Posts by millie210

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Newspaper article on Conventions—why so glowing?

by Londo111 in

every year in dozens of cities where conventions are being held, newspapers typically write an article about the event.

there are exceptions, but usually it is like the articles above.

i would love to see more newspaper articles that did some actual objective reporting, rather than puff pieces.

millie210

You are right vidiot.

DOC mentioned it in his post too.

I know this because I used to take the press releases (already prepared by the Org and the local brothers would fill in the who- what- when- where part) to the newspaper office and drop them off.

The other thing that would happen is the convention chairman would have the press called and if there is a slow news day or if the community events section is not filled, a reporter comes and is treated like a VIP.

They "interview" someone from the chairmans office and get toured around a bit.

The television crews are handled the same way.

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My 2016 RC Experience

by wannabefree in

i'm at the water park with my five year old in green bay.

she was so happy to be spared another boring day like she endured at thursday's propaganda feast with her mother.

after breakfast we drove by the convention site.

millie210

Good for you wannabe,

the people outside and the people in are on the exact same side of the spectrum. LOL

Ideologies may differ but whatever need is driving their behavoir so that they want to be there, is exactly the same.

You are teaching your daughter to be healthy and free and enjoy the moment.

The best gifts you can give her.

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JW.org Video About Gossip

by Yondaime in

hi guys,.

i stumbled upon this video while snooping around on jw.org.. lol isn't this ironic.. a video about gossip.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfqvywf-1is.

thoughts?

millie210

Thoughts?

Well the guy under the tree that the paint can falls on?

He has on tight pants!

There!

I gossiped!~

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Field Service Privilege Can Be Taken Away Due to Hairstyle and Tight Pants???

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

millie2105 hours agohere is something i just found out this week.former belief - field service is a publishers inalienable right new belief - field service privilege can be taken away if person styles hair or wears clothing in a way that is deemed metrosexual.i was pretty much dumbfounded.. this was posted on another thread, so i decided to start a new topic about this.

i think this is amazing!

i wish this was in place when i was a kid.

millie210

oldskool
An ambiguous concept that nobody ever understood.
The letter reads like guidelines for private reproof. Nothing new

If so, then it means tight pants is a judicial matter. Reproof, private or public is judicial,requiring a committee.

And yes, that would be new.

I am not nit picking your post oldschool. I see you and me as being on the same side here.

I AM picking apart their letter and their policies and will be doing so for as long as they sit themselves up as lords and overseers over other peoples lives.

They need to be consistent within their own policies.

However ridiculous those may be, consistency is a bare minimum standard even they should be able to meet.

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Field Service Privilege Can Be Taken Away Due to Hairstyle and Tight Pants???

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

millie2105 hours agohere is something i just found out this week.former belief - field service is a publishers inalienable right new belief - field service privilege can be taken away if person styles hair or wears clothing in a way that is deemed metrosexual.i was pretty much dumbfounded.. this was posted on another thread, so i decided to start a new topic about this.

i think this is amazing!

i wish this was in place when i was a kid.

millie210

oldskool

Rather than being new wouldn't this simply be defining what was already at the discretion of the local Elders already? Reproof is reproof, they always could do it for any trivial violation found inside WT literature. The mentioned letter may have some defined terms, but it could have been done in the past anyway, correct?

Clothing was always something to be regulated. A good deal of this was informal, members checking each other through gossip, which eventually could lead to reproof action

As far as I know, this stops short of reproof, Reproof can only be for a judicial reason, correct?

Maybe this is more like marking in that one regard (non judicial)

I am guessing. I dont know.

I just see this as a sticky situation, if you tell someone they cant go out in service because of their grooming then who is next?

I mean, wife beaters, drunkards, child molesters, porn addicts, gossips, and disfellowshipped people can ALL go out in service.

But not the kid in the tight pants.

Really?

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RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

by wifibandit in

in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

now, on with the leaks & releases!

first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

millie210

wifi- you do such a valuable work for all of us. Thank YOU!

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Field Service Privilege Can Be Taken Away Due to Hairstyle and Tight Pants???

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

millie2105 hours agohere is something i just found out this week.former belief - field service is a publishers inalienable right new belief - field service privilege can be taken away if person styles hair or wears clothing in a way that is deemed metrosexual.i was pretty much dumbfounded.. this was posted on another thread, so i decided to start a new topic about this.

i think this is amazing!

i wish this was in place when i was a kid.

millie210

here it is Steve,

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5749122145452032/you-wear-tight-pants-you-will-trouble

in the 10th post by JWFacts, the letter is there to read.

On page 2 of the thread wifibandit has provided a link to the actual letter.

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Field Service Privilege Can Be Taken Away Due to Hairstyle and Tight Pants???

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

millie2105 hours agohere is something i just found out this week.former belief - field service is a publishers inalienable right new belief - field service privilege can be taken away if person styles hair or wears clothing in a way that is deemed metrosexual.i was pretty much dumbfounded.. this was posted on another thread, so i decided to start a new topic about this.

i think this is amazing!

i wish this was in place when i was a kid.

millie210

Hey steve!

Did you read the letter? I would appreciate your take on it.

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Field Service Privilege Can Be Taken Away Due to Hairstyle and Tight Pants???

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

millie2105 hours agohere is something i just found out this week.former belief - field service is a publishers inalienable right new belief - field service privilege can be taken away if person styles hair or wears clothing in a way that is deemed metrosexual.i was pretty much dumbfounded.. this was posted on another thread, so i decided to start a new topic about this.

i think this is amazing!

i wish this was in place when i was a kid.

millie210

steve2
This is NOT - repeat NOT - new. When has it ever been an "inalienable" right - and who ever came up with that overblown adjective to describe Witnesses having rights?

It was me Steve. I was the one who was stunned by it and wrote the post.

Thanks WildThing for being curious and wanting a discussion on what this means exactly, I am enjoying seeing the different perspectives on this.

The reason I feel this is new is the following:

Several years ago a woman who was disfellowhipped. She had been a pioneer and said she was "going out in service anyhow". The elders bristled with this effrontery and were sure they would put a stop to that!

They called the Service Desk and much to their surprise were told -

Leave. Her. Alone.

They were told that the preaching comission was directly from the scriptures as was her baptism and that her disfellowshipping restricted her from congregation activities only. So she could not check out a territory or meet with the group. She could however recieve her literature from the literature counter and go out in service on her own.

So seeing that the elders are being directed in writing to obstruct that right in people because of dress or hairstyle seems like things are going in a new direction,

People who are disfellowshipped are not re-baptized upon reinstatement. That baptism supercedes the discipline. A person being a minister was put in that same category.

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Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

by Listener in

the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

millie210

Like some of you have suggested, it would appear they are taking heavy fire on this issue.

Enough that they had to address it in their usual confusing way.

When you are a group whose sole direction is to REact rather than act...well...you have to be vague until you see which way things are blowing!