When you were in, did you have the Watchtower study underlined?

asilentone

What happens if you don't? Did they treat you differently?

treadnh2o

Of course they noticed.

Why do you think those who didn't study would spend 3 min. underling before they left for the meeting.

Absolutely!! I was on public reproof for about 6 months time. When I met w/ the JC part of why they took me off reproof was because they noticed I was "studying before meetings by my underlining" in the publications. They said that underlining answers is the sign of a mature christian.

Question 1: Why was the reproved witness removed from reproof?

Question 2: Why should you underline answers?

VIII

I know now why I never could return any of my college text books. Too much underlining. I underlined the crap out of them.

wobble

I never underlined,I always said that my comments came from my heart,not a paragraph.I also had this theory that if the Holy spirit was to direct your thoughts and words you would stop its influence by underlining.

In later years I only used to read the goddam article while they were doing the preamble and reading the first para.

Love

Wobble

bluecanary

You bet I did. I underlined, being sure to only highlight a few words rather than large blocks of text, like they taught us. I looked up the uncited scriptures and source material and made notations of it in the margins so that I could bring them out at the meeting.

No, nobody noticed or cared.

BabaYaga

androb said: They said that underlining answers is the sign of a mature christian.

There you have it, folks! The sign of a mature Christian!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

mouthy

Of course I did...That is what "MOTHER' told me I had to do

So being the daft B...H that I was,am, will continue to be
I obeyed her...>>>.( the faithful slave).Why do you think
I had black eyes????Because I thought it was all for GOD!!!!

Yep,I am a very slow learner....

AK - Jeff

Unfortunately, I must answer yes. I don't anymore though.

Jehovah blesses those who underline highlight according to James.

Jeff

startingovernow

Yes, not only highligted, but cited scriptures written in the margins and prepared comments written out. That is how I was taught to do it. And yes, on the rare times I didn't have time to prepare, I quickly made it look like I had. Such a shame-based group, isn't it.

I did not, however like to mark up my KMs since it made them look too messy to me. Wouldn't you know, a sister saw my unmarked KM and said, "What, you don't study the KM?" Even though it was none of her business, I explained that yes I had studied it, just didn't like to mark it up (this was before the CD-Rom so as far as I knew would always be my only copy). Her response? A glare that indicated disapproval/disbelief that I had indeed prepared.