I once got awarded a special youth medal for being a super 'a' grade bible stud. I never wanted the medal and I felt awful as the Bishop waxed on about how hard it was to achieve and how I had to be super spiritual etcetc... If only they knew what I had really been doing. Ah well - I keep that medallion to remind me that awards mean nothing if you never really earned them.
Ever hear an experience at an assembly that you KNOW was slanted?
by Bonnie_Clyde 37 Replies latest jw experiences
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OUTLAW
Absolutly..I was about 6 years old at the time.Just starting school..My mom was and is,a JW nutcase..She told me I should show my teacher,Gods name in the Bible..Every day after that,she would ask me if I had done what I was told..I was just a shy little kid,I didn`t want to do it..She kept at me and kept at me until I was ready to chew my own leg off to get away from her..I finally showed my teacher Gods name in the Bible..My mom told everybody what a good little JW kid I was,preaching at school..I ended up giving my experience at an assembly..Leaving out of coarse,I was forced into it by my mother..The bitch orchestrated eveything..The crowd applauded and I was happy to get my ass off of the assembly stage...OUTLAW
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zack
At a District Convention in Florence, SC in 1999 a couple was interviewd by our CO because they had both given up their jobs in order to pioneer full time. What
was NOT said was that her Dad had given them a $2 million annuity as part of a revocable trust. He'd done well and wasn't going to let estate taxes eat up his kids'
inheritance. The other JW's were made to feel materialistic because they weren't making adjusments like this couple had. I knew about this because the Dad has
a son in the congo I attended who "retired" at 35. He too got his "inheritance" early, just like sis. Except the son and his wife didn't pioneer. They didn't put THEM
on the stage! I knew it was dishonest they way they framed the experience. But it would be a few years 'til the scales finally wore off. WHAT HORSES---!
Zack-----
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lurker
In the 1970s a family attended the DC in a far away city, they had a bus that broke down. Many helped fix it at the convention. They told the story that their home had just burned down the night before but they left for the DC anyway trusting in Jehovah. It was printed in the WT in a study article as what a great example of trust in Jehovah. The fact is It was not true that house had burned down quite awhile before they even thought of leaving. And they were not spiritual giants. But the story made for good reading and allowed RF to beleive what a God Jehovah is and he protects his people. Total lie in the Watchtower.
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lovelylil
I was asked by two different CO's to embellish my experiences to fit parts in the DC. And said NO WAY both times. But I had a "friend" who went up on stage one year and told how her witnessing to her husband was paying off because now he prayed to Jehovah and sat in on the family study. This was a total lie. The guy wanted nothing to do with religion, in fact he was a total athiest! Nice guy though and very handsome. Anyway, this gal knew I knew the truth because we were fairly close and could not look me in the eye after that anymore. So there went our friendship. Lilly
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J-ex-W
Oh, WOW. I couldn't even read past half the first page of these. I feel positively ILL! It was at my first assembly that I attended (with my ex-husband's family--the weekend we GOT MARRIED!!!--that I was so moved by the whole thing...I decided then and there that I wanted to be a part of this...that I wanted to study life/ the Bible from the JW perspective.
Oh, WOW!!
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Emma
When I pioneered in my early twenties, I was at a rehearsal for a c.a. part on pioneering and a middle aged sister was being coached on her experience. She was a pioneer and had an older highschooler at home and was talking about how she managed her schedule. When she said she had a teenager at home she was stopped and told to say she was the mother of three; technically correct, but the two others were adults and out of the house. They wanted her to sound like she had three kids at home and was pioneering anyway. Even then I could see what they were doing.
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brunnhilde
Hmm, my dad was on stage at a C.A. because we had been "summer" pioneering together. This was before I was baptized and my "theocratic goal" was to become a missionary. *SNORT* As if there was ever a snowballs chance in hell of a single woman being allowed to attend Gilead or Bethel or ANYTHING. Upon further reflection, tho I supposed I should be grateful. I just remember listening to my dad talk and thinking I hardly even recognized myself in the "experience."
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Doubting Bro
I know first hand of several. I never shared in the practice although I got in trouble from the CO once when assigned a CA part that included experiences. Apparently, my real life, unembelished ones weren't inspirational enough. But, they had to do at the end of the day when I refused to make up things. Needless to say, I didn't get assigned those parts anymore.
One that really sticks in my mind that will not out me is at a district convention when a brother was talking about goals and said that his goal was to help 3 students to baptism. 5 years later, he had helped 3 "students" progress to baptism because he prayed about his goal and acted in harmony with his prayers.
The rest of the story is the 3 that were baptized were his 3 kids! The only way I found out is because I was hanging out in administration on "official business" and the guy that gave the experience walked in knew just about everyone there (except a couple of us). One of the guys he didn't know introduced himself and said how encouraging his experience was. "How did you find those students"? The brother giving the experience busted out laughing and said they were his children. I was standing there completely shocked. That was my first taste of made up experiences and ever since, I've doubted most of the ones I hear from the platform.
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Lumptard
Friend of mine was in a part about underaged drinking.....lets just say, he was underage....and hung over.