Posts by AverageJoe1

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JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

by Edison Trent in

a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

AverageJoe1

DOs are ALREADY non-existant, Edison so you might want to check your source!

COs here in Spain regularly miss visits to congregations, both in the English and native Spanish congregations as they don't have enough time to visit the whole circuit apparently.

It wouldn't be a loss for me as many of them are just drunk on power and do it for all the perks (gifts of money, holidays etc.)

I asked our CO how he and his wife justify not visiting the congregations on the Saturday field service around assembly time because he has to supervise the demonstrations/interviews on Saturday mornings? He didn't like it when I said that field service with the CO wasn't that important then so I won't be encouraging the flock to attend the field service groups if they can't even be bothered to attend! I then quoted his own book to him (chapter 10, point 2) which says that he shouldn't allow other commitments to stop him from participating in field service on the weekend with the brothers. This quickly prompted him to ask how I got hold of that information so I just told him "an ex-Co friend of mine told me". Not lying... theocratic warfare!!!!

Needless to say, I'm now on his blacklist!!!

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JW's are S.O.B's

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

i didn't say it, it was the president....

AverageJoe1

@LoveUniHateExams

Thanks for proving my point about how nice the minority of uneducated Americans really can be!!

I've lived in several countries, including Scotland so I guess my mind is more open than yours in fact and I certainly am proud not to have your gutter mouth and don't insult everyone I disagree with.

Hmm maybe you should read the forum terms & conditions to refresh your memory before posting again!

Not whinging as it's not my country and I don't live there. Visited several times and the Americans I've met (apart from a handful, stuck-up, ignorant or foul mouthed ones like you) are very decent, generous and hospitable people. Peace!

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JW's are S.O.B's

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

i didn't say it, it was the president....

AverageJoe1

@LoveUniHateExams

The USA is one of the best countries in the world to live in.

Really? No National health Service, a President who's a joke, a nation who puts their right to own guns over the lives of countless children and adults getting killed in gun crimes, infamous racist police force, tax crimes treated worse than crimes against humanity, just to name a few.

I can think of plenty of other countries that I'd much rather live in, Scotland for example and it has a cracking national anthem that doubles as a pub folk song as well!

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2017 Annual Meeting

by obarac in

on saturday, october 7.. any chance to get user name and password for stream?.

AverageJoe1

As soon as it is made available via stream then it will be downloaded and put on YouTube. No worries there!

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Jehovahs witnesses that believe its "The Truth" vs JW's who know it isn't

by Christian Gutierrez in

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friends

hey guys!

what do you think is the percentage of jw's believe that it is the truth and the percentage of those who think it might be some false or all false??

?.

AverageJoe1

PIMOs 60% in the developed world I’d guess.

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Was there really a specific request for money in this week's meeting?

by stuckinarut2 in

i have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.

can this be confirmed please?.

i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.

AverageJoe1

Hi Fisherman, the first two I’ve never heard of before but a “duro” is/was the term for 5 pesetas.

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Special Talks now via video

by AverageJoe1 in

tired of listening to your local elders giving the "special" talk ever year after the memorial?

well don't worry, as of next year we will be spicing things up for your enjoyment.. not only will we be having the talk before the memorial (i know, wild huh), but we will be treating you to the talk via video starring our famous speakers from bethel so you can see how a talk should be given (after all bethel does boast the best speakers in any country, right?!).

here's a copy of the text from our latest letter as i'm sure that with so much excitement you won't believe it at first!.

AverageJoe1

Ha ha thanks Blues Brother, though they do say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit! :)

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New Letter CONG-E: 2018 Memorial and Special Talk

by Edison Trent in

a friend sent me a new letter, that should be read to the congregation:.

september 18, 2017. to all congregations.

re: 2018 memorial and special talk.

AverageJoe1

Please see this thread:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5687754841128960/special-talks-now-via-video

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How do the foreign language Congregations find people to call on?

by UnshackleTheChains in

ok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.

she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.

she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.

AverageJoe1

When I was in a foreign-language cong back in the UK, we used to go through the phone book and look for the foreign surnames that sounded as if they could be speakers of that language.

Do BT still do a hard copy telephone book and pop it on your doorstep along with the Yellow pages?

As a side point, here in Spain, loads of the JWs make a big deal about being an English SPEAKING congregation and NOT an English congregation, to which I reply "well it's registered as an English congregation with Bethel and not English speaking so take it up with them!" Maybe it's just a non-Brit complex a lot of them have here in the English congs.

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Was there really a specific request for money in this week's meeting?

by stuckinarut2 in

i have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.

can this be confirmed please?.

i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.

AverageJoe1

Why are they asking twice as much from the Spanish as they are the British?!

@diogenesister That's because we are terrible at maintaining our KHs and contributing!!!!

Yes it was 7€ not 2€ as I previously stated.