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  A question for those who still go to the meetings

  by no-zombie in

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  and it is ... why do most at the hall prefer to sit at the back and leave front rows empty?.

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  freddo

  @tor1500

  Yup. When I lost my "privileges" (AKA had them taken away from me - bwahahahaha) the only thing that bothered me about not running a microphone or being an assistant to the assistant hall attendant was that I would have to sit in my seat for an hour and three quarters.

  We used to have a system (our hall was in a high vandalism area) where someone would sit outside in a car in the car park for 30 mins at a time with a loudspeaker fed from the meeting. Unfortunately there was no off switch so I took a pair of scissors and cut one of the wires (only 12 volts) and repaired it with insulation tape. So when the meetings got on my nerves I would disconnect the wire as soon as I got out there and reconnect it at the end of my shift.

  Sadly a CCTV system was set up and so we had to watch the TV screen from inside the hall.

  Edited to add: When I cut the wire I was serving as an elder - goes to show the cog. diss. going on in my head.
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  I spoke to 2 Jobos on a cart but I refused to discuss religion

  by punkofnice in

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  i was in a good mood yesterday (makes a bloody change, i hear you say).

  i was meeting an old buddy for a meal.

  he was never a jobo.

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  freddo

  In the UK "Jobos" is used.
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  Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents

  by Simon in

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  2. scandals

  judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.

  imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.

  by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.

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  @Landy

  It can also imprison them for six months if they don't appear.
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  Inactive

  by ScottyRex in

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  inactive.......hmmm, what an interesting title (notice, not phrase) that's me.

  not a title i ascribe myself, one foisted on me.. jwd -yes.

  jw memorial, why of course too.. valid posts on here....yes.

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  freddo

  This thread was worth coming to if only for this from DJS:

  "Created so many rules, near rules, mini-me rules, almost rules, semi-rules, and if it walks, talks and acts like a rule it's a fucking rule rules with one intention:"

  Brilliant.

  As for Scooby/Scotty Rex he probably feels a bit useless and bitter. A little cog in the machine that can do nothing. Couldn't improve jw's and can't improve the NHS despite trying his best. At least in the UK people want the NHS to succeed.

  Come on Scooby, don't be afraid - it's only the museum curator in disguise.
  
  
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  2.16.2017 NJ Star-Ledger Ad: "Were you sexually abused by the Jehovahs Witnesses?"

  by breakfast of champions in

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  2. child-abuse

  my wife found this 1/4 page ad on page 2 of yesterday's nj star-ledger, probably the biggest newspaper in nj.

  pretty telling.. .

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  freddo

  Richard Oliver doesn't appear to be wired right. Let him be.
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  Simon's "Evil" Apostate site vs. JWTalk.com

  by Funchback in

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  i stumbled across jwtalk.com recently and i wasn't able to read many things posted there because i wasn't a member.

  so, i decided to join (it's free).

  i am not interested in re-becoming a jw.

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  freddo

  How about a post like this:

  "I was in the ministry last Saturday morning and a concerned gentleman showed me this advert (link to ambulance chasing lawyer "were you abused by jw's?" advert) - I of course told him that it was probably put there by apostates but I prayed about it and now believe I could have answered it better - any ideas?

  I want to make a return visit and make an answer in accord with 1 Peter 3 v 15."
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  The Trump Era commences

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

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  freddo

  Melania looks nice doesn't she?
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  Questions JWs Ask: Mike from Greece wants to know...

  by Funchback in

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  mike from greece is a member of a pro-jw forum (message board).. the jw religion has so many rules so mike wants to clarify some correct procedures.. what woud you like to know, mike?.

  a couple of questions dear brothers & sisters of the forum about women's head coverings1)should it be considered wrong for a sister to wear a head covering during the meetings?

  i have seen some old sisters, one in our congregation and a couple in other two that like wearing head coverings during the meetings.

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  Mike from Greece sounds a right wanker.
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  2.16.2017 NJ Star-Ledger Ad: "Were you sexually abused by the Jehovahs Witnesses?"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my wife found this 1/4 page ad on page 2 of yesterday's nj star-ledger, probably the biggest newspaper in nj.

  pretty telling.. .

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  freddo

  Is Richard Oliver a sock-puppet for Fisherman? Or vice versa?

  Anyway - the law firms think it is worth a punt don't they?
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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

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  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  freddo

  Cobweb has it accurately - this was at last summers regional convention. The WT ref they use is not new it goes back to 1985 - WT 1985 Page 19 para 14. It was all wrapped up in "loyalty" so that those that know how the org works and want to slavishly follow its harsher guidelines can do so.

  DATADOG also has it accurately too - the website says otherwise.

  This is because the borg wish to present themselves as whitewashed graves to the casual reader but inside they are full of rotten bones.