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  Donated Jewelry -- where is it sold?

  by anon123 in

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  not really sure in what forum this topic belongs -- trying to find out where kh or other jw org sells the jewelry that is donated to it..

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  freddo

  Having slept on my above post - I apologise. The org maybe money-grabbers but I don't believe they are on a par with the Nazis at Auschwitz.

  Sorry.
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  Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?

  by minimus in

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  whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

  do you think he will be impeached?

  ?.

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  freddo

  It's a shame that some forum members - including its sole moderator - cannot answer Minimus's question without veering off piste into starting a left/right "whatabout" session.
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  Donated Jewelry -- where is it sold?

  by anon123 in

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  not really sure in what forum this topic belongs -- trying to find out where kh or other jw org sells the jewelry that is donated to it..

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  freddo

  I know it's not this extreme but why did I get an image in my mind of a laden trestle table on the railway platform outside the gas chamber at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Manned by a bespectacled SS Obersturmfuhrer flanked by a pair of enlisted stormtroopers?
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  Outlines for the 2019 Circuit Assemblies

  by AverageJoe1 in

  1. watchtower
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  next month begins the new service year (2019), a month of "excitement" for jws as they await circuit assemblies, annual meeting, new circuit overseer talks etc... roughly translated to "more of the same".. just curious as to whether the talk outlines for the two 2019 circuit assemblies are available in english/spanish yet.

  i've not been able to find any online.

  (themes: "be bold" and "be strong".).

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  freddo

  I think you meant a month of "excrement" for JWs.
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  How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

  many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

  well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

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  freddo

  And you aren't able to burn a bible when you suspect it is demon possessed.
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  Pennsylvania abuse scandal

  by neat blue dog in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-priests-pennsylvania-church-jury.html.

  this is the latest catholic scandal .

  and all that jws in my area have been talking about gleefully.

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  freddo

  When I stood in front of the CoBE and his sidekick and told them about my concerns at the child abuse and the findings of the ARC and asked him whether he had seen any of it (the ARC) he admitted he had "a little bit" and he asked me whether I had seen the investigation into the Catholic Church and how it was "much worse".

  I said I expect it of false religion (name), but aren't we supposed to be the one true religion? We (jw's) seem to have more cases proportionately than the Catholics!

  He rambled on about imperfect men and so I said "well I'm an imperfect man too - perhaps you'd like to cut me some slack and leave me alone?" and I walked away.

  Funnily he has never tried to engage me again - always sending his sidekick who has finally given up.
  
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  Here is what silly looks like

  by Sour Grapes in

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  for shits and grins, i looked at an online sunday meeting a few days ago on youtube.

  i was in disbelieve on just how silly everything looks with the watchtower reader reading from his little iphone and the watchtower conductor holding up his iphone to ask the questions.

  then the conductor asked the reader to read a bible verse and of course, he reads from his little phone.

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  freddo

  Yes Joe, when I was standing in for the school overseer around 2010 it was a time of change and I counselled a brother that it was better to use the bible than his new fangled smartphone because the older ones listening would feel more comfortable hearing God's word read the way it had been for hundreds of years.

  No doubt it's the other way round now!
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  London Protest 2018

  by josephus in

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  well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

  we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

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  freddo

  Bravo Farmer Jim 1.

  You said "It is my hope, and I’m sure the majority of you will agree, that if we continue at this pace we will see the annual increase in numbers of JWs grind to a halt in the UK. "

  Just to give a little encouragement the "Britain" branch figures which I believe comprise England, Scotland and Wales (not Northern Ireland which is lumped in with "Ireland's" figures) already dropped last service year.

  The Borg's own figures show thus ...

  2016 Peak Publishers 138,261

  2017 Peak Publishers 137,468

  This is a drop of 793!

  Quite significant I would suggest. I just hope there is another drop for 2018.
  
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  DFed talking to other DFed

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if they do this any longer but back in the day they had a special section at an assembly sectioned off for dfed people who would have to wear a ribbon that said disfellowshipped.

  do they still do this and what was the rules on dfed talking to dfed at the assembly?

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  freddo

  Absolutely not true. In over 50 years of JW'ism including running stupid departments at assemblies and being an attendant "captain" at assemblies I have never heard of such a thing.
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  The Children Act - Emma Thompson - advertised on ITV One - prime time.

  by freddo in

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  as you probably know "the children act" is a film starring emma thompson as a high court judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen jw.

  it is due to be on general release in the uk on august 24th 2018. september 14th usa.. its shortened trailer is being advertised in the uk on the biggest independent tv channel - namely itv - at prime time.

  just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm uk time.. thought you might like to know..

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  freddo

  As you probably know "The Children Act" is a film starring Emma Thompson as a High Court Judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen JW. It is due to be on general release in the UK on August 24th 2018. September 14th USA.

  Its shortened trailer is being advertised in the UK on the biggest independent TV channel - namely ITV - at prime time. Just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm UK time.

  Thought you might like to know.