What more is necessary than what eyeuse2badub said? I can't tell you how many company-men totally avoided such needy ones (too busy handing out invitations to attend the memorial in one case). To be fair, I have also seen the other side, but they were by far in the minority and not destined for advancement. But, they did care....
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Best scriptures for countering TOMO III's comment about "inactive ones"??
by DATA-DOG inwhat do you say, bible gurus???
a relative asked me what i thought of the zone visit.
i am in the process of gathering my thoughts.
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Changed: Head coverings for sisters, w15 2/15 QFR
by wifibandit indoes a female kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher?.
in a questions from readers item published in the watchtower of july 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not.
further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.. if the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering.
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Unless it is on a Tuesday of course... I'm with Mum on this one. Soon they will bury this bone.
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Trashed WT's found in Dr.s' waiting room Friday. Do you trash literature you find?
by Wasanelder Once intook the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash.
was a great feeling.
to think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing.
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I used to save them for getting the fire started, but I don't like the new ink colors. Thankfully my wife still has several boxes of the old B&W editions in the attic. The new stuff just goes straight to the trash can (I don't even bother putting it into the recycle bin on the off chance another cult-susceptible person might accidently stumble across it - and I would be blood-guilty).
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Elders are going to the CO on me
by cognac ini celebrated halloween and my birthday and the elders have been told.
husband told the elders i've called the religion a cult.
they said i'm "heading down a road to be an apostate.
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Lots of excellent advice. Tell them you will be happy to meet with them if your attorney is allowed to be present. Problem solved.
That is what I was going to write and then it occured to me that I don't know what you want to accomplish. Sorry, need to reread your posts from the beginning. But, in general, I like your style.
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Does having priveleges in the congregation mean you will have a successful marriage?
by hoser inafter reading about tight pant tony's rant about sisters only marrying ministerial servants lest their marriage will be a failure what anecdotal evidence do you have to support this.
the divorces that i am familiar with in the congregation show me that having priveledges in the congregation do not improve the odds of a better marriage.
i would say about 60% of the divorces had at least one spouse who was a pioneer, elder or ministerial servant.
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How would that work if every brother in the cong was a MS or elder? Would the next step be additional levels of rank like 'Senior MS' - almost an elder. 'Junior MS' - just appointed (Ok to marry but might want to wait). What about the guys that are perpetual MS class - Not deemed worthy enough to move up to the next caste level? Soon it will be only marry elders and then the next step will be, elders can have multiple wives since not enough men are 'spiritual enough'.
And then they merge with the Mormons.
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Anthony Morris The Third
by Yondaime inwhen i am3 was going to speak i was ecstatic to hear this lunatic embarass himself.
after the propaganda indoctrination session, a relative asked me what my spiritual goals were, i told em i want to become a servant before i turn 23 so i could get laid.
lmfao.
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At least if we sent him some socks, he would know 'somebody' was paying attention.
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Anthony Morris The Third
by Yondaime inwhen i am3 was going to speak i was ecstatic to hear this lunatic embarass himself.
after the propaganda indoctrination session, a relative asked me what my spiritual goals were, i told em i want to become a servant before i turn 23 so i could get laid.
lmfao.
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Perhaps we could all send some socks to AMIII this XMAS. Wouldn't that be funny to see the faces of the bethelites working the mail department as they opened package after package of inappropriate socks addressed to his majesty AMIII? Of course, rather than donating them to some organization for homeless people. they would just burn them. Just a thought.
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What will cause 1,000 year rebellion in Paradise....veggie diet..constant kingdom songs!
by Witness 007 inimagine you somehow got ressurected in paradise.
oh hell no nooooo!
life is one long convention.
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The kingdum songs. Imagine no other music. Sure, you could have piano only versions, orchestral versions, choir versions, bongo versions, etc. But in the end, you would want to kill yourself. But what if you did, and it was like the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day, where no matter what you did you got resurrected back to more of the same and you knew you were going to have to attend another meeting?
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How to make the most of wife not going to service meeting?
by FadeToBlack inout of the blue, my wife told me that after this week's service meeting on friday (co visit) she is not going to anymore meetings during the week at night.
only sunday (am) meetings.
she explained that it is difficult and not safe for her to drive after dark (vision issues: i have the same problem so i couldn't help her if i wanted to).
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Thanks for all the suggestions. She will be out of town next Friday (this Friday is CO visit) so it will be 2 weeks before we begin to see how this plays out. On a serious note, she picked me up from the train station tonight and to be honest, I wasn't sure we were going to make it home. She has no business being on the road after dark! I have heard that there are glasses that we can buy that help with night vision but they are expensive. Anyone have any first hand knowledge about this?
There have been times recently where she missed all meetings for a couple of weeks but the guilt factor kicked in and off she went. That is going to be the biggest challenge in my opinion.
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How to make the most of wife not going to service meeting?
by FadeToBlack inout of the blue, my wife told me that after this week's service meeting on friday (co visit) she is not going to anymore meetings during the week at night.
only sunday (am) meetings.
she explained that it is difficult and not safe for her to drive after dark (vision issues: i have the same problem so i couldn't help her if i wanted to).
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Good point Talesin. I just assumed that is what she likes to do. I don't generally watch tv, but I would if she really wanted to (bottle of wine would help admittedly). Perhaps, she only watches tv though because of nothing better to do (Ok, I accept the fact that I am not the most exciting guy in the world). She is usually ready to socialize even with 'worldly' neighbors and relatives. Maybe I should setup more get togethers on Friday nights.
The more I think about think about this, the more I am beginning to wonder if we are even compatible. The funny thing is, she would be much better off not being a witness. Probably not just with me. I thinks she just tolerates me because she has to as a good witness wife.