Queen Esther

Of course.
Once ANY organization becomes sufficiently  large, with real estate, a huge treasury of money that never stops rolling in ... to spend as they see fit, they start to worship themselves.
This is NOT new.
It's not even unique.
It is the normal evolution of human practices.
The next step is they begin to "eat their own" for not worshiping at the Altar of "Caleb and Sophia", in whatever form it takes specific to that organization.
This is NOT new.
It's not even unique.
The Catholics have been doing that for millenia.
It's worked so far.
 

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My only concern is that it violates Exodus 20:4-5, and is BRAZENLY offensive to Jehovah God, apparently with no concern whatsoever.
NONE.
  Well, that, and the pain and suffering that we do to OURSELVES by destroying whole families to perhaps legitimately discipline ONE person.
.... there is THAT.

My thoughts little similar to your comments,. Brother @James Thomas Rook Jr.  Our JW.ORG  gets directed from humans,  all humans making mistakes,  'daily'  -   But the background and sense is  UNIQUE,  its our God and Creator  JEHOVAH !  Importend is first of all the  BIBLE,  Jehovah's word !  With some things, we must be careful,  always deep thinking.  Everyone of us must do that for itself....  ( thats my opinion )
Thank you and greetings from Germany,  Agape❤️

Sort of like a "temporary tattoo", eh?

It would be interesting to know what the brouhaha was about. But any rate sometimes is is difficult to keep one's cool when dealing with offensive people. 

I  agree,  Brother  @David Normand .....   I  looked  for  the  word :   BROUHAHA !
A brouhaha, from French brouhaha, is a state of social agitation when a minor incident gets out of control, sometimes referred to as an uproar or hubbub.[1]   Here  is  a  link  to  informing....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouhaha
Greetings  from  Germany,  Agape !

SORRY  -  I  HAD  AN  INTERNET  ERROR.....   HERE  NOW  MY  FULL  COMMENT !  Thank  you
I  know  Congregations  in  different  Countries....  and  I  realized  always  some  little  differences !
Also  by  exercises  on  the  stage.  In  some  countries  very  little  kiddies  allowed  -  but  in  Germany  its  not  allowed !  Never  3 - 4  years  old  little  boys  alone  with  a  talk,  ONLY  together  with  the  Mom  at  the  stage - table....   Our  youngest  boys / brothers  alone  on  the  stage  ca. 8  years.
The  new  idea  with  a  sister - microphne - service,  I  will  next  time  ask  in my  cong.  -
I  know,  we've  many  elders  and   'service - helper'....    Never  did  a sister  this  job !
But  in  some  countries  maybe  NO  other  possibilities....
Jehovah  always  wanted  a  man  as  teacher,  bec. the  head  over  the  woman ;-)

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YEP !! REALLY  A  FUNNY  ONE,  hahaha   -   I  saved  it !!    Thank  you  @James Thomas Rook Jr.

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So  terrible  endtime ;-((    Every  week  1-2  new  disasters !   Step by step  more  and  more   "Job's - news"   When  I'm  at  home,  I  will  buy  a  good  rucksack / backpack  and  the  right  things  for  the  emergency....
ONLY,   bec.  many  brothers  and  sisters  in  Canada  were  obedient  with  their  ready  backpack,  the  most  JW  could  flee  before  the  big  fire !   So  we  can  see,  how  importend  is  all  that  we  learned  last  time    I  SO  hope,  we  all  see  us  in  the  NW    and  talk  about  many  themes !!   Love  and  greetings  from  Germany

Doing microphones as a sister in our English group in Slovenia! We just moved there because the need is great, so not enough brothers to cover all duties.”
Many Sisters rejoice to be used in this way to help out! 
What are your thoughts? ??

YES! I think it's wonderful! I hope this becomes common. I've noticed a lot of women are doing roles like passing out literature now.

So  terrible  endtime ;-((    Every  week  1-2  new  disasters !   Step by step  more  and  more   "Job's - news"   When  I'm  at  home,  I  will  buy  a  good  rucksack / backpack  and  the  right  things  for  the  emergency....
ONLY,   bec.  many  brothers  and  sisters  in  Canada  were  obedient  with  their  ready  backpack,  the  most  JW  could  flee  before  the  big  fire !   So  we  can  see,  how  importend  is  all  that  we  learned  last  time    I  SO  hope,  we  all  see  us  in  the  NW    and  talk  about  many  themes !!   Love  and  greetings  from  Germany

Listening to Jehovah is life to us...  Hello  my  brothers  &  sisters   Agape !

THE TROUBLE TREE ???????
(Prov 11:30)
"The fruitage of the righteous one is a tree of life, and he that is winning souls is wise."  
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I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. He had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, the electric saw quit and now his ancient pickup refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me to meet his family.
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As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door, he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
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Afterwards he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again." "Funny thing is," he smiled, " when I come out in the morning to pick "em up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."
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I'm the daughter of bicycles.....  Â Â Â Bec. my Dad had such of special shop ! Hahahahahahahahaaaaaa.....

 
It's not that Astronomers  have no personality ... it's just their jokes are not easily understood.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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A spherical cow is a humorous metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of complex real life phenomena.
The implication is that theoretical physicists will often reduce a problem to the simplest form they can imagine in order to make calculations more feasible, even though such simplification may hinder the model's application to reality.
The phrase comes from a joke that spoofs the simplifying assumptions that are sometimes used in theoretical physics.
"Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. Shortly thereafter the physicist returned to the farm, saying to the farmer, "I have the solution, but it works only in the case of spherical cows in a vacuum".
 

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAhahahahah !!!   good one !

And  3 pioneer Sisters  also  on  the  way,  preaching  in  BRAZIL.....
just  as  so  wonderful smiing

3 pioneer Sisters,  preaching  in  BRAZIL....   and  so  wonderful smiing
May  you  all  have  much  fun  and  success !

Never think, you aren't good enough for God to love you !  See what His repentant people once were....

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I like the style of these pictures too !  A wonderful work ????

Of course.
At the KH today (Saturday)  the speaker gave an incredibly good talk ... but from the seat during the WT study, he made the comment "Astronomers have no personality ... Jehovah has personality ..."   I am STILL trying to figure THAT one out ... and it was in English.