YEAH! Simon we all owe you a debt of gratitude! Thanks, you are appreciated.
rassillon
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Hats off to Simon for this board
by truthseeker ini wanted to personally thank simon for all his hard work in keeping this board running, for the better part of six years.
it's not easy keeping track of thousands of members, dealing with their complaints etc, but he's done it.. i know a few old timer's have left, but many more have joined, some of them who held or are holding prestigious positions in the society.. we need this board for the sake of us, newbies and the lurkers.. does it matter if new jw boards appear?
to quote a favorite wt phrase, "not at all!
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My District Convention Last Weekend
by rassillon inwell, iast weekend was my dc.
it was at the merrell center in katy tx.. for those of you not in this district, this is the one which encompasses the houston, texas area.
several years ago we were holding our dc in the astrodome, the whole district on one weekend.
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WOTS, Hey, what are you doing here?
I thought you were a kingite ;) LOL JK
I am warrior from the paradise cafe, I don't go there anymore cause almost everyone there are uber-weird.
Are you following me? ;)
Good to have you here.
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Update! The pressure is rising, Elders on my trail!
by drew sagan inhere is yet another update on what is going on in my world.
the elder i talked to a while back just couldn't let it be and now want's to have another discussion.
he now wants to meet with with another elder from the hall.
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I think you should do as lovesdubs suggested, don't answer their questions. I also like to get offended when someone asks me a question I don't want to answer something like Elder: Drew, do you think that this is God's orginization Drew: "I am offended, I will not dignify that with an answer!" or "Does it matter what I THINK, that won't change the FACTS" or "I believe what the bible says" Oh and yeah, record it, I would say buy a digital recorder if you can cause it will recorde for hours. You should control the conversation. I would also tell them that if they want to meet with you they should provide you a written agenda of what will be discussed. Prepare answers and don't deviate form it, when you have covered everything on the agenda tell them to leave. -r
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My District Convention Last Weekend
by rassillon inwell, iast weekend was my dc.
it was at the merrell center in katy tx.. for those of you not in this district, this is the one which encompasses the houston, texas area.
several years ago we were holding our dc in the astrodome, the whole district on one weekend.
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SR, being a noob and having not been associated with the ORG since 13 you probably don't understand how just quiting can rip a family apart. I suggest you read some of the old posts and experiences so that you can understand what people quiting go through. I bet of those that have been smokers (i am not one) would say smoking was easier to quit. Welcome to the board BTW. -r
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My District Convention Last Weekend
by rassillon inwell, iast weekend was my dc.
it was at the merrell center in katy tx.. for those of you not in this district, this is the one which encompasses the houston, texas area.
several years ago we were holding our dc in the astrodome, the whole district on one weekend.
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Just to clarify for some of you, The parking of this place is just stupid, even if you get there early you can't get any closer, I was there early. As for the walk, I am in good shape, I workout almost every day, so the walk in and of its self did not bother me, it was the walk in a suit with books food and seat cushions in tow and it being 90 at 7:30am. Our previous location I only had to walk 1-2 minutes. I know it sounds petty but for that to start off your day, then to be cramped all day long then to make the trek back to your boiling car in 105 temps is not my idea of REFRESHING. I know I sound like a candyass, but I normaly don't vocalize these things I just suck-it-up. But I wanted you guys to know my pain and get the real experience. itsallgoodnow, yo, PM me, we should talk, maybe we know each other or at least know mutual people.
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My District Convention Last Weekend
by rassillon inwell, iast weekend was my dc.
it was at the merrell center in katy tx.. for those of you not in this district, this is the one which encompasses the houston, texas area.
several years ago we were holding our dc in the astrodome, the whole district on one weekend.
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Well, Iast weekend was my DC. It was at the merrell center in Katy TX.
For those of you not in this district, this is the one which encompasses the Houston, Texas area.
Several years ago we were holding our DC in the Astrodome, the whole district on one weekend. I don't know the exact reasons for the move in venues but I have heard that it was because the price for the dome went up and we were no longer allowed to clean seats with tooth brushes to offset some of the cost.
For the past two years we were move to a college arena about a hour and a half away. In College Station Texas, yep....the town is called college station. Anyway, the arena there was actually nice, comfortable, parking was better than any other place I have been. The DC had to be cut up into I think 3 parts. Each part holding their own convention on consecutive weekends. This was not bad, in fact I think it was better than the Astrodome, even though you did not get to see everyone you were used to seeing. There were enough people to keep you busy and each year they rotated which circuits went with each other so you would get to see "new-old" friends each year. Oh yeah decent enough hotels, resturants, and a nice little town overall.
This year "the powers that be" decided to use a new venue in katy texas, which is about 30-45 minutes from houston. Let me tell you, this place SUCKED the big one. The seats were smaller harder and closer than any place I have ever been. The parking was complete ASS, it took me 3-4 SOLID minutes of walking at a brisk pace to reach the doors from my car. It was 500 degrees out there. I needed to take a new shower by the time I got to my seat. All of my loving brothers had to be warned to walk slowly and not run over the elderly and infirme because on saturday "Jehovah's People" had knocked somebody down. Praise Jah! I wonder why we don't get to hear that kind of experience from the platform?
This year they had to have 4 conventions instead of 3 and everybody had to squeeze in tight, they were putting onsies and twosies whereever there was an open seat. There were even a couple of hundred people sitting in the hallway where they had setup chairs. It was kind of funny going for a stroll around the arena during the talks and walking past about two hundred people just sitting there looking out the window. Like they were being punished ;).
Things were so tight I even got my wife to repeate the comment about how the invite track didn't make much sense because there was no room for any visitors to sit. LOL...
If I can think of more I will add later but this is about all I have time for, got to go to the J.O.B.
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Burglers!
by frozen one inwoke up this morning to find that someone had broken into my house while i slept.
all that is missing is my billfold (didn't have much money, but replacing the cards will stink) and my cell phone (with a couple hundred numbers).
i wonder why they didn't take my laptop and camera?
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rassillon
That sucks! We got hit about 1.5 years ago. Took my wife forever to feel normal again. Stupid me didn't have an alarm, I do now. -r
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rassillon
Like was said earlier there are different types. There is too little differentation(sp?) as to embryonic or otherwise. I am for it IF it does not include ending the life of an unborn baby. If embryonic stem cells are harvested from miscarriages, accident victims and such that is ok too. Just no deliberate premature ending of life.
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they can't get it all done anymore
by truman ini had a door-to-door visit from two jws yesterday morning.
the first in a long time (with the exception of the obligatory memorial invite).
i live in a fairly small town, but these two, i did not recognize.
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The love of the greater number will cool off. It must be the truth. He will speed it up in its own time. Speed up the cool off!!!
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PASTOR RUSSELL on MASONIC connections
by Terry in(pastor russell dot com)in his own words...was pastor russell a freemason?.
"there are certain conditions,the low gate, the narrow way, the difficult path.
although i have never been a mason, i have heard that in masonry they have something which very closely illustrates this" ... "many masons shake hands with me and give me what i know is their grip; they don't know me from a mason.
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; ; ;Sounds like strange advise coming from one who used the Winged Sun-disk ; to decorate the cover of his ;"Finished Mystery" and also used the Knights Templar crown and cross and other Masonic symbols to decorate the covers of "Zion's Watchtower" and "The Studies in the Scriptures" series!!
Sounds like a strange statement from someone who has not looked at the full history of these symbols and their use and has bought into the hype of others who have done the same. Russell was not a freemason, anyone who has seriously looked at the information in an unbiased way would know that this. There are alot of anti/ex-jw's that want to use this argument about the masons. It just doesn't hold up to critical review. When I was still in "mentally" I researched this and because of the obvious dishonest take by many it made me think that the WT was right about people attacking them because they had the "truth". I know this is not so now but poor arguments like this cloud the real problems with the society and it's history. -r