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Etan Patz Confessed Killer Attends Kingdom Hall

by breakfast of champions in

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friends

the etan patz story was huge when i was a kid in the 70's.

very scary, parents didn't let kids out of their sight.

investigators found the body several weeks ago, and now this guy comes forward.. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120525_neighbors_shocked_that_etan_patz_rsquo_s_confessed_killer_lived_among_them.html.

the_raisin

I also read somewhere that the killer had confessed to a religious mentor, and that wording right there made me think "Oh god, it's going to turn out to be a JW, isn't it?" which was really weird because I thought it right away, somehow I made a conncection. And now this.

Either way, JW or not, baptized or not, what matters is that Etan's parents can now have closure (hopefully). I read in the same article that they had kept their same phone number and same address in hopes that Etan would show up or call. It's a terribly sad situation, and I wish that poor family the best.

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Really Pushing WTS Lately......

by mind blown in

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friends

i've been @ my place for 5 years now and hardly ever see jw's at my door or in my neighborhood, but lately they're all over the place.

one came to my door a couple weeks ago and had that over glossy newbie look in her eyes .

the pack that came today looked like they walked straight out of a musty thrift store....

the_raisin

Huh well now that someone actually mentions it... in my area there has been for the past couple of weeks more JW presence for sure. When I moved in last year, I hardly, if ever, saw any JWs preaching around here. Mind you, I live right by a university, a very well kept and nice area with security (but not gated in) and so I was always surprised at how I didn't see any JWs.

But I noticed out of nowhere all these good little JWs piling out of minivans very early in the morning. I go for my runs around six in the morning, and by seven thirty I am done and I see them walking around. Weird.

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Any more fond (not so) DC memories?

by outsmartthesystem in

my oldest child was barely 4 months old and not an easy baby.

she cried all the time....and getting her to sleep during the day was a pain.....especially in a facility that was 80 degrees with a/c.

on sunday afternoon of the dc....knowing we had a two hour drive home (she also didn't sleep in the car well).....i went to an "off limits" area with her.

the_raisin

Awww guys!!! Those attendants sucked for sure :( We had a mom with two young children whose husband didn't attend meetings at all, much less the conventions, so whenever I saw her I would help her out with the then-four year old, play with him, walk him around a bit... when the baby one got a little older, I also walked with him and tried to relieve the poor sister. Years later I see her at a DA (by this point I was OUT but accompanying the family) and she comes to me all happy and excited to see me and thanks me for all the help I provided her when I was younger, saying how I'll be such a great mommy and how she's very thankful. You guys shoulda seen the looks the other young sisters around us were giving us hehehe. So that's my best memory right there :)

I HATED the fact that the young uns would congregate in corners or around the exits and gossip. And those of us who were alone or total 'loosers' who walked with their little siblings (me!) were always teased and talked about, and nobody would do a damn thing, and they were obvious about it as well. OR when if you wanted to make people think you were 'coveted' you'd get someone of the opposite sex to walk around with you. If they saw you guys walking around, then next meeting there would be rumors you two would be dating and stuff, it made it very hard to hang around with then friends because of the gossip :(

BUT HANDS DOWN, I LOVEEEEDDDD THE HOTELS!!!! My mom is kinda freaky about cleanliness and smoke, so she never cheapens out and goes for the 'high brow' hotels, and that meant... HOT TUB AND POOL :p oh and the gym room too!!

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Fistfights for seats at DC?

by Blind_Of_Lies in

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the_raisin

In the Romeoville assemlbies in IL, the best seats were those right in front of the baptizing pool behind the glass, or so everyone thought. I always lobbied my parents for the seats aaaallll the way back, right by the doors, because I could fall asleep without anyone watching the back of my head jerking back and forth. Plus I could take off my shoes and no worries about who might see :p

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

the_raisin

Hey AK, nah it's in Illinois, quaint little town actually!!!

I always love finding people from IL lol, I like to see who has stumbled and stuff :p

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

the_raisin

Hahaha AK oh it wasn't much... just picture this... two young hot-headed JWs right? Relaxing in the hot tub of the La Quinta in Bloomington.... playing footsie and trying to eye-flirt... surrounded by... wait for it... a bunch of screaming six and eight year olds :D Yup. But my favorite was the sauna room, tiny little thing where my sis and I would lounge around and wait for unsuspecting victims to come in and try to make them as uncomfortable as possible. Once, I flirted with some 'stud' and the next day, I found out he was a little elder-in-training who tried avoid eye contact with us once he found out how old we were -_-

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

the_raisin

Ha! I used to live around there actually!!! I remember how the South Chicago and suburbs congregations would reminisce and lament the fact that they could no longer hold the conventions so close. We always had to drive to Rockford or Bloomington, and I LOVED the travel part of it, it meant Steak N Shake and fancy dining :D AND THE POOL AT THE HOTEL!!! My god, the things that went on in the pool, in the hot tub, and IN THE STEAM ROOM!!!

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Known Pedophile takes young boy to bathroom at circuit assembly....WTF?

by QuestioningEverything in

my mil's circuit assembly was this past weekend.

she came over for dinner to our home after the assembly.

in conversation, it came up that a known pedophile was seen walking to the bathroom holding a young boy's hand-no relation to the boy at all, although that wouldn't make a difference!

the_raisin

WTF that's just so sad and angering!!!

I would call the authorities, anony of course, but first gather everything you can about him, and this particular case, because let's be real, the elders and the other JWS are not going to do anything, and this sick bastard is just going to keep abusing kids.

How those people who saw what happened and don't do anything about can sleep at night baffles me.

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Did U Ever "Stumble" Anyone? Were U Ever "Stumbled: By Another?

by minimus in

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friends

the reason many jws forgo things is because they are afraid of "stumbling" a brother or sister.

just in case---they make it a point to not do or say something that could cause a person to leave "the truth".. i knew of some witnesses that were always "stumbled" by this or that.. so silly..

the_raisin

Yessir, I've been stumbled big time. By the time I hit 15 , I was completely immersed in this religion, wanted to get dipped, answered questions and was trying my darnest to get 'in' with the pious crowd.

And then that damned JW party at the local park district happened...

I was ridiculed for the way I wore my hear, my clothes, nobody would sit with me, and while everyone else was on the dance floor, I was the ONLY one nobody went near. My one friend I thought I had was being recruitted by the 'cool' pious kids, and the look on his face when I went to say hi... well, their faces, all of theirs, definitely did a number on my self esteem. I crumbled in my bed that night and cried the whole night. The next morning I saw myself in the mirror, realized it had been jealousy all along and kept thinking How could Jehovah allow these people be on top? Why is nobody doing anything about it, they're so obvious!!!??? Couple that with my slutty cousin, dipped and pioneering, sleeping with a cousin (yuck I know) and yeah after I asked an older sister for 'help' she pretty much told me I was in the wrong and I needed to be more spiritual, maybe dress more 'homely' so as to not make the other's feel bad.

Was the day I got my head out of my butt and saw things in a whole new light. After that incident, I started realizing other things, pieces of the puzzle started falling into place.

And OF COURSE I have stumbled many others. I'm darn proud as well. Many of the young ones who looked up to me, that one friend from up there who is now a very talented musician, and a sweet girl who is now true to herself instead of letting her mom run her life. I'm happy when I hear that another young un leaves, expecially if I had the 'special talk' with them before I moved accross the country :)>

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A missing husband or wife.

by thomyorke in

do you remember, in which "reader's question" was an article about cases, when a husband officially declared as a missing?.

(probably he is dead or captured by somali pirates...).

i remember, that article was very strange- there was stated that it would be possible to make a divorce.... but if such missed person will "ressurect", this couple must get married again!.

the_raisin

Oh my glob, this is a horryfing thought actually!!! Creepy, wouldn't surprise me if there are some brothers or sisters who think constantly about this stuff....

the_raisin

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