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  What is R&F

  by Drifting Away in

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  i see the letters r&f often, but i dont know what that stands for..can someone tell me?

  tia

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  freddo

  WT1986 1st Sept p.28 is one reference...

  WT1951 1st February p.79 is another ...

  WT1951 15th June p373 another.

  Just type rank and file into your WT cd rom ... most references aren't to jw's but some are.
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  Sanderson Patronises Ex-Bethelites

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't normally waste time watching these but this one caught my eye as it was obvious what the subject matter would be about..... http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201604_2_video.

  mark sanderson: accept change with faith and confidence (heb.

  basically sanderson is giving a pep talk to all those that have new assignments changed.

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  freddo

  Sadly I guess most of them will be bending over for yet another kicking or worse ...

  But it will certainly take the shine off things for them and dampen their zeal.

  Imagine this scenario:

  Booted Bethelite (BB) lands in a congo with his wife after 20 years service. No job, dingy flat, no money, no education. The last keen young lad (KYL) in the hall goes up to him in six months time after hearing an announcement to reach out.

  KYL: I'm going to put my form in to go to Bethel/Construction/whatever. Any advice ... ?

  BB: Think long and hard ... think very long and very hard ...
  
  
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  Need way more sex in a relationship and still serve Jehovah

  by lovestarved in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i have been disfellowshipped twice, and currently am- both times for sex.

  i have a high need for sex in my relationship, and after 3 marriages, keep not finding that need in the other person.

  so, i end up going out of the organization looking for it.

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  freddo

  Sounds like you've got yourself addicted mate. Welcome to the forum from the UK.

  A large part of the problem is you've been having group sex or at least threesomes. You've got Jehovah watching and the Governing Body telling your partners what's good and bad! Maybe even Fred Franz is up there wagging his finger.

  But then again ... try being open and loving and you'll probably get enough sex from your partner to keep it in your trousers when other females catch your eye.

  When you focus on the "kind" of sex you get when the other person is happy with a "simpler" sex life the problem possibly lies with you?

  More importantly, now you're out why not check out fully what it is you want to go back to. We can help.
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  Just wondering who on this board has a spouse that is fully in and your awake?

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am just curious who on this board is in the same situation has i am?

  a spouse that is fully brain doogled in and you are awake to ttatt.. without going into serious detail and no names are given.

  i would like to possible talk with one of you all, it's just so helpful to communicate with someone in the same situation as me.. i am located in the southwest united states..

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  freddo

  @Naoscillator

  That is profound. I'm gong to think long and hard about your post and work out how to apply it practically.

  Thank you!
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  GB Daniel Sydlik died ten years ago today (on April 18, 2006)

  by AnneB in

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  2. friends

  he seemed like a decent fellow.

  i miss his talks.

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  freddo

  Anyway Anne B, he's probably providing Public Talk Outlines from beyond the grave. Maybe he reduced the length of them from 45 to 30 mins? Perhaps he can get to work on the CLAM meeting?
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  Special Talk from the GB?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a current jw told me there was going to be a special talk (tm) from the governing body(r) next month.

  apart from the usual hilarious jw tv stuff, i haven't heard of anything.. any info any one?

  the jw didn't seem to know much either.

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  freddo

  Am I putting two and two together and making five? I hope this prediction is true!

  So GB "Helpers" Flodin and Kikot AKA Flo-down and Kickout are in London doing their special zone visit stream to the UK on April 30th and Germany (thanks Crazy_Flickering_Light) gets their stream on May 14th?

  So in London it's ...

  Bye bye old chap to Full English Printing with all the trimmings.

  And in Selters Germany it's ...

  Bring on zer Bratwurst unt Lederhozen and take over zer Englanderz printing rezponzibilitiez! Break out zer steins of lager!

  
  

  
  
  
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  what do you think is the main reason why so many young ones are waking up?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  seems as though the number of baptisms even for the young ones is down from what people report here.

  at my former hall the young ones are all in totally sheltered even while going to school.

  expressing thier desires to pioneer etc.

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  freddo

  Internet access for early teens is no longer on the family PC in a room where everyone looks over your shoulder like it was just ten years ago.

  A relative of mine has two kids with an age gap of ten years. The older one aged 25 had on line access only via the family computer from age 14 - the same year he got baptised. He didn't get a laptop or smart phone until about 5 years ago aged 20.

  The younger - aged 15 now who is not baptised and who is thankfully showing a waning interest in becoming a jw had his own smartphone aged 12.

  Chuck jwtvorgasm.online in the mix and it's got to accelerate the waking up process!
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  Im wondering...maybe the GB are truly mentally damaged, not just deceivers.

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  has anyone by chance read the latest issue of pshychology today?

  april issue, article title' moment of impact'.. i havent fiished reading it yet, but it got me thinking, how likely is it that many born in jws [ teens in particular since thats the age these issues start to appear] will end up with these problems mentioned in the article?

  i know of a few adults that have this problem, schizophrenia, bi polar, ect.

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  freddo

  Actually zeb, Morris the turd has sons. He crowed in an article about his life that they "make me look good" - which is of course all that GBTV and GBdotorgasm is all about in the same way as a whitewashed grave "looks good".
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  One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

  by Simon Templar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

  i have to keep peace in the family.

  there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

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  freddo

  I can report from the UK one circuit split over two days.

  Yesterday - Saturday assembly 4 baptized 1005 present (used to get 1100 a few years back)

  Today - Sunday assembly 4 baptized 897 present (used to get 1000 a few years back.)

  And of course there was a "deficit."

  A few years back 6 per side was the norm. But it's been lower since the 2014 hoopla died down - one assembly day in 2015 had zero baptisms and another had 3.

  So a bit of a bounce back in baptisms, but not to pre 2014 levels. And a bit of a drop in attendance - the lowest I can recall.
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  I was disfellowshipped because of Satan

  by elbib in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during co visit, i took him for a bible study i was conducting.

  during the session, the householder said he believed satan was not a person, but personification of evil within us.

  i left co to handle householder’s doubt.

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  freddo

  @elbib

  I guess this was the culmination on top of other things you had said in the past like the 144,000 not being literal and stuff?