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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Balaamsass2

  ST GEORGE, Wow. I didn't know that about Van Morrison.

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  Van Morrison

  Kingdom Hall

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  Kingdom Hall Lyrics

  So glad to see you

  So glad you're here

  Come here beside me now

  We can clear inhibition away

  All inhibitions

  Throw them away

  And when we dance like this

  Like we've never been dancin' before

  Chorus:

  Oh, they were swingin'

  Down at Kingdom Hall

  Oh, bells were ringin'

  Down at the Kingdom Hall

  A choir was singin'

  Down at the Kingdom Hall

  Hey, liley, liley, liley

  Hey, liley, liley, low

  Do do do do do do, do

  Do do do do do do

  Do do do do do do, do

  Do do do do do do

  
  

  Good body music

  Brings you right here

  Free flowin' motion now

  When we're shakin' it out on the floor

  Good rockin' music

  Down in your shoes

  And when we dance like this

  Like we've never been dancin' before

  
  

  Repeat Chorus

  
  

  Down at the Kingdom Hall

  They were havin' a party

  They were havin' a ball

  Bells were ringing out

  And the choir was singin'

  Hey, liley, liley, liley

  Hey, liley, liley, low

  Do do, do do, do do, do do

  Sugar was there

  Did you see Sugar

  Down at the Kingdom Hall

  Sugar was tough"

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J33rOFMLUxc

  
  

  A wedding? Bad Dream? lol :)
  

  
  
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Balaamsass2

  All those week long conventions with new new new "life saving information". All I can remember is hunger, cold, heat stroke and sunburn....oh...and some multi colored books we were told to destroy years later.

  Oh! I do have one fond memory of Disneyland when we attended LA once. :)
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Balaamsass2

  :) lol Hell NO!!!!

  The last assembly I attended with 3rd Gen was over 10 years ago.

  Cow Palace, San Francisco.

  Saturday lunch rolled around. (We had just been subjected to mind-numbing ridiculous demonstrations of "Happy normal JW families" having the morning day text over breakfast. Ummmm...., don't these people have to get up before the sun to commute to work and school at different times? In what world do families have leisurely breakfasts (mom has time to cook?!) and day text discussions without a care in the world, or fear to be to a job on time? lol. ) Well after that stupid demonstration, lunch rolled around, and we headed towards the restrooms. EGADS!!!! the ladies' facility STANK ... horribly 100 ft from the door. So we decided to stop by our hotel just a mile away.

  30 minutes later we looked at each other and decided it was such a nice breezy Saturday... let's be tourists. We had a lovely day and skipped the rest of the Convention. No lightning bolts hit us.

  We had just finished reading "Crisis of Conscious" and the threads about Menlo Park on this site. It became our last Convention. :)

  Nope, no more Conventions!
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  What would happen to a JW for celebrating Christmas?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  mark jones writes:.

  if they were spied upon and it was reported to the elders they’d be “invited” to a judicial committee whereupon they’d be cross examined in a locked backroom by three men acting as judge and jury to decide if they are guilty.. .

  if the elders decide that they are guilty, they’ll then decide if the person is sorry.

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  What would happen? Depends. Are there TWO witnesses? A Confession? If not, zip.

  I have seen many PIMO JWs "get away" with almost anything for years by doing the old "deny and counter allege" routine. If only ONE person reports something, the "sinner" denies everything, states someone misunderstood, made a mistake, or is slandering, and demands to confront their accuser.

  The long-term effect is earnest honest people who confess, get disfellowshipped, and devious liars rise to the top.
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  found a picture of my first wife

  by stan livedeath in

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  Balaamsass2

  Longhair gal. YES. Any SINGLE sister with a nice figure is bound to raise eyebrows with every Church lady or insecure female in the Hall. lol.
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  Crisis of Conscience available for free on Audible

  by nicolaou in

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  2. bible

  i'm unclear on how this has been achieved or if permissions have been given.

  presumably, audible (part of amazon) have their own procedures to ensure legality, but here it is nonetheless;.

  listen to crisis of conscience - raymond franz by crisis of conscience - raymond franz on audible.

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  Balaamsass2

  Great story Jeff. Yes, what kind of Religion does that?
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  found a picture of my first wife

  by stan livedeath in

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  Balaamsass2

  That reminds me Stan, .... we left out the ex-wife's best friend. Always ready to corner us before we could get away, with her latest gossip and snarky remark about some sister's outfit or kids outfit.."Brother B do you think it proper for Sisters to.....wear/do xyz in the Hall?"

  Everyone knows her.. there are a few in every hall. CHURCH LADY.

  
  
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  found a picture of my first wife

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  Balaamsass2

  Dammmm ...that expression. Put it on Meryl Streep and THAT is MY first wife!!!!!

  That congregation...I must have given a talk in that hall. :) As I looked out over the Sunday crowd...the faces of the average JW hall as people's minds drifted. Sister z smirking at Sister Xs dress. Brother y preparing his Watchtower. All the kids whispering about where they would go to lunch after the Watchtower (now probably surfing the web and this site), the teenage girls parading up and down the isles to use the "restroom" and show off their legs and outfits. A few sisters judging my sentence structure and suit. While the true believers hang on every word in the first three rows. lol. Yep, a typical congregation. ...I also need a drink!
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Balaamsass2

  "Lose Lips Sink Ships" A common WW2 poster.

  Everyone has lose lips after too much booze.

  Old cranky ass Tony was mean, opinionated and abrasive when SOBER...on video. Can you imagine such an ass after a bottle of Scotch? He must have been a real gem around his GB co-workers.

  When you REALLY dislike an abrasive alcoholic co-worker, it is easy to find ways to help them move along to greener pastures.
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  Why Is Watchtower (Supposedly a Family Friendly Christian Publisher) Obsessed with Oral Sex?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you do a search on the wt website and type in "oral sex", you will get 69 results.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=oral+sex&p=par&r=occ&st=a .

  why does the wt.

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  Balaamsass2

  Watchtower reminds me of a cheap Tabloid newspaper. Everything is sensational, salacious, and "new" showing the world is coming to an end.....any...day...now....any day...

  Pornography has been around forever. Pick up any magazine on history or archeology about classical paintings and sites. Or other sites and temples in the far east. Watchtower is aware of this, it's just part of their pattern of lying.

  At most of my "worldly" work places for the past 40+ years pornography was not an accepted subject of conversation. Only at the Kingdom hall was pornography discussed regularly.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_in_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum