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  The Watchtower's Depiction of 'paradise'..

  by Ron.W. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps we could post the pictures the wt have presented in their literature that depict their version of paradise here for comment/discussion:.

  from: spirits of the dead​—can they help you or harm you?

  do they really exist?.

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  (The guy in the first picture looks like Br. Benson.)
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  Are you glad you got the Covid Vaccine? Did it help?

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  i didn’t get the covid vaccine, but i admit, i was scared as shit i made the wrong decision because there was so much confusion out there.

  practically all my family and most of my friends took the vaccine because everyone was depending on those in charge to speak the truth.

  now a lot of them are sick, and they can't figure out why.

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  I was raised without vaccinations and I got everything, including the bad measles. (Parents old school JW.)

  I got two Covid vaccinations, no regrets. I never got Covid, but I don't think it's because of the vaccinations. I think it is just me.

  I'm pretty sensitive to the vaccinations, I get sick for about 20-24 hours. I am working up to getting the shingles vaccine because my doctor told me I will probably get pretty ill. But I think it's important to get, for me.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  ...Assistant Cafeteria Servant to Nickolas Kovalak

  Ahhh...Uncle Nick!!! He was our CO, (prob lots of people's CO) for a good long while in Long Beach. He was better than most, avuncular...kind of sweet.

  Pretty brutal schedule for your dad and you guys. I don't remember much about the convention for some reason. But I do remember things about the hotel and the room.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Look at that face! Me and my mom at the 1958 convention in New York. She took a train, alone with me from Los Angeles to NYC. Followed the signs for the Rooming Department and we got a room in a hotel, and my first time in an elevator. She had never been to NYC. Amazing. Look at those benches...no backs!

  It's what everybody did. Can't imagine anything like that today.
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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  Oh man I remember the mirrors covered over with butcher paper. At the time, I guess I just thought "whatever." But in retrospect it's insulting. Who cares if someone spends a few seconds taking a looksee.

  Just another type of control.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  (It doesn’t matter but I just noticed I said last convention I attended was 2020. Where did I get that. It was 2000, stopped everything summer of 2001.)
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  Jehovah's Witnesses came by today.

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this morning i was in our front yard sitting down pulling weeds when i saw 3 people slowly walking on the sidewalk in my direction.

  2 of them were young, handsome, clean shaven, wearing nice crisp white shirts and perfectly tailored black slacks.

  they could have been mormons except.... there was a 60ish portly woman wearing a frumpy dress and ugly sandals.

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  Well done there 3rd!

  We've probably talked about this, trying to get just a sentence or two to land that implants with the hope it may trigger something at some point.

  I wonder who the branch overseer is you refer to.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Years ago one day in the blistering heat at Dodger Stadium with an elderly mom, I just said to myself "this is the last one." It was brutal...that afternoon sun.

  Turned out, WT made arrangements with Long Beach convention center for something like 20 years of conventions in exchange for certain cleaning and maintenance, and it was in doors, and 5 minutes from my house. YAY!!!

  The last time I went to the regional convention, 2020, I had no idea it would be the last. But a group of us sat up and away, and brought things to do. I wrote letters and cards, others worked on personal paperwork.
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  Olympic games/ jw.org keep on the watch

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the main article on jw.org is about the succesfull olympic games 2024 in paris.. many withness watch all the sport episodes of the games, but jw.org comes with a sour story about the games and not reaching real peace.. again jw.org is on the wrong side of history a d doesn't feel the public anx jw opinion.

  the closing remarks of the ioc president bach, thaf the games will not reach peace but plant peace in the hart of people was a strong message.. the organization and message of the games is all that jw.org wants to, but can't.. very sad and narrow minded, as ever.

  gorby.

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  Dagney

  Can you imagine actually featuring this article in a conversation on a normal day to a normal householder? They would laugh you to the sidewalk.

  Nothing is perfect in this world and to me, the Olympics is about personal achievement from people who have a dream and fight and work hard for it. There are ugly parts to it as well as utter joy in accomplishment...those kids aren't faking it. Kudos to those amazing athletes.

  The WT org talks about being the only organization that can get anything done (free labor) in their building work, or convention/disaster work, but there is camaraderie in a shared task. I remember an elder's wife who was always working at KH rebuilds and remodels told me she thought being in that club was special. That was until she worked with Habitats for Humanity through her work. Same thing, same feeling, same camaraderie, same accomplishment. The take away, "we" are not so special. It's a human thing.

  It was a spectacular Olympics, and Paris did a phenomenal job IMHO. I plan to be out of town in four years when it comes to LA again...because...traffic.
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  What was the craziest elder that you ever meet?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this elder was a kook he got me to hop freight trains.

  there was a ms who worked for the railroad and he gave this elder a print out of the time and engine #.

  so early one morning we hopped on the train.

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  Freddy wins this category by a long shot...in so many ways...