Posts by freddo

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Avoiding Service Tips?

by Kohanic in

back again!.

so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

freddo

See what happens when you grow a beard ...

https://youtu.be/vaATbuYG4RQ

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Avoiding Service Tips?

by Kohanic in

back again!.

so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

by minimus in

jw
friends

living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

freddo

@ttdtt--whats a PIMPO ?

PIMPO = Physically Into Male Prostitutes Online

J/K!

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Well...It's 2018 and still no ''Armageddon''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

1972 : we started studying with the jehovah's witnesses when my uncle became an elder and put fear into our family that armageddon was close.

1974 : my mom, my brother and i were all baptized after all the convention talks and watchtower magazine articles that 1975 would likely end this system of things.

1999 : being told that the year 2000 was going to mark the 6 thousand years of mans existence and that the 1000 year kingdom in the new paradisewould come in the year 2000.

freddo

Wolfman 85

I have a single issue copy of that Watchtower January 1st 1989 (Britain - English) with the wording "in our 20th century." - exactly as you show.

The CD-Rom is exactly as the bound volume you show. - "in our day."

Love the Awake 1968! Brilliant find.

What is the month and date of that Awake? Anyone have the English version?

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Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

by Splash in

so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

2017 peak pubs.

2016 peak pubs.

freddo

Poland

2009 Peak 126,518

2017 Peak 118,036

MINUS 8,482

Japan

2010 Peak 218,057

2017 Peak 213,473

MINUS 4,584

"Too bad, too bad ... "

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Singing todays WT

by road to nowhere in

the jist was that we all should sing.

then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.

the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?

freddo

I SHALL congratulate Brian J on the fact that his wife asked to leave the WT study!

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

freddo

captaingrl wrote:

"I say, debate ideas on their merit. For years we were told that Russia was our enemy by the MSM. Then we learn Russia helped expose Hillary Rotten Clinton and defeated ISIS in Syria. Yet if you say so you are still ridiculed by some people."

I thought Russia was on America's side decades ago - couldn't have defeated Adolf so easily without 'em.

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2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

now available:.

2017 service year report worldwide: table with individually listed lands and countries.

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freddo

AMENDED CONGREGATION FIGURES IN LIGHT OF SLIMBOYFAT'S/St. GEORGE'S CORRECTION OF MY ORIGINAL POST.
"Britain" is looking gloomy for them ...
5 years of STATS 2013-2017 Highest figure in bold italics
2013 PEAK PUBS/CONGS/MEMORIAL/BAPT 136,993 1558 223,845 2539
2014 PEAK PUBS/CONGS/MEMORIAL/BAPT 138,515 1571 230,577 2928
2015 PEAK PUBS/CONGS/MEMORIAL/BAPT 137,631 1605 225,584 2286
2016 PEAK PUBS/CONGS/MEMORIAL/BAPT 138,261 1613 226,750 2309
2017 PEAK PUBS/CONGS/MEMORIAL/BAPT 137,468 1626 222,201 2216
Pubs down 1,047 from their peak in 2014
Congs at a peak in 2017
Memorial down 8,376 from their peak in 2014
Baptisms down 712 from their peak in 2014

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Singing todays WT

by road to nowhere in

the jist was that we all should sing.

then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.

the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?

freddo

Any interesting comments heard at your hall on para.17?

WT P.17 SIMPLIFIED

Why? Because before, when a person sang the words of this song, he was telling others what to do. This could be awkward for new ones, interested ones, young ones, and sisters who are at our meetings, assemblies, and conventions. So the title and the lyrics were changed.

WT P.17 STANDARD

Why? In the audience at our meetings, assemblies, and conventions are many new ones, interested ones, young ones, and sisters who by singing the words would be put in the awkward position of telling others what to do. So the title and the lyrics were modified.

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Did man really go to the moon?

by atomant in

l have researched this subject and come to the conclusion that no we didn't.what do others think?.

freddo

Anyway ...

This subject seems to have been done to death so perhaps I can welcome captaingrl to the forum.

I note your 60 plus posts in 5 days and you tell us you love Trump and think he will be remembered as a Churchill but perhaps you can contribute to the forum by giving us a little background and perhaps some advice on how "still in" and "ex-jw's" can cope with the Watchtower Society and all its trappings?

Thanks in advance.