Posts by freddo

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Visited My Grandfather

by Saethydd in

my grandfather is a longtime jw with advanced parkinson's.

on the advice of a good friend mine who is inactive but not "out" i went to visit him monday and we talked for awhile.

his health isn't well, but he was happy to see me.

freddo

Saethydd - good for you. Go and visit granddad and ignore the cunning shunts.

Stan - I hope you "tweaked your daughter's nose" over that self righteousness on her part.

But maybe you're more grown up than me!

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Files you might want!

by Atlantis in

here are a couple of boes you might want.. .

https://we.tl/kf2lzhkzzu.

https://we.tl/isqx2qf9kg.

freddo

Love it. Let's all go to Chelmsford from Dublin for one day of work.

What a privilege. Blessings which cannot be contained. What a wise use of time and resources.

If only our masters had read Luke 14 v 28,29 BEFORE starting this vanity project then we wouldn't feel obligated to put our hands in our pockets to head for London from outer fumbuck to show how loyal we are to our great leaders.

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Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

2017 grand totals.

branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

number of lands reporting: 240. .

freddo

Drearyweather ...

It just shows a trend or a direction year on year. Just taking kids becoming publishers and then baptised. Imagine a funnel like you might use to pour oil into your car engine.

At the top are all the kids who have a parent as a jw. When they reach an age between 6 and 14 (eg.) some will become publishers. When some of those reach an age between 12 and 18 (eg) they will get baptised.

So the more publishers you stuff in at the top then the more baptised dribble out of the bottom. The higher the increase in the worldwide publisher number then the more likely that the baptism number will increase in the following years.

Pressuring to lower the age of the kids getting baptised also gives an increase. But then it cannot improve much further. You might bring the average down from say age 15 to age 13 but any younger and it gets more and more difficult to justify and people resist. Especially in western lands.

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Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

2017 grand totals.

branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

number of lands reporting: 240. .

freddo

"Are you serious" - growth was 1.8% last year.

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Jw.org

by Lost in the fog in

a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.

someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.

freddo

Ballymoney is in London

As in ... All the Bally money seems to be diverted to London bethel.

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Is it just me or are the street sign, road,car verification excessive?

by nonjwspouse in

i must go through six of new verification screens on average before verifying.

i seriously try harder and harder, i don't know if we include the tiny little piece of sign or not.

i have done both,and still get another screen.

freddo

It's getting worse. I often get six or even eight attempt screens.

Do I count lorries as cars? Backs of signs? Only road signs or what about other signs.

Don't get me started on "store fronts" or how long it takes for a picture to fade and replace!

I keep going until I'm in.

But I do wonder if it puts off new or nervous first time posters who may give up part way through.

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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

by Drearyweather in

jw
friends

2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

freddo

Yes alanv - the present GB have less backbone than their predecessors.

No "partakers" - I'll guess; no mention of ARC in "legal" on jborg.

Just Jehovah finding pipe leaks and flying the GB member home from Russia as a miracle on the electric church TV channel.

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Royal Australian Commission - Recomendations for Jehovahs Witnesses

by curiousconfused in

the report is finally out.......... ————————.

recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.

recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..

freddo

I don't believe it is a "toothless dog" Morpheus.

Certainly victims of abuse are feeling better for having gone through it and will be able to sue - if they so wish - with greater confidence that they will be listened to.

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