Topics Started by Darkside Blues

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EVIDENCE CONVENTION-ATTENDANCES ARE IN DECLINE?
by steve2 in
1. jw
2. friends
there are many threads on this forum about the stultifying tedium of the conventions.

memories of one convention merge with every other convention over the years with few sticking out as high points.. in recent years, there have been lots of anecdotal reports (primarily from western countries) of an astonishingly low number of baptismal candidates at these conventions, and in particular district conventions - especially compared to the higher numbers who presented for baptisms in earlier decades.

is this decline also reflected in general attendances at the conventions?.
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Meeting Not Cancelled but Postponed
by wisdomfrombelow in
1. jw
2. friends
there's a big snowstorm on the east coast and i found out that the school and service meeting was not cancelled but postponed to tomorrow.

why do they think it's so important to have it so they ruin another evening after shoveling snow?

just venting.....
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Interview with a former Bethelite who now knows TTATT
by RayPublisher in
1. jw
2. experiences
if you like these here's one with a fellow that has gotten his family out recently:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nqfprloog.
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Well my JW elder dad has lost his job...
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. experiences
as a little background, my dad became a jw in 1980 i think, went to bethel, married my mom in 86' went back for another year and then i came along... he worked in the auto repair shop at bethel while he was there, and upon leaving, continued working in this field.

my whole life they have been the type of jw parents that tell you how you will never get to high school, never graduate it, never get married in this system, never have children in this system etc.. i say this to illustrate the end is just around the corner attitude they have always had, probably because they fully bought/buy into the hype at the conventions/wt articles.

my father has no plan in place for retirement, and he is physically slowing down doing such hard laborious work.
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How Long Have You Been Viewing Thiis Site? Does It Serve Its Purpose For You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been here forever.... this site still gives us some of the most up to date info about jws .

it keeps evolving.

sometimes it is the place to be and i think that's especially true for newbies.
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Today's WT study
by piztjw in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so as i looked at the material i was struck by a few thoughts about this article.. par.

6 glossed over the idea that we can pray for ourselves, or our needs.

9-11 on one hand they say jesus did not harshly criticize peter or the apostles for falling asleep instead of praying continually, and on the other hand make veiled threats if we should feel tired out by life.
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if i knew then what i know now....
by jeremiah18:5-10 in
1. jw
2. experiences
if you could go back and utilize the knowledge of ttatt that you have now, how would it have impacted your decisions?.

for me, i would've made some different choices.

i now see that my depression over losing my position in the congregation and watching what i perceived to be my entire world fall apart around me, left me highly susceptible to influence.
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What was YOUR wake-up call before you left the JW´s organization?
by Mr Fool in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what was your wake-up call(s) before you left the jw s organization?

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Do you know some witnesses that refuse to go to some restaurants because of the name like....
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
lucky, luck, magic, fortune, etc...do you also know some of them that just shrugged it off and still went there to eat?.
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did any of you jW read orwells 1984 or Animal Farm
by nonjwspouse in
1. jw
2. experiences
read them while you werre still active and didn't know ttatt yet?.

i am wonderiing about your thoughts, and did you read, recognise, anything that disturbed you, familiariaties.

did you notice them?.