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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
Hmmm, that's interesting. Wonder if that's the reason for it, that is, that they don't want anyone outside viewing the messages. Doing it on Zoom might also allow some interaction. There's a Tuesday Zoom Bible study I've been on that allows some interaction
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I think that it is standard practice for video conferencing to be password protected or require a link. But in the case of the LC, what I find to be interesting is the choice to hold their primary meetings in that format. I don't have any problem with them wanting their meetings to be 'mutual', but that type of format can only accommodate so many people and depending on the number of people involved, what might be perceived to be 'mutual' isn't actually mutual.
I am a "church kid" and grew up in the 90's, so I can still remember a time when the LC recorded tapes of every meeting. That was before there were prophesying meetings and they had one or two brothers speaking. When people missed a meeting they would be sure to listen to the tapes afterwards. But nowadays, if someone misses an LC meeting, what is there to catch up on? Did they really miss anything? Everyone just reads and recites/parrots the same HWMR booklet, so there's really nothing to miss.
So what that translates to is in their meetings, there is really nothing for newcomers to hear or even participate in unless they know what's going on already. It's really sad.