Posts by millie210

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....2016....
by zeb in
1. jw
2. friends
with this year all about done i wish you all a healthy and safe 2016.. live long and prosper.

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millie210

A very Happy New Year to you one and all!
Nice thread Zeb :heart:
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Predictions for 2016
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, it's that time of year again.

here's a few of my predictions.

) no armageddon.
millie210

More and more use of video feeds at meetings replacing local speakers
A new way to "count" the ones who partake at Memorial
More "campaigns" to try to increase field service hours
Some kind of opportunity used to ensnare young people from teen - 20s.
(may be a "school" or "need great" activity)
Continued quietness on all things blood related - no DFs for blood related incidents.
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CO visit; going to meeting.
by SG098 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello everyone!just a little background info, i haven't been to a meeting in over a year.

my wife has asked me to go with her tonight to help watch our son since it's the circuit overseers visit...my wife wants to be able to pay attention and get something out of the meeting since our son is 1yr old he can be a handful some times.. a few things of note about the situation:.

- i'm going to the meeting no matter what.
millie210

- "We've missed you."
Thanks! That is so sweet of you!
- "Are you going to start coming back?"
Aww, that is so nice of you - you have always been such a kind person. - Hows your mom;dad/ brother'dog'cat these days?
- "Wasn't that a wonderful meeting!"
It was!
The last said in the same spirit in which one attends the band recital of a group of 8 year olds. Nothing is really wonderful but you are on THEIR turf and it means something to them. so.....
The above is for the knd well meaning old souls wno are coming from a genuine albeit misguided place.
For the ones who are NOT genuine and you know it - have fun!
- "We've missed you."
Thanks
- "Are you going to start coming back?"
Quesions, questions! Hey I have one for you....do you pack your lunch or ride the bus? Are you still beating your dog or have you quit? Then through your head back and laugh and say " I LOVE question games!
- "Wasn't that a wonderful meeting!"
What was the most wonderful scripture used tonight to you?

Lastly, If there is a real jackass in the group - you can really have fun...
- "We've missed you."
Thats ONE said while holding up one finger
(if they say what do you mean, YOU say "the KM had a list of things NOT to say to inactive ones if they come to a meeting and I am counting how many of them you are going to say.)
- "Are you going to start coming back?"
Thats TWO
- "Wasn't that a wonderful meeting!"
They will be gone by this question :smile:
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Cards Against Humanity
by Simon in
1. social
2. entertainment
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.
millie210

I love this game!
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Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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
1. jw
2. 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
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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
1. watchtower
2. bible
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
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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.

millie210

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Yes it has.