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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  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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  NO...LOL
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

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  2. friends

  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  Baptized in 1967...started to fade in later-70's...wife decided I was not spiritual enough and stopped full service partnership in early early 90's...I moved on with my life in mid 90's and was DF'ed...she got remarried a few months later. I was shunned and she was celebrated. Life has been great and haven't looked back with regret for a second!
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

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  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  I think the funniest sex "talk" was the video in American Sign Language on the subject of masturbation! Watching it left no doubt what the subject matter was! I particularly like the added music track to the original video. This is classic! https://youtu.be/fWm1tUpghGg?feature=shared
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  The Book Study Group - Reminiscing

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  any fond memories or funny stories relating to the old book study arrangement?.

  i remember a time when a new sister turned up with very smart jacket and shirt.

  yet she was wearing trousers and when questioned by everyone she said "blimey, i think geoff (her husband) is wearing my skirt!".

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  Those were the only pleasant memories...
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  I remember when they had talks about "unnatural" sex within the marriage arrangement...those ultimately led to disfellowshipping of otherwise loyal JW's. I can only imagine the collateral damage it caused to children hearing this and how they viewed their parents. Disgusting...
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  Trump assassination attempt??

  by Diogenesister in

  1. social
  2. current

  it happened at a rally in pennsylvania, apparently.

  he seems ok i've seen a photo of him bleeding from his ear.

  this is absolutely nutso....if it's too it doesn't surprise me the way they constantly describe him as "far right" and that his supporters are "maga republicans".

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  Nikolaus...your comment sounds like "victim blaming". Not a good look...

  
  
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  Paul & Joseph Bonanno Malta ex JWs

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=va6wxy2vtfo.

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  tenyearsafter

  Would be interesting to hear the experience when it is available in English...thanks.
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  Paul & Joseph Bonanno Malta ex JWs

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=va6wxy2vtfo.

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  Is there an English version of this?
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  What is that?

  by Achille in

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  It's "hard" to say exactly...LOL
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  Feet and Toes Research and Noo Lite

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been discussed in the district convention thread but i felt like all the "toes" info would be nice to see in one place.

  [from the late 1950s through most of the 1970s the toes of the image meant all coexisting powers and governments at the time of the end].

  35 but there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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  tenyearsafter

  The main difference in comparing WTBTS and Camping is that Camping publicly apologized for being wrong...