Posts by ttdtt

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I Ain't Got No Religion No More ... (But I Like to Get Myself Some Gospel Music)

by Simon in

i love gospel music.

i don't feel like i need to believe in "jebus" to appreciate the music.

i can't go into a gospel church because i might just get religion again - that or i'll be grabbing the mic on be on the stage waving my hands and praising the lord.. i particularly like dylan's gospel period.

ttdtt

Simon - Dylan is one of the all-time greats.

Love him!!

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Things to do when im at the new 2018 convention

by Akid48 in

well, its that time where i have to go to the boring convention.

so, i wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on how too pass the time (i cant just try and listen i fall will asleep and i cant let that happen).. (only got a few weeks before i have to go its going too kill me but i got too do it).

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ttdtt

Masturbate in the bathroom stall every time a video comes on?

You could be "coming for the Lord"

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Anyone think Assemblies will stop?

by blownaway in

not completely but the expensive renting of halls or assembly hall ownership.

maybe with streaming they could have assemblies at the kh and stream the program.

i bet they cut costs in a lot of ways.

ttdtt

No - they need them. It is part of the control structure.

They will always have 3 a year to mimic the ones Isreal had.
Of course there won't be any party or dancing that went on back then.

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Accounts report at Circuit Assemblies to go away

by LevelThePlayingField in

i was at the regional convention and asked an elder why is that at the assemblies their is an accounts report but not at the conventions?

he said, well actually they got a letter and in it said that in a little while they will do away with the accounts report stating how much the assembly costs for the weekend and just go to donation basis like at the conventions.. my first thought was, "they will donate even less now.".

anybody else hear about such a thing?.

ttdtt

I don't think that could be.

In the last 5 years, the only thing that has been pushed more than staying loyal to the GB is GIVE MORE MONEY.

If they don't keep hounding people at the Conventions and Assemblies - they will NOT get what they want.

90% of JW donations are done out of guilt (I believe).

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JWs & "generations"

by Magnum in

we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.

but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.

his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.

ttdtt

It seems like turning their backs on 1914 will get next to impossible.
To many people, my age (50s) would just flip out over that.
It invalidates everything.

The only other thing the could change that would be as big a shock to the R&F would be saying Evolution is right.

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JWs & "generations"

by Magnum in

we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.

but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.

his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.

ttdtt

One thing that became clear to me was:

Why would god - user the term Generation - and then start "the time of the end" SOOOOO early?

Why would it take over 100 years and counting to do the crap he said would need to happen before the big A?

No argument for it taking this long holds any water, especially "being a god of love" since every year 1/4 of a million NEW JWs are saved from the system - but about 150 million people are born who WONT be JWs and will need to be killed by the loving god?

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Jesus with an iPad. Really?

by punkofnice in

at a local meeting, one of the elders said that if jesus were on the earth today 'you can be sure' he would be preaching by showing videos on a tablet.. i kid you not.. i wonder what videos he'd be playing?.

obviously this was the elder's own pet theory.

wasn't it?.