Posts by freddo

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

jw
friends

well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

freddo

Bravo Farmer Jim 1.

You said "It is my hope, and I’m sure the majority of you will agree, that if we continue at this pace we will see the annual increase in numbers of JWs grind to a halt in the UK. "

Just to give a little encouragement the "Britain" branch figures which I believe comprise England, Scotland and Wales (not Northern Ireland which is lumped in with "Ireland's" figures) already dropped last service year.

The Borg's own figures show thus ...

2016 Peak Publishers 138,261

2017 Peak Publishers 137,468

This is a drop of 793!

Quite significant I would suggest. I just hope there is another drop for 2018.

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DFed talking to other DFed

by blownaway in

i don't know if they do this any longer but back in the day they had a special section at an assembly sectioned off for dfed people who would have to wear a ribbon that said disfellowshipped.

do they still do this and what was the rules on dfed talking to dfed at the assembly?

freddo

Absolutely not true. In over 50 years of JW'ism including running stupid departments at assemblies and being an attendant "captain" at assemblies I have never heard of such a thing.

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The Children Act - Emma Thompson - advertised on ITV One - prime time.

by freddo in

jw
friends

as you probably know "the children act" is a film starring emma thompson as a high court judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen jw.

it is due to be on general release in the uk on august 24th 2018. september 14th usa.. its shortened trailer is being advertised in the uk on the biggest independent tv channel - namely itv - at prime time.

just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm uk time.. thought you might like to know..

freddo

As you probably know "The Children Act" is a film starring Emma Thompson as a High Court Judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen JW. It is due to be on general release in the UK on August 24th 2018. September 14th USA.

Its shortened trailer is being advertised in the UK on the biggest independent TV channel - namely ITV - at prime time. Just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm UK time.

Thought you might like to know.

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

jw
friends

well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

freddo

It takes a big person to apologise.

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

jw
friends

well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

freddo

Some will Ex-elder. They will see the signs, see the placards, see the list of paedos in the cars. Some will have had experiences of the dead hand of elders acting as puppets for the service desk.

Some will have had contact with the service desk.

Some would like to leave on a moral high point. Nothing better than standing up for the victims of child abuse.

Some will check it all out, privately, on line, like Nicodemus, honestly.

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

jw
friends

well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

freddo

"I am just speaking from an ex JW viewpoint."

Not my ex JW viewpoint, though. And not for others too it would seem.

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London Protest 2018

by josephus in

jw
friends

well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.

we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..

freddo

Well ex-elder - they weren't ranting - just stood quietly with signs and facts and showing where evidence is to be found. Facts to back it up. JWfacts to back it up.

The sheer numbers will make this a talking point in jwland here in little old UK - those that want facts will go on line and look up the sites in the comfort of home.

Imagine the child abuse victim or the parent of the child abuse victim who was badly treated and still believing. The one who believes that her case was the exception and loyally continues serving the borg.

She sees a hundred people outside her convention stood quietly with their placards. Her mother sees them too. They see a list in the window of a car of all the pedo's.

They check Sewell or Porter or Rose and see it is endemic. Then they see the ARC and they give themselves permission to look deeper.

It's like BUCKEROO - who knows what item will finally make the donkey kick?

WELL DONE JOSEPHUS AND ALL YOUR BRAVE FRIENDS.

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The curious case of Oliver Cromwell's head

by LoveUniHateExams in

just been reading a bit about oliver cromwell on wiki, plus i watched a documentary on youtube.. cromwell fought against king charles the first and the royalists in the 17th century.

king charles lost the civil war and was beheaded in 1649. after this, england was without a monarch and cromwell became lord protector of the commonwealth.

cromwell died in 1658 and was embalmed and buried in westminster abbey.

freddo

Cofty ... "Life under Cromwell was not much different from the Taliban."

Xanthippe ...

Except ...

Women didn't have to cover their faces.

It was the 1650's ...

It is a bit like the JW's actually!

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It is now 2003.... Where is Armageddon?

by Nosferatu in

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friends

i find it extremely amusing how each year is passing without armageddon.

"for the year 2000, i visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise!

but i don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. we are living in the last days of the system of things.

freddo

That OP post is brilliant. I'll re-post the most important part of it.

"For the year 2000, I visualize a world transformed into a beautiful paradise! But I don't think that either the present world or its rulers will live to see that day.. We are living in the last days of the system of things." {AWAKE Nov 8 1986 p6-8}

And this is a nice touch from another post in the thread ...

*** w99 11/1 p. 6 When Does the Third Millennium Begin? ***

Will Their Millennial Hopes Be Dashed?

Nevertheless, some religious fundamentalists have great expectations for the year 2000. They believe that during the next few months, portions of the book of Revelation will have a literal fulfillment.

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The curious case of Oliver Cromwell's head

by LoveUniHateExams in

just been reading a bit about oliver cromwell on wiki, plus i watched a documentary on youtube.. cromwell fought against king charles the first and the royalists in the 17th century.

king charles lost the civil war and was beheaded in 1649. after this, england was without a monarch and cromwell became lord protector of the commonwealth.

cromwell died in 1658 and was embalmed and buried in westminster abbey.

freddo

No correction but Charles 2nd was Charles 1st's son and so he was particularly keen to have his revenge on Oliver Cromwell even if it was posthumously.