Posts by freddo

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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
i left the jw organization last year during summer.

maybe some of you can relate.

who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
freddo

I don't think there is an all powerful "God" who takes any interest in mankinds affairs even such an entity exists at all.
But ... I'm not dogmatic and I do believe there could have been a "god" (aliens?) who started a process of life and skedaddled a long time ago. Or maybe just that there has always been life somewhere in the Universe.
The future ...
Generally I think when we die then that is it. But if there is a slight chance of an afterlife somewhere I do not believe it is dependent upon worshipping "God" - and certainly not via 7 men in New York or any other religion.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
freddo

"Hate-rant"
Tee-hee.
If you thought that was a hate-rant, Bob, you came up the river on a lily leaf.
"Hate-rant"
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
freddo

I don't think the organisation is going broke bob.
And they may be "overhauling" - but it's still the same old turd working to preserve itself by being rolled in new glitter.
The Europeans and Japanese are escaping. The Yanks and ANZACs are stagnant. Kingdom halls are going.
The oldies listen obey - get depressed - and get older and die, the rest give their time and facebook pages but have less money and more are waking up.
And Sophia is pressed for her ice cream money to keep Fat Tony in tailored suits to cover his ample frame.
The institutional response to child abuse is a major factor helping people awaken.
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What to Do....Please Help. Awakening JW for a very long time
by CovertsadJW in
1. social
2. family
good afternoon , .

i have been having doubts for many years and as most jw's i have certainly not done myself a favor by suppressing all of my critical thinking.

i am married with 3 kids and my wife and i are inactive, but my wife has made it very clear in speech and action that she wants to go to all meetings, field service, and indoctrinate our kids.
freddo

I've seen more genuine care and "shepherding" on this thread than in over 25 years as an elder in dubland.
I'm proud to be on this forum and I've learned so much.
Hang in there Covertsad ... time is on your side if you can cope with it.
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New to the truth
by MatthewHewey in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been meeting with member's of the kingdom hall, and i have attended a few times now on sundays.

i'd like to discuss experiences with this group since i'm new.

so far, i love it.
freddo

Hi Matthew,
Read Matthew 24 v 25 - 27
Ask them why their leaders take a parable of Jesus, apply it to themselves and use it as a way of making all JW's comply with their rules and beliefs which can be changed as they decide. (often)
Go to Wikipedia and look at Faithful and Discreet Slave.
I was a jw for over 40 years and was a Presiding Overseer (Now called Co-ordinator of the Body of Elders.) I know my stuff.
Others on here know more than me.
Ask away and welcome.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
freddo

"Then don’t go to Bethel. It’s really quite that simple."
Amen to that, Bob!
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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.
freddo

"You should talk Gerrit. You and your lederhosen and the spanking board."
Love it!
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
freddo

The organisation "uses" Bethelites.
Got that right Bob.
Some booted bethelites round here crying away after years of service and their best years given. Didn't take 'em long to start answering up saying what a blessing it is like an abused wife with stockhom syndrome as they chuck the meds down their necks and begin to wash windows and wonder where their retirement fund is going to come from.
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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.
freddo

Elder 1: "I've so much time on my hands - no one in the hall needs encouragement; no one needs any practical help; no one is sick; no one has been waiting for Armageddon for decades; no widows or orphans that need a kind word. I know - I'll have a moan about the only young male that isn't on "the spectrum" or on meds. Yes! His suit is TOO TIGHT!"
Elder 2: "This is so true Elder 1. Why don't we saw off the branch we're sitting on, discourage the only possible future Min. Serv. prospect that the Cong. has got and show ourselves to be the self righteous jerks that we are."
"Oh Jack! Jack! Come into the back room for some encouragement!"
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
freddo

If you say so Bob.