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  A question for those who still go to the meetings

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  and it is ... why do most at the hall prefer to sit at the back and leave front rows empty?.

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  Londo111

  I agree. 99% of JWs hate the meetings, find them dull as wallpaper, but it's a sin to say so. Of course, regular meeting attendance is one of the prerequisites for everlasting life along with "field service" which is something most JWs also hate to do.
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  A question for those who still go to the meetings

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  and it is ... why do most at the hall prefer to sit at the back and leave front rows empty?.

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  Londo111

  When I was in, it was a matter of social anxiety. I wanted to sit somewhere that was out of the view of the crowd.
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  What I miss about going out in service.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, very little, to be honest.

  the structure and commitment of the ministry provided discipline necessary to my life.

  therefore, i did it, as required, and felt some sense of fulfillment at the bible study stage.. i do like talking to people.

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  Londo111

  There is nothing I miss about this, especially being forced to talk with strangers at their door and push my religion on them.
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  Country Crock Ad.. . .by Bethelite?

  by JWdaughter in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j54qnhasng.

  so, i saw this ad and it felt so uncomfortably familiar.

  and weird somehow.

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  Londo111

  I wish I could unseen that.
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  Questions JWs Ask: Mike from Greece wants to know...

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mike from greece is a member of a pro-jw forum (message board).. the jw religion has so many rules so mike wants to clarify some correct procedures.. what woud you like to know, mike?.

  a couple of questions dear brothers & sisters of the forum about women's head coverings1)should it be considered wrong for a sister to wear a head covering during the meetings?

  i have seen some old sisters, one in our congregation and a couple in other two that like wearing head coverings during the meetings.

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  Londo111

  The JW answer would be: write a letter to HQ and ask them for direction and the final answer.
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  Has WT actually drafted an End of Days tract?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard in years past that there was such a tract planned for the great tribulation.

  my father at the time denied this, and reasoned that that would not be a loving thing for them to do, to essentially say, "told ya so!".

  last year, the bunker videos had brother brown mention "a message of judgment".. has such material been drafted or is this just another bluff?.

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  Hailstones weighing a "talent" described in Revelation 16:21 = Tracts

  LOL.
  
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  Voting At Meetings

  by Spoletta in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why is it that the watchtower finances are cloaked in secrecy, yet when the congregation is ask to approve extra donations to the organization, the voting is in public, so everyone can see who is "loyal" to jehovah.. hmm... i think i just answered my question.

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  Londo111

  My father lost to a COBE just like that and got deleted. Of course, it didn't help that my father would not apologize. Just children on a playground behaving badly.
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  When The Persecution Comes

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was young everybody used to fantasise constantly about how brave we would all need to be "when the persecution comes".

  we worried about what "they" would do to us and how we would never talk or betray other jws.

  psychologically it was a damaging environment for children; but maybe that's another topic.. who would have thought that when it finally came it would take the form of being sued for protecting pedophiles.

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  Londo111

  Then there were the talks about not thinking about the possible torture or other hardships we might have to face. But how could you not? It's like being told, "Don't think of an elephant."
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  Voting At Meetings

  by Spoletta in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why is it that the watchtower finances are cloaked in secrecy, yet when the congregation is ask to approve extra donations to the organization, the voting is in public, so everyone can see who is "loyal" to jehovah.. hmm... i think i just answered my question.

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  Even as a JW, I often thought voting was a joke. It was basically a rubberstamp of the decision the elders had already made.
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  Watchtower let off the hook by the UK charities commission

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  say what they like, but it's a definite withdrawal of pressure.

  the commission is slow, needlessly protracted and inconsiderate of the extent to which ongoing damage is being carried out.. scrap it.

  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watch-tower-statement-on-administrative-court-proceedings.

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  Londo111

  It is likely very suspicious to the Charity Commission that Watchtower is fighting tooth and nail at every turn. That would tell any reasonable person that something is up.