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  Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?

  by Utopian Reformist in

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  as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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  please share your opinions of why/why not.

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  Utopian Reformist

  Thx for that update. It figures. I am just unbelievably glad I am out of the borg.
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  Murphy's law anyone?

  by JH in

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  who would like to add their murphy's law here.. i'll start.

  put your brand new car in your parents garage, so that it will stay clean, but when you come back and look at the car in the morning, there's bird sh*t on it.

  yeah, a stupid bird was trapped in the garage all night, and the damn thing sh*t on my brand new car..

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  Utopian Reformist

  I think I am defintiely living proof of someone whose entire life is guided by Murphy's Law. I can't even make a move without something getting dropped, tangled up, snagged, caught on something, broken, find something missing, etc.
  
  I can't open a door, get up from my desk, drive, anything at all. I am sick of it.
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  Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?

  by Utopian Reformist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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  please share your opinions of why/why not.

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  Utopian Reformist

  If I truly had several hours to waste a week, I would personally enjoy visiting an unknown kingdumb hall completely dressed as controversial as possible. I think I would enjoy the silent irritation I would be causing and disrupting the congregation's control factor.
  
  Elders know they cannot control worldly people, and also know they cannot risk offending a potentially interested one by dictating dress codes to an unknown party.
  
  It would be a fun experiment.
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  Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?

  by Utopian Reformist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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  please share your opinions of why/why not.

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  Utopian Reformist

  Great feedback!
  
  I am not sure how much my opinion leans in either direction, but, like several of you mentioned, the WTBS thrives on control and isolation. Requiring adherents to appear different from the outside, but similar to fellow members does provide some extra elements of control.
  
  I wonder to what degree would attendance have to decrease and how many complaints would it take (if anyone is complaining) before changes would even be considered?
  
  In the U.S., the "dress down" trend is more and more prevalent and in some organizations, dress down days occur more often than just Friday. The last three organizations I have consulted for have all been casual environments.
  
  I imagine that the legal and financial communities may never switch or relax to casual dress environments, which could explain the WTBS who is very legal and always concerned about finances.
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  Will the WTBS ever relax the current clothing/dress/grooming standards?

  by Utopian Reformist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the wtbs may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?

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  please share your opinions of why/why not.

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  Utopian Reformist

  As numbers and meeting attendance statistics continue to decrease in western lands, do you think the WTBS may someday relax it's current clothing and grooming policies to facilitate better attendance and make the meetings more comfortable?
  
  Please share your opinions of why/why not. Thank you!
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  Cool and Uncool

  by PaulJ in

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  tell me what you think is cool, and things you think are uncool..... cool.

  rock music .

  trainers .

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  Utopian Reformist

  More stuff....
  
  COOL:
  
  leaving early before traffic on Friday afternoons; spending lunchtime in the sun on the Boston Common; Fenway; servers with 8GB of RAM running RH9; GAIM Internet Messenger; middle-eastern foods; music by Natasha Atlas; Thievery Corporation; MP4's; motorcycles; beaches; WOMEN!
  
  UNCOOL:
  
  working late; system crashes; brown-nosing; outsourcing; rejection by females; trial software with expiration dates; price of CD's & DVD's ; movie ticket prices; people who make noise when they eat; men who don't wash their hands; bogarting long hits on a short spliff; getting sand on people at the beach; speeding tickets;
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  What's the hardest thing you ever had to do?

  by Country Girl in

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  i think the hardest thing i ever went through was my divorce.

  it was something i knew i needed to go through, and get over, but it was the hardest thing of my life.

  i wanted the divorce, but it was so very painful.... what's the hardest thing you've ever gone through?

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  Utopian Reformist

  Watching the little girl I delivered and raised, die in a hospital room after 29 days of suffering.
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  You Won't Believe....

  by RichieRich in

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  i don't have much time but... .

  i met with the elders, and they restored all my priviledges!!!!.

  haha!!!

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  Utopian Reformist

  I loved the picture Richie Rich! I wish I could buy you a beer...
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  THE ULTIMATUM is about to be thrown.............

  by Buck in

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  well, its been a while since i was made a unbaptized publisher.

  now my hand is going to be forced and i will have to be baptized by the end of the year.

  my gf wants my decision very soon, like the next couple of days.

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  Utopian Reformist

  I can never endorse anyone becoming a JW. However, it is YOUR own decision. Now, I read this thread, but I did not see much information about your girlfriend's personality, desires, hops, etc
  
  You did not provide a lot of detail about what BOTH of you are planning, so it's hard to give advice. I saw a lot of comments about her just "wanting an elder for a husband". Is that true,a nd how do you know?
  
  None of us know her personally, and she very well could be one of those different sister's and wind up being the exception to the rule. Maybe she just loves you. Basically, without more information, it is hard to do other than just offer glossy superficial advice and comments.
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  Cool and Uncool

  by PaulJ in

  1. jw
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  tell me what you think is cool, and things you think are uncool..... cool.

  rock music .

  trainers .

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  Utopian Reformist

  Oooooops, I forgot a few late entries...
  
  COOL:
  
  Open Source; User Groups (BLUG @ M.I.T.); iPOD's; the SUN; SOLARIS 10 Operating System for x86; long hair; short hair; no hair; belly button accessories; wide hips & big bottoms; being in love (for real); LIFE!
  
  UNCOOL:
  
  personnel reviews; alarm clocks; traffic jams; Dunkin Donuts (it's because they ask you if you want sugar, and then never stir the damn cup, why bother asking and leaving a puddle of sugar at the bottom?); bad customer service - almost everywhere!