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  WT Comments (12/24 CULT. QUALITIES) FEATURING WANDERLUSTGUY

  by V in

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  kifoy

  One of the funniest parts from Life of Brian:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ
  
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  Who got closest to the 2007 anointed prediction?

  by Must obey! in

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  2. friends

  there was a thread on here a few months back where posters were placing their predictions on how many the 2007 memorial partakers would be.

  i wonder who was the closest.

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  kifoy

  Here's the thread:
  Prediction awards for 2008
  
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  Is this true what I just read?

  by worldtraveller in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mr. comacho,.

  you call people dumb but many of them have first hand knowledge about the jw religion.

  and, they do control their followers...did you know that non-jw are considered goats?!?

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  kifoy

  Of course they where referred to as goats. Especially those really nasty ones we met in FS. Happened many times. "Oh, we met a real goat at that last house over there". Oh, yes. We felt bad about it, of course, especially when we were corrected by one of the more conscientious in the group: "we should not say that, what if someone hear us, or what if that person has a sudden change of heart and find the truth anyway..." or something.
  
  Not proud of it, but yes, I've called several grumpy non-witnesses for "goats".
  
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  The Batchelors have a number of downloads on this page:
  http://2batchelors.com/HTML/Study.htm
  
  Watchtower articles
  KM Magazine Presentations
  and stuff like that.
  
  kifoy
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  (( there seems to be no #5 anymore!))

  I can't remember that there ever was a # 5 talk... So they must have removed it at least 20 years ago. Unless my memory is really bad.
  That could of course also be the case
  
  kifoy
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  Thanks jgnat That explains it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Watchtower_publications says that this book was published in 2001. That's when I faded away.
  
  Some of the settings are almost doomed to be non-realistic:
  "2. Overcoming a potential conversation stopper" (Yeah, JWs are conversation stoppers themselves, but they don't see it)
  "23. Conversing with an atheist or an agnostic" (And of course the setting will have ahappy ending...)
  "24. Witnessing to an animist, a Buddhist, a Catholic, a Hindu, a Jew, a Muslim, a Protestant, or someone of another local religion" (And I wonder how they figure out how a buddhist would answer to a specific question? Through the "Man's search for God" book? Hah!)
  
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  Discovered that I had a little error in my link til the TMS Information Page. Here's a correct one:
  http://2batchelors.com/myfilelocker/BookStudy/2008%20TMS%20Schedule.doc
  
  kifoy
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  MIL is a JW

  by tika in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mil who was raised a jw and raised my dh a jw is always doing something to get attention.

  i don't invite her over or to do anything anymore because when we do all she whines about is how no one ever wants to call her or do anything with her.

  how annoying, who would want to spend time with someone like that!

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  But what is DH?

  Some suggestions from http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/DH:
  
  Damn Husband
  Darling Husband
  Dear Husband
  Deer Hunter
  Demon Hunter
  Deployed Husband
  Dumb Husband
  
  btw: Welcome tika!
  
  kifoy
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  From the TMS Instruction page (talk #3):

  Students receiving this assignment will either select a setting or be assigned one from the list appearing on page 82 of the Ministry School Textbook

  I can't remember ever being given a setting...? And what is this Ministry School Textbook?
  
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  Re: Scully's talks, a question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you scully & friends for all that info!.

  i have a question, in the past many of you have bemoaned having to give a # 4 or 6 talk for instance.

  are these the talks you were talking about?

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  kifoy

  Thanks bicerchic, I had almost forgotten the details about that.

  That is, what distinguishes a #3 from a #4 and #6. I've found it difficult to explain to the uninitiated how the woman never speaks directly to the audience but rather rehearses a little role-play on stage.

  Found the Instruction page here: 2batchelors.com/myfilelocker/ BookStudy/2008%20TMS%20Schedule.doc

  ASSIGNMENT No. 3: 5 minutes. This will be assigned to a sister. Students receiving this assignment will either select a setting or be assigned one from the list appearing on page 82 of the Ministry School Textbook. The student should use the assigned theme and apply it to an aspect of field service that is realistic and practical for the territory of the local congregation. When no references are indicated as source material, the student will need to gather material for this part by doing research in publications provided by the faithful and discreet slave class. Newer students should be assigned talks for which references are supplied. The school overseer will be particularly interested in the way the student develops the material and the way she helps the householder to reason on the Scriptures and to understand the key points of the presentation. Students assigned this part should know how to read. The school overseer will assign one assistant.
  
  ASSIGNMENT No. 4: 5 minutes. The student should develop the assigned theme. When no references are indicated as source material, the student will need to gather material for this part by doing research in publications provided by the faithful and discreet slave class. When assigned to a brother, this part may be given as a talk with the Kingdom hall audience in mind. Or the school overseer may suggest that for certain speech counsel points, a brother may handle his assignment with a field service setting. When a sister is given this part, it should always be presented as outlined for assignment.

  
  
  kifoy