has anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating?
the convention that i attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena.
all arenas, stadiums etc.
YUP!
Great thread.
Those "special areas" certainly exist. I often got to sit there if I was assigned some sort of duty like attendants, or accounts etc...also when I was in Bethel. (most bethelites got to sit in the special Bethel Lounge)
It is real "status" thing. Those that sit there, then get to invite their selected family or friends to sit there.
There is NO DOUBT that this prestige spot goes to the heads of many JWs who sit there....
i found this photo on a facebook group--just had to grab and share.......look at the name sign in the background!.
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Great thread!
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firstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.
it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.
i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.
I appreciate the opening post.
It does indeed seem that there is a distinct change in the type of topics posted.
So, maybe we can do something about it. I used to post a lot of thoughts and topics as they came to mind. But I have backed off over the last few months, as I grew as a person I suppose.
Why dont we all start to post some more biblical, or JW based doctrinal observations again? If a thought comes to mind, please share it. You never know if it sparks anothers person's interest and ideas.
I guess it is up to us to change the atmosphere here if we want to.
Perhaps revive older threads we liked in order to get the ball rolling?
i'm a best man to a fader like myself and just now i have found out that 1/3 of guests are jws.
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would love some ideas on things to say in the speech to not cause offense to them.. thx in advance.. paul.
Good comments Wake Me! Yes, you are spot on.
I apologise for my earlier post on this thread.
well, its that time where i have to go to the boring convention.
so, i wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on how too pass the time (i cant just try and listen i fall will asleep and i cant let that happen).. (only got a few weeks before i have to go its going too kill me but i got too do it).
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Cos and sin! Hahahahahahah. . Nice one Wake Me!! I'm quite divided by your maths puns to be honest- but I guess they are a fraction of what you could have added here on the thread....
ectopic pregnancies, when detected, are usually treated by surgically removing them.
i always understood that this procedure was ok for jehovah's witnesses.
but the subject came up during pioneer school.
Just to re-iterate: That Circuit Overseer is a stupid idiot!
If the Society / GB dedicated as much effort to the child abuse issue as they did to tracking down those who expose their videos, the Australian Royal Commission would never have been needed!
Glad to see they have their priorities right!
Sick cultists...
well, its that time where i have to go to the boring convention.
so, i wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on how too pass the time (i cant just try and listen i fall will asleep and i cant let that happen).. (only got a few weeks before i have to go its going too kill me but i got too do it).
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Play a game of "spot the other Awake JW"....
guadelope an island near brazil has 1 in 49 people are witnesses.
403,000 population 8,300 witnesses!
the main language is french and cereol.
I wonder what the child abuse issue is like there....
i would like to think there was some good that resulted from our being a witness at one time..
For any supposed "benefit" it may have provided me, I can think of many "negatives" it also caused me!
We will NEVER get back our younger years and opportunities....and for that I am angry.
