Assembly fun....Final notes.

integ

A couple of things I forgot to mention..

-It would not be "wise" to have open bars at Witness wedding receptions.

-Dating non-witnesses like going to the morgue to find a mate.(This was mentioned at the latest circuit assembly as well).

-There are "deplorable conditions" in Christendom...Not in Jah's Org.

-We reflect the glory of God by preaching.

-(This is a doosy, and an actual statement made by the speaker)..Just as Jesus was hated by the world, but was Perfect, so too is Jehovahs' Organization. (Yes he actually said this).

-3:05 Sat. "Be liberal, ready to share". It was brought out that we should give to Jehovah "our valuable things"....This not only includes our TIME, but also our material things. We were reminded that we can sign over our wills and create living trusts, and also deed any property we have to the Society, if we should pass on before the end of the system.

-4:10 Sat. "Glorify God with one mouth." We must not try to come up with our own thoughts on matters...Follow the direction of the Slave etc. etc.

-4:30 Sat. "Our children...A precious inheritance"- Raise your children in the "Truth" etc. ( i was getting a little tired at this point, so i can't really expound on this one, sorry).

-Sunday morning was basically devoted to standard watchtower fare on raising families to be preachers, go to bethel, preach the good news "without letup","muster up boldness", etc.

-11:10 Sun. DRAMA "Boldly witnessing despite opposition" Full costume drama (it used to be kind of cool when they would turn off the lights for the drama, they don't anymore). Something about kids preaching in school, adults preaching at work, etc. Compared to the apostles refusing to stop preaching at the behest of the Sanhedrin in bible times.

-2:00 Sun. PUBLIC DISCOURSE.."Who are giving God glory today?" Guess what the answer is?.....(do i even have to say?). The world's religions were referred to as "Christendumb". Which elicited some laughter from the audience. ( And was in bad taste i might add, seeing as this was the MAIN talk of the convention, intended to appeal to bible studies that may have been invited, as well as the rank and file).

-The remainder of the day was spent exhorting the hapless delegates to do more in the ministry. Followed by a song "of praise" and a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG prayer. Followed by the obligatory applause.

I do indeed hope you enjoyed this synopsis of the convention, and feel "spiritually nourished"

Thanks,

Integ.

minimus

WOWIE!!!! This info certainly is different, isn't it? Basically, it boils down to: Don't look anywhere but the organization for instruction. Don't get anywhere near anyone not a Witness since they're DEAD in God's eyes, PREACH all the time and finally, DO MORE!!!!

expatbrit

Integ:

Thanks for the notes! It seems like they've really upped the paranoia level this year.

One question: could you tell us what the new releases were? [sarcasm] I just can't wait to read them! [/sarcasm]

Expatbrit

freedom96

I could feel my eyes getting dreary just thinking of sitting through all those talks.

I used to enjoy crossing out all the talks on the program as they ended. It always felt like it would be forever before Sunday afternoon would come.

I also remember getting pissed when one day, usually Saturday would last much longer than the other days. What a waste of time!!

integ

I guess we're all just bird food now.

SYN

*urgh* What a load of trollop. Thanks for those, um, interesting notes Integ!

blondie

Dating non-witnesses like going to the morgue to find a mate.(This was mentioned at the latest circuit assembly as well).

I commented on this too about the last circuit assembly I went to. Made me want to vomit looking around at the sisters with unbelieving mates and knowing how that hurt them. Now I know it wasn’t just an aberration of that particular CO.

Just as Jesus was hated by the world, but was Perfect, so too is Jehovahs' Organization.

Just like Israel was perfect as God’s organization.

We must not try to come up with our own thoughts on matters...Follow the direction of the Slave

The biggest offenders of this are the elders. I can’t even begin to count how many elders deliberately defied directions of the CO.

We were reminded that we can sign over our wills and create living trusts, and also deed any property we have to the Society, if we should pass on before the end of the system.

And the WTS is always saying they are different because they aren’t always hounding the R&F for money like Christendom. Things must be getting more desperate money-wise for the WTS to keep doing this.

And was in bad taste i might add, seeing as this was the MAIN talk of the convention, intended to appeal to bible studies

There was a time when the general public was specifically invited to this talk. I noticed at the last public talks at the KH, that many "theocratic" terms were used that the general public would not understand. I guess the "public" is not expected to be there.

Followed by a song "of praise" and a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG prayer.

A prayer that was review of the last 3 days of the convention as if God hadn’t been there to hear it.

Blondie

Thanks integ

minimus

YEAH!!! What's up with these 3 hour concluding prayers that teach us about the assembly?

teejay

It's got to be deja vu, all over again. Haven't I read this stuff before?

NAH!

Nosferatu

-It would not be "wise" to have open bars at Witness wedding receptions.

I'll tell you something, I remember all the "Witness Parties" I went to. They were boring. I remember some wedding receptions playing nothing but dreaded Kingdom Songs. Alcohol would have made those parties so much more amusing.

-Dating non-witnesses like going to the morgue to find a mate.(This was mentioned at the latest circuit assembly as well).

Bullshit. When you're dating a Witness, it's unwise to hold hands and kiss, it's wrong to french kiss, it's wrong to touch each other, it's a disfellowshipping offense to get naked and screw. Now tell me, who's really from the morgue?

-(This is a doosy, and an actual statement made by the speaker)..Just as Jesus was hated by the world, but was Perfect, so too is Jehovahs' Organization. (Yes he actually said this).

ROTFLMFAO!!! If this is true, I'm one of the anointed. Bring on the Vino and Vegetable Thins!

-3:05 Sat. "Be liberal, ready to share". It was brought out that we should give to Jehovah "our valuable things"....This not only includes our TIME, but also our material things. We were reminded that we can sign over our wills and create living trusts, and also deed any property we have to the Society, if we should pass on before the end of the system.

And what's Jehovah going to give back to me? A thank-you note? F*** you WTS.

-4:10 Sat. "Glorify God with one mouth." We must not try to come up with our own thoughts on matters...Follow the direction of the Slave etc. etc.

And Moses said to Jehovah, "Oh lord, Program me any way you wish!"

-The remainder of the day was spent exhorting the hapless delegates to do more in the ministry. Followed by a song "of praise" and a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG prayer. Followed by the obligatory applause.

Oh yeah! That's when the brother saying the prayer thanks Jehovah for each and every person who made it to the convention from out of town, all the names are mentioned.

Assembly fun....Final notes.

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