When I was a kid, my mom and I would team up with another lady and her daughter at conventions. They were good friends, and us girls were the same age. Whenever we would doze off, the girl's mom would nudge us and tell us to pay attention but when SHE dozed off and we would nudge her, she would say, "I'm not asleep; I'm just resting my eyes." yeah, right.
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Memory Photo Album of the 2007 "Follow The Christ" Convention!
by Nosferatu inthis year, i've decided to compile a photo album of some memorable moments that occurred at this year's convention.
jehovah's happy people sit, attentive with notepads in hand, eager to indulge in the spiritual food that the faithful and discreet slayv has prepared for this most important and memorable event!
here are some of the more memorable people who were in the audience:.
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WT Advice
by XBEHERE inin all the years that you were an active jw did: 1. going out in the ministry when you were down or felt depressed every make you forget your problems and cause you to feel better?
2. going to meetings when you had to rush around and practically yell and scream at your husband/wife/kids to get there ever cause you to feel better that you went instead of staying home to relax?
these are the top two elder solutions to jw problems.
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Flowerpetal
Sometimes I would feel paranoid at the meetings, and wondered if something was wrong with me.
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New Watchtower format is all because of Blondie!
by drew sagan ini was just reading a thread about the new 'exciting' format for the watchtower and how there will be a jw only edition.
add to this what i believe is the new rule that da'd and df'd people are not allowed to receive the magazines unless they attend meetings.
this all got me thinking.... .
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Flowerpetal
Dittos!!!!
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Thoughts while mowing the yard
by Undecided ini was mowing the yard this morning and as usual i was thinking about life and such.
there were weeds with pretty little flowers and some cherry trees trying to grow.
i just mowed them down because i like the way grass looks better.
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Flowerpetal
Well, on a similar but different note, whenever I am planting anything in the garden, thoughts on things apostle Paul (who I disagree with a lot) run thru my mind.....about sowing. (1 Cor. 15:42-49) He was talking about the resurrection (heavenly) and how the dead are sown in corruption and raised in incorruption, etc. It makes me think that everything is sown (planted) for it to have life. The man plants a seed into the woman, and a new life is formed. You bury seed into the ground, and life comes up (grass, plants, flowers, etc.) So maybe, for those of you who still believe in resurrection of some kind, we all have to die before we have life again, in some form, which might be "pushing up daisies."
Sorry, I just had to end on a light note!
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On average, how many non-JW/Invitees did you see at KHs on Sundays?
by NotaNess ini was thinking about my 1 and only visit to a sunday "service" as an invite, to a kh a few years back.. it never dawned on me til now, but we showed up in collar shirt & slacks / casual dress, and immediately felt way under dressed (& uncomfortable due to that).
and now i think that relatively, there's probably not a lot of new faces that are seen in these small congregations, and although i felt like i was initially just going to another "church service"...i really wasn't, was i?.
now i'm thinking that silently, everyone was probably so tuned into my wife, my daugther and i when we showed up and throughout the service.
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Flowerpetal
Not that many and almost never the same people regularly. I was just thinking yesterday, one of the pioneers in the cong. I used to attend, would start studies, invite them to the hall, and then you wouldn't see them much after that. I wonder if it was her method of studying with them, her personality or what.....but I have no idea if she ever aided someone to the point of baptism. It's probably too late to ask her that now.
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Forget You Ever Saw A Bible Or A Watchtower
by nvrgnbk innow, what are you left with?.
what does your observation of reality, the natural world around you, teach you?.
what is real?.
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Flowerpetal
What is real is your life. Choice is real. How you choose to live your life is real. The universe is real, and I have to agree with jaguarbass; I see design in the natural world and the universe. Looking up into the night sky, gives me a reverential feeling.
Man is getting closer and closer to known realities, though. Many are ready for facing the
unknown without a crutch. Count me in.OTWO, I agree.
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Your limits on pet sleeping quarters!!!!
by restrangled ini know you are all tired of hearing from me about dogs, but i need help.. our one dobie sleeps where he is suppose to after being tucked in, kissed, and his head laid down on a pillow.
his older brother after experiencing the same, after about an hour, quietly gets up and sneaks down the hall way, begging to get into bed with us.. here is the problem, the boys are 100 pounds each.
when the older one sneaks in he promptly lays down between us with his head on the pillows.
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Flowerpetal
I'm a softy, so I would allow it....can you nudge him if the snoring gets too loud?
If you lock him out of your bedroom at night, would he whine a lot causing you to lose more sleep?
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So....What Do You Think Happens When We Die???
by minimus inare we going to heaven hell, purgatory?
are we able to sense anything?
do we really die??
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Flowerpetal
Being a fan of Stargate, I like the story lines that deal with ascension. So I hope in some way, or form, we ascend.
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Field Service Using Manila Folder
by Siddhashunyata injust saw dubs in the neighborhood.
they had magazines hidden in mainla file folders as they went door to door.
is this a new policy or just a local phenomena.
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Flowerpetal
I love the idea of then getting on reality TV. Also an idea for a WT article: "Reality TV -- Is It For Christians?"
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Hello
by SAMSONTHESTRONG ini have been reading posts here since long time.hope to have nice and productive conversations.
i have been a jw for a long time.
there some interesting issues that have developed here.as time permits i will participate in some of those issues.take care you all.one thing,english is not my first language,so patient with my grammar.thanks.
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Flowerpetal
Welcome Samson!!
Don't worry about your grammar--you're doing fine! Will be looking for your posts!