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  Did You Attend the "Big" Generation Watchtower Study Today?

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  did you attend the meeting today?

  this is a thread for anyone who attended the "big" generation watchtower study today to post their experiences/stories.. let's hear some wholesome, upbuilding encouragement from our brothers and sisters out there today!.

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  NiceDream

  No, we stayed home.

  My Dub husband and I were listening to classic rock and chatting about how cool "that generation" of music was. I couldn't resist saying that we were part of that generation based on the WT, hehehe.
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  JW’s District Convention 2010 – Drawn Closer to Jehovah. My reflections…

  by onemore in

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  september will mark my first year out of the watch towers darkness (pun intended).

  i embarked on my full blown search for truth about the truth in april 2009, and by september of that same year i was convinced the organization was no different than any other religion; but i was wrong again.

  because if there were like any other christian denomination, such as the baptists, methodists, presbyterians, lutherans, etc...it would have been a lot easier to endure sitting in their meetings, listening to their rhetoric, and engaging in some of their activities.

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  Thank you for your observations. I'm definitely not looking forward to going this year.

  I'm newly fading, so I will check out books on the history of Christianity so I can tell my family how the drama took liberties. Thanks for the heads up!
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  Whatever happened to kindness?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  lately i've notice how few people i'm around practice kindness.. it is, frankly, apalling to me.. i don't see any reason to be rude.

  there is too much of that already.. when somebody makes a mistake i try to let it drop and not mention it or give them a dig.. why?

  how hard is it to be kind?.

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  NiceDream

  It's easier to be negative than it is to be kind. It takes effort to be kind, especially when others around you aren't displaying that quality, but it makes you the better person.

  When I was miserable working a job I loathed, someone kindly told me "I hope you can create a good day for yourself." He really changed my viewpoint that day, and I will never forget that. He could have been snippy back to me, but he was kind, and that made me want to be kind in return.
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  Do you really want to live forever?

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm not sure if i do or if thinking the idea of living forever as a "good thing" was just something that was planted in my mind like a lot of the other stuff.

  is the desire to live forever something that i really want or have i been taught that it is something that i should want?

  i know i don't want to die, especially a violent death, but i can't imagine still wanting to be here 10 million years from now just because back in 19xx my parents concieved me.

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  NiceDream

  5th - Yes, I think I'm in a funk.
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  Do you know of anybody who...

  by MrFreeze in

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  ... has gone to a district convention based on one of the invitations in the annual campaign?

  my convention is held about 3 hours from where i live so i doubt it has gotten anybody to go to the convention.

  i'm not even sure what the purpose of it is.

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  NiceDream

  no. My inlaws live 8 hours away from their convention site and still do the invites. I doubt many would travel that far to attend some religious event.
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  Happy, Well-Adjusted JW. However... Pet Peeve. Please Sound Off Yours.

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why the heck does the society have to publish more of the same stuff every single farging assembly???!!!.

  as if we don't already have tons of literature already!!!

  boring to keep reading the same stuff over and over and over again!!!.

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  NiceDream

  I couldn't get baptized because I didn't put in 10 hours a month in the "ministry." The elders thought I was unworthy of dedicating my life to God because I didn't put in enough time...I guess it's all about the numbers and perception. Too bad they deemed me worthy a few months later, otherwise I wouldn't be dedicated to an org.

  How the service guy won't hand me the KMs and needs to give them to my husband.
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  I'm glad my children don't have to grow up being afraid of cupcakes

  by Ilovebirthdays in

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  yesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.

  in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.

  he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.

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  NiceDream

  That was really kind of you to help that child and make him smile! It's so sad a cupcake can be so evil.

  I was a shy, quiet kid and hated being a spectacle for refusing certain things. I wanted to be normal and not feel guilty about doing something "wrong" like coloring a turkey near Thanksgiving time. One girl in my elementary class made me a special card for Valentine's day that was a "friendship" card so I wasn't left out. It made me feel special!
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  House to house not scriptural !- 'In search of Christian Freedom' Revelations..

  by Lozhasleft in

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  i'm around half way through ray's second book and have just read about this and the way the gb knows it but insists on implying that it is a pattern from the first century to be followed !!!

  unbelievable....how could they be so deceitful and sleep at night ...let alone pray...??

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  NiceDream

  This was eye opening for me too, and the years of guilt melted away.

  What I found refreshing was how Bethelites can't even get 10 hours a month, and they live in a special world without the stress of modern living.
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  Do you really want to live forever?

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm not sure if i do or if thinking the idea of living forever as a "good thing" was just something that was planted in my mind like a lot of the other stuff.

  is the desire to live forever something that i really want or have i been taught that it is something that i should want?

  i know i don't want to die, especially a violent death, but i can't imagine still wanting to be here 10 million years from now just because back in 19xx my parents concieved me.

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  NiceDream

  I remember telling a householder about living forever, and she lashed out "Why would I ever want to do that!?!?!" Those words stuck, and I wondered why anyone would like to live forever. If you have a great life, sure, why not. But I would be equally happy dying and never waking up.
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  Meeting experience

  by gutted in

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  this weeks service meeting was typical.. "where were you?

  " "i'm concerned about you".

  then the typical song and dance of the parts/talks, all recycled notions of doing better in the service.

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  NiceDream

  I haven't been for awhile and one lady asked me how my Mom was because she hasn't seen her for a long time. (I guess she doesn't wanna pick up her phone either.) It's nice to know that I haven't been missed.

  We had a swell talk about being clean, keeping our house and yard clean as a good "witness" to our neighbors. Too bad our house isn't as nicely maintained as our neighbors...maybe I should join their church if they go to one...they sure have a well-kept home.