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I do not miss anything about the conventions
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this weekend nearly everyone i have ever known or that i am related to is sitting in a convention.

i miss none of it!!!!.

i do not miss:.
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?? Question for those that have successfully faded/are out:
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
question: can any of you that have successfully faded out of the jw world without being df'd or da'd relate to me/us how you were able to maintain at least one or a few of your "still in" friends or family?

(and even if you were df'd or da'd and still maintained some relationships, how did that go?).

obviously, the truly demented, sick and twisted (and highly effective) policies and structure of the wtbt$ to set up a system by which anyone that chooses to no longer believe or participate must be treated as "mentally diseased" and a pariah by their own friends and family is the hands down, numero uno reason why many hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of jw's do not leave.
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Did you ever actually believe the JW fantasy version of "Paradise"?
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am sure this topic has probably been discussed many times before but,......... i would like reassurance that i am not the only one who gagged every time i heard a jw pontificating on their fantasy version of what "paradise" will be like.

particularly when it comes to the animals.

more specifically, that the animals will all become vegetarians.
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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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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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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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WTBT$ and natural disasters- do they get paid to do the repairs?
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
when there is a natural disaster in the us, we always hear about the wtbt$ rushing in and doing all sorts of repair work for the local jw's and even for "worldly" neighbors.

a zillion examples of this in the katrina hurricane aftermath, various major floods around the country, tornadoes, fires, etc.

on the surface, this sort of charitable assistance appears to me to be one of the few truly loving and charitable things the wtbt$ ever gets involved with, and certainly all the volunteer jw's who work so hard doing this work deserve credit for their efforts.
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How does WTBT$ get away with not filing a public financial statement?
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i have often wondered how the wt gets away with this.

every other "non-profit" or charitable group i know of that takes in donations, has a board, etc must publicly show how they spent their money, how many donations have been given, their assets, etc.

even the individual congregations read the accounts each month and post them on the bulletin board.
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Convention Hotel "list"- Free rooms for JW/WT "dignitaries"?
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in all my years of being a jw, one of the more annoying aspects to me was each year sitting through the service meeting review part about what was expected (see: demanded) behavior and policies that the rest of us rank and file were ordered to comply with to attend a district convention.

the minutia in this part and the over-reaching set of rules were enough to drive me into a lather of rage at the audacity of these people thinking they could and should control every single aspect of my attendance to this "free" and voluntary convention.

from what clothing i can wear on my trip to and from the convention city, to what clothing i can wear before and after each day of the convention, to what i should be doing after each day instead of eating dinner and enjoying some good times with good friends, to insisting on wearing a ridiculous name badge, to what i should eat for lunch and where i should eat lunch and what is the appropriate container to keep my lunch in, to .................. the list is endless!!!!!!!!
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If you had the audience of the GB, what is your #1 question you would ask them?
by Darth Fader The Sequel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are a million of them and mine is by no means the most important question to ask them if i only had one shot at it.

but, i have always wondered what kind of bs excuse they would give as an answer to this question: "brother goober bum, given that there are both male and female partakers here on earth who claim to be of the 'anointed' and plan on being of the 144,000 ruling with christ in heaven for eternity........ why are the female 'anointed' treated as submissive, second class citizens and why is their opinion on doctrinal matters, matters of teaching and reproving, anything at all.... why are they not recognized while here on earth even though you claim that jesus has selected them to become angels to rule with him?

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