Posts by freddo

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Classic repost from AlltimeJeff; recently completely - Free!

by WingCommander in

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i wanted to give this very public shout-out and congratulations to alltimejeff, who i have come to find out had turned in his letter of da, twice, then was read out at the meeting recently.

for those not knowing, atf was a 2005 gilead graduate, bethelite, missionary.

they mean the leadership.

freddo

ATJeff's post is his personal experience relayed for us.

It has the ring of truth about it. It feels right. It chimes with my own experience as a one time small fry congregation elder and born-in.

As a kid and teenager it was all "type and antitype" as crazy freddie franz's drivel and 1975/generation that saw 1914 with understanding/born in 1914 etc. kept me at the behest of my parent in a kingdom hall every Sunday and in some ones private home on a hard chair on a Tuesday evening.

If only I had seen the inner workings and woken up sooner!

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US Official Predicts End Of World Power Status

by metatron in

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http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/28/americans-must-adjust-to-a-world-dominated-by-china-feds-bullard-says/.

an alliance could emerge that suddenly upsets the balance of power , making anglo-america number 2. already, the brics nations seem to be moving towards a loose alliance on many issues.

either way, things are moving in china's direction.

freddo

You yanks needn't worry about losing superpower status - we brits lost it after WW2 and it hasn't done us any harm. Only your pride gets hurt.

No one will defeat China, Russia, USA or India and no one will try.

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SECRET SIGN FOR FADERS

by Bob_NC in

faders need a secret sign to use at the khall.

the thought came to me after reading replies to datadogs post on stopping singing at the meetings.. i can suggest a few secret signs for faders to use and to look for at the khall, but it would be better that current meeting attenders make suggestions here.

if readers on this site can agree to a secret sign to use at the meetings, just imagine the power that would have at your kingdom hall.

freddo

I like the "Friend of Ray" thing.

How about carrying a copy of the interlinear for the greek scriptures?

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FUNERAL OUTLINE

by freeatlast36 in

i knew it.

march 28, 2014 at 9:57pm.

nobody seemed to notice that i wasn't sitting with my immediate family.

freddo

Recent JW funerals I have attended in the UK have a smaller reference to doctrine and belief and a lot more to do with the person - thank goodness! There is an outline but if you can eulogise or simply spend much time saying nice things about the GB members when they die then why not Bro. Faithful Min. Serv. or Sister Cakemaker (or even Bro. weird but harmless) too?

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My Window Cleaner

by happy@last in

my window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.

the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.

who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.

freddo

Take his money to the Kingdom Hall on meeting night go up to him, smile, loudly call him by name and ask him how he is and say "Here's your window cleaning money! By the way I won't be needing you to clean my windows anymore. Have a nice meeting! Byeee!"

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Scriptures for brother taking field service group

by FL_Panthers in

i have recently been given the privilege of taking the field service group.. .

can anyone give me some scriptures i can use to encourage the group?

can you also give a reason as to why these scriptures are helpful to our ministry.. .

freddo

@FL Panthers

You have a pm.

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Do you think not having the book study in private homes has had much effect?

by truthseeker in

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it's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?

for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".

.

freddo

"Greatest Man" book study was the best. "Revelation" was awful first time, worse second time and boring/cringing when we had to paste in "new light" - what a crock. Cedar Point Ohio = the seven bowls or some nonsense - helped me wake up.

The new 3 in 1 mid-week meeting is just a rush of garbage. And now the bethel sends its announcements by jw.orgmail to the elders we get more than ever - here in UK instead of costing them 1500 letters at a £1 each (post and paper and ink) it's given free!

We get crappy announcement/letter after crappy announcement/letter, all the auxiliary "pioneers" doing 30 hrs get announced, the accounts report gets announced and yet they did away with the announcements!

And the boys on the sound desk tell me they have to shave a minute or two off of every service meeting item to accommodate it all.

Still it's an evening off like you say.

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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

by Lady Lee in

thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

freddo

2 spring to mind; plus an attempted one which I count as a serious attempt - it was a survived - a jump from a 3rd floor car park.

A couple of overdoses too. But they survived.

Oh, a family in the 70's; wife tried gassing herself but survived, her UBM stuck his head in a gas oven and died. Their daughter jumped a high bridge.

What a happyfying experience their contact with jw's was ...

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Appointed men & the 10 hour rule

by PlatinumFix in

dear all,.

could someone explain where it is written that mservants should be doing the congregation average/10 hours minimum?.

platinumfix.

freddo

What fastJehu said is spot on. But with a bit of individual CO leeway.

Granddad kindly CO who has seen real life, had kids, been in the armed forces or had a real job before being a jw.

"8 hours is ok minimum for last six months with a toddler or new baby on board any less than that and they obviously won't cope with all the estra responsibility."

Modern CO who hasn't got a clue, pioneered from school, never had a full time job and follows every word the DO and Branch tell him.

"10 hours minimum with several RV's for last 12 months; wife must be doing well (even with a newborn, depression and CFS!) too. Gotta preside over houshold an 'all."

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Curious change in December 15 Study Article

by Bobcat in

i ran across a change between the printed edition of the december 15, 2013 wt study edition and the magazine as a pdf download from the jw.org website.. whether the change amounts to much, i'm not sure.

but it is curious.

the change is in paragraph 16 on page 15:.

freddo

I have the printed Dec 15th WT in the UK it reads exactly as your quoted pdf version.