Posts by freddo

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Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.

by Lostandfound in

a complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?

) of bethelites, over age cos etc, .

out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.

freddo

Congregation about 30 miles from me (that has a PIMI relative of mine in it) last year had a fifty five year old booted bethelite and his wife move in. Story goes he was in a Bethel for twenty five years and when it closed he got moved to London; then last year he got booted out of London to a rural England congregation.

So a foreign national, with no pension, at age 55 has to find accommodation and work for him and his wife. The congregation has a "wide boy" who runs "self employed" (not on his books as employees with proper benefits) teams of cleaners and window washers and so our Booted Bethelite is washing windows, paying £600 a month for rental of a small flat and with no pension contributions. His wife is working as a part time NHS assistant and pioneering.

They still put on a brave face and "love Jehovah" but word is he especially is disilllusioned (but quiet about it) as the delusion runs deep with his wife.

They remind me of an old proud couple who have been conned out of their life savings but who are too proud to admit it or at least cannot bear to face up to it.

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JW Convention Bingo

by Tallon in

came across this on exjw reddit and i cracked up laughing.. for those who are still required to attend the convention for one reason or another here is something that could liven up the day - jw convention bingo.

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it would be hilarious if someone were to jump up and shout bingo!

freddo

Brilliant! I've heard of a version called "Bullshit Bingo" for conventions with words and phrases such as ...

Faithful and discreet Slave

Listen, Obey and Be Blessed

New Light

Adjustment in our understanding

Apostate Lies

Trouble is you'd have all of those within the first two hours!

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Disfellowshiped- reinstated- damaged

by Damaged in

don’t know how i ended up here but no one who understands will listen, or any one who will listen doesn’t understand.

i grew up in the “truth”, i was baptised at 17 as it was encouraged by the elders.

i really didn’t understand what i was getting into.

freddo

Good move Simon. And I'm glad that (for the time being at least) you have left him on the board because when he posts he can be replied to; so any lurkers or those that have not made their minds up yet can analyse what he writes and the responses.

"Black Spirit" (BS) will waken up more searching, honest and thinking people to the hypocrisy, money hungry and double talking behaviour of jw leaders than he could ever realise.

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You won't believe this ... Jehovah's rich blessing has befallen me !!!

by dubstepped in

jw
friends

my dad died a couple years back (not how you thought this would start, i know).

he was an elder, and a very emotionally abusive father, well before the point where he ever shunned me.

he died pretty much penniless, and never would buy life insurance or anything.

freddo

Excellent news dubstepped! If you find a parking space or repair a leaky pipe later today you can be sure it was Jehovah that opened up the opportunity to you! If so put it in a podcast.

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Disfellowshiped- reinstated- damaged

by Damaged in

don’t know how i ended up here but no one who understands will listen, or any one who will listen doesn’t understand.

i grew up in the “truth”, i was baptised at 17 as it was encouraged by the elders.

i really didn’t understand what i was getting into.

freddo

Damaged, Black Spirit doesn't even know who we are to be witnesses of. He ignores Acts 1 v 8 as does his Governing Body who he gives "obeisance" to.

You will find much love and support here from genuine people. People who don't cover over child abuse and spout false predictions to retain control, luxury apartments, power and money and a very comfy lifestyle on the backs of others.

Jesus had "nowhere to lay his head" and preached from fishing boats and hillsides - the GB can lay their heads in the nicest apartments in apartments in printing and video production factories throughout the globe and "preach" from comfy chairs in plush offices.

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

freddo

BS quoted - "Be obedient to those who are taking the lead among you and be submissive" - Hebrews 13:17.

He forgets the context which is a few verses back at Hebrews 13:7 - 9.

(Hebrews 13:7-9) . . .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 added.)

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Tommie Robinson

by zeb in

jw
friends

unconfirmed reports this am (australian time) that tr has been transferred to a maximum security prison..

freddo

A snippet from an Independent (UK newspaper) article ...

A judge initially banned reporting on Robinson’s imprisonment but the order was lifted following a challenge by The Independent and local media.

Robinson, who was jailed under his real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had already been handed a suspended sentence for the same crime and was told he could have caused the trial to collapse.

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

freddo

Whose "Witnesses" are we to be according to Acts 1 v 8?

Jehovah's Witnesses or ...

Jesus' Witnesses?

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

freddo

BS wrote:

The almighty God has not changed.

Probably not. Look how he behaves in Judges Chapters 19 through 21 ...

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The story of my congregation in the last five years.

by Crazyguy in

let’s start with the good news for the congregation that is.

two new sisters were added to the group a mother and her daughter.

then the bad news.

freddo

Also in a congregation of 70 ish I know well ...

Guess how many baptised publishers there are under the age of 26.

Two.

And unbaptised publishers? (pre teens, teens, bible studies)

Zero.

And over age 55?

35 - half of the congregation!

And how many young women/teens have left after growing up in the borg in the last five years? How many older women have DA'd or deliberately gone inactive?

6. + 2.

And older ones who have died in the last five years?

10.