The vast majority of JWs, adults and children, find the meetings boring. I suspect even the Governing Body finds them boring.
Londo111
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Meetings are boring
by Akid48 inmeetings are boring for young kids and old but i'm going to focus on young kids 5 or 8.. i think is unfair that young kids get punished for falling asleep or zoning out.. as meetings are not as boring but i have to go to school the next day and staying up till 10pm isn't the best i can't get out of going.. but think of the young kids that dont even understand most of the teachings.. i know most on the site are adults but i heard of adults falling asleep..
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Don't expect any more downsizing announcements at annual meetibg
by nowwhat? inexpect a day of fluff, more bells and whistles and boasting.
they are not going to throw shade on their glorious day.
but shortly thereafter when everyone's feeling good about themselves expect the hammer to come down during a morning worship broadcast..
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Londo111
We shall see what we shall see.
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To see ourselves as others see us
by cofty infrom a friends facebook page yesterday.... .
translation"energy saving speil" = sales talk by somebody trying to get you to switch electricity providers"dodging the big issue dude" = trying to avoid the man selling the magazine for homeless people"switching sides to be baked by the talk talk folk" = crossing the street only to be harassed by the telephone company salespeople"the johos outside the old tiser building" = the jws outside the old newspaper office.
"street trolls" = priceless!.
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Londo111
Thank you for translating. I would've had no clue. What version of slang is this? -
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One more new light becoming 'old darkness'
by Ray Frankz inwell, we are studying the book of daniel in the meetings now, and this week was the reading about the four beasts and the goat etc.. i got suprised that the sources didn't include any page of the wt book pay attention to daniel's prophecy,.
my only guess is that they have already changed something too big to take the risk of a average witness go searching and start to make questions about their allegedly inspiration..
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Londo111
From my understanding, it is out of print.
Much of it was a bandaid fix to the information in Fred Franz's Your Will Be Done book.
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Stupid, stupid nonsense in the October JW broadcast
by sir82 inso in the october jw broadcast, there is a "morning worship" segment in which g. jackson goes to great lengths to explain how the term "those taking the lead" are not "leaders".. the terms are exactly equivalent, of course, but jackson, with a wink & smirk, pats himself on the back for his own cleverness on how different they really are.it's just so bizarrely absurd.. imagine if such tortured reasoning were applied to other areas..... -------------------------------------.
restaurant manager: i'm sorry, the only position we have open is for dishwasher.
applicant: that's insulting!
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Londo111
To co-opt what Ray Franz said on another matter, "It is a distinction without a difference."
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Separation and Dubs
by DATA-DOG inhey everyone,.
i haven't posted for some time.
i've been busy with life in the real world.
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Londo111
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Separation and Dubs
by DATA-DOG inhey everyone,.
i haven't posted for some time.
i've been busy with life in the real world.
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Londo111
The “Spiritual endangerment” endangerment card is sometimes played when one mate wakes up to TTATT, often at the suggestion of the elders. This goes beyond what is in writing, but for an indoctrinated JW, nothing screamed danger louder than someone labeled an “apostate”.
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Why referring to Watchtower as 'the Borg' is so apt!
by UnshackleTheChains init's interesting that when watchtower is referred to as the borg, it immediately brings to mind the scenes where individuals such as captain piccard are held prisoner within a vast collective hive type prison and unable to leave.
they are then turned into drones.
in fact here is how wikipedia explains it.. the borg are a fictional alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the star trek franchise.
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Londo111
Sometimes I have to wonder if any of the writers of Star Trek were ex-JW.
Last night, I was watching the Voyager episode Infinite Regress. I forgot exactly what, but something Seven of Nine said about becoming an individual seemed to resonate.
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The JW Fake News Engine
by snugglebunny inapparently i'd been in prison, gone to wife-swapping parties and consorted with fortune tellers.
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i guess they have to demonise those who leave less others too are tempted to stray.. what did they say about you?.
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Londo111
It makes me wonder what people say about me.
Unfortunately I've nobody on the inside that can tell me.
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Why should WE be the bloodguilty ones??
by stuckinarut2 init struck me just how odd and weird it is that jws are told that if they do not preach, they are "bloodguilty" for failing to warn people of the upcoming destruction at armageddon.. hang on a minute now, hang on!.
why should a mere human be made to feel "bloodguilty" and "responsible" for "failing to warn someone" of gods wrath??.
these average people are not the ones who are about to unleash a genocidal massacre on 99% of humanity (including babies born to non-witnesses).
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Londo111
This was one of the things that used to keep me up at night.
They also used to tie in the City of Refuge archetype into this. But recently they backed out on the archetype teaching for the City of Refuge.