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  If "The Feast" of the RC is so vitally important for every JW to consume.........

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

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  ....... then why wouldn't the wtbt$ easily make the entire program, complete with rockstar gb's, cheesy dramas, etc, available on youtube or some other free or almost free web streaming service?

  obviously it is a huge burden for a majority of the "friends" to attend a regional convention and many either cannot go or it takes all of our their funds (or borrowed funds) to be able to make it.

  how about all the "friends" that are morbidly obese, infirm, have extreme health conditions, have unbelieving mates, or have mental issues which prevent them from attending a convention?

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  I just went to that link. First page requires log in and password. Hardly "a feast".
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  Your most DISTURBING WATCHTOWER Bethel/Branch experience? (No full names please)

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok.. you 70 plus bethelite members.... this is your chance to share stories!

  inquiring minds want to know !no full names please..follow t.o.s.

  to avoid borg libel lawsuits).. i will start the ball rolling with week one.

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  joe134cd- I cannot vouch for Sparky's story (and have no reason to doubt him either) but I can vouch that pigs and bull penis are dried and used for things like walking canes. They used to dried bull penises as walking canes in a hunting supply catalog we used to get as kids. It was a novelty type item. But it is true.
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  The Memorial- Passing the emblems, a prime display of weirdness

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

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  not sure if this bothered other people, but it absolutely drove me crazy!!!!.

  ok, typical annual memorial.

  the emblems are being passed around.

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  Designs- no, just what I have seen on TV/movies. I did tour a large Catholic church once and I guess they were doing their rituals at the time but I could not see much.
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  If "The Feast" of the RC is so vitally important for every JW to consume.........

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ....... then why wouldn't the wtbt$ easily make the entire program, complete with rockstar gb's, cheesy dramas, etc, available on youtube or some other free or almost free web streaming service?

  obviously it is a huge burden for a majority of the "friends" to attend a regional convention and many either cannot go or it takes all of our their funds (or borrowed funds) to be able to make it.

  how about all the "friends" that are morbidly obese, infirm, have extreme health conditions, have unbelieving mates, or have mental issues which prevent them from attending a convention?

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  ....... then why wouldn't the WTBT$ easily make the entire program, complete with rockstar GB's, cheesy dramas, etc, available on YouTube or some other free or almost free web streaming service? Obviously it is a HUGE burden for a majority of the "friends" to attend a regional convention and many either cannot go or it takes all of our their funds (or borrowed funds) to be able to make it. How about all the "friends" that are morbidly obese, infirm, have extreme health conditions, have unbelieving mates, or have mental issues which prevent them from attending a convention? So why wouldn't the GB/FD&S/WTBT$ just have fewer RC's and let the poor JW's stay home and watch from home? Wouldn't that be the loving thing to do given the simplicity of the technology now and the massive hardship the conventions cause so many?

  The ONLY reason I can think of why they do not already do this is because the WTBT$ would lose out of the donations made at the conventions. This also must have something to do with the new trend started this year to have larger stadium conventions and have less of them. So maybe they are headed in that direction? But those decisions won't be made out of love or relieving a burden. It will be made because the $$ numbers do not work out for the WTBT$ to keep putting on expensive conventions if they do not profit enough in donations to make it worth while.
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  Would you do this to your kids? Is this cold or am I crazy?

  by BU2B in

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  2. experiences

  my mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.

  she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.

  she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.

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  BU2B- you have some VERY douche-baggy inlaws there. You have every right to be disgusted and cut those people out of your life. But, I've got you beat. My inlaws are much worse than yours. Trust me on this. Much worse.
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  The Memorial- Passing the emblems, a prime display of weirdness

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if this bothered other people, but it absolutely drove me crazy!!!!.

  ok, typical annual memorial.

  the emblems are being passed around.

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  Oh yes!!! The "official count"!!!! I saw some people this year anticipating reaching the stupendous 20 million mark worldwide with breathless enthusiasm. None of them ever stopping to consider that the vast, vast majority of people who only show up for the Memorial each year are NOT newly interested ones from the field service or invitation campaigns. No, the vast, vast majority that show up for their annual meeting are ex-JW's who are there to please their still-in families so they can continue to have family dinners that year and have their parents babysit the grandkids now and then without being treated as scum of the earth because "they didn't even go to the MEMORIAL!!!!!"
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  The Memorial- Passing the emblems, a prime display of weirdness

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if this bothered other people, but it absolutely drove me crazy!!!!.

  ok, typical annual memorial.

  the emblems are being passed around.

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  OMG...... I cannot stop laughing, Splash!!!
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  The Memorial- Passing the emblems, a prime display of weirdness

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if this bothered other people, but it absolutely drove me crazy!!!!.

  ok, typical annual memorial.

  the emblems are being passed around.

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  Splash- I am belly laughing so hard right now it hurts!!!!!! Absolutely mad.

  Apognophos- the refusal to leave the stage thing is another one that is pure hocus-pocus, INSANITY!!!!!! Great call back on that one.
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  JW.ORG Business Cards?

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody else get an announcement at their meeting about the branch approved jw.org business cards?.

  apparantly, they're real slick and fit into your wallet (making it easier to informal witness).

  the logic was, some people don't want to be handed a big tract and would prefer something smaller.. so strange considering how little there is to those tracts!

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  I say it all the time, Vidlot........ Amway. Pure, unadulterated Amway.
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  Convention Season-"Saving Good Seats" & Other Embarrassing Behavior

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since it is the convention season (and i am not attending this year or ever again), and i have been seeing other posts about some of the goings on at the various ic's and rc's, i am reminded of some of the truly embarrassing behavior i have "witnessed" (pun intended) over my lifetime of being a jdub at the various conventions and assemblies.

  probably the most disillusioning experience at a convention that i have ever had was one year when i volunteered to be an attendant.

  all of the volunteers were asked to attend a special meeting a few months beforehand to get instructions for our duties as attendants.

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  Thanks, Jgnat.