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How many received the memorial invitation?
by IMHO inhow well is this territory being covered?.
how many on here (active jws excluded) received an invitation?.
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How well is this territory being covered?
How many on here (active JWs excluded) received an invitation?
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Participation Conundrum Solved
by IMHO inthe reason you are encouraged told to participate is because for the r&f it's the only thing they can take away when you've been naughty.
as it is deemed a 'privilege'.. although we are told that 'participation' is a demonstration of our love and faith.
therefore what they are saying is that they are allowed to restrict our demonstration of our love and faith.. interestingly 'cleaning the kh' is also deemed a privilege but you never hear of anyone with restrictions not being allowed to do so..
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The reason you are encouraged told to participate is because for the R&F it's the only thing they can take away when you've been naughty. As it is deemed a 'privilege'.
Although we are told that 'participation' is a demonstration of our love and faith. Therefore what they are saying is that they are allowed to restrict our demonstration of our love and faith.
Interestingly 'cleaning the KH' is also deemed a privilege but you never hear of anyone with restrictions not being allowed to do so.
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10 minute program of recorded music
by IMHO inat the beginning of the special assembly day we were told:.
"we will enjoy listening to a 10 minute program of recorded music".
tell me if i'm being picky here but three points come to mind here.. .
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At the beginning of the Special Assembly Day we were told:
"We will enjoy listening to a 10 minute program of recorded music"
Tell me if I'm being picky here but three points come to mind here.
1) Is it an order "We will enjoy"?
2) Do we need to be told that it is "recorded"?
3) Why the long-windedness what's wrong with just saying something like; "Music will be played for 10 minutes" or denoting the real purpose of it; "Music will now be played to show you should now stop talking, sit down and wait for us to begin",
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Love of the Governing Body
by IMHO inat a recent sad the visiting bethel brother after passing on the love of the branch committee (which is bad enough, they used to say the 'bethel family' didn't they), he then made it worse (for me) by adding that he has also been told to pass on the love of the governing body.. that doesn't sit quite right with me but i can't really explain why.
any thoughts?.
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Left They weren't interested. (sorry for the typo)
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Love of the Governing Body
by IMHO inat a recent sad the visiting bethel brother after passing on the love of the branch committee (which is bad enough, they used to say the 'bethel family' didn't they), he then made it worse (for me) by adding that he has also been told to pass on the love of the governing body.. that doesn't sit quite right with me but i can't really explain why.
any thoughts?.
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This passing on of love never did feel quite right to me when it becomes so impersonal.
Not helped by the fact that when I was much younger I was visiting a convention in Europe and as many of you know at conventions love is often passed on by visiting dignitaries missionaries so I went to administration to say I was visiting from another land and would like the love of my congregation passed on - Left weren't interested.
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Love of the Governing Body
by IMHO inat a recent sad the visiting bethel brother after passing on the love of the branch committee (which is bad enough, they used to say the 'bethel family' didn't they), he then made it worse (for me) by adding that he has also been told to pass on the love of the governing body.. that doesn't sit quite right with me but i can't really explain why.
any thoughts?.
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At a recent SAD the visiting bethel brother after passing on the love of the Branch Committee (which is bad enough, they used to say the 'Bethel Family' didn't they), he then made it worse (for me) by adding that he has also been told to pass on the love of the Governing Body.
That doesn't sit quite right with me but I can't really explain why. Any thoughts?
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What is Worship?
by IMHO inwe hear a lot these days about family worship evening, but what is worship?.
is family worship the same as family study?
does study therefore equal worship?.
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edmond dantes you say that JW meetings do not resemble worship but you didn't go on to say what you define worship as.
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What is Worship?
by IMHO inwe hear a lot these days about family worship evening, but what is worship?.
is family worship the same as family study?
does study therefore equal worship?.
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We hear a lot these days about family worship evening, but what is worship?
Is family worship the same as family study? Does study therefore equal worship?
Are the meetings where one listens to talks or questions and answer items are given worship?
Is singing the songs worship?
Is the prayer worship?
What is worship to you? and what is not?
If one wants to, how does one 'worship' God?
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KNOW ANY GOOD THOUGHT-PROVOKING MOVIES?
by stillAwitness inwhat movies have you seen go so hand in hand with the wt to the point where you can use its storyline to explain to somebody what it is like being a jw.
i used the movie "the island" with scarlett johnassen to explain it to a workmate.
she completely understood what it is like being a jw it after i made the comparison.
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Inception