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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

Perhaps if Jenny and her parents had taken blood transfusions they would have pulled through LOL.

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

I also heard a CO recite this poem to the cong:

"A Pizza, a Party, and a Moonlight Ride"

Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life 'twas on the right side of town.

She unpacked her things with such great ease, as she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.

How wonderful it was to have her own room. School would be starting; she'd have friends over soon.

There'd be sleepovers, and parties; she was so happy. It's just the way she wanted her life to be.

On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and even got a date!

She thought, "I want to be popular and I'm going to be, Because I just got a date with the star of the team!"

To be known in this school you had to have clout, And dating this guy would sure help her out.

There was only one problem stopping her fate. Her parents had said she was too young to date.

"Well I just won't tell them the entire truth. They won't know the difference; what's there to lose?"

Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Her parents frowned but said, "All right."

Excited, she got ready for the big event. But as she rushed around like she had no sense,

She began to feel guilty about all the lies, But what's a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?

Well the pizza was good, and the party was great, But the moonlight ride would have to wait.

For Dan was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was just fine.

Then the room filled with smoked and Dan took a puff. Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff.

Now Dan was ready to ride to the point, but only after he'd smoked another joint.

They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride, not thinking that he was too drunk to drive.

They finally made it to the point at last, And Dan started trying to make a pass.

A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don't mean playing football.)

"Perhaps my parents were right....maybe I am too young. Boy, how could I ever, ever be so dumb."

With all of her might, she pushed Dan away: "Please take me home, I don't want to stay."

Dan cranked up the engine and floored the gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast.

As Dan drove on in a fit of wild anger, Jenny knew that her life was in danger.

She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, But he just got faster as they neared the town.

"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied. I really went out for a moonlight ride."

Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash. "Oh God, Please help us! We're going to crash!"

She doesn't remember the force of impact. Just that everything all of a sudden went black.

She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble, and heard, "Call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!"

Voices she heard...a few words at best. But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck.

Then wondered to herself if Dan was all right, and if the people in the other car were alive.

She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad. "You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad."

These voices echoed inside her head, as they gently told her that Dan was dead.

They said, "Jenny, we've done all we can do. But it looks as if we'll lose you too."

"But the people in the other car!?" Jenny cried. "We're sorry, Jenny, they also died."

Jenny prayed, "Jehovah, forgive me for what I've done- I only wanted to have just one night of fun."

"Tell those people's family, I've made their lives dim, and wish I could return their families to them."

"Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry I lied, And that it's my fault so many have died.

Oh, nurse, won't you please tell them that for me?" The nurse just stood there-she never agreed.

But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes. And a few moments later Jenny died.

A man asked the nurse, "Why didn't you do your best, to bid that girl her one last request?"

She looked at the man with eyes so sad. "Because the people in the other car were her mom and dad."

This story is sad and unpleasant but true, So young people take heed, it could have been you.

(Never mind that it was originally a "worldly" poem.)

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

JimmyPage

Anybody else remember this tale?

Two pioneer sisters decide to reward themselves at the end of the service year by taking a cruise. One of them has too much to drink, dances with a worldly guy, and ends up doing the horizontal hokey pokey.

The next day she gets a present from her lover. He says not to open it until she gets back home. The present turns out to be a miniature coffin. With it is a note that reads "Welcome to the world of AIDS".

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did you experience an undercurrent of demon attacks/demonic fasination and regular discusions on the subject

by exjw1978 in

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friends

whilst/current your time within the organisation did you experience an all too familiar story telling of demons/demonic attack/certian people having more problems then others ect.

i remember it was certainly a topic well discussed during my time stories that ran like wildfire/special people within the congregation who could "touch" things and "know" if they were demonised, families having trouble ~ in particular one family within the congregation that was receiving the most trouble ~ i sense an undercurrent of demonology within after meeting discussions/ warned never to buy second hand goods ect.

overall i always sensed a fasination with the subject amongst us ????

JimmyPage

Yes when I was growing up people loved to tell stories about demons.

Demons in secondhand items, demons in music- demons, demons everywhere!

Now that I no longer believe in invisible people it really does amaze me how much attention was wasted on this.

They were entertaining stories though.

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most depressing song ever

by will_the_apostate in

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friends

whats the most depressing song you have ever heard?

i would go with either johnny cash - hurt or gary jules-mad world.

JimmyPage

Don't forget "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.

http://youtu.be/tH2w6Oxx0kQ

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Osama Bin Laden is dead !

by troubled mind in

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Awake 5/11 - THE SEVENTH WORLD POWER!!! Gasp!! - A history lesson

by doubtful in

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the watchtower loves this point.

he not only felt that he was living in the last "days", but in the last hour.

he says at 1 john 2:18:.

JimmyPage

Once again the board has made me look at the historical world powers in a totally new way (that is, the correct way, the non-WT bullsh*t way).

That's why I love coming here.

You guys make me think... something JWs aren't allowed to do.

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Hi from Andy from state of Montana, introduce myself

by andys in

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hi wanted to introduce myself, i wanted to intoduce myself once all the dust cleared more and i am thinking more clearly, in feb. 2011 is when i decided to leave jw, my way out of the organization has actually been since july of 2010 gradually over time i started to question the jw religion, in july of 2010 i was still living at home with my parents, my dad at the time told me he was going to force me to go to meetings but i started to drift out the other way it got to the point where my dad told me i had to eventually leave, in november of 2010 alot of things happened, i was finally able to find my own place, just at the right time i found a very good deal on a duplex for $350 a month something that i can easily afford even on low income, usually alot of places even where i live are around $600 a month, in alot of ways i just about nearly was homeless.. in feb. of 2011 is when i decided to read the book crisis of conscience, the very first night getting through 80 pages is when my blindfolds came off, i immediatley accepted christ as my savior, also in the process i did alot of extensive research, i did research on alot of mainstream religons, also jwfacts.com helped me out alot on where to go, i decided to check out the baptist church, everything was beyond what i expected, i am not afraid to walk into a different church to me its helping me heal all the pain that the jw religon has caused, also recently i got baptized and now am a born again christian.. .

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JimmyPage

Like yourself I felt a need to get right with God after reading "Crisis of Conscience".

However someone on this board made a statement about Ray Franz that has stuck with me.

They said that Ray broke out of his cage but never escaped the zoo, meaning he got out of JWs but was still a prisoner to religion.

The more you allow yourself to question things the more you may find as I did that the Bible contains a lot of stories that could be construed as mythology: Talking snakes, animals on arks, men sleeping in the bellies of fish, and the like.

All I'm saying is welcome to your personal journey- you may likely find your worldview constantly evolving as time goes on.

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