirk.

by zeb in

i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

(not for kids).

freddo

Apologies for the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" line. Poor taste in the circumstances.

It is a line from the Simpsons when the Scottish groundsman has to stand in for a teacher and take a French language class. Built upon by Jeremy Clarkson in Top Gear when referring to manufacturers of French cars.

It is a favourite banter-line among not so subtle Brits like me.

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I.B.S.A. , Its true meaning . You thought it meant International Bible Students Association ,think again.

by smiddy in

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it has proved to be :.

international bull shit artists .........i.b.s.a.. and their history over the past 100+ years has borne this out.. how many times do they have to fail in :.

prophecys.

freddo

Immoral Billion $$$ Acquirers

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a top tip from tony

by pepperheart in

in the july broadcast of jw broadcasting tony morris one of the gb was telling people about what the jws do in iceland with the cart work and mentioned that they have plastic covers for the books and magazines so that they last longer, ialways thought the end of the world was so close ?.

freddo

Whatever would we do without finger-wagging, image conscious, condescending Turd the Third?

Such a spiritual giant - you can see why Jesus has chosen him as part of the 144,000 kings and priests to reign in heaven with him.

Move over Peter, James and John - Jesus has a new right hand man!

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"You're going to die in Armageddon"

by Jules Saturn in

i'm sure i am not the only one to have heard this come out of the mouths of my loved ones.

it's a very painful thing to hear, especially when it comes from the people like your own parents/family.

even after i've been told that, they would say "we'll just continue life without you.

freddo

They're frightened Jules. Remember that and it will help take the sting out of it.

They're frightened you'll die at Armageddon. They're frightened they will die and they're probably frightened your Granddad is right all along. They may be frightened about loss of status in their social group - which status is based on peddling Watchtowers and directing people to JWBorg and sitting through drivel at meetings.

All because they are deluded sailors working on a ship of fools.

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Dunkirk.

by zeb in

i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

(not for kids).

freddo

"Cheese eating surrender monkeys."

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Hello

by Jules Saturn in

hello, i've been lurking for quite some time here on this forum, reading a whole lot and i've finally made the courage to create an account as a form of escape and in hopes to be understood and not feel "mentally diseased".

little background on me, i am a born in but i consider myself a pimo (physically in mentally out).

i feel like i've always had doubts but these doubts would sink with the meetings and the assemblies and every other little thing that drowns any doubts a witness may have.

freddo

They parrot "mentally diseased" because they are, well, just parrots - of the Watchtower.

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Hello

by Jules Saturn in

hello, i've been lurking for quite some time here on this forum, reading a whole lot and i've finally made the courage to create an account as a form of escape and in hopes to be understood and not feel "mentally diseased".

little background on me, i am a born in but i consider myself a pimo (physically in mentally out).

i feel like i've always had doubts but these doubts would sink with the meetings and the assemblies and every other little thing that drowns any doubts a witness may have.

freddo

Welcome Jules!

If you feel comfortable can you say what country you are in? I'm from the U.K.

It's not easy "waking up" - especially when family are in and prepared to throw you under the lorry to "help you"!

Express yourself on here before you express yourself to JW's.

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Huge article(s) in Dutch media on JW child abuse

by Anders Andersen in

so today the well-respected and serious newspaper trouw.nl came with child abuse within the jw as their topmost frontpage article.. the articles are well researched and aim primarily at the dutch jw situation.. afaik at least on member of this forum assisted the newspaper with the articles.

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other media are picking up as well.....

freddo

Was it Jaracz?