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  Can someone compare the midweek meeting now to what it was say in the 60`s - 80`s ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i can`t believe the tidbits i`m finding out about the changes ,dumbing down of the meetings i used to attend and participate in up until the late 1980`s ...

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  Used to be friday. As a not totally in single male that conflicted with recreation. Then with shared halls it moved to tuesday, Wednesday, thursday.

  I hated the late hours because of work. Then you would get windbags who ran over and gave 6 minute prayers.

  Remember the awake articles about children needing a set schedule and to be in bed by 8? All they learned was to hate meeting

  If you can read at 6th grade level everything is right there on the tablet so there is no studying. Worst part is the bible study with 5 minutes material but they use e every bit of if their 30
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  What Do You Think About Organized Sit Ins That Are Disruptive?

  by minimus in

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  marches, sit ins, traffic blocking is the new normal for people to demonstrate.

  they block highways, state buildings and roadways.

  they may even get arrested but invariably get turned loose by the courts.. i think it’s disgraceful to demonstrate this way.

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  Counter productive the minute they disrupt other lives. The powers behind them are not front and center. The demonstrators are often bussed in
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

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  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  I love John denver stories. Like he was the only singer/actor who ever disliked witnesses? Bet J carson wasnt a fan either. I thought camermen had to take extra education and couldn't turn down evening work .
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

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  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  Zilgee

  If they check anything it is to make sure the locals don't know the true version
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  Not training speakers/teachers any more?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

  you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

  i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

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  Waton; not even orchestrated by local elders, mom calls the shots they just nod yes

  Tech; only good thing about reading is you do not have a householder, and I am a good reader so do not even have to do any more than find the start and stop places
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  JW's revelling in their online statistic...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ...that their web site is the most translated in the world.. https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/most-translated-website.php.

  do jw's genuinely believe that statistics prove divine backing?

  you can fool some of the people some of the time...there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!.

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  Those circulated magazines were really in closets waiting for the trash. The count always was for how many printed, not actually placed and read
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

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  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  A lot of unverifiable stories I hear also are related to me by workmates be they catholic, Presbyterian, or baptist. How many have heard about the kid being saved from a snake ( lion, car) because he always obeys dad?

  This thread goes with the one about training at midweek meetings
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  When was it time for you to walk away from your congregation meetings and the WTBTS?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the basic virtue for a human being is to be true to yourself – the integrity of thought, emotion, and action.. .

  ten years ago ( after 32 years as a jehovah's witness), i finally decided that my own mental sanity and being true to myself was more important than attending congregation meetings and serving the watchtower society.

  i stopped (years before) field service, the ministry school, answering at the watchtower studies, missed numerous meetings and walked in minutes before the meetings started and left after the closing prayer, i knew it was time to leave.

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  Future. Either someone sees this if i forget to erase, someone sees me voting, or wife is gone so i don't need to consider her needs
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
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  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  They are all madeup now. If they cant find a similar one to massage they script it. I asked a family i knew about their problems, and got laughed at. All made up

  The biggest aha came when wife got a DVD of an assembly from a different part of the country: experience was word for word as the one locally
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  Not training speakers/teachers any more?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

  you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

  i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

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  That training is a make believe skit. There has never been a householder or study that acts that way. Almost all the. brothers were insulted when they added them to the householder type talks. There is no thinking needed for any of the " training"