Posts by millie210

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Cards Against Humanity

by Simon in

we bought this game for xmas because it looked funny and we like board / card games.. https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/.

omg, it's freakin' hilarious!.

it turns out too that we're really bad people.

Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

by slimboyfat in

if this has been discussed i missed it.

i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

millie210

Does having young GB members who profess to be annointed have anything to do with why they are being deliberately vague in print?

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Little "oops" in today's WT Study article.

by stillin in

jw
friends

paragraph 12 recommends that we meditate on the weekly reading for the theocratic ministry school.

ok, i'm splitting hairs here.

but there will be no more tms in a week.. somebody isn't keeping up with jehovah's celestial chariot..

millie210

Great catch stillin!

Maybe its because the chariot is going in circles?

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When did district conventions become regional conventions and why?

by slimboyfat in

i think it was gary and heather bottings' book the orwellian world of jehovah's wifnesses that noted the function of the habit of the watchtower organisation of changing organisational terminology periodically.

congregations became companies and then back to congregations again.

circuit overseers became circuit servants and then back again.

millie210

blondie
Has it been made official now, no more DOs?

Yes it has.

D.O.s are gone. Now its all on the C.O.s as far as being the go between.

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Should I send my condolence?

by James Mixon in

i was really close to this family, it's.

been over 20 years since i saw them last.

but the husband an elder in his 70's .

millie210

I love what Aude said.

They sound like good people and if you dont reach out you may regret it. If they spurn your attempt, it is on them.

It doesnt sound like that will happen though. I bet they will be glad you got in touch.

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When did district conventions become regional conventions and why?

by slimboyfat in

i think it was gary and heather bottings' book the orwellian world of jehovah's wifnesses that noted the function of the habit of the watchtower organisation of changing organisational terminology periodically.

congregations became companies and then back to congregations again.

circuit overseers became circuit servants and then back again.

millie210

Some of us are saying similar things in various ways.

I think they are having a hard time pumping up the "look" of a brimming full crowd.

Thus throwwing the net wider?

That is what is behind the "international delegates" too I suspect.

All the people dressing up in costumes, all the welcoming committees and skits inside KHs - that was some pretty amazing stuff last summer.

Watching them try to downplay nationalism and up play 'BROTHERHOOD while everyone dressed in native costumes = some even like cowboys (Texas) and that was the attendants, was worth seeing!

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CoBE Joins those Elders Deserting the Sinking Ship

by The Searcher in

from a reliable source:.

a young cobe - late thirties, maybe forty - has resigned in december 2015, both as the cobe and as an elder.

word is that he is a man with a young family who is stressed out and has had enough.

millie210

There are many good things about this.

One, if elders start stepping back it makes it ok for those other elders who are on the fence to do the same.

That momentum once it gets going will be devastating to the good ole boys running this Org.

They will try to react in such a way as to stem the tide but the rank and file pubs are getting a little uneasy with this new style of reactionary leadership already.

Once the herd grows uneasy it doesnt take much for them to bolt.

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Merry Christmas!

by lambsbottom in

jw
friends

wow, 4 years!

it has been a real journey.

going from a devout jw, to having a close call with a loved one possibly needing a transfusion, to researching the heck out of everything, to letting it rest and go back to sleep for a while, to moving states and almost going crazy knowing all the bs they were speaking from the platform.

millie210

Beautifully written. I am happy for you lambsbottom (Jake).

I especially liked what you wrote about things getting simpler. I can see that happening in my own life to. You are right.

Life is so much more now.

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Boredom at the Kingdom Hall meetings

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

put aside all the stupid rules,beliefs,doctrines and practices of the jehovah's witnesses.this is one of the main reasons why i stopped attending all meetings!

boredom.

monotone speakers.

millie210

The picture in the original post is MORE exciting than my actual KH was...at least the one in the picture has windows~!

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American accents, Bette Midler, Clinton, Rick Fearon, Strathclyde, Morningside

by slimboyfat in

i used to enjoy being able to distinguish different local accents, but for some reason i've got worse at it.

i was thinking about this today when i was listening to bette midler on the scottish radio.

i thought to myself i quite liked her accent and also that it reminded me of someone else.

millie210

I always liked Ben Cartwright on the American TV series "Bonanza".

He sounded so "sure" of everything he said and his voice was deep, rich and dignified.

Funny thing, I think he was actually Canadian maybe?