Hmmm...sounds like the average witnoid is reaching his/her bullsh*t saturation point. They are forced to downsize in order to keep it tolerable.
I'm with the notion to downsize it a further 30 minutes, too. Amen, brotha!
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Public Talks- What do you think about the changes?
by Connaughty inwhat do you think about the reduced time of the public talks?.
i actually find it pleasant, it makes it a lot easier to tolerate some of the boring speakers.
but what about the service.
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Big Announcement on next Service meeting
by The Lone Ranger inthere seems to be a very important announcement this coming weeking on the next service meeting, forme it will be on wednesday 30th jan.. during the last 2 meetings they have asked that every batized jw be at that meeting and even to tell others who might not have heard the annoucement.. anyone here have any ideas i wouldn't be surprised if they are changing meeting times and arrangments...less meeting at is !.
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Maybe finally they're gonna live up to that promise that someday if persecution got so bad, they would start having secret meetings. The only way to find out the time and location of the next one is if you attend the previous one. Otherwise, you'll be lost and no one will contact you.
That sounds like a great way to get lost in the woodwork to me. I hope it comes true.
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My (censured) open letter to the Governing Body
by Khufu inhi everyone, below is a copy of my letter to the governing body that i had published on the internet in october 2004. i was threatened with disfellowshipping for that publication.
you may read the full story on my previous thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/115231/1.ashx
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erandir
This post is awesome. Once again I am so glad I come to this forum.
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RE Minimus topic re giving parents blood
by ShirleyW innot meaning to take away from minimus posting, but i have a quite interesting experience i'd like to share with my "ex borg brothers and sisters".
just want to say first off the feeling that ran through my mind when i gave the dr. the ok to give my mom blood, and she just has a minor procedure .
i tell you, those jehoobers do a number on your brain, especially if you were rasied within the fantasy.. day after her operation, needless to say sis.
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What Do You Think Was The Best Movie in 2007?
by new boy ini need your help i'm going to a "movie meet up group" in 30 mins.. i think it was a poor year in movies.. what do you think?
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Hairspray and I Am Legend
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Wish me luck!! Having surgery in the morning...
by babygirl75 ini'm having a minor outpatient surgery in the morning in charlotte.
the hospital just called me and asked me how i felt about blood transfusions and if i had any religious beliefs that would hinder my medical care.
they still had listed from years and years ago, that i was a jw.
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Good luck!
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What is your favorite word and why?
by Abandoned inmine is facetious.
i like it for a lot of reasons.
it rolls off the tongue.
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pork--I have no idea why.
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Moments at the District Assembly You'll Never Forget...
by integ ini'll never forget the assembly in madison, wi.
where some poor sap had to tell everyone that he had become addicted to porno on the net, but through much prayerful contemplation and after confessing to the elders he was able to come to "grips" with it.. good luck to that guy with ever getting a fine sister to marry him.. poor guy.
i really felt sorry for him.
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That's one way to stop a nose bleed.
LMAO
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The Gift of Speaking in Tongues?
by Maddie inwith the increase in evangelical churches there seems to be a lot more emphasis on the practise of "speaking in tongues".
i quite like the way these churches conduct services, with live music and great singing.
it is so different to the kh meetings and like fresh air.
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I used to go to a few churches that did the speaking in tongues thing. As previous posters have said, it is from getting into an emotional hysteria and then blurting out nonsense improv-style.
I attended a revival once, and the guest preacher told me directly to just clear my mind and say whatever comes into it...just let the "spirit" flow. I just blurted out a bunch of syllables of who knows what and he praised the lord and went on to the next fool in line.
Once, I heard a lady speaking in tongues and mixing some spanish phrases in here and there. No one seemed the wiser.
Back in the first century, didn't speaking in tongues have a purpose? Such as preaching to those of a different language when you didn't know their language? What is the purpose today? Has that purpose changed? If so, what is the biblical basis for the change? It seems that speaking in a tongue that no one in that congregation can understand serves no purpose...even if it is immediately "interpretted."
I'm pretty much convinced that it is all fake, and for a lot of people it is a way to get some attention and feel special.
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Response to NBC rewritten?
by erandir indid anyone else notice that the response from www.jw-media.org to nbc's child abuse accusation has been rewritten?.
does anyone have a copy of the before article to compare it with what they have now?.
thanks.. here's a quick link to the article:.
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Did anyone else notice that the response from www.jw-media.org to NBC's child abuse accusation has been rewritten?
Does anyone have a copy of the before article to compare it with what they have now?
Thanks.
Here's a quick link to the article:
http://www.jw-media.org/region/global/english/releases/beliefs_practices/071121.htm