I put pudding cups in the freezer. It reminds me of the DC. (they were always still a little frozen at lunchtime) My favorite thing as a teenager was helping to set up the stage display. We always had a little pond with a waterfall and goldfish. A little bridge (decorative only) and a ton of flowers. Then, one year it was taken away because it distracted from the "message." Come to think of it, that was my last year going to a DC. Hmmm...
It's DC Season (Conventions)
by RagingBull 18 Replies latest jw friends
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godrulz
I have never been JW, but have been to parts of conventions to pray (spiritual warfare) and witness. Having been to powerful services with the presence of God, WT conventions are dead, boring, sad. It is a good idea for them to have these things to make people feel part of something big. The problem is not the idea, but the fact that it is false teaching and dead. I noticed last year that numbers were way down from 10 years ago (thankfully). There is a difference between Church with the people and presence of God and JW communistic meetings that require great endurance.
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designs
Oh my gawd you were the Nut Job out there on the sidewalk..........
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godrulz
No, I was the one in jeans inside. Why does the purple people eater Kingdom Interlinear make JWs nervous (I know why)? I decided not to blend in dressed up lest people think I am being deceptive. I also have facial hair, so I must look like the devil to them. I love the people, but hate the WT.
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designs
decptive? you, you're about as subtle as a 747 on a Freeway. But we promise you'll get better, hang around we're here to help.
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godrulz
When I went to the Memorial, I behaved and was respectful, not disruptive. I acted as a guest and only responded when people engaged me in conversation afterwards. When I go to a convention, I am also low key and sensitive (years ago they followed me like the KGB because I talked to someone at lunch break; I rebuked them for their harshness and lack of love and left).
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designs
Oh ok
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Rocky_Girl
and I thought JWs were paranoid...
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godrulz
Honestly, the bouncers followed me around whispering with walkie talkies. They approached me, surrounded me, and tried to escort me out. I thought it was a public gathering and I was just out in the foyer chatting with individuals in conversation. Because I had jeans and was using a KIT, they must have thought I was an opposer (I am) or an apostate (I am not). Perhaps someone who overheard the conversation (I was raising points they could not answer) complained. This is not being paranoid, just observing the paranoia and security of insecure WT drones.