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  Special Assembly Day - tepid applause

  by sir82 in

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  just got back from a recent sad.. after most talks, the applause was, at most, tepid.. it was striking in its tepidity, if that is possible (and if that is a word).. affter most talks, applause lasted literally no more than 5 seconds.

  its volume was scarcely above a whisper.. it wasn't acoustics - the bethel speaker was technically a polished speaker (although presenting the same old boring info), and his talks generated noticeably louder applause.

  but even still - that applause was maybe 10 seconds, and about normal-conversation level.. but local speakers - the applause was not much more loud than the hum coming from your refrigerator.. there were 1300+ people there.. it was just so weird - my previous large-group experience was at the agm, where people were nearly apoplectic & drooling with delight over their new "silver bibles" (which very few have read, i'd wager).. these guys were just "zombified".. speaking of bibles - bethel dude called it a "platinum bible".

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  Gayle

  Sounds like even the two, 1-day Circuit Assemblies (starting 2015) will be in trouble soon enough, downsized to zap. Seeing how baptisms are dropping, not very inspiring to see.
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  Bizarre comment about jw.org at SAD

  by sir82 in

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  recently attended a sad.. bethel speaker was gushing about the wt's embrace of new technology, in the part of his talk warning about "apostate" web sites.. a loose summary of his comments:.

  "and the brothers at headquarters have made it very safe for you to go to our website.

  in fact, the brothers talked to the folks at google, and they made a special arrangement so that when you type in 'j w period' into the google search engine, it automatically shows you the jw.org website.

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  Gayle

  How much did the WT pay Google for that?
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  ALL JW's to be at the meeting this week...

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  we asked this person if it could be aqbout the terminology change and they said that was already read last week...... we remember the last time they did this.

  got everyone all excited thinking the big "a" was coming and all it was about, was the literature would now be donated instead of charging for it.. .

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  Circuit assemblies to be only 1 day now?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBNxGZP49ls
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  Conti case is there a phase 2?

  by bruh2012 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i seen a news report back in june 2012 that conti was awarded 28 million, however there is documentation from jwleaks that something is still pending???.

  update please- thank you..

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  Gayle

  Still in Appeals court:

  http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=A136641

  going on near 6 mos on 'conference' with the judge(s). The silence is anxious but still in norm.

  Conti was awarded $28M originally, Conti agreed/accepted to judge to decrease amount down to about $11M+.
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  No more circuit assemblies

  by justmeok in

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  2. friends

  i heard from a reliable source that there will be no more 2 day assemblies, but instead 2 one days each year.

  anyone heard this yet?

  supposed to start new service year.

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  Gayle

  Effective immediately, zone overseers will be called "headquarters representatives." The visit of a headquarters representative to a branch will be called a "branch visit" rather than a zone visit. Additionally, although the terms "international convention" and "special convention" will continue to be used, district conventions will now be called "regional conventions."

  Furthermore, beginning with the 2015 service year, circuit assemblies will be

  one day in length. Two such assemblies will be held each service year. The term "special assembly day" will no longer be used to denote a one-day circuit assembly. The district overseer will continue to serve one circuit assembly each year for each circuit
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  The Judicial Committee videos in english

  by confusedandalone in

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  2. friends

  not sure if this has been posted but the jwsurvey site received the videos in english from someone.. this crap is pathetic to watch.

  how to counsel someone who is suicidal... really.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/doubts-over-organizational-solidarity-as-disturbing-video-on-handling-suicide-is-leaked.

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  Gayle

  Suicides must be picking up among them for this demo being necessary. (An improvement, that at least they didn't tell her to go out in field service more to get over it.) Depression must be running high,,the 'end soon' is feeling very uncertain anymore, I expect. The "end time" promise produced a 'high,' is fading, the mood is dropping among them?
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  It is because of amazing breakthroughs like these... Awesome to live in 2014!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  2. friends

  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/draco_(antiviral).

  amazing... one drug that could potentially cure any viral disease, including hiv!!.

  being developed since 2011..

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  Gayle

  Thankfully, the GB cannot influence most of mankind, the ones that go to college, to work with health concerns/needs, that get educated to teach. and improve many conditions. Ironically, the GB and their followers take advantage of such needs themselves. A very selfish cult.
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  2014 April Our Kingdom Ministry

  by WatchTower87 in

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  2. bible

  2014 april our kingdom ministry.

  pdf version : press next and download.

  http://adf.ly/dr101.

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  Gayle

  Again, the KM states only Reg. Pio. (peak, not average) numbers increasing.
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  Newbee

  by DullBookworm in

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  2. friends

  i have not been a sister for the past 19 years, i asked to be da'd as i had started smoking aged 12 and at 19 no longer wanted people to think badly of the jw's over my conduct.. for 19 years my father, an elder, has tried his damndest to bring me back.

  he kept contact sometimes more, sometimes less, always under the threat to stop the contact alltogether.

  at one point he managed to not speak to me for several months.

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  Gayle

  Is it your brother or your dad with a non-believing wife? I understand it is your sister-in-law? I hope she is Internet savy to be informed about the facts about JW history and manipulations. Of course, you have to be careful what you say to her about JW stuff, because she won't understand the confidentially you would need.

  The WT has 'always' had a stance of not talking to relatives who were previously active JWs, that were DF'd. But now-a-days, there is getting to be a higher percentage of those leaving with voice/personal opinion, and the WTS does not have the percentage influx of new members by comparison. So the situation is very threatening to the GB and therefore the meetings, at the Kingdom Hall, assemblies, and circuit overseers are stressing shunning family members more frequently. The GB hate it that family members have more love for their family versus the GB.
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  JW's at my inlaw's door yesterday

  by Hillary in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here in the northeast it is freezing.

  a father and son team brought over the outside garbage cans from the end of the driveway and offered to salt my inlaws' driveway.

  my f-i-l was very impressed and said they're very nice people.

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  Gayle

  That was nice,, but that does not mean you owe the rest of your life to their religion,,which is their primary ulterior motive.