Posts by Lynnie

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Seattle Convention - any updates?

by Lynnie in

was wondering if anyone attended the seattle intl convention and what it was like?

saw some pics from instagram, seems like quite the.

big production for sure!

Lynnie

Was wondering if anyone attended the Seattle Intl Convention and what it was like? Saw some pics from Instagram, seems like quite the

big production for sure! How many were baptized and how many were children being baptized?

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Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

by sir82 in

jw
friends

here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

i would guess this is the wave of the future.

a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

Lynnie

Yes the traffic around the U-District and Lake Union should be just nuts on Friday! The traffice starts way before the

fireworks program! Perfect! Wonder how many delegates will wander over to Gasworks Park and watch the fireworks. Oh and the evening programs

is being held at Bell Harbor Conference Center or the Renassiance Hotel are not going to be cheap either.

The Renassiance is s 4 star hotel. I'm sure they could have found something cheaper and closer to Husky Stadium like

the Silver Cloud but I guess that wasn't fancy enough! And guess who pays for all this? HA!

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Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

by sir82 in

jw
friends

here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

i would guess this is the wave of the future.

a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

Lynnie

Are all conventions doing this or is it just Seattle? Seattle seems to have a rich amount of JW's to support this.

I think one of my cousins is putting together some song mix CD for the delegates which I thought was rather

strange since she's using worlding songs and not JW songs.

Is there only one convention held at Husky Stadium?

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June 1st Watchtower for the public

by Lynnie in

one of my smart ass friends gave me the public copy of the watchtower for june 1st, 2014 and the main article.

is about "god's view on smoking.

" okay it goes on and on about how we need to keep our body "clean" and.

Lynnie

One of my smart ass friends gave me the public copy of the Watchtower for June 1st, 2014 and the main article

is about "God's view on smoking." Okay it goes on and on about how we need to keep our body "clean" and

undefiled blah blah blah. Why doesn't this apply to alcohol too? Alcohol is harmful to the body or can be.

There's this line in the article that says "Jehovah wants us to be free from practices that harm our body but also from

those that corrupt our spirit, that is, our dominant mental inclination." The article goes blabs on but that sentence

could be applied to the consumpton of alcohol too! Wonder how many would leave if they decided to

ban alcohol? HA! I know there is no logic with the JW's but what the article says can apply to booze too. I guess they don't

see that!

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Disfellowshipping and reinstatement

by Lynnie in

so i was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the jw's for many years but is still favorable.

to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever.

thought about going back?

Lynnie

Yes I think that's the thing that bothers me the most, my cousin doesn't want to say anything

negative (about anything!) but it's obvious she doesn't want to go back all that much either. I know

she and I both hated going door to door and that is a big requirement of all JW's. Funny how

people can have blinders on for years!

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Disfellowshipping and reinstatement

by Lynnie in

so i was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the jw's for many years but is still favorable.

to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever.

thought about going back?

Lynnie

Yes I'm DF'd Apognophos. I was most amazed by my cousin's lack of knowledge that there is still that policy in place that

you need to sit in the back of the hall forever until the elder's decide you are worthy enough. She was trying to tell me

"things have changed so much" but couldn't really say what. Perhaps more lenient or some such? I'll have to follow

up with her to see what she meant by that. oh and I do find it interesting that she's not exactly running back herself!

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Disfellowshipping and reinstatement

by Lynnie in

so i was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the jw's for many years but is still favorable.

to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever.

thought about going back?

Lynnie

You are correct, LostGeneration. She met a nonbeliever and married him 3 months after

she met him to avoid any meeting with the elders (PO at that time) regarding premarital

sex I"m sure. But no one bugged her or stalked her like they did me after she got married.

I've heard of the inactive ones getting "reactivated" but wasn't really sure what that meant.

In the meantime I need to let my naive cousin know that it's just not as simple as she thinks for

me to join back up like she thinks it is. Yes she needs the TTATT badly but I don't think she would be

receptive.

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Disfellowshipping and reinstatement

by Lynnie in

so i was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the jw's for many years but is still favorable.

to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever.

thought about going back?

Lynnie

So I was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the JW's for many years but is still favorable

to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever

thought about going back?" and I told her that I was far too damaged from the treatment over the past

35 years to consider it. And I said "well if I didn't have to grovel at the elders feet for a year or more before I

was left back in that would be a consideration too. First she said that "oh you shouldn't focus on the human aspect"

Really? Then she said "oh I don't think they do that anymore (meaning having to grovel at the elder's feet)" and I'm

absolutely certain they still do no matter how long you have been out. I asked her if she was going back and of course

didn't get a definitive answer! She was the one that told me oh so many years ago that you could leave the JW's

at anytime and she did with absolutely no consequences. When I did a year after her I was stalked by elders for

2 years! Has anyone else heard of this? That you can just start right back up where you left off?

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What words has the WT redefined?

by Splash in

these days, virtually every public talk speaker thinks it's interesting and intellectual to include a dictionary definition of some word.

often the word is in common use and needs no explanation, such as 'exercise', or 'knowledge', or whatever.. now contrast that to all of the words that the wt has it's own meaning for, and referencing a dictionary for the common understanding of it would be viewed unfavourably.. words like 'generation' or 'men' (as in jesus is mediator between god and 'men' - 1tim 2:5-6).. what words have the wt redefined that you know about?

- i'd like to compile a list if possible.. splash.

Lynnie

How about LOVE? They certainly have redefined that word!

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Disfellowshipping - The 10 year rule?

by Gembean in

is it true there is a 10 year rule?

i was reading on here when i saw someone quote it?

i've never heard of it before!.

Lynnie

Yes I'm sure it does happen and it depends on who you are and who your family is.

My cousin left home at 15 lived with several different men and then when she turned 30

and her grandma died (uber JW) she decided to "study" again. Her dad is an uber elder

and she is getting showered with "love bombs". How long do people get to study before they are

told they need to "progress"? She been studying for over 2 years now and enjoying

all the social aspects the JW's have to offer. Still has lots of worldly friends too that she is

always going to music venues with.