Experiences at the meetings

by slimboyfat 24 Replies latest jw friends

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    I am well past the point where I am no longer convinced the Witnesses have the truth. I have been drifting out the truth on and off for years now. For a few months there I never attended a meeting, but recently I have started going again. My wife has family in the Witnesses and so do I and I don't want to rock the boat. My wife also still prays and finds "something" from it and I want to go along with her if that is what she wants. For more background info on me:

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/137609/1.ashx

    Slim

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos

    I had about the same question as Zico...

    20 years ago, in France, "Book studies" used to be done in small groups (seldom more than 20 people), so even when they were held in the KH they would never use microphones.That made them more informal and familiar than the other congregation meetings. Is the current (and/or English) custom to make up fewer and bigger groups -- due to a scarcity of elders perhaps, or to avoid local differences?

  • Rosalee
    Rosalee

    The reason for the mike at the hall is for the telephone hookup.

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos
    the telephone hookup.

    Thanks Rosalee.

    You mean for people following the meeting from home?

  • Rosalee
    Rosalee

    Yes ...

  • Quandry
    Quandry

    She gets about 4 feet from the stage when two mic boys come from nowhere to tackle her. Well amongst all the commotion my Dad jumps up and runs in on it, he was one of the more physically strong brothers in the hall. So they are dragging her out the whole time she is screaming nonsense or truth about the brother being of Satan and her doing Jehovah's will trying to destroy him.

    Wow!

    Now, see, if meetings were interesting like that more often, people would stay awake and attendance would be up!!!

    So dad can now make dual use of the KHall-meetings and a workout!!

  • tijkmo
    tijkmo
    The reason for the mike at the hall is for the telephone hookup.

    well i'm pretty sure it's not the reason at slims hall

  • bigdreaux
    bigdreaux

    i think it's funny that the witnesses are such mindless drones, they actually wait for a microphone that doesn't work. uhh, can someone explain the reasoning for this. never mind, i don't feel like hearing anymore of rosalees propaganda.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Talk about missing the point with this KH/microphone business.

    Anyway there are three groups in our congregation: two in homes and one in the KH. I am in the KH group.

    I think the idea is to have one group meet in the Hall so worldly people can come along, or DFed people. I'm not sure really, I'm just guessing.

    I don't know why they use microphones either really. I think it might be to do with the fact that we all tend to spread out at the Hall and fill the space so we end up at opposite ends of the room even though the seats are more than two thirds empty and can't hear each other without the microphones.

    But I know you are all dying to know what else went down at the old KHall since I last wrote, so I won't keep it from you any longer...

    I went to the Hall again tonight - if I go again on Sunday this will be the first hatrick of meetings in years!

    My wife wanted the elder taking the announcements to pass on greetings from her home congregation that she recently visited. But the elder said she had to write down the greeting on a bit of paper and he would make the announcement if she did that. (Is that normal or is he winding her up or does he just have a screw lose?) We were running late for the meeting so I sent her ahead so she could give him the stupid bit of paper with the greeting before the meeting starts. So she did that, but when it came to the announcements he forgot to mention the greetings. You gotta laugh.

    Slim

  • bigdreaux
    bigdreaux

    how did i miss the point about the mics? it's pretty straightforward. i re-read it. still get the same thing out of it.

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