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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  3rdgen

  Ha! Ha! LHG,

  It wasn't just sisters looking for Guys. Believe me, I saw and experienced plenty of Teenage and older Males trolling as well. One time a brother I had known years before in a different town came up to me at a DC and started flirting. He asked "Are you still married?" "Yes" I said, disappointed, off he went to find another possibility.

  Turns out he found an older sister and they married. His 3 years younger brother married her Daughter! This was about 30 years ago. I wonder if They are still married. LOL
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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  3rdgen

  LostintheFog,

  Maybe it was just a US thing? But it was just one more thing that made Con-ventions inconvenient and it was irritating!
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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  3rdgen

  Rules and Regulations provided a link to this 20 yo thread and I enjoyed it so much I wanted to bump it up again.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  3rdgen

  My breaking point would be the first time I needed to use the ladies room- usually within the first hour or so. They were always stinky with taped up mirrors. (Can't have those vain sisters touching up their make-up or hair.)

  If by some miracle I could avoid the ladies room the breaking point would be the old "Keynote Address". The subject was always a lead-in to some later released study book. The " Type and Antitype" and the endless convoluted explanation of some prophesy book like Ezekiel, Daniel, or Revelation. Kids were crying, men nodded off, sisters daydreamed, and I took out my binoculars to see if I could spot someone I knew across the stadium.
  
  
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  "We're in the last days!"

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.

  ) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".

  but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.

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  3rdgen

  Yes, Blondie,

  "The toenails of the toes" Or maybe the toenail clippings. :)
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  "A Jehovah's Witness"

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a very certain distinctive of jws is how they refer to themselves.

  "one of jehovah's witnesses".

  it's one of those coded jargon thingies.

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  3rdgen

  Stan: LOLOL!

  At least the sister said she's ONE OF Jehovah's Witnesses. Gotta get that grammar right.
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  How would you rate the Watchtower approved songs?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was asking why jws won't sing any church hymns even if they were doctrinally correct.

  jws asked me in response if i would sing any of their songs.. dan watkins wrote .

  its a hilarious misunderstanding, if it does not come from the watchtower bible and tract society, then it is effectively considered as coming from satan.

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  3rdgen

  When I was a little kid we used the Green Paperback "Songs to Jehovah's Praise" songbook. The chorus to one song was "Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish in the way."

  Since I couldn't read yet, I thought, How can I kiss the SUN?
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  3rdgen

  Duran: LOL! Love me some Carlin .

  I just received my DNA results from Ancestry.com

  My Mother was German

  My Father was English and Swedish/Danish but

  I identify as Ex JW
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  Will Governing Body follow through with New Zealand Royal Commission's recommendation to publicly apologize?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.

  https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.

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  3rdgen

  The reason The GB HAS NEVER and WILL NEVER apologize for previous doctrines and policies, no matter how harmful is :

  an apology = a legal admission of GUILT which then = LIABILITY

  Legal Liability = AUTOMATIC DAMAGES which = boatloads more $$$$$ paid out to victims by the corporation.

  WTC is never going to help victims collect $$$ no matter how egregious their agent's conduct.
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  3rdgen

  Diogenesister: Thank you. That means a lot.