Strollers at DC (page 2)

Balaamsass

WHAT no babies for the MOLECH FESTIVAL !!???

Jeffro

Finally, a reason to have children.

"Oh, I'd love to go to the convention. But alas, I can't bring the stroller. Oh well."

At our DC in Western Canada, we were informed not to bring strollers because it is a fire hazard. They also disallowed lawn chairs many years ago, that ill people used to rest on. We also were told not to bring car seats in unless they could fit on the chair (which the totally didn't), and no glass containers or large "family sized" coolers.

There were so many rules it was getting ridiculous. No outside food was to be brought into the building, not even coffee. No buying ice cream from the store across the street from the convention.

Once I had children I realized how unfriendly Watchtower world was to families and children which helped me realize I didn't want to raise my children with so many restrictions.

cedars

At our convention they used to call strollers "moons", the reason being that these ones "orbit" the venue, and are therefore also "orbiting" the organization spiritually.

It's crazy to think I used to go along with such judgmental ideology.

Cedars

Scully

When they announced that strollers wouldn't be allowed at the DC, I pointed out that they were discriminating against families with children - we had attended the very same venue a number of times for other events and the venue permitted strollers for them. There were no restrictions on the use of wheelchairs for the disabled, and with the book bags, diaper bags, lunch coolers that people were expected to carry, there was no way in hell I was going to carry a baby and a toddler too.

What they were in actuality attempting to control were the parents who preferred to walk around the building with their child in the stroller during the boring-ass sessions, rather than sit with a miserable kid in the auditorium.

They eventually relented and allowed strollers on the ground level. I was so pissed off that I spent most of the DC in the mother's room with the kids, because it had air conditioning, and the rest of the arena were not allowed to have it. It must have been on the same a/c switch as all the offices used by the CO/DO and convention overseers and the money changers assholes counting the take from the Contribution Boxes™.

WTWizard

What about a rule that, if you have a child that is of that age where a stroller would help, they shouldn't attend at all.

Gayle

Bless those Swedes! Sweden is not a growing group of JWs for sure. Shows it's up to the 'people' to give the power to anyone/group or not.

Unfortunately, JWs let the GB give all these crazy rules. Most GB never had any children, and are certainly clueless on how to really raise children. The JW children have the most hurtful rules and no wonder most leave.

finallysomepride

My last ass-embly was when my eldest was only a baby (now 23) and even then they were limiting the use of strollers, pissed me and my then wife off. those dumbass mentally deseased pricks at the top

exwhyzee

Jehovah's Celestial Chariot will not be permitted into the District Conventions this year. During a fire or some such emergency, the inability to "run ahead " of said Chariot , may impede the "friends" from exiting the building in a timley fashion.

Farkel

Of COURSE there shouldn't be any strollers at a DC. Are you all morons, or what?

Judge Rutherford clearly stated in his divinely inspired book "Children" that dubs should not have any, let alone get married. Although this divinely inspired book was written 71 years ago, it has never been repudiated, so Jehovah still is 100% behind it.

Quit whining. Quit getting married. Quit having little rug-rats and start SELLING MORE books!

It doesn't matter that there would only be about 25 or 30 dubs today (tops!) if dubs hadn't violated Rutherford's divinely inspired admonition not to marry and have children over these last 71 years, either. Rutherford has spoken. Therefore, Jehovah has spoken, and you don't want to mess around with Jehovah.

Farkel, Loyal to Rutherford CLASS

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