In my area, they are encouraged to dress as at the meeting. Some men wear suits. You can tell because these folks actually stand for the song and prayer.
wannaexit
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Do Jw's Dress up in meeting clothes for Zoom meetings?
by jeremiah18:5-10 ini am just curious if anyone knows whether the "friends" still are required to wear "meeting clothes" for attending meetings through zoom?
such emphasis on dressing in a godly manner over the decades, would be interesting if some attend in pajamas or their work clothes, no makeup, etc....
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Is there a WT - Aspergers Connection?
by Sea Breeze inso after much research, i'm convinced that my dad and both my older brothers have aspergers.
they can come across as jerks at times especially when their guard is down.
however, they can hide it extremely well when they want to, with pointed effort.
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wannaexit
I don't know if there is a connection, but I know a number of witnesses who definitely were on the spectrum. Some also in my own extended family.
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Weekly Meeting Importance Being Reduced - Your Thoughts?
by JWTom ini am pimo, but now have 40+ years of being a jw as i was raised in a 3rd generation family of witnesses and continue to fake my way through things - fading as i can.. for the vast majority of my time as a jw, the meetings were the central focus for all jws to get teaching, association, information and so on.
nothing was more important than being at the meetings!
over the last 20 years starting with the elimination of the weekly book study in homes and continuing down to today - my opinion is that the value/purpose of the weekly meetings continues to be diluted or minimized.
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wannaexit
What will it take to make the transition away from meetings?
JWtom, I don't think it would take that much. Look how quickly they removed the book study. In all my 50 years of association, it was drilled ad nauseum that the book study was THE most important meeting for a JW. The reasoning was that in the event of persecution or or a ban, the book study would provide spiritual solace. But literally overnight, the book study disappeared and no one batted an eye.
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The Motive of the Governing Body
by jwfacts ini have been quiet of late, developing other interests, happy that there are a whole group of people producing great resources.
however, i found some old emails from ray franz that promoted me to write an article that answers a question i regularly receive.
it is in regards to the motive of governing body members.
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wannaexit
Thank you Paul for the great article. Reading the letter, I could hear Ray in my head (spoke with him a few times).
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New in the neighborhood..
by Italiancalipso ini'm not totally new here, as i'm reading since some time...then i tried to sign up but had some technical issue with the email,eventually recovered..... i'm from north italy, for your info from the region where the covid is worse.
i'm male, generation millennial(...unfortunately not the overlapped generation :))) ) ..sorry to don't go in so much details, but i'm pimo ;).
hope i can contribute to this community and help as much i got from you guys.... have nice weekend!.
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wannaexit
I just realized that pm isn't available to me ;(
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New in the neighborhood..
by Italiancalipso ini'm not totally new here, as i'm reading since some time...then i tried to sign up but had some technical issue with the email,eventually recovered..... i'm from north italy, for your info from the region where the covid is worse.
i'm male, generation millennial(...unfortunately not the overlapped generation :))) ) ..sorry to don't go in so much details, but i'm pimo ;).
hope i can contribute to this community and help as much i got from you guys.... have nice weekend!.
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wannaexit
Italiancalipso--I am also of Italian descent. Check your PM
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What Happened To This Year’s JW Memorial Celebration
by minimus ini really don’t know.
did they have it?
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wannaexit
everyone entered the zoom room, then the audience got to listen to the "don't eat the cookies or drink the wine" speel and theeeeennnn, every family passed the cookies and wine in their home. Even the families made up of 1
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Have You Isolated Yourself Because of the Virus 🦠?
by minimus insome people i know have not gone out of their houses in weeks.
some will walk near their homes and run right back in.
meanwhile, i go food shopping and i see tons of people, many with masks and gloves on..
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wannaexit
We've pretty much quarantined ourselves. One person goes grocery shopping. We set up a small table outside for take out and one table inside to carefully transfer food on sanitized dishes. Then we sanitize everything and wash our hands about every 1/2 hour.
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Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN
by Simon inas sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.
but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.
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wannaexit
Happy anniversary! this site was instrumental in my awakening journey. I am definitely one of those that reads more than posts. And I must admit in the early days, I read posts and threads for hours at a time.
It was "food at the proper time" as they say in dubtown.
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Coronavirus
by Iamallcool inare the dubs talking about coronavirus as a sign that big a is coming very soon?
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wannaexit
They sure are! sign of the times---end is so close.