District Convention Friday pm talk - “Answers to Questions About the Last Days”

by yadda yadda 2 55 Replies latest jw friends

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  DaCheech

  according to the public talk I heard. 1975 was a test, and people who have steadfast faith will not let these things stumble them.

  now, I like to know what kind of test was it for the ones who fully believed it, sold everything to pionner and became broke?

  what kind of test was it for the ones proclaiming this, and looking like a fool to the ones he/she preached too!

  what kind of test was it for the ones that had health issues/birth defects and decided that those things did not need doctors help, because soon (real soon) the system was ending and bringing salvation and health?
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  villabolo

  "according to the public talk I heard. 1975 was a test, and people who have steadfast faith will not let these things stumble them."

  It was a test to see if we would recognize a false prophet.
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  truthlover

  Cabasilas and Aunt Bee:

  do u happen to have the portion on Sunday morning re Keep your eyes on the things Unseen?? My MP3 did not record it after I had it on for over 2 hours

  Can u start a new thread using that theme?

  Forever in your debt

  TL
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  cabasilas

  I don't. And to make it clear...the recordings were graciously done for us by AuntBee. There is the one on the new songbook online at:

  http://www.archive.org/details/SingToJehovah
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  frankiespeakin

  I can't even beleived I once beleived this crap!

  What a bunch of blathering bullshit,,O my freeking word, I once was blind but now I see!!!
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  Elsewhere

  It was like a Pavlovian response.

  I heard the JW style of talk and after 10 seconds I started to doze off.

  ZZZZzzzZZZzzzzZZzzzzzz
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  steve2

  according to the public talk I heard. 1975 was a test

  Well, we ex-JWs know the correct answers to that test; we passed it! Now, all that's needed is to break the news to the deluded still-active JWs who failed the test to recognize a false prophecy even when it was right in front of them.
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  truthlover

  Cabasilas:

  Sorry to think that, its just that it looked to appear that way, I did send a PM to Aunt Bee.

  Thanks for the info

  TL
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  winstonchurchill

  How much free reign are the speakers given at a DC?

  Almost none. Funy thing is less and less talks are manuscripts; and even those are assigned to highly ranked people (i.e. Bethel speakers and Traveling O's).

  But outlines are increasingly dense and short. 10 years ago a DA would have some 40 talks. This year over 60. and when you see the outline for a typical 10 minutes part, it's so full that you can almost read it verbatim and make the 10 minutes. So no room for adding anything. On top of that, Assembly President (typically a CO), stricly enforces rules against adding, changing, switching the order of ideas, etc.

  A few days ago, I compared, side by side a talk I gave 4 years ago with the outline I was assigned this year. The first one was for a 29 minutes talk -no demo, no interviews- and it was page 1 and three lines on page 2. This year's is for a 9 minute talk -no demo, no interviews- and it's a page and half long.

  Bottom line: absolute control!
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  insearchoftruth

  Thanks WC, that is sort of what I thought.......still unsure if my wife is attending or not, but if I listen to the talks, I will get a pretty good idea of what flavor she is being served....this year