around my area, they've been putting different districts together. I remember around 1996 there be about 8,000 in attendance, then that number dropping to 4,000 and two years ago they added another district to our own to bring the number back to 8,000.
Posts by Dune
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20My District Convention Is Being Held At An Assembly Hall
by enlightenedcynic inif this topic has been discussed previously, i apologize, but next week i unfortunately must attend the dc which is being held at the local assembly hall.
there are benefits to this as i don't have to rent a car or room for myself and family.
the downside to this is that it will now be harder to miss segments of the program or an entire day without being scrutinized.
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counsel to youth
by bluebeads in-> no higher education...i mean what the hell is wrong with these ppl?.
i'm 19, i'm a publisher and screw that i' am going to university!!
just finished my 2nd year.
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Dune
You sound alot like my brother, lol. I went through that when i first graduated from HS. Going to college is one of the best (if not THE best) things i've ever done for myself. I've only been in for two years and even though its hard i dont want it to end.
I'm glad to see that there are people other than me sticking it to the WTBS and going to college anyway. Congrats.
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Ripped off ebay buyer gets revenge
by IP_SEC in.
seller beware!, of what you leave on your hard drive.
http://www.amirtofangsazan.blogspot.com/
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Dune
Lol, i'm reformatting my harddrive on my old PC right now...
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"My Dad is Watching Pornography" JW TEEN part 2. BAD!
by Dune infor those who are not familiar with the story heres the page.
so just to sum it up a bit, this girl caught her dad watching porn, told me about it and then talk about ways to get him to stop watching it.
apparently she never told the elders and apparently he stopped watching porn.
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Dune
Final Update:
Well, i ended up having to call the police friday night, my friend knew it was me and wasnt too happy about it so i doubt that i'll be hearing anything about the situation anytime soon. She still had it in her head that the elder's would handle it correctly.But we all know where that would have went.
They (the girl, her sister and mother)are staying at an uncles house, the sister seems to be ok, but the mother is disillusioned. The police didnt do anything to the father yet, but by then she was audibly irritated with me and cut the convo short, lol. Thats as much information as i got and as i said, i doubt that i'll be talking to her again anytime soon.
I kind of wanted to see how the elders would handle the situation, but it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that they probably wouldnt have done anything considering there werent two witnesses and the girl wasnt baptized.
Anyway, i'm pretty sure she'll start talking to me again in a few weeks and i'll update if anything interesting comes up, but as far as i'm concerned the most important thing is that the sister is away from that enviroment.
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"My Dad is Watching Pornography" JW TEEN part 2. BAD!
by Dune infor those who are not familiar with the story heres the page.
so just to sum it up a bit, this girl caught her dad watching porn, told me about it and then talk about ways to get him to stop watching it.
apparently she never told the elders and apparently he stopped watching porn.
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Dune
She's not telling me what the elder's are going to do and we havent spoken since yesterday afternoon.
I REALLY didnt want to call the police but i gave her an ultimatum that was she would either have to call the police by today or I would call them myself and not care whether or not she would talk to me ever again.
I know this is going to sound weird, but i keep getting this vibe that she's more angry over the fact that her dad molested her sister(as opposed to her) than the fact that the sister was molested in the first place.
Also, she's acting extremely immature and she's looking this as a test of her maturity and ability to handle these kinds of situations. Which is why she snapped at me when i told her to call the police and forget the elders.
Her mother doesnt know yet, but she's bound to find out soon enough and this may lead to a divorce and a custody battle.
Anyway, I'll try to call her later to see whats up and update tonight.
~Dune
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Young People Ask publication - Has anyone noticed the different youths...
by What-A-Coincidence in.
there seems to have been 2 or 3 different covers on the ypa book since the ones who have been replaced have been disfellowshipped for fornication and other sins.. can anyone post these different covers?
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Dune
When i get home i'll try to find both versions, it was kind of funny how they used people of almost the same ethnic background.
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The last cry for help as faith burns out
by Qcmbr inmany here have lost once bedrock faith via various means.
like a sun burning up all its fuel i find some people experience a last explosive attempt to retain faith before finally walking away spent and unfulfilled.
did you have a moment when you gambled all on a last attempt to get god's attention and answer all those inexorable doubts?
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Dune
Right before i simply stopped caring, i had a part in the Circuit Assembly. For about 4 months aftwards i tried, i REALLY tried to hold back leaving, i even stopped posting on JWD for a week or two and ferverently pray for god to give me a sign that all of this (JWD) was a lie and that i was foolish. Then i ordered COC and that took care of that, lol. :-).
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Not swearing is proof of the "truth"
by pennycandy inthis was a said by my jw relative to my never-been-jw husband this weekend, during a conversation about the prevalence of swearing.. "my friend maria's husband [was unbelieving mate, now a witness] always swore like a sailor.
he said he could see jehovah's witnesses had the truth because they didn't use bad language.".
for all the reasons for believing jw's have the truth, this was a new one to me..
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Dune
Peter loved swearing.
Matthew 26:75.
Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, "I do not know the man!"
Why cant we?
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"My Dad is Watching Pornography" JW TEEN part 2. BAD!
by Dune infor those who are not familiar with the story heres the page.
so just to sum it up a bit, this girl caught her dad watching porn, told me about it and then talk about ways to get him to stop watching it.
apparently she never told the elders and apparently he stopped watching porn.
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Dune
Yeah, i guess you're right on this one. I hope i dont come across as a a$$hole, but a part of me wanted to keep out of it to see how the elders handle it. But I guess waiting for them isnt a good idea. Thanx for the advice.
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"My Dad is Watching Pornography" JW TEEN part 2. BAD!
by Dune infor those who are not familiar with the story heres the page.
so just to sum it up a bit, this girl caught her dad watching porn, told me about it and then talk about ways to get him to stop watching it.
apparently she never told the elders and apparently he stopped watching porn.
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Dune
Yeah, i tried that, but the girl got extremely angry at me, for some reason she thinks that she needs to handle this herself and got angry when i suggested calling the police.