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  "You will never grow old in this present system of things" -- some campaign tools

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  2. scandals

  i am approaching 76 years old.

  i can clearly recall that awake!

  statement and similar during the pre-1975 hype -- "staying alive in '75", et al.

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  freddo

  Not that you need my endorsement FatFreek. But I have just checked my original single copy of that Awake (22nd May 1969 page 15) and read the sentence you have quoted word for word.

  It is accurate and spot on.
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  NEWS 5 INVESTIGATES: Sex offender going door-to-door

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.koaa.com/story/32799137/news-5-investigates-sex-offender-going-door-to-door.

  by carlos vergara, investigative reporter.

  colorado springs -66 year old waymon ivery is re-living a nightmare that happened more than two decades ago.

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  freddo

  Excuse my ignorance but how wide would the audience be for that programme? Is it local or what? From my UK point of view it seemed very professional and not afraid to get stuck in.

  As mentioned by previous posters - you can go door to door alone but it it is true that a "known child molester" would always be accompanied. But only if the elders knew about it and if the Branch office instructed them to do so.

  And only if the "known child molester" cooperated fully.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Propaganda & Hypocrisy Video

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i didn't make this video it just showed up in my utube web page, god i love utube.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyv5lg1uh0o.

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  freddo

  Dynamite! Now how to get a few of my favourite dubs to watch it?
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  Britain Branch Relocation Project - 7 BOE's

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2016-08-16 branch relocation project - key events.

  2016-08-17 branch relocation project - personnel needs.

  2016 key events programme.

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  freddo

  In the UK it will be busy busy busy.

  Less ministry, less trolley cart standing, less (real) pioneering, less people coming into the organisation. The keen elder/MS/pioneers and their wives will be spending much time in Essex and less time on the flock. Good News.

  But ... the born-ins will have a focus - something to do for "Jehovah". A bit of a buzz.

  It will only last while the project goes ahead and then ... back to an even emptier shell of a religion.
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  Britain Branch Relocation Project - 7 BOE's

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2016-08-16 branch relocation project - key events.

  2016-08-17 branch relocation project - personnel needs.

  2016 key events programme.

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  freddo

  Thank you! You do a brilliant job.
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  My Lawyers Letter To The Elders

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those of you that asked, below is a copy of my solicitors letter to the elders in my old congregation.

  he sent a similar one directly to bethel and a medical directive to my daughters gp to go on her medical records that i have already given permission for her to have a blood transfusion should she need one:.

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  freddo

  Errr ... your solicitor has written "and" instead of "any" in paragraph 6 line two ... damn spellcheck doesn't pick up alternative but real words!

  Unbaptised kids don't have Advance Medical Directives. They have "Identity Cards" expressing the parents' wishes. Your lawyer hasn't specifically said your daughter mustn't have one. Cover those loopholes!
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  Got my JC cancelled... (at least for now)

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my wife and i have been in the process of fading for a few months now as per my original post here.

  about a week ago, i was browsing some ex-jw facebook groups when i saw a post that linked to the crisis of conscience book.

  i said "f@(k it" and hit share on it.. a few hours later, i get a long text letter from my mom (who was a fb friend of mine) telling me the typical "good luck finding friends in the world" and how we have "nothing in common anymore"; basically, it was a 'farewell' text.

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  freddo

  Don't meet with them. If they contact you say you consider yourself admonished. That's it. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not say another word to them.

  If you meet with them and fail to lie through your teeth to them and post anything that can be construed as apostasy - anywhere, anytime - you are toast.

  If despite the above you feel compelled to meet to limit damage then be prepared to grovel and suck it up and lie as though your life depended upon it..
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  Experience You'll Never Hear at The Conventions: I write Porn Part Time and Pioneer!

  by MTSman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i’m a pioneer in city of brotherly love.

  (yeah i said my city.

  don’t give a fuck) most pioneers who need extra money, get a part gig working as a security guard, barista, or making sandwiches for a few bucks an hour.

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  freddo

  Hang on, 30 to 50 bucks a day. A day!!!???

  You laugh at menial jobs yet you could make $30 to $50 an hour washing some windows - and you crow about 30 - 50 bucks a day?

  Degree in English Literature (at an Ivy League University) + writing pornographic short stories + self righteous girlfriend + pioneering = I don't buy it.

  Oh yeah - besides "Quit" for "Quite" - it's "compliment" not "complement" towards the end of paragraph one. With several other grammatical and spelling errors too.

  Teacher says "Must try harder,"
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  The borg is fighting tooth and nail to not turn over sex abuse records, and the press is taking note :)

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/12/jehovahs-witnesses-under-pressure-over-handling-of-sexual-abuse-claims.

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  freddo

  Anyone know how, if and when the UK Charity Commision will "go in"? (As in start investigating our dear brothers and guardians of doctrine up in London Bethel?)
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  In Out Guardian hokey pokey

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  comparing the online web article to the print article.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5481514754113536/borg-fighting-tooth-nail-turn-over-sex-abuse-records-press-taking-notehttps://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5643834453131264/uk-guardian-newspaper-13-august-2016.

  using the online version as the starting point...... strike-thru for words removed from online to print.

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  freddo

  Just seen this thread. Thanks darkspilver.

  Good comparison. The essence of the article is still there. You can only print so much compared with on line. The printed version is a good condensed version for the space allowed.