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  DFing and Dying

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  for those that still believe.. what hope is there is you die whilst you're disfellowshipped?.

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  For those that still believe.

  What hope is there is you die whilst you're disfellowshipped?
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  DFing Appeal to Branch

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  how many have done it?.

  what is the succuss rate?.

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  How many have done it?

  What is the succuss rate?
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  Memorial - How many on here went and how many didn't?

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  feel free to add why/why not?.

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  Feel free to add why/why not?
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  How many received the memorial 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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  How well is this territory being covered?

  How many on here (active JWs excluded) received an invitation?
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  Participation Conundrum Solved

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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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  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

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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.. .

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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

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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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  Left They weren't interested. (sorry for the typo)
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  Love of the Governing Body

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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.

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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 in

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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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  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?

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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?.

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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.