I have a stupid question. During a zoom "meeting" do they still have the ministry school? And if you had a #2 talk how is that done?
So many are waking up. Pandemic gave jws time to think.
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Vidiot
Regular booster shots are almost always necessary to maintain any kind of ideology.
In the WTS, in-person group activities like regular attendance and ministry work were vital for that.
How they expect to maintain group cohesion and solidarity without them is a mystery to me.
Except maybe by dialling the rhetoric up to 11.
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road to nowhere
Nowwhat: nope, full suit, tie, dress, nylons, makeup, no striped socks is asked but not complied with. I think a lot of us keep off screen because of that.
Greenhornet: do the parts with a split screen. The better make believe actors hold a phone to to their ear like they are phone witnessing. The videos show normal door to door and attentive audiences in halls. Strong disconnect; we always knew the leaders have no clue.
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hybridous
I always go back to thinking about the lateral enforcement as a very necessary part of the JW Cult.
JWs enforcing (judging/informing on others) the rules sideways helps the elders police the congregation.
And that requires JWs to be interacting with one another - before/after meeting, field service, etc.
Going online as a 'religion' certainly implies a substantial loss of that in-person interaction,
and consequently, a loss of lateral enforcement,
shifting that burden directly to elders
or nobody!
I just can't fathom how this cult can perpetuate without this mechanism.
JWs keep each other in-line, but it can't really be done over Zoom, can it?
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FedUpJW
CO & the wife of the CO
Don't you mean the C.O. and the C.O.W.?
I bet the org will allow brothers to just wear a collared shirt and sisters an appropriate top.
Just a few days ago I happened to stop by the home of a M.S. as I had some work related items to drop off. He asked if I would wait until 9:45 A.M. as he was scheduled to conduct the Zoom meeting for F.S. When he opened the door, there he stood, in a dress shirt and tie, and dirty sweat pants, and no shoes or socks.
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HiddlesWife
@JWGoneBad=> They are also referred to as "The Hateful Eight". A very fitting name for them, as we all well know.
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