Exactly... anyway for my cong, they do assign some sisters to read the scriptures too, BUT... there is a bias in the way they do it, such as scriptures being assigned mainly to elder's wives & other "spiritually strong" sisters who comment often. I was thinking - these ones ALREADY comment very often & are assigned further to read?? It gets sickening to hear these ones at the meeting over & over again. And since they are encouraged to read with feeling, they tend to put on an unnatural tone of voice when doing so. So irritating!
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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???
by Olivia Wilde inwe had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???
only men?....
has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
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Where are you from?
by BeautifulMind ini know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
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So far nobody else from Southeast Asia.. will be a challenge to go for meetups, I guess.
Me!
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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???
by Olivia Wilde inwe had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???
only men?....
has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
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If this is the case, then my congregation is definitely not doing things right. They went from having the magazine reader read the scriptures to opening it up for anyone to put up their hands & be called on to read... to the current practice - which is for bro's & sis's to be assigned by the magazine consuctor before the meeting to read the scriptures. I though that was stupid & that the previous practice of giving everyone in the audience a chance to read was the best -
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KENNETH DELGADO vs. LAS LOMAS SPANISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SAN DIEGO, CA Court Docs
by LAWHFol inhttp://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/d066606.pdf.
if anyone is interested in recent lawsuits concerning org..
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Introduction
by shattered_origins ini joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.
i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!
i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.
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Now I don't feel so guilty for missing so many meeting, and my fading intensifies.
You shouldn't feel guilty at all. Happy fading! Btw, I'm also fading too =)
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November WT God's View Of War
by JW_Rogue indid anybody else read this article and just think wth?.
sometimes god approves of war.. sometimes god doesn't approve of war.. when the israelites fought battles and won it was because god blessed them.. when they lost it was because god had not blessed them.. sometimes god fights for oppressed ones.. sometimes they must wait and have faith.. it is so clear that the bible contradicts itself on this issue and that the nation of israel had a totally different view of god than the early christians.
it is also clear that the nation of israel was highly superstitious and would attribute every battle's outcome to the whims of a higher power.
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CO visit must be coming up
by BeautifulMind inthe cobe of the cong we attended called me and left a vm, and also emailed both me and my husband.
this all happened yesterday.
he said he was checking in to see how our family was doing, which is a joke.
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I have also received messages from an elder, I guess he's the one assigned to "check up" on me. Part of me would like to post them up here, but the other part says better not (just in case) -
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If JWs Were More Tolerant Would It Help Their Money Woes?
by minimus inthey don't want you bettering yourself.
they hate college education.they applaud you if you quit full time secular work and instead, "pioneer".
they cry that they have money problems.
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If JWs Were More Tolerant Would It Help Their Money Woes? Definitely. People have to not only want to give, but have the means to give as well. The organisation is definitely not doing themselves any favors by taking an anti-higher education stand & creating unrealistic rules & standards which make people feel burdened & depressed
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If its Halloween, it must be it must be saw
by suavojr inthis is the list of my favorite terror movies that i used to watch as kid and still was able to be a good little jdub and son of the cobe.
looking back, the wt made me more curious to watch these movies.
some great memories!
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The Birds was very mild... not horror to me
The Blair Witch Project was crap... don't know what all the hype is about
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Finally time to move on
by Bungi Bill ini have finally reached the point where i can forget that i was ever involved with such a $!%* cult as jehovahs witnesses.
(a situation that has taken over 20 years to achieve).. this discussion board certainly helped in this process, and i want to thank everybody for their support over the time that i have been a member both of this site and the old www.jehovahs-witness.com website (where i used the acronym reefton jack).
it is now, though, time to move on with my life, so i will say my farewells to everybody.. bill .
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The Bungi Bill ship has been fixed up & is now ready to leave the harbour
All the best & happy sailing! =)