Posts by freddo

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2 Kingdom Halls burned in Washington

by Lynnie in

on the local news last night it was reported that two kingdom halls in olympia wa were set fire to.

i wonder who has a grudge with those congregations?

unfortunately we know the jw"s eat this crap up and enjoy the "persecution.

freddo

April Broadcast

Gary Breaux: (takes out onion to induce tears)

"Blah blah ... persecution ... blah blah ... time of the end ... need money to restore these wonderful places of worship ... send your donations.

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When the dust settles - CO in Kingdom halls area to bodies of elders for all congregations sharing the burned kingdom halls.

"And so brothers you'll need to stay in Outer Fumbuck for your meetings from now on as we aren't rebuilding the kingdom halls and are selling the land to developers."

...

Am I just a little too cynical nowadays?

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The increase in the Anointed Ones

by Sour Grapes in

to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

freddo

Of course let's say a replacement (as mentioned this idea died out like they did in the 70's and 80's - don't forget the "door" was closed in 1935 - and reopened a crack in 2007) is made due to an original anointed getting DF.

So if the original DF gets reinstated and still says he/she is anointed you have minus one (leaver) plus one (new fella) plus one (reinstated) = TWO.

All a bag of shit really.

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My take upon reading CoC for the 1st time

by nowwhat? in

wow!

the gb.

1.0 demanded absolute loyalty back then too.

freddo

Please don't take this the wrong way but I believe America is behind the curve when it comes to calling fundamentalist and stricter "Christian" religions to account.

Mind you the whole of the west seems to be happy to let them have charitable status way too easily.

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Classic Talk Regarding KH Consolidation

by lepermessiah in

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last night i was listening in as my spouse was on the phone line.

there was a big "local needs" talk announced and it was speculated to be about the congregation reshuffling.. that ended up to be the case.

i thought i used to lay it on thick from the platform....... this was the ultimate spin job - worthy of political office or a spot on the governing body.. one thing that stood out "while the numbers may not necessarily indicate it, it is clear jehovah is speeding up the work".

freddo

That's true - especially in the "west".

In my hall we've had 5 over 70's die in the last two years. Cong size 70 'ish.

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Deceased circuit over seers

by Warren Wilson in

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does anyone remember.

alex docherty.

albert broad.

freddo

Maurice Reader.

Can't remember much I was very young.

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Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

by cofty in

what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

freddo

"There are similarities between Russia today and Germany in the mid-30s."

I dunno if I'd go that far - but I see similarities between Russia today and Russia in the mid-30s.

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Cart observations from Cardiff South Wales

by freddo in

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i was in a suburb of cardiff, capital of wales where it was difficult to get near to my customer's offices to deliver and install what i do.

i had my car parked about a hundred yards away and had to make several trips with goods and tools past a local jw trolley cart.

as i was working i didn't stop but observed much of the time from an upper floor office window.. in the hour or so i was there, on a warm sunny (for late february) lunchtime/early afternoon - right by a bus stop and several local shops, cafes and banks with plenty of people about - not one person stopped at the cart.. the two women at the cart i guess were about 50 and 75 respectively - pleasant looking motherly/grandmotherly types.

freddo

I was back at this customer's premises today - just a flying visit to drop off some supplies and so I passed the same cart at just after 9 a.m. today and again at 9.15.

Remember - busy shopping area, bus stop, banks, plenty of people about.

Again no-one approaching the carts in the time I was within sight of it (only about 15 minutes this time, admittedly.) I had a busy day ahead so didn't engage them but get this ...

THERE WERE FOUR OF 'EM!

That's right - four JW's on one cart - all men in their 50's. Two stood yacking to each other the other two staring off into the distance.

What a bleeding, utter and complete waste of time!

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Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

by cofty in

what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

freddo

On the basis that it is Russia that has done this I can see why Putin or some high up Russian security service leader might do this.

Pour encourager les autres.

So that anyone thinking of being a traitor - even after "only" having served a prison term - knows that the axe could fall at anytime.

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Social Media

by Emily1987 in

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as some of you may remember from a previous post of mine, myself and my husband are in the process of fading.

we began our fade in jan 2017 and haven't been to a meeting since may 2017. to say this time has been a struggle is an understatement.

it has been a lonely time for us, losing all of our so called friends.

freddo

I think "curious&confused" explains it well. If he/she heard it at a recent assembly day then it will "roll" over the next six months and the uber dubs will get a'blocking on social media (and in real life.)

You may find that like the vast majority of (non jw) people you will have less than a handful of REAL friends (and sadly maybe even close family) when the dust settles.

But those REAL friends are worth a hundred fake ones.

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Another One Bites the Dust!

by freddo in

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it's goodbye to bristol - hengrove congregation of jw's and the inmates ... err ... members, will be sent to two other bristol congregations either side of it.. i'm told by two elders from bristol, england it is being disbanded on may 1st 2018. this is the 2nd congregation in this circuit to be disbanded recently - the 1st being portishead in late 2014.. hooray!.

freddo

To answer Stan. No. They already shared 3 to a hall but attendances were low in all 3 congs and they were the ones that got the chop, so now down to two.