ShirleyW

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  Convention “Highlights” - bwhahaha!

  by Muddy Waters in

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  taking a walk down memory lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions... .

  (boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!).

  but what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?.

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  ShirleyW

  I also remember the tents at Yankee Stadium in the 60's with the trays and standing up to eat, as a kid that was something to look forward too. I remember the Snow Cones and the bags of fruit

  But the assembly that stands out the most to me was the summer of either 1967 or 1968 when the NY area had their DC in Washington,DC at the Stadium where the Washington Senators (name of the baseball club) used to play. I'm sure this wouldn't be allowed today at any venue because of health reasons, but all four days of the assembly the toilets were not working. The restrooms were open, but they were all filled to the brim . . Like I said I was just 8 or 9, so no big deal to me, but for women and kids and changing diapers. I don't know how they did it, but keep in mind food was still served ! and of course the Uber sickening Dubs like my mother were saying on the bus ride back home to NYC, "only with Jah's spirit would we able to endure four days without a toilet". . . .
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  question of the day does a religious org have the right to hold confidential info on one of its members

  by poopie in

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  without there permission ?.

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  ShirleyW

  you know the Dubs do, when brother mary and sister john have an affair they get DFd, shouldn't an affair and other misdoings be considered as confidential? Yet it goes on your Dub record, for all to see, or whoever handles the records, which includes the elder that takes home the files and his wife does the work for him or snoops in the files.
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

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  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  ShirleyW

  Didn't read through all 7 pages but did anyone mention "New Light" as being a name for a rock band?

  How about "Fractions of Blood" ?
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  not a new topic - really a pet peave

  by Moster in

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  makes me crazy:.

  there: go over there!.

  their: they own it; belonging to etc.. for the love of pete - use them correctly!.

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  ShirleyW

  Well, since we're on a grammar rant here.

  my two "peaves" are (just can't let it go) especially on this site, dealing with religion:

  babtize

  masterbation

  how can you be involved in ANY religion and you can't spell the word baptize properly?

  also if you can't spell masturbation properly, you're not allowed to do it

  (Now, let the hating begin, some folks sending PM's to other folks wishing I would shut the "F" up)
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  JW Baptism Anullment

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  has anyone ever successfully annulled their jw baptism?

  especially if they were very young when baptised?.

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  ShirleyW

  who cares, why bother? It's a cult, they make up the BS rules as they go along!
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  not a new topic - really a pet peave

  by Moster in

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  makes me crazy:.

  there: go over there!.

  their: they own it; belonging to etc.. for the love of pete - use them correctly!.

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  ShirleyW

  My pet peeve is people who spell "peeve" as "peave."

  it's alwways a god idea to cheek yur speling before comenting on mistakes in gramarr.
  
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  Fasten Your Seatbelts - The Crazy Has Started (Also, bring the Koolaid)

  by berrygerry in

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  from facebook:just saw my jw mother after not seeing her for more than 2 years.

  when i do see her, it is brief, she never asks about my life, doesn't ask about my 4 children her grandchildren, doesn't ask about my grandchildren...her great grandchildren, she doesn't ask about my other 2 brothers that she is also alienated from, she doesn't ask about my brothers family.

  she doesn't talk about the jw/org either.

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  ShirleyW

  berrygerry - ask her if she believes the scripture in the Bible, "no man knows the days nor hour" then ask why does she think the end will come January 1 or a few days later
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  Awakening from the Jehovah's witness nightmare.

  by James Mixon in

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  a really moving testimony.

  maybe some one can post it here, "monica singleton..awakening from the jehovah's witness nightmare".

  posted nov. 11,2017 12:41 min........

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  ShirleyW

  I watched her to videos last night and told her about this site where she could find support, may she's here but keeping quiet.
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  ShirleyW

  Their were a couple of "sisters" in my congregation`s ( x2 ) who swore they were being raped by the demons and went to the Elders about it.

  I've heard that one too, I think these sex deprived sisters trying to go along with the no sex before marriage thing and just had a man spend the night with them and out of guilt blamed it on the demons
  
  
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  ShirleyW

  The Dubs have to be only religion (cult) on the planet that are so obsessed with demons. If I wasn't raised in this nonsense I wouldn't even know what a demon is. Being told you shouldn't buy from yard sales and all their made up lies that I can remember about some sister bought a sofa or chair or something and all the sudden their hearing noises at night or the table started shaking.

  Just as crazy as the Smurf story, with the little smurf running up the aisle at the KH cursing all the way, as ridiculous as that is, some Dubs will swear it actually happened.