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  Brain Removal

  by calico in

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  if you're gonna be a jw, you might as well have your brain removed--it has no use!

  (sorry, having a bad day)

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  Alana

  ((((Calico))))

  I hope your bad day is over!
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  Q- wordspeak: Have you used this?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  http://www.q-software.com/help_nwt.htm

  q-wordspeak is able to display verses from the new world translation if you already have the "watchtower library on cd-rom" (the english language version.

  ) program installed on your computer.

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  Alana

  I think my ex-mother-in-law used something like that.......that is, until the elders in her congregation said that using a computer program to look up or print out the scriptures for the meetings wasn't "right". They said that it was basically being lazy or something to that effect. In other words, if you loved Jehovah, then you would use your Bible....especially at the KH, to set the good example.
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  Best, worst and weirdest assembly halls...

  by Jamelle in

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  a recent thread about the experience of attending the 1969 convention as a young child really started me thinking.

  i have several fuzzy memories of assemblies i attended as very young child.

  this got me onto the track of the rather odd, uncomfortable or even really cool buildings i have visited over the years as a result of those conventions.. so my questions to everyone are:.

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  Alana

  
  For some reason part of my last post didn't paste right......so here it is:

  I remember going up to South Bend for a District Convention. And, I most definitely remember going to Cicero to the race tracks. I didn't like the one with the outdoor bleacher seating....talk about uncomfortable. One time someone got shot in the parking lot of our hotel....I think we drove up there daily after that. It was nice, though, to watch over the stage area and watch the horses. I hated the drive and parking at Cicero. In fact, when my congregation would be officially assigned to Cicero, most from our KH would go down to Springfield instead, where the majority of our Circuit was usually already assigned. The Springfield conventions (in recent eyars) were held indoors and had a hotel connected to the convention center and other motels within walking distance. Back when I was a kid, however, they had the Springfield conventions outdoors at the State Fairgrounds. It was usually so hot or it would rain. Fortunately, my dad was usually in charge of the First Aid department in those days and they always had all or part of that department air conditioned, for those who got sick. Oh daddy dear....may I visit you (and your wonderful air-conditioning)? ahhhhh..........
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  Best, worst and weirdest assembly halls...

  by Jamelle in

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  a recent thread about the experience of attending the 1969 convention as a young child really started me thinking.

  i have several fuzzy memories of assemblies i attended as very young child.

  this got me onto the track of the rather odd, uncomfortable or even really cool buildings i have visited over the years as a result of those conventions.. so my questions to everyone are:.

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  Alana

  Jamelle (& the others that I see also have similar memories....),

  OMG….I know the places you are talking about! I think it’s pretty cool when someone else is familiar with the area in which I grew up.

  I remember going up to

  I think my choice would have to be the Romeoville assembly hall in . The words I think of when I think of that building are grey, grey and more grey. It was a boring box - no character - nothing to look at inside - the roof was so high there was no way to easily count ceiling tiles while pretending to listen to the talks. Now when a gal can't even count ceiling tiles to keep herself sane, that's pretty sad!

  And then there is …..I used to have a copy of the building plans from my Dad. He was so proud of that building and that he was privy to such information. When I moved back to the state in 1994 we went to that Assembly Hall a few times, but then my ex-husband & I faded out soon after that. I just remember spending most of my time out in the area where they served lunch, since I had an active toddler who did not handle sitting very long very well. I would get “that look” from the attendants….you know, the “please teach your child to sit down and leave this area” look.

  My favorite assembly hall's name is lost to me. I attended there as a young child - probably over 18 years ago. It was somewhere in and it was a beautiful old theatre - probably turn of the century (the last one).

  If I am thinking of the same Assembly Hall, it was on . It was a beautiful old threatre. That’s where I was baptized….in that little Jacuzzi-like pool they had downstairs. I remember working in the kitchen when they still served the hot meals…that was fun, I thought…mainly because of not getting to leave the session to work. My dad was head of the accounts department at those assemblies, and my friend and I would either help him or just hang out there…the auditing department was hidden up in the loft areas upstairs and to the right of the stage area. We would sometimes sit out on the fire escape and just watch things outside. We got to park in a reserved section, because of Dad, so we didn’t have to walk as far as most folks. It wasn’t a good neighborhood, though. Especially scary to we folks from down in rural central . We were told not to leave the Assembly Hall at all. My friends and I would hang out in the entry lobby and just watch the neighborhood. But, one day, a couple of teenage brothers that we knew decided to walk to the little drug store on the corner for some gum or something and were mugged. I did like that Assembly Hall, though….it had some character. Does anyone else remember this Assembly Hall and where exactly it was located? I just can’t remember where on is was located.

  “Alana”
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  Did you know of any "Reproved" JWs that were "shunned" as if they were DF'd

  by booker-t in

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  i remember years ago a "sister" (i'll call her "betty") had transferred into our congregation from another congo.

  apparently she had been put on public reproof at her old hall.

  but when she started attended my kh most of the witnesses there "shunned" her to the point when the presiding overseer had to make an annoucement to the congo that went like this "some of you friends are treating sister betty as if she is a disfellowshipped person.

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  Private Reproof gets all the brothers and sisters wondering why you aren't commenting at the meetings, carrying mikes, giving talks, etc.

  You know, in retrospect, the elders did me a huge favor when I was privately reproved.......I no longer felt the pressure of having to participate at the meetings......I didn't study just in order to find a comment to make my token effort. I actually listened and studied for myself. I also paid more attention to what was being said and thus the seeds of doubt began to sprout more and more by what I actually saw and heard. I saw the obvious parroting of the "food" being provided and no real thinking or explaining.

  Right now I am actually just inactive.....for about 10 years now......and some people either treat me like I'm DF'd or DA'd or seem uncomfortable when they see me.....like they don't know if something has been announced or not. I will speak and if they want to avoid me, then so be it. However, my hometown congregation will still treat me pretty well.....probably because my elderly mom still attends......if I go to a funeral or something. However, they won't go out of their way to invite me to any anniversary or other gathering.....guess I might pollute it. Since my wedding last year in the Methodist Church, I'm wondering what some of them think. I think some were just glad I got married, instead of living in sin, for my mom's sake. My husband tries to emphasize to me that it doesn't matter what they think.

  (sorry for hijacking the thread....)

  "Alana"
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  A Special Tribute To Someone In My Life....Part 1

  by SWALKER in

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  a special tribute

  on december 20, 2005, i lost someone very dear to me.

  until now, i havent been able to speak of his death and its still almost too fresh and painful to write about even today.

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  Alana

  ((((((((((SWALKER)))))))))

  I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your special family member. I love dogs, too, and believe that they are people too! (My German Shepherd does the same refrigerator thing.....he wants to help so much.) Is that your dog on your avator? I love that pic.

  "Alana"

  p.s.--I just finished the book "Marley & Me" and I recommend it to all dog lovers.......
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  Wife and Words

  by GramblingMan in

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  ok so i have pissed my wife off today, but i couldn't hold my tongue on this one.

  lol

  we are going bowling tonight and she had on this sweatshirt that her daughter (also jw) gave her from college.

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  Alana

  Speaking of the newspeak, does anybody remember when there was a ban on saying "human being" - the theory was that only JHVH was a "being"; everyone else is a "creation". And as I recall it was practically demonized to say "lucky" but somehow it was OK to use "fortunate".

  OMG....Yes! I don't know how many times my dad went on the "being"/"creation" tangent. Oh yes, and as a kid I loved Lucky Charms cereal, but my mom said she wouldn't get it because of the name. I told her I'd cross out the name and write Fortunate Items if she wanted. (I was spoiled, so I eventually did get the cereal, but had to put it in Tupperware and throw away the box. LOL)
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  What were you disfellowshipped for?

  by Kristofer in

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  i recently had a discussion with a witness friend (i'm a secret) and she claimed that witnesses only get disfellowshipped for being unrepentant for immoral acts.

  i am curious to know from those who have been disfellowshipped, what was it for?

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  Alana

  My dad (God rest his soul) was the P.O. for many years and 'high up' the ranks in our Circuit. According to him a person could get disfellowshipped for anything. For instance, if you ignored counsel by the elders, you could be DF'd for having a bad attitude (and thus could spread it and contaminate the entire congregation).

  My first husband was DF'd as we split up......everyone assumed it was for immorality with another sister, but it was actually because he refused to listen to the elders and try to work on our marriage. He did have an attitude problem.....with just about everyone....and was very arrogant. I think they DF'd him to try to teach him a lesson. It didn't work and he's happily moved on in his non-JW life (which I think is wonderful)

  So, basically, you can be DF'd for just about anything if you piss off the elders enough.

  ~"Alana"
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  My 14-year-old has a same sex attraction.....

  by Alana in

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  ....and i'm not sure how to handle it.

  actually, if she were getting too close to a boy, i probably wouldn't know how to handle it either....lol.

  but, as a parent, i'm not sure how to talk to her about it, as it's something i'm familar with.

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  Alana

  i would have picked the boy too

  Joelbear, you crack me up sometimes! LOL
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  My Dad died this evening

  by Mulan in

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  i thought i would let you know that my dad, passed away a little while ago, tonight, january 23. they called me at 6pm to tell me.

  he had been failing rapidly for the past month, and had completely lost his hearing and was totally blind.

  the dementia was extreme too, and he still knew me on thursday, but didn't wake up to know me in the following days.

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  Alana

  ((((MULAN))))

  You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

  ~"Alana"