Walk with Gawd District Convention - Video!

by Elsewhere 15 Replies latest jw friends

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    For those of you who are inclined toward sadomasochism, you might enjoy watching a very very very long video about this year?s district convention. It is video of the setup, the baptism (more victims), the infamous drama with the demonized kid and many short interviews with JWs at the convention.

    One interview that stood out to me was of a teen who commented on how "nice" the small district convention is... she totally failed to connect the dots that the convention is small due to falling attendance and budget cuts.

    Something that stood out to me was the glaring absence of any talks. Maybe they know that the general public would find what is said to be very "cult like".

    http://www.ghpstudios.com/html/walkwithgod.html

  • observador
    observador

    Hi Elsewhere.

    How nice of you. Didn't see the movie, but saw the pictures... good job! Thanks.

    Observador.

  • Stefanie
    Stefanie

    Who are those people?

    She looks familiar.

  • Netty
    Netty

    Notice the people being dunked, they really are just teenagers. Some of them are even younger than teenagers. Like someone mentioned in another thread recently, just the children of the already members.

  • minimus
    minimus

    I always thought it odd that the "brothers" allowed "sisters" to guard the contribution boxes.

  • Gopher
    Gopher
    Something that stood out to me was the glaring absence of any talks. Maybe they know that the general public would find what is said to be very "cult like".

    The WT Society's rules are that any recordings of their conventions are to be for "personal" use only. No distribution is allowed, probably for the reason that you mentioned.

    There weren't any comments about the wonderful food service arrangement! (Or how fun it was to drag coolers into this nice arena.)

    The quotes I liked:

    The young brother who said "The convention is pretty good SO FAR. It's kept me awake." (But he seems sure to fall asleep later during the convention, but there'd only been one session so far.)

    The sister who was asked what she learned said that the conventions are all stuff you already know. (Then why come?)

    One sister said the hotels were filled by the time they were announced, so their family had to drive back and forth a couple hours. Later, another sister (seemingly an elder's wife) said she was enjoying staying in town.

    Then what was this interviewer's obsession with asking all the little kids what they thought of the demon-possessed girl with that strange/scary voice during the drama? One five year old girl, when asked, said "ummmm.... I liked her!". Another young girl thought that a childbirth was being dramatized on stage!

    Which leads me to the question ... what are these nice people doing in an organization like THIS ONE?

  • 4JWY
    4JWY

    I was appalled at the interviewer's mentioning the demon possessed girl in the drama to all the little kids too! Especially when she asked the one little girl, "MAKES YOU SCARED, DOESN'T IT?" to which the girl says, "yeah."

    Talk about instilling the fear from the youngest of ages on. Sick.

    edit: oops, forgot, and the one asks the interviewer: "How'd the demon get in her?"

    Interviewer: "Satan does things like that."

    Then, notice how QUICKLY she tells the girl, "Bye" - before the girl can ask her any more questions that she doesn't know how to answer!

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere
    One sister said the hotels were filled by the time they were announced, so their family had to drive back and forth a couple hours. Later, another sister (seemingly an elder's wife) said she was enjoying staying in town.

    Yup! As the son of an elder I can attest to the fact that the elders make their reservations as soon as the list arrives and then they share the list with their friends... THEN the list is posted at the KH. By that time the hotels are likely to be full.

  • Soledad
    Soledad

    Oh

    My

    GOD!!!!

    note to self: before viewing anything of this type, please be sure to have adequate supply of pepto bismol in the house!!!!

  • Freedom Fighter
    Freedom Fighter

    Hi Elsewhere

    What a brilliant comedy thread - I had forgotten how bad these ASSemblies are!

    Did anyone else have the sudden urge to shout 'Don't do it! ' to that poor kid who ws ready to take the plunge. Funny how the parents kept emphasising how he wanted to get baptised of his own free will? In fact they pretty much laboured the point too much IMHO.

    What about about that nutcase who was practically screaming 'say Jehoober' (sorry elsewhere - just stole your material there) to her kid? The best bit was I recognised nearly all of these 'types' as most of them frequented my own KH. The faces are different but the behaviour and speech are exactly the same - Stepford doesn't have a look in.

    Thanks Else for a great laugh!


    FF

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