fr0808

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  First thoughts on "new" meeting...

  by konceptual99 in

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  had a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .

  sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.

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  fr0808

  Whole lot of nothing from the cong on facebook. after a convention or when the new bible was released, you couldn't escape it on fb. So far, no comments at all.
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  New member checking in

  by Old Major in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.

  i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.

  i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.

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  fr0808

  Welcome to the party, pal!
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  This past week:like the last days of the Iron Curtain

  by fr0808 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those old enough to remember, the last days of soviet rule in eastern europe were astonishing.

  you had this unchanging entity that controlled all aspects of people lives for decades.

  then came the unraveling.

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  fr0808

  For those old enough to remember, the last days of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe were astonishing. You had this unchanging entity that controlled all aspects of people lives for decades. Then came the unraveling. First Glasnost (we are gonna do things differently! tacitly admitting that everything was unsustainable with the current regime). Regardless, the dominoes started falling. Every day was a report from somewhere new:Berlin Wall, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yeltsin. All the meanwhile, leaders-who were soon to be ousted-kept insisting that nothing has changed and nothing will change.
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  I admit- I make my TMS talks apostate

  by fr0808 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello (not a new user - had to reregister with the site revamp).

  i look for every way to make my 5 minute talks devoid of wt flavor.

  i try to be positive -talk about god's love for humanity.

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  fr0808

  hello (not a new user - had to reregister with the site revamp)

  I look for every way to make my 5 minute talks devoid of WT flavor. I try to be positive -talk about God's love for humanity. Avoid any mention of Armageddon or the GB-if possible. I get the nicest compliments afterward.

  So - I will miss that aspect. With the tight control of parts going forward - the ability to personalize the message (even for a believer) will be diminished.