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  DID ANY OF YOU actually bring anybody into "the truth" from scratch?

  by journey-on in

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  in all my years of jwing, i never actually brought anyone up to the stage of baptism.. i had bible studies occasionally, but they usually fizzled out after a while.

  i can't think.

  of more than a small handful of witnesses that ever actually got a study from door-to-door.

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  Thankfully, no.

  CF
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  Did I hear a change in doctrine mentioned at the last Memorial?

  by carefully faded in

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  it's been a long time since i've been here.

  i've been out for 7 years now - but i still go to the memorial to keep peace with the family.

  at the last one, the speaker used different terminology when referring to the two classes (what used to be the great crowd and those wth the heavenly hope).

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  Thanks for the clarification.
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  Did I hear a change in doctrine mentioned at the last Memorial?

  by carefully faded in

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  it's been a long time since i've been here.

  i've been out for 7 years now - but i still go to the memorial to keep peace with the family.

  at the last one, the speaker used different terminology when referring to the two classes (what used to be the great crowd and those wth the heavenly hope).

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  Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I've been here. I've been out for 7 years now - but I still go to the Memorial to keep peace with the family. At the last one, the speaker used different terminology when referring to the two classes (what used to be the Great Crowd and those wth the Heavenly Hope). I can't remember the terminology - but can anyone fill me in on a change in the teaching - if there is one?

  Thanks.

  - CF
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  Can you tell a fake smile from a real one?

  by PaulJ in

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  try this very interesting test!

  smile .

  let me know what score you got!!.

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  What is this?

  by carefully faded in

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  i've been seeing this picture .

  - cf

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  LOL - you guys are cracking me up!

  I agreed with Tikjmo and OFC thinking theirs was the best guess (someone whispering in someone's ear), . . .until I saw this one . . .

  I'm still leaning towards the solar eclipse . . . sorry Frannie, I'm just not seeing the cloud in front of the sun thing.

  - CF
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  What is this?

  by carefully faded in

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  i've been seeing this picture .

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  Hehehe, I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't sure.

  Maybe it's a solar eclipse?

  - CF
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  What is this?

  by carefully faded in

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  i've been seeing this picture .

  - cf

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  I've been seeing this picture in the selection of smiley faces available on this board . . .and I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Can anyone tell me what this is or what it represents?

  - CF
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  Everything I Ever Needed To Know... I learned at the Kingdom Hall

  by POs Son in

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  today my mother, a devoted jw of 40+ years, expalined to me that studying the watchtower publications "taught her" how to study!

  she went on to describe how the weekly watchtower study taught her how to truly study, by underlining the most important part of the paragraph.

  funny, i do not recall that as the primary method of study for the rest of the world - most of the textbooks i have read did not have a numbered set of questions at the end of each paragraph.

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  I think the reason they have the "spoon-fed" questions and answers is that it keeps people from thinking for themselves.

  Think about it. . . if there were no questions and instead, we had spent the hour discussing the article - people would start to use their own words, putting their own spin on things, giving their opinions, etc. God forbid, someone might even start to question what they were reading.

  With the Q&A format, the "discussion" is all pre-determined and very orderly. Hear this bit of information that we want you to hear . . . now here is the question. . . now read the sentence that answers the question. This keeps them tied to the material and they don't need to think for themselves.

  Granted, you were encouraged to put the material in your own words, but your own words had better reflect the exact message that is in that magazine or book.

  - CF
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  I cannot believe it!!!!

  by Eyebrow2 in

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  yesterday my son and his dad were talking about his world geography class.

  it turns out that he is actually in an honors class...i didn't realize that, and i was pretty happy, since he has never been in an honors class.. today, i get a phone call...i see on the caller id it is from the school district.

  the first thing i think of is this :"uh-oh...which one of the kids forget their homework or lunch money...etc..etc.".

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  Eyebrow,

  Congrats to you, and to little Eyebrow Jr. too! Great job of parenting.

  I love hearing stories of kids that totally turn their attitude about school around! Sometimes, all it takes is doing well in one subject, or one special teacher, or even positive peer pressure. . .Do you know what made the difference for him?

  - CF
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  What kind of kisser are you?

  by LittleToe in

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  what kind of kisser are you?

  http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofkisserareyouquiz/.

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  Part Expert and Part Shy

  - CF