FDS Sends Convention Delegates Packin'

by ezekiel3 76 Replies latest jw friends

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  heathen

  Gopher you have a point about kids . I did say on another thread that I thought maybe they should have a different area for kids or maybe kids should not attend but it seems many dubs think it is neccessary . I think it was very distracting with kids who can't sit still or parents beating the hell out of them during the presentation . I remember one assembly I had the misfortune of sitting behind some idiot that was smacking his very young child the entire time . I mean an infant not even a 2 yr. old . What the hell is the deal with these people?

  Blondie --- LOL . Yes it's like chinese water torture and I think the best part was the end . So my reasoning is the shortest way to get things done with the less disturbance would probly work out better in the end . They did seem paranoid that some non beleivers were entering the convention site and were stealing when people left their belongings to break for lunch , maybe that's part of the solution. There was alot of cleanup being done as well so maybe that would cut down the time needed for that as well .
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  blondie

  and the place was full of cigerette smoke, and we left reaking.

  Hi gidgetgirl.

  May a non-smoking restauarnt or one with a non-smoking section might be better. We don't go to assemblies any more but prefer non-smoking restaurants. I live in an area that promotes than anyway.

  Try www.google.com

  and put

  non-smoking restaurants

  and then the area you are from.

  It will pull up some possible choices.

  Blondie
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  undercover

  We have always been encouraged to pack our lunch, since packing became the thing to do. They make a point when they say if we leave then we miss out on fellowship with the brothers and sisters.

  I'm not saying it's a bad thing to take your lunch. It is cheaper and easier for a lot of people especially people with large families. You do get to talk and visit more. That's not a bad thing either.

  What makes me bristle is that the WTS has a letter read from the stage, admonishing us to not eat outside the facility during lunch AT ALL and then read some scriptures as if this some biblical mandate. The story of it makes for good fellowship sounds good and all, but it's just a smoke screen to keep us on the property, our dollars going into their contribution boxes instead of McDonald's cash registers, or, God forbid, city concessions run right under the WTS noses.

  You are right about one thing though. If it's all BS, why go? I don't plan on it myself but many here go at the pleading of family members who are still active.
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  heathen

  That's a good point undercover. The scripture quoted was used to enforce a belief based on how ancient Israelites determined when it was time to eat so therefore the society takes on the the role , I'm surprised they didn't suggest the same thing I mentioned because that's what the scripture implies . I know the ancient Israelites had to observe a sabbath as well where they couldn't eat or perform any duties for 24hrs . Now compare that to 6 and half hours , doesn't seem like much does it ?
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  BluesBrother

  Summer D C time is has become an exercise in herding the sheep where the masters want them to be at the time they want them there. I got to hate the rules and the do's an don'ts of the pre assembly meetings. As the Cong Secretary at the time it was usually given to me to deliver the Service Meeting items about the forthcoming "Spiritual banquet". I got to having to do them with a "Tongue in cheek" attitude.

  The last one I did was so bad that I was moved to write to Bethel and tell them what a harsh way they were dealing with the brothers. I got a very patronizing reply

  Mind you, is it only in the UK that the programmes are broadcast locally on FM radio.??

  Somebody that I know takes her car to a suitable place , parks in the shade and listens in comfort , finds a loo when she needs one and drives home when she has had enough . Sort of a drive in assembly...
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  metatron

  Now, this brings up a possibility!

  Just suppose some nasty apostates went on a letter writing campaign to all of the convention center

  administrators, begging them to open up the concession stands! Imagine the consternation of Watchtower

  negotiators confronted with piles of letters asking for food service held by the guys on the other side of the table!

  metatron
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  Amazing1914

  Apostates will be identified by bringing their prepared lunch in a MacDonalds bag.

  Yes. Maybe a bunch of us should show up, then order a catering service, with beer and pizza delivery ... yes, and stoke up a few cigars too.
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  acsot

  Maybe a bunch of us should show up, then order a catering service, with beer and pizza delivery ... yes, and stoke up a few cigars too.

  Amazing and his a wandering band of apostates, seeking out JW conventions and providing "food at the proper time" for the poor captivated masses.
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  Agent 1 of 1

  The DC of 2003 announced that brothers should report if they've rented from a hotel that was not on the list. I didn't have enough cash til the convention and then I was able to get a great deal online. And when they read this announcement, I was thinking to myself, WTF? There's no way I'm gonna go rat out myself.

  Yeah, yeah, maybe its to do further research on the possibility of having the hotel on the list, but I guessed even then that it probably had something to do with money. I wonder how many others did or didn't report.
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  FlyingHighNow

  Elborate cooked meals.

  Sandwiches, pudding, fruitbags, Shasta.

  Bring your own meals or go out for a meal.

  You can only bring your meal.

  You can only bring certain types of food for conventions. Absolutely no big A$$ coolers.

  Hell, we can't control people going out to eat or what they bring for lunches so we will have a break for lunch but you cannot eat. Do not bring in food. Do not leave for food.

  The next year: okay so we saw you all leaving the convention site for lunch out, last year, when we told you not to eat lunch at all. We said, "No eating lunch!" So it has become necessary that this year not only will there be NO eating, there will be NO break for lunch at all. The only break you are gonna get is for songs and prayer.

  The following year they post brothers with compound bows and machine guns at all of the doors of the convention to enforce the no lunch/no break rule.

  The following year upon hearing that a news team and senator will visit the conventions to investigate rumors of mass abuse, they bring back the armed brothers and the sisters are instructed to mix up some koolaid laced with cyanide.....

  Where is the control going to stop? Does it not get more ludicrous with each passing day?

  Flyin'