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  is it just me?? the district convention at nassau coliseum was crazy

  by dugout in

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  number one- fact-it was dangerously overcrowed.

  ok its one thing dropping the ball on this one.

  or they just didnt care.

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  jgnat

  Some of the biggest disasters at big venues were at least partially attributed to a failure to assign seating.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert
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  Physical concert! Glenn Miller Orchestra

  by zeb in

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  having booked an age ago to see gmo i was so glad the date came up given all the sad news of late.

  we have a new concert hall in our city here in w.australia and they played it to a treat.

  the music was original and alive the singers, dancers ... check their website to see if they are heading your way!.

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  jgnat

  I imagine a gathering like that does not hold a candle to a convention! No hype required.
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  Ken Little

  by expatbrit in

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  hello.. ken little is the canadian branch overseer.

  i have met him once (across the lunch table at a circuit assembly).

  my immediate reaction was that he is a complete company man, and fulfills his name perfectly.. i should like to know a little (har har) more about him, his background, business dealings, watchtower career, personality.

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  jgnat

  If he is being encouraged in to retirement that can age a company man very fast.
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  Need a Game Plan

  by bafh in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm not sure what is going on at the convention, but i just got a desperate call from a friend wanting me to attend sunday's morning session.

  last weekend, my mom invited me too.instead of saying something like, "i'm sorry, but i have no intention of going back," and having them completely freak out - i agreed to go to the sunday morning session.

  any recommendations?

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  jgnat

  Ding, I attended on occasion with no fear of getting infected. It does take strength of character to say "NO" when they beg you to join them at the next meeting.
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  Need a Game Plan

  by bafh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not sure what is going on at the convention, but i just got a desperate call from a friend wanting me to attend sunday's morning session.

  last weekend, my mom invited me too.instead of saying something like, "i'm sorry, but i have no intention of going back," and having them completely freak out - i agreed to go to the sunday morning session.

  any recommendations?

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  jgnat

  Heck, there are timers on a smartphone. You can ring yourself to get a break.
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  There Goes Jim Garner

  by Iown Mylife in

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  one friend of mine who has also passed, just loved rockford files.

  feeling saddened today reading about james garner passing on.

  goodbye jim - you sexy hunk!

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  Aah, the perennially broke investigator with a trailer down by the (river) beach. I recall a chase scene across the dunes in those tanks we called seventies muscle cars, and those cars just DESTROYED the dunes. Modern cars, even SUV's would float across the tops.
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  Need a Game Plan

  by bafh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not sure what is going on at the convention, but i just got a desperate call from a friend wanting me to attend sunday's morning session.

  last weekend, my mom invited me too.instead of saying something like, "i'm sorry, but i have no intention of going back," and having them completely freak out - i agreed to go to the sunday morning session.

  any recommendations?

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  Take cool snacks and a blank notebook. Write or doodle whatever you want. If a presentation is boring, say so. I never attended a convention I wanted to be at so I made the best of it. On breaks entertain yourself by snapping Witnesses out of cult mode and test yourself how long you can maintain it.
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  Dissoi logoi - Jehovah's Witnesses do have the Truth! My Story Part 3

  by objectivetruth in

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  2. beliefs

  i stopped attending meetings over one year ago, and i have thoroughly made it clear to all friends & family that i am opposed to the teachings of jehovah's witnesses, and i cannot support a religion that teaches lies.. i have systematically examined each teaching & practice of the jehovah's witnesses.

  concluding that many are not scriptural or logical.. after a year i have very unexpectedly arrived at another conclusion.

  the jehovah's witnesses do have the truth.

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  jgnat

  Question: How many talents, careers, abilities are people graced with, and how many of those can be fully expressed without a college education and restricted to the roles in the Kingdom Hall?

  Heck, make it simple. Consider the roles offered women. Would Maggie Thatcher reached her full potential as a Witness?
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  The American Way - to Health

  by fulltimestudent in

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  some interesting comments:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjgoubmo0m.

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  jgnat

  He makes an intelligent argument.
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  Richard Dawkins defends “mild pedophilia,” says it does not cause “lasting harm”

  by chrisuk in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.salon.com/2013/09/10/richard_dawkins_defends_mild_pedophilia_says_it_does_not_cause_lasting_harm/.

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  jgnat

  Haven't read the thread. Lewis Carroll liked photographing children in artful poses.