Posts by freddo

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On The Art Of Fading

by expatbrit in

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in october of 2000, i faded away from the watchtower.

like most people, i have family and friends who are jw's (including my wife and parents).

fading is generally the best method for people in that situation.

Trolley Stands Up, Door-to-Door Work Down?

by steve2 in

several threads have discussed the increased use of of the trolley work by witnesses in various countries (e.g, australia, new zealand, the states, canada and britain to name a few).

several posters have described trolley settings as largely ignored by passersby and/or the witnesses immersed in everything other than appearing ready and waiting to make contact with passersby.

what impact will this increased shift to trolley work have on the hallmark feature of jws, their door-to-door work?

Metropolitan in cities - Regular Pioneers only but just beginning to include some "exemplary" publishers - you know - elders and their wives and adult kids that dress "professionally." Nepotism rules.

Local Cong - If you have a pulse and don't dress like a vagrant you're pretty much in in some congregations. In others they are more Pharisaical and try to copy or go beyond the metropolitan rules.

And the vast increase from all this standing around? A big fat zero. In our hall we have about 95 publishers and about 65 attend the meetings.

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Australian Football player Alex Rance

by Mattieu in

how can i describe alex rance?

if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.

if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.

freddo

Phew! That was close.

Now ... how to help him see the TTATT.

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The Boldest Hoax

by Brokeback Watchtower in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhffb-vhm4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqf0cdjueja.

freddo

Try googling "archaeoraptor" for one in 1999 that hoaxed National Geographic ...

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An experience of just how screwed over Wt has got them.

by joe134cd in

although i find this unsurprising, i think it worth mentioning as it demonstrates a point.

i know a brother in chile, and i wanted confirmation on the flag flying outside the kh in that country.

he said he was unaware of it.

freddo

He's put his hands over his ears and is screaming "I can't hear you la-la-la-la-la-la!"

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Bethel Meeting at Regional Convention

by MrTheocratic in

i decided to go to the bethel recruiting meeting yesterday to test out my theory that the organization is in decline.

i assumed that if there is a general feeling of apathy by many in the org, then certainly it would be shown up by the lack of enthusiasm or zeal by many to sign up for bethel service.

well let me say that based on what i observed, this organization is not going anywhere.

freddo

Yes - especially in US and UK where bigger storehouses are being built all the zealous and deluded go to Bethel and building projects. (But where they closed the Bethels and kicked them to the kerb - well tough.) It's like a long gap year lasting between a year and several years when many are burned out or booted to the kerb.

Meanwhile lots of congregations who lose these zealous and deluded have good old boys running the show and watchtower articles begging them to train up what youngsters they have left!

But this show will go on in some form or another as mentioned above - it will be about "listen-obey-be-stressed-and-depressed" - so don't hold your breath for a collapse.

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It came in today's mail

by Virgochik in

it came today, the dreaded envelope containing my personal copy of "return to jehovah" from my elderly, desperate mother.

it included a small note asking me to read it over and to let her know what i think.

she got it at her assembly.. firstly, i'm angry that she continues to push her religion on me, given that i stopped attending meetings over thirty years ago, and very offended that she assumes that i still want to be a witness, which is her choice of religion, not mine.

freddo

I wonder if a bit of you is a bit like me. I have some resentment that my parent was daft enough/self absorbed enough to become a witness. That God was going to bail them out and let them see all their dead loved ones and live forever.

And so as a kid I got swept along ...

Only it took me 40 more years to realise it was all a load of nonsense. And I feel daft too.

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The incredibly white NAACP leader

by Simon in

this is a bizarre story.. there is a woman who is the local leader of the naacp who is obviously trying to mislead people into believing she is black who is actually white.

very white.. she obviously gets a tan regularly but looks more orange.

yes, orange really is the new black!.

freddo

She has kids??? Tragedy.

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The incredibly white NAACP leader

by Simon in

this is a bizarre story.. there is a woman who is the local leader of the naacp who is obviously trying to mislead people into believing she is black who is actually white.

very white.. she obviously gets a tan regularly but looks more orange.

yes, orange really is the new black!.

freddo

She's a fruitloop plain and simple. Just be thankful she hasn't got kids. A prospective Munchausen woman if ever there was.

It's all about her. Here is my Psychobabble diagnosis.

In her twisted mind "Mommy and Daddy adopted black kids. She wants the attention they get; after all Mommy and Daddy chose them there kids but got lumbered with her..."

Dangerously twisted.

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Why don't people in the US, UK or Euro-Citizens know anything about Jehovah's Witness Pedophile Issues and lawsuits?

by MagicMItchJensen in

i know you all are aware of how little knowledge people have about jehovah's witnesses and topics men like bob bowen and women like barbara anderson tried to raise the level of public awareness that "the jehovah witness coming to your door might be a pedophile or child molester!

" what's gone wrong, has the society outsmarted the media or do people not really care what happens to young children?

if you took a survey trying to ascertain how many people walking through the grocery store, a target or upper class stores nordstroms, your going to be shocked how little people know.. if it's about the catholic church, those numbers shot through the ceiling, is this because there is no problem in the new world watchtower order or their better at damage control?

freddo

@cofty

30 years ago the usual method of dealing with a reported child abuse situation was disbelief, minimizing and if believed to be true "think of the reproach on Jehovah if this gets out" ran through all dealings.