Posts by FatFreek 2005

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So Sister Cheiky married Tom - '2020 Annual Meeting Part Two'.

by was a new boy in

if my faded memory is correct, tom cheiky was an overseer at 117 adams st. bldg 1 floor 3 or 4 back in the 70's.

i don't ever recall talking with him, but my buddy did, both of us were waking up together, he asked him about all the crazy stuff we printed over the years.

tom's reply was, 'sometimes, they just went overboard on their teachings.

So Sister Cheiky married Tom - '2020 Annual Meeting Part Two'.

by was a new boy in

if my faded memory is correct, tom cheiky was an overseer at 117 adams st. bldg 1 floor 3 or 4 back in the 70's.

i don't ever recall talking with him, but my buddy did, both of us were waking up together, he asked him about all the crazy stuff we printed over the years.

tom's reply was, 'sometimes, they just went overboard on their teachings.

Unbelievable to watch this video of the ex-wife of one of my best friends (the apostate!). The year was 1977, Marshalltown, Iowa. And I am proud to say that he and I are still best friends, tho mostly on the telephone, distance being some 763 miles.

He and I were both elders at the time, both learning the real truth about THE TRUTH. It was a real stink in this central Iowa congregation.

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Remembering Kenneth Christensen

by FatFreek 2005 in

i remember ken back in 1959 when i was a freshly married 18 ½ year old.

according to his obit he was some 7 years older than me.

i don’t know how much earlier he had been appointed, but he was the marshalltown, ia, congregation servant (the presiding overseer) at a time when 25 year olds were rare.

FatFreek 2005

Why does he still live in your mind, but we don't live in theirs?

That is a good question. However, in looking back I then sometimes thought of several df'd folks, wishing I could wrap my arms around them. I may have thought it -- but I didn't express that thought out loud.

I'm now 80 and at times think of Barb and Richard, df'd after their daughter was born. They couldn't turn down the blood transfusion their daughter (1 month after our first son was born) needed. If still living, Shelly would have just turned 60.

We have no way of knowing the true feelings of those still in as they may reflect on those who've left the fold. On social media if a JW mentions an ex JW fondly, he probably would be chastised.

Remember the flock-thinning of the early 70's when tobacco users would be df'd if they didn't stop that addiction at the Watchtower defined date limit?

After Glen Harris's funeral, his wife came up to me and remarked how he was truly blessed to have passed away before his inevitable DF.

Len

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Remembering Kenneth Christensen

by FatFreek 2005 in

i remember ken back in 1959 when i was a freshly married 18 ½ year old.

according to his obit he was some 7 years older than me.

i don’t know how much earlier he had been appointed, but he was the marshalltown, ia, congregation servant (the presiding overseer) at a time when 25 year olds were rare.

FatFreek 2005

I remember Ken back in 1959 when I was a freshly married 18 ½ year old. According to his obit he was some 7 years older than me. I don’t know how much earlier he had been appointed, but he was the Marshalltown, Ia, Congregation Servant (the presiding overseer) at a time when 25 year olds were rare.

I had just stated door2door selling (I had no skills) a photographic album plan and believe it or not, Ken quit his full time job of meat cutting at Piggly Wiggly and began selling these plans in a remote territory near Waterloo.

It wasn’t long before Ken was a master salesman and he took me under his wing and we set out for a long weekend of training in Hutchinson, Ks, where Raymond Grey(sp) and his wife Virginia hosted the event in their large sprawling ranch home with some 8 bedrooms. Raymond was gregarious and an extreme go-getter. I believe he was the founder of that company called NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ALBUM COMPANY, originating out of Ft. Worth, Tx.

It didn’t surprise Kenneth or me that the Greys were also Jws and for several years after, he would be a prominent speaker at our district conventions.

Ken and Crystal already had three or four children at the time and that family would increase to some 7 children by the time he later moved away from Marshalltown to Des Moines at some age 30. I told Ken I would help him in his belongings move and showed up that Sunday morning where we headed south to Des Moines, rental truck loaded. What privately surprised me was that we were the only two who were involved. His brother and all the Marshalltown brothers were oddly absent.

I never saw him again but his older brother Wayne and younger sister remained in Marshalltown.

Wayne, one of the elders, and I became somewhat close, playing an occasional round of golf together. I took wedding portraits of Wayne’s daughter and husband in 1977, just prior to my disassociation.

Wayne phoned me sometime later, asking (humbly) for the photo negatives in behalf of his daughter. I found that request bizarre in that he was requesting a favor from someone as evil as I was in their eyes.

I rose above all that and handed him the package of negatives in the parking lot of the company where I worked. He thanked me.

I never saw Wayne again.

(obit: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/16670036/Kenneth-Lee-Christensen)

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If only someone had kicked my a$$.. (This is post is not for theists)

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

i think back on the 30+ years of bs as well as my fading almost a decade and even now being low key in person to hopefully save my nieces from the wt.

i'm a wreck in some ways.

i'm other days i'm stable however when it comes to theism i depart quickly and with anger!

FatFreek 2005

But the minute they start enforcing (And with JW this is done by sparking) then is ends NOW!

You did mean spanking) then it ends NOW?

Len

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I've been shot

by FatFreek 2005 in

yes, the long-awaited vaccine entered my bloodstream yesterday at 5 pm.. as steve martin humorously remarked, "good news/bad news.

good news: i just got vaccinated!

bad news: i got it because i'm 75.

FatFreek 2005

Thanks for the wishes fellow old-timer (smiddy3).

No, FFghost, I must be tuned to the wrong channel.

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I've been shot

by FatFreek 2005 in

yes, the long-awaited vaccine entered my bloodstream yesterday at 5 pm.. as steve martin humorously remarked, "good news/bad news.

good news: i just got vaccinated!

bad news: i got it because i'm 75.

FatFreek 2005

Yes, the long-awaited vaccine entered my bloodstream yesterday at 5 pm.

As Steve Martin humorously remarked, "Good news/Bad news. Good news: I just got vaccinated! Bad news: I got it because I'm 75. Ha!"

Image result for image tees i've been shot

That's so true as my wife is nearly 78 and I'm 80.
It was the Moderna brand with the next dose to follow on Feb 16.
This morning, very slight flashes of feverish feeling (no fever), a bit achy, and if the temperature climbs to 55(F) or so after lunch, I will be out on the golf course pursuing the evasive swing I had when I was 15.Len

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Witnessing letter that has gone viral

by drzhivago73 in

here’s a link to a really cool letter that no witness can dispute.. jw letter.

FatFreek 2005

Excellent letter, a bit tongue in cheek.

It's as if a brand new JW was asked to put his gut feelings and beliefs down on paper, holding nothing back ("yes, bro Newbie, that is what we believe, but let's not divulge that all at once -- for fear we might scare them off").

It's what I would call unvarnished JW truth.

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Covid lung damage worse than from heavy smoking

by FatFreek 2005 in

we've probably all heard it, "i wish i could get the covid and that way it would be behind me", as if it were some annoying rite of passage.

"sure, i'll lose my senses of smell and taste for awhile, i'll lose my strength for awhile", etc.. what else could be the reasoning for ignoring the social distancing to attend maskless parties and similar large group gatherings?.

however, looking at the following xray images of certain lungs may help impress some folks into thinking that there are more serious happenings in the attack progression of this virus.

FatFreek 2005

We've probably all heard it, "I wish I could get the Covid and that way it would be behind me", as if it were some annoying rite of passage. "Sure, I'll lose my senses of smell and taste for awhile, I'll lose my strength for awhile", etc.

What else could be the reasoning for ignoring the social distancing to attend maskless parties and similar large group gatherings?

However, looking at the following xray images of certain lungs may help impress some folks into thinking that there are more serious happenings in the attack progression of this virus.

The CBS News link follows:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-lungs-scarring-smokers-lungs/

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Are Jehovah Witness willing to end studies?

by Maria Nieves in

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2020/how-to-conduct-a-bible-study-that-leads-to-baptism-part-two/.

i recently came across the above watchtower article which spoke about conducting bible studies which lead to baptism.

it progressed to say that if the bible study instructor does not see growth within the student or the desire to work towards baptism, then the studies should end.

FatFreek 2005

Oh, yes, I can remember when they launched the six-month BS program.

It must've been early 1969 or late 1968 that "the six-month home bible-study program" was mandated. (The library CD only goes back to 1970 so we have to use a bit of extrapolation)

*** Kingdom Ministry 3/70 p. 4 pars. 4-5 Presenting the Good News—Become ‘Intensely Occupied with the Word’ ***

"A little over a year ago we were introduced to the six-month home Bible-study program. We immediately grasped that this would be an additional effective method to help get the work done in the short time remaining.

5 Now reports from the field show that Bible studies are being discontinued as publishers realize that the student is not making progress. This is entirely proper. There is no reason to spend our time with those who obviously are not really interested in doing something about the truths they are learning."

Remember, that's more than 50 years ago because of "the short time remaining".