I left 25+ years ago, and my rusty ol' brain cannot recall any "written review", What was it, and when did it start being practiced?
What did you do during the written review
by truthseeker1 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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ballistic
I actually thought the rotten review made an interesting change to hearing the same old crap over and over again.
with the exception of the odd bit of new light.
Hey I just thought...
perhaps that's why the witnesses love new light. It means something actually interesting to listen to. -
QUEENIE
drew pictures / day dreamed ABOUT where I wanted to be and it was not there and dozed off and went to sleep sometimes __ that is about it !!!!! ((((hugs))))
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Mulan
I always did the written review in about 5 minutes or so. Maybe 10. It was such easy stuff, you could find the answers, by eliminating the choices, if you had a brain. In the last few years, I don't think I ever attended that night. A real waste of time.
Marilyn (aka Mulan)
"No one can take advantage of you, without your permission." Ann Landers -
RedhorseWoman
Wow! Until I read this thread, I had totally forgotten about the written review. I always did well on them (good, little Dub and all), but I didn't particularly like them. Obviously so, since I had no remembrance of this little goody until now.
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TheStar
I'm also one of those that was refreshed on written review nights... hehe... I would alway say in my mind "Yeah written review is tonight, I get a break from having to listen to the talks on the Theocratic Ministry School!" haha... But unless I studied I never did very well on those things. When I did study I'd Ace them, of course because the dern thing was already filled out when I got to the hall! LOL!
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saltiest
I either took the time to practice my artistic abilities or had fun writing in wacky answers. Or, when I got older, probably 14 or 15, I just made an excuse not to go and stayed home. Hey, I skipped school, why not skip the written review? I kept thinking "who the hell do they think they are, giving us a TEST on beliefs that should be kept personal and private in everyone?"
Again, another thing that just pushed me away from the whole Jahoser bit.
Alicia
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144thousand_and_one
Simon,
That's hilarious, because I can remember doing the same thing (making words out of the watchtower)! I guess it's a human response to boredom. However, I also used to doodle in my publications, and my bible had anatomically correct dinosaurs in the inside covers representing the male and female genders. In later years, I began pasting nudie pictures inside the publications so that my parents would think I was studying the "Truth" when instead I was checking out Ms. April!
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Solace
Taking the written review.
I almost forgot about those.
I enjoyed looking around at all the people taking the test, pretending to know the answers and then writing them in as we went over it.
I was always hoping the elder conducting the test would have everyone pass it to the person sitting behind them to check, like we did in school.
I cant believe I actually thought that was normal, like all religions gave written tests. Puhleease!!! How manipulating. -
QUEENIE
COSH darn it----i WAS A bad DUB who sometimes know one or two answers and then waited until they went over it later and then I too wrote them in and when I got home round filed for future reference !!!