Mysterious
Anyone else have people reminisce about the good old days when they had SEVEN day assemblies?? Sort of with the tone of how theocratic we used to be yadda yadda you young people have it easy. Or talk about how they slaved away in the kitchens preparing food for everyone.
Inquirer -- I don't know if you know, but they don't serve in the kitchen anymore. I think it's been like that for the last 10 years or so.
I swear the tones in the speakers' voices are worse when you are at the assembly halls! The microphones and all that really emphasize the speakers too much! And when you are going to the toilet you can still hear the talks... and the pitched changed a little because the echoes bounced around more when you when through different doors... The doors sweaked when you opened the toilet door and you walk down the steps... and you feel kinda nervous and there's the field attendance and you feel like crap because (well I did) your just an ordinary dub.... And when you went back in the assembly hall, you have to "use the other door" so it wouldn't be so distracting. You'd get in your seat and the guy at the platform was hard to see. You'd hurt your eyes looking at him. And everybody use to talk about how good it was to be a JW.... etc. And one of the big boys (circuit overseer -- I can't remember) use to tells us the results of our territory.... and, well you know how it all was...
Just where in the Bible does it talk about having district conventions and assemblies? Why do they make all these things mandatory?
I swear to Elohim, there was only about 10 people baptized last time. Or maybe there were some in the morning session and others in the afternoon session -- I'm starting to lose my memory on things... It's all to make you feel bad. Guilt trip. I swear, it's a requirement to study psychology before becoming a Governing Body member!
All I remember, is those tones they had. It's almost like being in the army really.
Assembly tomorrow
by Sam the Man 40 Replies latest jw friends
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inquirer
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Mary
Shall I grow some balls and snatch my kids from my wife and stay home? I'm sure they would be grateful
Absolutely.....just tell her that she's supposed to be in submission to you and not question your judgements as you're head of the family, right? Plus, you're not missing much. I endured one day of the summer assembly and they really emphasized "obedience" over and over and over and had really stupid illustrations up there............totally nauseating.
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Mary
Sorry, double post.
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Sam the Man
Well just to update you guys, I didn't go!
Unfortunately I developed an extreme case of IBS moments before we were due to leave.
Thats the good news... but the bad news is that my wife took the kids and told me that I am slipping. She must have mentioned it to one elder, a bloke I could never stand, complete ponce, who had the nerve to call me last night and ask me if there was anything wrong. I told him that it wasn't any of his concern, or, to put it more accurately, 'I really don't think that is any of your concern'.
He then told me that it was the job of the elders to 'look after the flock' yadda yadda yadda so he will be calling around my house tonight with another elder to 'see where the root of the problem lies'. This is it folks. My old life is about to be thrown down the toilet. I no longer believe - I am living a lie. I have to rescue my kids from the clutches of this monster before it's too late. Wish me luck.
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Lehaa
Hi, good luck Sam.
Hope all goes ok tonight. Remember it's your life, you're decisions.
Hated having everyone tel me what i should do then leaving me to clean up the mess later.
Will be thinkin of you, looking forward to hearing how things go.
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95stormfront
He then told me that it was the job of the elders to 'look after the flock' yadda yadda yadda so he will be calling around my house tonight with another elder to 'see where the root of the problem lies'. This is it folks. My old life is about to be thrown down the toilet. I no longer believe - I am living a lie. I have to rescue my kids from the clutches of this monster before it's too late. Wish me luck.
This is the one thing I won't tolerate from elders and other JWs, even my wife, their arrogant JW pre-disposition to think that they are in authority and can come in my house, where I'm paying all the bills, and speak to me from their pre-conceived position of seniority and finality.
Does not happen anymore.....nope....NADA......zilch.
The last couple of elders that came around and tried that with me got told in no uncertain terms that I knew where to find them if I needed them and not to come to talk to me unless asked personally by me.
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luna2
Good luck, Sam!
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steve2
Hey, I wish you courage in the face of the meeting. As they say, "feel the fear, but do it anyway."
I notice you talked about rescuing your children from the religion but nothing about your wife. Things that bad, huh?
Keep us posted - there is a wealth of experience and understanding for you on this forum that is hard to equal elsewhere at a time such as this.
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mrsjones5
This is the one thing I won't tolerate from elders and other JWs, even my wife, their arrogant JW pre-disposition to think that they are in authority and can come in my house, where I'm paying all the bills, and speak to me from their pre-conceived position of seniority and finality
That is exactly what I told my bil who was or still is (I have to ask my husband ) dating a jw woman (yeah I know ) who he was considering marrying. And from what I understand they are sexually active.
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kid-A
Well just to update you guys, I didn't go!
RIGHT ON!!!!