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  "Commenting" at Meetings

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't quite understand why you call it commenting.. when i attended meeting the question at end were read.. when people "commented" it was never a real comment.. it was just reading back word for word a sentence or two from the paragraph that answered the question.. i would think "commentary" would be something you put in your own words and give a personal statement about it.. .

  why do you call it "comments" when it is more like reciting?.

  or is it different in other kh?.

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  ID Crisis

  "The WTS says you can filter out inactive or df'd/da'd jws by the fact they haven't kept up with the new words."

  Blondie, where has the WTS said that? In a publication? Or informally? I'm interested.
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  What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?

  i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .

  read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.

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  ID Crisis

  the above was intended to be formatted as a list - I still can't format properly ...
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  What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?

  i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .

  read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.

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  ID Crisis

  where shall I start? go to book study wearing trousers (I'm female) not wear a badge at circuit assembly not hand in monthly report(s) give presents 'around' Xmas / birthday time(s) allow my children to attend / hold birthday parties allow my children to participate in all school activities, including Xmas church service not lie about or cover up any of my opinions or activities etc. ...
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  No more book study nights !!!!!

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to our "last" book study night last night.

  there were actually people crying during the last prayer !!!!

  omg.

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  ID Crisis

  About 5-10 people from our congregation have spoken to me about how they feel about this 'new arrangement' and they are all happy, even the older ones. There's an older female pioneer who stated enthusiastically that she will be watching TV - not studying privately. I missed the last book study, just last night. Couldn't care less. Good riddance! There are so many other things I don't want to do anymore: I don't want to fill in monthly reports (sometimes I just don't hand them in), I don't want to go out in field service (I rarely do), I don't want to do 'parts' in the ministry school, I don't want to see the Circuit Overseer when he visits again (I've never met him one-one) ... Part of the problem is that I don't know what I do want, in terms of my faith in God ...
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  The Ruling Power....Watchtower Authority

  by Quirky1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of all items listed, only three have been discontinued.

  (marked with an asterisk) all are listed, however, to show the absurdity of watchtower authority and the absolute control leadership has over the lives of members once they join.

  1. jehovah god is not a trinity.

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  ID Crisis

  Lots of active JWs read these sites/posts and lots use the internet ...
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  WT backtracking fast on Book Study -High Gas Prices

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so tonight the congregation discussed the front page of the october km -the new meeting schedule.

  straight away it was emphasized it was not because of high gas prices that the meetings were being reduced.

  it was pointed out that in parts of the world the brothers do not have cars so it was not high gas prices.

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  ID Crisis

  Quote:
  
  Didn't JESUS say: 'My yoke is kindly and my load is light?'
  
  And now, the FDS has the gall to say (in that priceless scan of a letter) that THEY HAVE DECIDED to lighten the load of the rank and file? First off, it's not their load to lighten and anyhow, if Jesus' load is so light, why the hell have THEY MADE IT such a BURDEN?
  
  They really have put themselves in Jesus' place...shame on them.
  
  
  
  
  
  So now that they're acknowledging 'lifting' the load, it would be nice of them to acknowledge having placed the load in the first place.
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  What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you at a meeting?

  by IHaveADream in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mine was the time i had my twin grandsons with me and i was sitting in the overflow room.

  they both needed to go potty at the same time.

  so i tried to pick both of them up.

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  ID Crisis

  I once rolled up to Ministry School on a Tuesday night with my top inside out. Was a bit early - because I had a part and planned to have a practice run - and spoke to quite a few people before someone kindly and discreetly pointed it out to me. I went to the bathroom and fixed it. I was a bit embarrassed ... The thing was that I worked late that day, came home, made/had dinner and then got changed in the dark bedroom - in too much of a rush to even turn on the light - and so I didn't realise. And it was a top that you could really tell that it was inside out.
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  WT backtracking fast on Book Study -High Gas Prices

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so tonight the congregation discussed the front page of the october km -the new meeting schedule.

  straight away it was emphasized it was not because of high gas prices that the meetings were being reduced.

  it was pointed out that in parts of the world the brothers do not have cars so it was not high gas prices.

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  ID Crisis

  Many people I've spoken to - all female and either widows, divorcees or with non-JW husbands - are happy and have no intention whatsoever to study. One of them, a pioneer (divorcee - lives on her own), said emphatically that she will be watching TV. For me, actually, it won't make much of a difference because I have missed most book studies over the past 2 yrs (well, really, the Revelation book was no motivating factor to attend): it's just one less reason to be hounded, questioned - "where have you been?", "haven't seen you for a while", etc..
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  WT backtracking fast on Book Study -High Gas Prices

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so tonight the congregation discussed the front page of the october km -the new meeting schedule.

  straight away it was emphasized it was not because of high gas prices that the meetings were being reduced.

  it was pointed out that in parts of the world the brothers do not have cars so it was not high gas prices.

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  ID Crisis

  I agree, OTWO, and yet our PO emphasized that we were 'not getting a night off'.
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  WT backtracking fast on Book Study -High Gas Prices

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so tonight the congregation discussed the front page of the october km -the new meeting schedule.

  straight away it was emphasized it was not because of high gas prices that the meetings were being reduced.

  it was pointed out that in parts of the world the brothers do not have cars so it was not high gas prices.

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  ID Crisis

  In our congregation the focus was placed on (1) family/private study and (2) the need to be submissive to these changes by the FDS ... no mention of fuel prices.