Post 11366 of 11372 Since 11/19/2004 | They had on in Sept of 2001, just days after the 9-11 attacks. Ours was held at Pontiac Michigan. WHAT A JOKE! They were practically frisking us at the door for recording devices and cameras. It was built up for weeks with special invitations to only certain congregations, elders, etc. We went, we sit, and THERE WAS PRECISELY ZERO 'NEW INFORMATION', which is what they said it would be. It was interesting though, that the police were on top of the dome with rifles and binoculars, since the entire nation was expecting further terrorist activity. But that was the most memorable part of the whole goddammed thing. Jeff - we almost went to that assembly! We heard the same story. They also said it was extremely cold in the stadium. |
Bonnie_Clyde
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Special Meetings with GB+ Scheduled for October in Patterson and Assembly Halls
by happyexjw inapologies if this has already been discussed, but saw this on the fb jehovahs witnesses, new, library, history page and wondered if anyone knew anything about it or has any idea what it could be about.
date: august 17, 2011 5:38:59 pm cdt.
to: the librarian <[email protected]>.
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Watchtower's view on gambling changed?
by donny ini just got off the phone with my mom and she told me my daughter had told her that the society has recently relaxed its rules on gambling.
she said something about some folks could be a card dealer and a jw.
has anyone heard anything in this regard?.
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Bonnie_Clyde
Clyde and I know of a ministerial servant and his wife who regularly go to casinos--it happens to by DIL's parents. Also a friend of Clyde's said he saw a couple of elders at a casino after an assembly. Maybe they just stopped by for coffee.
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Convention drama
by Gorbatchov ini did'nt like the convention (no surprice), but what do i hate the drama on saturday.
a shocking inside look in a jw perfect family.
the solution of their problems are stupid.
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Bonnie_Clyde
In a few days I will be posting what the "perfect JW family" life did to one of the children of a family in our area. The funeral was yesterday. Right now I'm just too angry.
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Rape can be fornication myth in the 1990s?
by Chemical Emotions inalthough it was wrong for the wtbts to claim this i the '60s, '70s, and '80s, i'm pretty sure (correct me if i'm wrong) that most "experts" believed it too.
idk.. but did most people believe, especially experts -in the 1990s- that if you don't scream or fight when threatend with rape, you have committed fornication?
the wts did.
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Bonnie_Clyde
Although it was wrong for the WTBTS to claim this i the '60s, '70s, and '80s, I'm pretty sure (correct me if I'm wrong) that most "experts" believed it too. Maybe not the '80s. IDK.
I'm inclined to think you are right. I remember a documentary on TV (wish I could remember the year, but believe it was early 70's) which dealt with the way rape victims were dealt with in court. It explained why many never took it to court because of the way they were mistreated. In one scenario the victim was asked about the length of her skirt, another was asked about her sexual history, another whether she undressed in her bedroom with the curtains open. The paradigm was often, "nice girls don't let themselves get raped."
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Which Generation Are You?
by Bonnie_Clyde inwhich generation are you?
and do you overlap with any or all of them?.
generation y has become the popular nickname for current teens and young adults.. .
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The most interesting part of this conversation is everyone's paradigm with respect to the word generation and the wry comments from those who recognise it.
Boomer. The generation that for all intents and purposes is no longer contributing to the world's population (or, at least, shouldn't be).
The article from the "Pew Research Center" states that "As the zeitgeist changes, labels that once seemed spot-on can fall out of fashion. Generational names are works in progress."
Anyway, I found it interesting that none of these generation labels were for more than 20 years, contrary to WT doctrine.
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Which Generation Are You?
by Bonnie_Clyde inwhich generation are you?
and do you overlap with any or all of them?.
generation y has become the popular nickname for current teens and young adults.. .
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Bonnie_Clyde
Which “Generation” are you? And do you “overlap” with any or all of them?
Generation Y has become the popular nickname for current teens and young adults.
Millennial Generation refers to those born after 1980, the first generation to come of age in the new millennium.
Generation X covers people born from 1965 through 1980. X-ers are often depicted and described as savvy entrepreneurial owners.
Baby Boomer is drawn from the greet spike in births that began in 1946—following the end of World War II the year before—and ended almost as abruptly in 1964, around the time the birth control pill first went on the market.
Silent Generation describes adults born from 1928 through 1945. Children of the Great Depression and World War II, their “silent” label refers to the conformist and civic instincts that we associate with many of them. (It also makes for a nice contrast with the noisy waves of the anti-establishment boomers.)
Greatest Generation, those born before 1928, is the generation that fought and won World War II, both overseas and on the home front.
Source: Pew Research Center
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When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed? Why It Matters - What the Evidence Shows
by wannabefree inobviously 607 is a problem, watchower coming out full forces on this one in the latest public edition.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/wp_e_20111001.pdf.
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Interesting that the first article in the 10-1-11 WT asks the question, "Have You Been Lied To?", referencing the churches. Who's lying?
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Oct 15, 2011 WT on jw.org now
by Gayle ini could only scan quickly,,but some could point out other things there:.
(quote) we can create opportunities.
to rejoice with them by occasionally inviting.
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Bonnie_Clyde
The thing is when R&F writes a letter to the WT and if the letter looks like something the writing dept. see serious and can't handle they send that letter with their own letter back to the local congreation the R&F goes and the local elders look into it.
I thought this was partly because they don't want the liability of giving an answer that could cause legal problems. Let the local elders shoulder the responsibility.
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Service Meeting says "Leave Everything"
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inthis has probably been addressed, but i'm in a rush and wanted to get this out asap while it's fresh and before i have to run off again.
and i don't have the km with me to note the exact instructions and passages discussed, anyway.... last week in the service meeting, there was an unusual part that i wish i would have been prepared for.
the only material was to read a couple passages from luke and discuss how they affect our attitude toward our ministry.
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Bonnie_Clyde
Now that we have ATM machines at the assemblies, we can even go in debt to keep the WT funded.
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Did you REALLY like the music played at meetings? Did people in your cong. seem to like them?
by Chemical Emotions ini couldn't stand it.
never heard any of it played live, which i imagine would be much better, but still... i find it annoying.
for people who like that type of music, i guess it was good.
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Bonnie_Clyde
I loved many of the Kingdom songs--I admit, some were not so good. I was the piano player for many years at both the Kingdom Hall and sometimes at the assemblies. I would liven them up a little bit and got lots of compliments. Never learned the words too well as I was mostly just playing music. But occasionally a song gets into my head and it's hard to get rid of it.