Posts by freddo

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Acronyms

by Distracted in

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friends

reading through a lot of the forum posts and wondered what tatt stands for (?).

any more acronyms that are special to this site?

freddo

Borg = The Organization (As in you will be assimilated from Star Trek)

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The Shit Has Just Started Hitting The Fan For The WT Corporation, Nightmare Stage!

by Brokeback Watchtower in

as with any course which is based on pure wishful thinking(which is the wt corporation based on) has different stages.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wishful_thinking.

some psychologists believe that positive thinking is able to positively influence behavior and so bring about better results.

this is called "pygmalion effect".

freddo

@DarioKehl

You forgot the "don't let deaf people wank" video.

Oh, and we have the Jan 2016 WT study article with more "if you think you're anointed your nuts" stuff and the February 2016 WT "rat on your mate for smiling on facebook" study article.

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One day assemblies

by Sour Grapes in

this may have been discussed before.

the costs for using the assembly hall for a one day last saturday was $12,000 with another assembly for the other half of the circuit on sunday, which will ring up another $12,000.

if the assembly was for two days the friends might roll their eyes if it were announced the costs for the two days was $24,000.

freddo

It's a friggin' joke isn't it?

Twenty years ago - let's build an assembly hall so we can have a dedicated place of worship and not have to use worldly facilities and it will be cheaper too!

Donate/free labour/more donations/more free labour/more, more, more ... TaDaa! A lovely new assembly hall.

Early years it's run by a local assembly hall committee with a caretaker and local teams chipping in, we all get a low per capita of £3.50 which builds a nice pot locally of half a million quid. Everyone is happy with "our" assembly hall.

About ten years ago the per capita goes up a bit - fair enough and the replacement hall/refurbishment pot is up to £750,000.

Then the scam artists at the branch get their greedy paws involved - per capita is £6.50 then £10.50 (one day less but more sucked into use it). And then the Assembly hall committee is disbanded and most of the rebuild/refurb pot (now approaching 900K) gets "requested" by the branch.

No sooner do they have the dosh then they start laying off bethelites and special pioneers.

Did any of that assembly hall pot go to reducing circuit assembly costs? Will it go to older bethelite being booted to the curb? Not a chance.

Annanias and Sapphira have nothing on this bunch!

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Hi First Post Here

by Distracted in

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friends

just wanted to break the ice and write my first post here and also talk about some things that are bothering me.

i don't go to meetings anymore and i have become inactive for years now.

i don't believe the witnesses have the truth more than any other organized religion.

freddo

You've come to the right place. Welcome!

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The Shit Has Just Started Hitting The Fan For The WT Corporation, Nightmare Stage!

by Brokeback Watchtower in

as with any course which is based on pure wishful thinking(which is the wt corporation based on) has different stages.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wishful_thinking.

some psychologists believe that positive thinking is able to positively influence behavior and so bring about better results.

this is called "pygmalion effect".

freddo

I think we are witnessing more of the WT leadership's "frustration" stage ... where things start to go wrong and they are prompting a more determined effort to keep the fantasy alive. I do hope it morphs into the "nightmare" stage or better yet the "pack our bags and go away stage" but that may be just my wishful thinking!

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London Bethelites Living on Their Nerves?

by The Searcher in

just got home and received information from a source regarding london bethel: .

a bethel couple told my source that they are getting rid of about 20/25 bethelites every week and that if they are to go, they will get called in on a friday and given their leaving date.everyone is "on edge" and hoping that if they get the boot, they've got time to make alternative plans.. perhaps bethelites everywhere should apply this scripture, by looking for a job and accommodation now - and then just resign from their "vow of poverty" without giving advance warning.

(proverbs 22:3) "the shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself, but the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.".

freddo

@Jookbeard

London Bethel - Didn't someone post they were going to lose 25% between now and next August. If as the OP's source says they are calling in and booting 25 a week between now and Christmas I make that 200 who will be leaving in the early months of 2016. WIth more to follow?

Watchout for bethelites landing in your circuit in the UK. Maybe they can fill the dire need for elders and servants outside London by using them to plug gaps at the same time?

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EXTREME HYPOCRISY in this Sunday's study article!!!

by Divergent in

wow, what a disturbing study article this was!

this was by far the most difficult study that i ever had to sit through.

just take a look at what the article has to say about how blood should be viewed according to our conscience:.

freddo

Oh yeah.

Putting aside the point about blood being used to save life being the same as eating it or drinking it, just where in scripture is there anything about the "four major components"?

Pharisees of the highest order!

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Where's Mouthy?

by Village Idiot in

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friends

it's been a while since she's posted.

i'm hoping she's ok.. for those who are new here mouthy (grace) is our forum's adopted grandma.

she has been posting here since the beginning.

freddo

@Village Idiot

Oh Yes. "Honour thy father and mother" is trumped by "obey the edicts of seven spiritual dwarfs who think they're whiter than Snow White."

Didn't mouthy stand up and tell the elders she didn't believe in 1914 being the start of Christ's rule? Ha! Looks like she was right, suckers!

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Kingdom Consolidation and Sales are coming – Reliable Source

by thedepressedsoul in

i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.

currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.

any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.

freddo

@Cognac

Here in UK. Both within 30 miles of me.

Back in August 2 congs in one hall:- one cong. closed, brothers and sisters divided up between the two next nearest congregations. Other congregation moved into another nearby KH. The original hall has been closed and is up for sale.

In October, another case:- Cong moved out of its hall and told to share with one 10 miles away. KH closed and up for sale.

It's happening. I've also been told unofficially that two other halls fairly close are for the chop within the next twelve months.

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So do the baptised JW call themselves "Ordained Ministers"?

by nonjwspouse in

in resent my search for the possible construction ( which i see no evidence of in building permits, etc) of a new kh that my mil has been claiming for almost 3 years now, i ran across this local linkedin profile.. at the end it states this:.

volunteer experience & causes.

ordained minister.

freddo

When it suits them they do.