I love gardening, Taking my dog on scenic walks, Antiquing, music, karoakie. I can't wait to try out for local musical theatre. Next spring I'm going to join the college show pop group.
Posts by 3rdgen
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33What Are Your Hobbies Now That You're Out?
by lilbluekitty ini've been getting really into cooking lately!
i do have most of the same hobbies i had before, (i've always been into art and reading and watching movies and travelling) only now i can do them whenever and don't have to worry about meetings getting in the way or people telling me i spend too much time with "recreation.
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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance
by Open mind invisiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.
he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.
after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.
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3rdgen
MM EXACTLY!
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Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance
by Open mind invisiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.
he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.
after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.
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3rdgen
I agree with EVERY comment! I would like to add some additional thoughts on the cost vs. dividend of the meetings from the perspective of a JW wife and mother:
Midweek night meeting schedule:
3:30pm: nag kids to do homework. If they have a talk in TMS , rehurse, rehurse, rehurse.
4:30pm: start dinner
5:15pm: dish out food
5:45pm: start bathing kids or nagging them to shower (depending on age)
6:00pm: check the familys meeting clothes. Find something "appropriate" for yourself to wear that has matching stockings.
6:15pm: Fight husband for the shower for the last of the hot water
6:30pm: Throw somehing on, call it good, run a comb through your hair. Check on kids progress. Make daugher remove her black eyeshadow, tell son to take off the athletic shoes.
6:50pm: Find elder husbands bookbag and show him the gravy spot on his tie.
6:50pm-6:55pm: Husband changes tie -everyone gets in the car. Kids fight in the back seat, parents give each other dirty looks.
7:15pm- 7:30pm: arrive at KH Slap on a KH smile. Find seats, Act interested in hearing about Sister Annoyings gall bladder.
7:30pm -9:30pm: Try not to laugh. Tell the kids to pay attention, Try to keep everyone awake.
9:35pm-9:55pm Visit with the "friends". Look at Sister Rudes photos of the party I wasn't invited to. Find kids.
10:00pm-10:15pm: Drive home. Wake up sleeping kids or carry hem into the house.
10:15pm-10:30pm: Nag kids and husband to change and hang up clothes. Do the same for myself.
10:30pm-10:45pm: Let kids have a snack. Put them to bed.
10:45-11:00pm See what's left to eat. Through some leftovers on a plate.
11:00pm: Make a coctail
11:15:pm: Make another coctail bring it to bed
11:30pm: Find husband asleep in bed wach TV alone.
Midweek meetings were often an 8hr. process. Was the payoff worth it??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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3rdgen
Steve Martin slays me! Athiests don't got no songs hahahahahaha
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Too fat for the kingdom of God !
by koolaid-man informer jehovah's witness servant dick borghi along with elders in the lowell, ma.
congregation were asked by the circuit overseer to vote on whether to disfellowship overweight brothers and sisters.. this was very troubling to dick for two reasons.. 1... brother borghi thought it would be the responsibility of the faithfull and discrete slave to lay out a precise directive on the basis for this unusual request.
what criteria would have to be met to make such an awkward decision?.
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3rdgen
00Dad, what about nearsighted, dumb, ugly, wrinkly, hairy, and smelly?ha ha ha ha What if someone is "guilty" of more than one offense? Can he/she be double disfelloshipped?
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What history have you seen in the makeing???
by karter ini saw:.
neil armstrong say those famous words...this is one small step for a man........... muhammad ali win and loose the world title 3 times.. the 1st women prime minster of the uk..
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3rdgen
Yep, I've seen most everything mentioned too but always from a devout JW perspective. Which is: A callous disregard for the suffering in the case of tragedies, "proof the end is near" view.
In the case of freedom efforts the JW view is: Those people are wasting their time and lives.
In the case of new discoveries and inventions the thought is: God doesnt like it. Example: TV (devils eyeball) medicine (enough said) Space exploration: A conspiracy to try to prove evolution. Music: Forget about it.
The only thing I could be happy about was Hula Hoops, Barbie, and contact lenses.
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A reality test for Jehovah's Witnesses that really seems to work
by Terry ini admit to a fondness for "factoids".
little snippets of information.
statistics.
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3rdgen
When I first started reading the OP I thought you were referring to the hundreds of thousands of kids (or more) who are/were Born In and held captive/kidnapped into a cult. This is a good thread.
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HOW DE JUDGE STOLE CHRISTMAS.....
by Mary inde judge hated christmas!
"i must find a way to keep christmas from coming!".
i must stop christmas from coming!
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3rdgen
Mary and Snowbird, Great work!
To BOTR: My parents were pretty good about giving me toys. My mom took advantage of Jan. sales and usually bought several. My dad bought me several new bicycles and other nice things. As a child, I came down with severe cases of Measles, Mumps, Whooping cough, and tonsilitis. (dog sick for 2 weeks each) I was thrilled when she brought home a wrapped present those times. Not everything about my upbringing was bad and I never had a doubt they loved me. That's partly why I became a true believer dispite our highly dysfunctional household.
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Born ins..Were You Forced to Be a JW Growing Up?
by LostGeneration inmyth: parents who are jehovahs witnesses.
force their children to follow their faith.. fact:witness parents strive to inculcate love.
for god in their offspring, just as the bible.
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3rdgen
Nugget, you gave a perfect description.
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YouTubes Here ! by John Lennon - ( With Beatles or After Beatles ) Love .....
by flipper in....... is the answer , and you know that for sure.
rest in peace john ( b.
10/9/40 d. 12/08/80 ) age 40. .
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3rdgen
Wow, takes me back. Some of my best memories growing up involved my best friend and our passion for all things Beatle. Screaming our lungs out at the theater playing "Hard Days NIght". Playing their albums thousands of times (at her house. my parents -too strict). Knowing I was going to marry Ringo. I know, I know, he was already married but we were 12. haha
Thanks for the vids
3rdgen another fan