Posts by Open mind

saudia arabia's all male shura council has enforced the ban on women driving stating that driving would encourage sex by allowing women greater freedom to mingle with men.. saudia arabia has set 2015 as the date when women can vote in municipal elections.. the quran makes statements about beating a wife, underage premenstral brides, and having multiple wives.. benazir bhuto was assasinated in her country.

hilary clinton is meeting with aung san suu kyi in myanmar (burma).. what are your views of islamic ruled countries and the chances for women's civil rights.

is it patronizing when the claim is made that the rules are for women's protection..

Open mind

designs: I'm sending you a PM.

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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance

by Open mind in

visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.

he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.

after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.

Open mind

watson, what you describe would be a new religion. Reformed Jehovah's Witnesses perhaps?

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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance

by Open mind in

visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.

he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.

after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.

Open mind

Thanks for all the comments everyone. Sorry I wasn't able to stick with this thread earlier.

I have one opinion to add re: the growth in the "foreign" language field. If you're a relatively poor immigrant to a wealthier nation, there's going to be a certain extra appeal to joining the JWs. It's an automatic social group that in many cases helps out newbies. If you're trying to get employment in a relatively unskilled field, connections are important and JWs can provide those. (I know it's not perfect by any means and there are plenty of stories of JW contractors taking advantage of cheap labor.)

Anyway, IMO, there's a much stronger feeling of community among the foreign language JW congregations I have visited. It's a lot harder for someone to leave when that element is there.

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How big a fee does the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society get for booking Jehovah's Witnesses into Convention Hotels?

by Balaamsass in

curious.

i know travel agents and on-line sites get a kickback or fee for booking hotels.

how much is this fee?.

Open mind

There is one way the WT makes money off the comped rooms. I've known a few JW elders who decide to catch a day or two of a convention that they're not assigned to. They'll contact the guys in the Rooming Dept and ask if they have any spare comped rooms. If they do, it is expected that they contribute the going rate to the "Worldwide Work" in exchange for a comped room.

I have personal knowledge of this, but I don't think it amounts to a whole lot of dough for the WT.

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Sick With Love

by compound complex in

how you live your life.

concerns me not, but,.

strangely, pulls me in.. .

Open mind

Hey there CoCo. Beautiful and creative as usual.

The second one resonated quite well with me today.

I'm gonna start using the "L" word on my son more often.

Thanks again and may you have peace and healing.

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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance

by Open mind in

visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.

he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.

after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.

Open mind

Londo111: "There were so many meetings that talk about going to meetings..."

LOLOL!! I almost forgot one of the funniest parts of his talk. He said that the GB is so aware and concerned about this trend that you'll find it mentioned in EVERY ISSUE of the Watchtower now.

THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!!

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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance

by Open mind in

visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.

he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.

after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.

Open mind

C.O. visiting a nearby town during his Thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the English-speaking U.S. congregations.

He said that when the GB reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages. After a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding. He said that the national average meeting attendance for English congregations is around 75% of publisher cards in the file.

So then he goes into a long rant about how you need to push yourself to go even though you're dead tired, cuz once you get to the KH and sit down you'll be energized. Yeah right.

For some reason, he made no mention of English-speaking US JWs learning to Google "Jehovah's Witnesses".

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