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  2021-March-20--Zoom Guidelines for Meeting Assignments!

  by Atlantis in

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  zoom guidelines for meeting assignments.. 2021-march 20.. .

  meeting attendant--page 2. .

  5. at around 25 minutes into the meeting take an attendance count.

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  Bobcat

  I don't believe this is (directly) from the Society. They look like instructions a particular congregation is using.

  The muting 10 minutes before the meeting to listen to prerecorded music seems to be taken from how they do at conventions and assemblies. IMO, applying this to a local meeting where the local friends are looking forward to chewing the fat before the meeting, this seems a bit heavy handed.

  At the local meetings where I am at the chairman will make an announcement that the meeting is going to start in a few moments (maybe a minute or less before meeting time) and he will then mute everyone.

  If the Society were to go with this 10 minutes of enforced silence before local meetings I don't think it would be well received. I could see many using the 10 minutes of silence to do other things (dishes, start laundry, etc). Having a 10 minute music period may work when you are out of town for a whole day convention. But doing that for a 1:45 length local meeting (where you are sitting at home) doesn't seem like it would work very well.
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  This one bible passage proves abortions are wrong and honoring Mary is right

  by TTWSYF in

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  nwt luke chapt 1.

  41 well, as elizabeth heard the greeting of mary, the infant in her womb leaped, and elizabeth was filled with holy spirit 42 and loudly cried out: “blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruitage of your womb!

  43 so how is it that this privilege is mine, to have the mother of my lord come to me?

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  Bobcat

  Hi TTWSYF,

  Since part of this thread is about Mary, here is a post (off site) that discusses who Jesus assigned to care for Mary at the execution site. The links at the bottom of the post go into more detail.
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  New Files You Might Want!

  by Atlantis in

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  new files you might want.. .

  2021-04-english-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  2021-04-english-sfl-e-shepherd the flock of god manual2021-04-german-sfl-e-shepherd the flock of god manual2021-04-english-sfl-jwpub2021-04-german-sfl-jwpub2021-04-s-147-vtin zipped folder:https://filetransfer.io/data-package/m5efbbkc#link.

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  Bobcat

  Someone on Reddit did a comparison between the 2020 and 2021 elder's manual: Here. They listed all the differences they found.
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  Social Trends - Male underwear as hot fashion

  by fulltimestudent in

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  during australia's lockdowns and other reactions to the batty virus.

  i've been spending more time studying my history interests via the internet and its many possibilities.

  one area is quite interesting.

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  Bobcat

  In my completely unbiased opinion, these are the ultimate in male fashion. (We return you now to our regularly scheduled programming.)
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  New Files You Might Want!

  by Atlantis in

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  new files you might want.. .

  2021-04-english-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  2021-04-english-sfl-e-shepherd the flock of god manual2021-04-german-sfl-e-shepherd the flock of god manual2021-04-english-sfl-jwpub2021-04-german-sfl-jwpub2021-04-s-147-vtin zipped folder:https://filetransfer.io/data-package/m5efbbkc#link.

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  Bobcat

  Thank you Atlantis.

  Incidentally, the Shepherd book installs in the JW Library app.
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  Did Jesus Have A Dog?

  by minimus in

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  a preteen asked me , “did jesus have a dog”?

  i thought the question was hysterical.

  why wouldn’t jesus have a dog or pet cat or sheep?

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  Bobcat

  If he had been dyslexic he would have. (Mt 27:46) But being perfect we kind of know he wasn't. (On the other hand, Hebrew is read from right to left. Nah, never mind ...)
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  False memorial partakers deserve to die???

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  every memorial, much emphasis is placed on making sure that only the (self-proclaimed) anointed partake in the emblems.

  this year, however, the speaker at my wife's congregation presented it as an even more serious matter.

  he likened it to individuals in ancient israel who sought position of the priesthood despite never been appointed by jehovah.

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  Bobcat

  Hi JW,

  I heard the talk this year with my wife. It is sickening as ever regarding the effort they put into trying to convince you to not partake. But the speaker did not use an illustration as drastic as the one you described. I reckon the speaker you heard must have thought up his illustration on his own.

  The way the outlines are written it does leave a little room for speakers to improvise. For example, the last time I gave the Memorial talk was also the first time I partook. I was in the midst of waking up. Here is my experience. I subtly modified the outline based on what I had learned and there were some interesting results.
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  Memorial Prep question

  by ExCircuitOverseer in

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  so are individual witnesses being told to prepare bread and have wine on hand for the zoom memorial?

  are they saying it’s “vital” or is it just a “suggestion?” .

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  Bobcat

  Incidentally, here is a web article on what wine would be like that was used at Passover time in the first century.
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  I was looking at getting a set of the 1989 BV but not sure if it has what I want Help please

  by mickbobcat in

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  so i am looking for the watchtower that has the part about within our 20th century armageddon will come.

  but i know they changed it on some bv.

  i have an offer to buy one on line but not sure what page i need them to take a picture of to let me see if its the changed version to in our time.

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  Marked - Year 2000 WT predictions
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  Does the Earth (as a planet) deserve to be colonised by humans?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  do humans have the right to live on this planet?

  we have, in much less than a century, managed to fill the earth with so much plastic waste that tiny fragments of plastic have been found on the highest mountains and the deepest ocean depths.

  not satisfied with doing that, we stupidly continue to do it.

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  Bobcat

  This kind of reminds me of a scene in the movie, The Arrival.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwtTQlfaQo