Posts by 3rdgen

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Newspaper Article: Press Telegram-JWS BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LONG BEACH - (JW beliefs discussed including date setting)

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20130829/jehovahs-witnesses-bring-millions-of-dollars-to-long-beach#comments.

go to the website to read the comments by xjws.. jehovahs witnesses bring millions of dollars to long beach.

jehovah's witnesses hold a series of regional conventions in long beach every summer, bringing some 150,000 witnesses from across the southland over the course of 15 weekends.

3rdgen

Thanks for posting this article, Barbara. I can see why there is a mutual admiration society between JWs and Long Beach. Both benefit from the DCs being held there. Some years ago BaalamsAss and I drove to LB to attend the convention because my daughter was being baptized there. I must say it was by FAR the best convention venue we had ever experienced- upscale in every way. The weather is incomparable. The vibe of the town is cool. Even the witnesses were bordering on coolness. Not a polyester suit in sight. The woman were very attractive and actually fashionably dressed. The problem was the pesky religion- but we didn't see that at the time. LOL

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To all you BRITS who inspire me!

by insearchoftruth4 in

get down!

!.

3rdgen

Insot4, yes I was captured by the "British Invasion" in the mid 60's. First the Beatles (Of course) then the Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, The Who etc etc etc, Yet the Stones are in a class by themselves. Whenever i feel rebellious they are the go-to group! Also: you have another PM

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tell me not to cry...

by losingit in

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after more than a month of not attending the meetings, my girls will be returning to the meeting tomorrow.

their father is taking them.

i was so happy because my girls were free from the boredom, drudgery and mind control inflicted upon those that attend.

3rdgen

Nathan N, excellent illustration and teaching points!

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tell me not to cry...

by losingit in

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after more than a month of not attending the meetings, my girls will be returning to the meeting tomorrow.

their father is taking them.

i was so happy because my girls were free from the boredom, drudgery and mind control inflicted upon those that attend.

3rdgen

Loosingit, I'm sorry your girls are being manipulated by their fathers religion and his desire to conform to THEIR rules. I believe Jnat said that children have a way of sorting things out in time and I agree. My situation once was the opposite of yours. My 2 teenagers chose to move in with their DFed dad who was living like a rock star and openly Bi-sexual. At the time I was an active Dub remarried to an elder. I was terrified that my kids would "leave the truth" which they did while in his company. Newsflash: kids like having fun better than meetings and crazy rules! When they left his house to attend college they decided to become JWs. I was elated! What I hadn't counted on is that college teaches critical thinking skills and soon after baptism my living child left the Religion for good. Meanwhile, elder hubby and I left JWs and rock star dad died. My point: The father of your kids has some influence on them and so do you. Your girls will probably adapt to their surroundings- when with you they will pick up your beliefs and when with their father, they will do the same. Time and critical thinking skills will help them to sort out their OWN beliefs. By teaching them critical thinking NOW they will be ahead.

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Do I have PTSD. I comment on three exjw blogs almost everyday

by trujw in

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i guess i have issues.

or am i just soo awesome.

please don't tell me i am becoming danny hazzards twin.

3rdgen

If you have to ask if you have PTSD you don't. Maybe OCD?

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Millions now living will never die... could still be true...

by ILoveTTATT in

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playing devil's advocate here...

researching online, i found that approximately 1% of the world's population is 90 years of age or older.

this means that, come 2015, there will still be around 70 million people who fit the bill of "now living" in 1925 and still living.

3rdgen

Centurians eventually die. What do you mean?

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My Jimi Hendrix experience

by confusedandalone in

as a 13 year old a friend of mine had a jimi hendrix record and told me if we play it backwards that they said words.

he bought the record from a shop not far from where we lived and we were the only family that still had a record player.

so we played the record and i spun it backwards andnothing happened.

3rdgen

Insot4, You have a PM. Sorry Simon

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Another story... possibly final story

by confusedandalone in

this is the exchange of text messages i had with my super spiritual brother.

it is sad... it is pathetic... it has helped me realize that i have no connection to these people anymore.

i feel free today.

3rdgen

Thanks Gio

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Encounter at McDonalds

by jws in

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so i was helping some friends move and it came time for a break, i took my kids to mcdonalds.

we're sitting there and there's a family across from us, man, wife, 2 kids under 4. in the next booth is this older guy, maybe late 60's.. i'm not really paying attention, but then this older guy says something to the family about everybody being "me-first" these days.

so that caught my ear.