Ozzie's Weekend Poll #56

by ozziepost 13 Replies latest jw friends

ozziepost
G’day all,
How’s your weekend going? Some of our regular contributors, like Englishman and Mulan, are away on vacatiion, but for us, that’s all over! Here downunder the mid-winter sun has been shining and Mrs Ozzie and I are enjoying some rest. (Why is it you have to rest after some R&R?) Our thoughts are very positive right now and we hope that’s the same with you.
How about spending a few moments in reminiscing? It could be illuminating!
The weekend polls failed to appear for a few weeks owing to "technical difficulties", but we hope that we’re back in the usual routine now.

Which word (expression) is used the most at a Dub meeting?
Jehovah.
Jesus.
Organisation
Holy spirit
Elders
Bethel
Armageddon
Paradise
Millenium
1914
soon
loyally
obedience
governing body
the Truth
committee
Kingdom Hall
Assemblies/Conventions
Five meetings
Zealous
Unity
Worldwide
Other (please detail)

Cheers, Ozzie

"We don’t want to forget, but we mustn’t let our memories lead us into negativism." – Otto Frank (quoted in the book "Anne Frank, The Biography" by Melissa Muller)

kelpie

Hi Mr and Mrs Ozzie

I think definately

#3 - organisation

#1 - Jehovah

#15 - the truth

BLISSISIGNORANCE

About time Ozzie.........too much time away if you ask me!

Soooooooo good to have you back!

Good to hear you and mrs are feeling happy.

JEHOVAH

JESUS

THE TRUTH

And I thought of CHRISTENDOM......................used alot.

Gopher

Probably "the truth" and "Jehovah".

Both of those expressions, by the way, really are intended to refer to or inspire confidence in "the organization". In other words, they're just "catch phrases".

blondie

Some stats from the 2001 KMs. I use the KMs when trying to see what are the buzzwords in the WTS that year.

415 Jehovah.

111 Jesus. (Jehovah is mentioned 4 times to Jesus 1 time)

38 Organisation

39 Holy spirit

80 Elders

7 Bethel (rarely unless special article in KM (add 64 for 2001)

2 Armageddon

18 Paradise

0 Millenium (last mention in 2000)

Or Thousand Year Reign (in WT 2001/3; WT 2000/12; WT 1999/48)

2 1914 (not mentioned in KM again until 1995)(replaced in popularity by 1919 especially in book study)

26 soon

4 loyally

15 obedience

4 governing body (see FDS below)

37 the Truth

7 committee

28 Kingdom Hall

146 Assemblies/Conventions (mostly when covered the KM articles)

2 Five meetings ( the brothers in my congregation made sure to mention "all five meetings" at least twice at every meeting)

143 Meetings

15 Zealous

29 Unity

19 Worldwide

Other (please detail)

18 FDS

Shakita

Hi Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie!

Why is it you have to rest after some R&R?)

Tell me about it! Just got back from vacation ourselves last night, and am I glad to be home! I think I will need a few days of rest to recuperate from the thousand-plus mile drive to DisneyWorld and back. That is not a fun drive! The Beltway around Washington, DC is a killer. DisneyWorld in Florida in July can be compared to Hell in many ways.....Intensely HOT, packed with crazy people standing in immensely long lines winding around and around like cattle being herded into a slaughterhouse, children crying because Mommy and Daddy are taking them on a ride that no sane adult would ride on, and to buy a bottle of water you have to sell your first born male child.....but, all in all, we had a really great time!!!!!! I highly recommend the "Aerosmith's Rock and Roller Coaster"....great coaster, not for the faint-hearted.

and back to the question: Jehovah, meetings, organization.

Mrs. Shakita

Kenneson

Hi Mr. & Mrs. Ozzie,

Glad you are back, all refreshed and ready to get back in the swing of things. I have missed your polls. In answer to your current one, I would say:

1. Jehovah

2. Watchtower literature

3. attending meetings

4. the good news of the kingdom

5. the truth

gumby

Hey Ozzmeister,

Looks like the folks thought you were asking for word(s) instead of ' word' as many have stated more than one.

I'll go with,

1) Jehovah. I suppose the opening and closing prayers contain that name more than the rest of the entire meeting!

Gumby

Joyzabel

WB Ozzie & Mrs Ozzie,

LOL, looks like our in-house WT researcher has listed with the amonts the words used by the WTBTS,

Now, the question I would like to add to this poll is, which words would you most cringe at after you knew "the truth about the troof" and were still attending meetings?

Organization

Faithful & Discreet Slave

Governing Body

Good News of the Kingdom

just my 2 cents.

j2bf