During the hour long symposium: Empowered by Holy Spirit
Under the part "To Fight Temptation," a little dramatization of a young married man doing some work on his laptop. He is tapping away when he suddenly slams his laptop shut. He then talks to himself for a few minutes about how shocking it was that a piece of pornography popped up. Then he admits that the model looks good. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to peek just for a few minutes. How really it doesn't say in the bible to not view pornography specifically. Then he asks himself, "what am I doing?!" He then reasons how pornography is not wholesome, and how it does say that if a man looks at a woman with desire, he has already committed adultery with her and how that would be detrimental to his marriage. Blah blah blah. Finally he concludes that he will pray to Jehovah for help in fighting the temptation.
Lesson--pray to Jehovah lest ye view breasts and like it.
Applause.
Under the part "To Resist Harmful Peer Pressure" a little dramatization of a late teenaged guy who is talking to himself about his friend who confided in him of some transgression and then asked him not to tell anyone. So the teenager thinks that he doesn't want to lose his friendship, and how his friend said it wasn't that big of a deal. But.....what his friend did is very questionable and this kind of thing really needs to be brought to the elder's attention. Finally, he decides to turn his friend in even if it means losing the friendship.
Lesson--turn your friends into the elders and break the confidences of friends.
Applause.
Also seen, a dramatization of a family where the father's boss fired him for taking Friday off to go to the convention. Father announces that he's lost his job so that they could "enjoy" all three days of the convention. Oldest daughter pipes up and asks if this means she can't buy a new outfit (), youngest daughter pipes up and asks if she won't be able to go out to eat with her friends (), mother worries how they're going to pay their bills since she and the girls pioneer (of course they do ). The father mentions how a brother might have a job for him and that they should all trust in Jehovah and enjoy the whole three day assembly!
Lesson--get fired and put everyone in a pinch because you can't possibly miss one day of the blessed ASSembly. If you do, you'll suffer spiritually. If you suffer spiritually, you might die in the big A!
Applause.
And as always, we were reminded numerous times to be obedient to the FDS and to do whatever they say without question or murmuring. They reminded us that Jehovah's spirit works through them and although they're imperfect men, they are delivering Jehovah's words and giving us the proper food at the proper time.
Yay.