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  Headquarters representatives visit to UK 2015

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a letter is to be read out at service meetings this week in the uk saying that sam herd & john larson are visiting next april.

  on sat 25th there will be a 3 hour programme streamed to all congs.

  the postscript (not to be read out) instructs congs that haven't already done so, to order the necessary equipment.

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  freddo

  Coming to a Kingdom Hall near you. Saturday April 25th at 2pm.

  Chairman: "Well brothers and sisters we're about to tune in to London Bethel - aren't we glad to be here shoulder to shoulder with our brothers in Bethel. Sadly (light laugh) our brothers in Midsomer Worthy (South) and Midsomer Worthy (North-West) will have to wait until tomorrow to hear the replay because we (smugly) are the home congregation and we lovingly voted ourselves to go first."

  Pause.

  Chairman: (anxiously looking at the sound booth) "How are we doing brother Nerdo? Any signal yet?"

  Brother Nerdo: "Err it worked this morning when I came down here (instead of going in the ministry)."

  Audience - shuffle - cough - murmer. (The autistic bible study's kid calls out "I want to go Mum!")

  Chairman: (blinded by the white light of the new projector - the one that cost 20% more than if the congregation bought it directly on line and the society weren't getting kick-backs from the jinormous order they'd placed with Panasonic.) "Ummm, hang on I'm sure it will come through."

  Brother Nerdo fiddles with something on the platform and Sam Herd's face is projected on his backside and for a few seconds the words " ... fraam the United States of America we briiinng the loooovvvvvve of the entire Bethel familyyyyy .... " are heard before the picture freezes and buffers then disappears.

  After about twenty minutes of useless faffing about the Chairman announces. "sorry brothers it looks like the link has gone down so why don't we get out our Watchtowers for a two hour study and brother "Useless speaker" will go and get a public talk outline so you don't miss out!"

  The autistic boy calls out "Mum I've been in my pants."

  And so goes the first mass listen-in in the UK.
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  Pat Condell on Britain's Cultural Crisis

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  a scandal is brewing in the uk.

  for many years gangs of asian men engaged in rape and torture of young girls who were in the "so-called" care system.

  it is believed there were around 1,400 victims in north west england, focussed on the town of rotherham.. if reports are to be believed, social workers, police and the cpc knew it was happening and everybody failed to act for one simple reason.

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  What is good to see is that these (predominiantly reported as being Asian Muslim) rape/abuse gangs are now finally being convicted. I believe the tide is turning on this one - not a month goes by and some gang is brought to book in the UK. The common theme seems to be that up until about 2011 these cases were unheard of/unreported. And I believe a twisted political correctness was behind it.

  Social Workers - I have had experience of them in my extended family. Not impressed frankly.
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  Giant ship vs Noah's Ark

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  take a look at this giant ship that's been built and imagine if would still be large enough to house all the animals on the planet for an extended period of time.. the ship, with modern materials and tools, would take a single person nearly 8,000 years to complete.

  how many more people designed it and supplied the materials?

  imagine how many trees would be required and how long it would take to transport them alone.. still think noah's ark is feasible?.

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  Why couldn't Noah have used contract labour? Just asking...
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  Wedding question

  by lostinthought in

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  2. friends

  can a witness get in trouble for attending an inactive family members wedding?

  just wondering because i am getting married this summer and my mom tried to blackmail me by saying she and other family members would attend but only if i returned to the meeting.

  i told her i am not going back to the meetings.

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  Usually a matter of conscience
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  Are Today's Elders The Same As The Elders of the Last Century?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.

  i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.

  i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.

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  Those appointed in the 1970's and 80's are a different breed to those appointed in the 21st Century.
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  Why do "Awake" vloumes only start at 1970 on computer disk?...interesting!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet watchtowers go way back to 1950's....i picked up three awake volumes 1967-1969 i was struck by the poor science {aluminium is posion}, demon articles and anti-organ transplant articles.

  also much was said about 1975 being the end of the system and "the generation.

  " it feels like fred franz was writting alot of these which now is plain embarrasing and better left un-published.. .

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  Nice post, neverendingjourney ...
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  Jehovah's Witnesses child abuse and judical comittees, YLE TV1 News 11/1/2014

  by tunnistaja.ee in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoslbdatzc.

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  It's got to happen in the USA before anything like a policy change will happen - the GB live there and will only react if they feel threatened there. The rest of the world's abused jaydubs can go hang.
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  New requirement to become an Elder or Ministerial Servant!

  by hardtobeme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a few months since i hear this from an elder.

  he said that the c/o told them this new requirement.. "men that wanna be an elder or ministerial servant has to go out to field service on sundays.

  if there is an elder or ministerial servant that is not going out to field service on sunday can lose the priviledge".

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  freddo

  I heard from a relative (MS) who lives in Wales (UK) that in this round of CO visits they are pushing Sunday ministry. CO is in my cong next week and I will see if it filters through to us rank and file. I'll ask one of the Mini series that I get on with if it is brought up at their Friday meeting - is it still Fridays now the CO only has to turn up for two meetings instead of three?
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  "REGIONAL" conventions for 2015 - anyone been assigned yet?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually by this time in the year we are getting km's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old england - how about where you are?.

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  Usually by this time in the year we are getting KM's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old England - how about where you are?
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  The Regional visit, better than Seinfeld!

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seinfeld was a show about "nothing.

  " it had no plot.

  no twists.

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  freddo

  Once GB members become a figure of ridicule to the rank and file the jig is up. They might not be yet (tho' Lett and Morris seem to be heading that way) but they are certainly an embarrassment at times. Jw.org gives jw's much more opportunity to see these guys in full flow.

  Gotta love the internet.