Me too Jook Beard. I remember being fixated on the little girl falling into the hole clutching her little doll. If you look closely, right next to her was her puppy dog dying too.
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761958 Convention Program. 8 days from 9am till 9pm. Anyone attend?
by StopTheTears inhow in the world did they justify this torture?
imagine the children forced to sit in the summer heat at yankee stadium for 12 hours a day.
for 8 days.
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1958 Convention Program. 8 days from 9am till 9pm. Anyone attend?
by StopTheTears inhow in the world did they justify this torture?
imagine the children forced to sit in the summer heat at yankee stadium for 12 hours a day.
for 8 days.
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I went to the convention in Atlanta, GA in 1969. I was only six but remember it well. It was 9am to 9pm for 8 days straight. Might as well have been North Korean indoctrination mind programming. I remember squirming and writhing ....counting the minutes until 9pm.
But, at least I was provided with some nice children's books to play with:
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The Judge
by New day ingenuine question here.
a lot has been said on this site about how judge rutherford responded to events in his day by 'revealing' the great crowd of earthly subjects of the kingdom.
it was always portrayed to me as a reaction from the ground up of those who didn't want to go to heaven.
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Why did he do it?
....as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. - 2 Tim 3
The simple truth isn't good enough for those with an inflated view of themselves. But, the error always gets revealed in due time.
The first century "good news" cannot be changed no matter how many appeals to "new light" is made:
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Gal. 1: 8 -
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Newspaper article: Why JWs Don't Celebrate Easter
by Sugar Shane insaw this article in the google news.
it seems like the comments section is being overrun by jw apologists.
would be nice if some of us leveled the playing field.
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Here's an interesting article in defense of using the word "Easter", as the historical day of Jesus' resurrection. -
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Religion, a part of the American way of Life.
by Gorbatchov infound this picture on the twitter account and it makes a wider perspective to me.. the jw religion is so part of the american way of life, just like the other religions in the us.. in the jw growth rate country's there is a market for this "better" life.
the religion makes it possible.. western europe had that marketing mix need after world war 2 and maybe a part of the cold war.. see the picture, and you know, the similarities with the jw religion, the change will be in details and not fundamental.. gorby.
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The JW religion is so part of the American way of Life, just like the other religions in the US.
I was raised to NOT BE a part of the American way of life. No, participation in govt., armed forces, holidays, friends who were not JW's etc. I can hardly imagine a more Un-American ideology.
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I quit the Goodwill :(
by Joliette ini couldnt take seeing people from the kingdom hall.
you guys wouldnt believe how many jehovahs witnesses shop in the goodwill.
i couldnt take it.
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Kingdom Hall Built on Site of Former Slave Market
by Wild_Thing inin mississippi, there is a historical site called forks of the road.
before the civil war, it was one of the most active slave trading markets in the south.
it was a triangular piece of land formed by ... you guessed it ... a fork in the road.
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Edited to read "most of us". However, even though I was a 4th gen born in; I reached a point where: It was my own choice. I MUST deal with that fact.
Symbolism duly noted nonetheless.
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Kingdom Hall Built on Site of Former Slave Market
by Wild_Thing inin mississippi, there is a historical site called forks of the road.
before the civil war, it was one of the most active slave trading markets in the south.
it was a triangular piece of land formed by ... you guessed it ... a fork in the road.
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"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey"
The former slaves, were not such by choice. Most of us willingly submitted to our slavery from our own volition.
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Happy Resurrection Sunday
by Perry in.
wishing everyone a happy resurrection sunday.... from my family to yours!.
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I rarely wear a tie to church. I think this was the first time the boys did. That's one of the reasons I wanted to grab photo yesterday.
Steve, thank you. My avatar hasn't been changed since I started posting here some 15 years ago.
Best wishes to all.
- Perry
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Happy Resurrection Sunday
by Perry in.
wishing everyone a happy resurrection sunday.... from my family to yours!.
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Wages of sin is death Cofty.
But, the gift God gives is everlasting life. That's the way the universe is set up..... all based on choice.
Eve had a choice. She was told beforehand the price. Essentially, she chose to not believe God is what really happened. Her real problem was lack of belief of the consequences, while at the same time believing that he was withholding something good. Both, false beliefs as the last several thousand years has borne out.
Belief is what moves the hand of God, and triggers blessings. It gets results when done through the office of Christ alone. Sometimes God takes something from us, sometimes he gives gifts. All based on trust. I was a fool to put my trust in men.
"Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man"
After I did that with the WT, I did little better trusting in my own devices.
"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool"
God honors our choices. That was perhaps the hardest lesson I had to learn. The whole free moral agency system of governance is set up on choice. We can do one of three things in life, and get one of three results.
1. We can put our trust in others. If we do, then they are responsible for the results.
2. We can put our trust in ourselves. Then, we are responsible for the results.
3. We can put our trust in Christ alone, then God is responsible for the results.
I am 53. I have spent a considerable amount of time in each of those categories. My experience is that option three gets FAR more relatively immediate positive results, not to mention the eternal ones that go with inheriting the things that go along with being a member of God's family.
Out of everything I have learned so far in life, the role of belief is by far the most valuable fact I've discovered.