Posts by joyfulfader

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Hotel list for the Landover International Convention - how do you find it?

by insearchoftruth in

just wondering what hotels are "approved" and what the rates are?.

joyfulfader

The Cap Center was the best venue. I went there all during my pre teen and teen years. The 4 sided big screen tv over the stage had all of the scriptures and highlighted points. I have very fond memories of that arena and met so many people. Every once in a while the society couldn't get it and we would end up at RFK stadium which was outdoor and awful. When I was about 19 they lost it and we started to go to Vet Stadium in Philly...talk about a yearly nightmare of actual deadly heat. I am a nurse and worked first aid and we ran a mini hospital with beds and medications. We had falls, heat stroke, women in labor,dialysis patients, heart attacks. One year the heat index reached 129 and they put up an air conditioned tent on the field. I will never forget that.

The Cap Center was one of the few things I remember fondly. Several marriages came about as a result of the laps around the concourse level.

One year we were going home from the Cap Center and there was a guy walking down the center of 95 in nothing but socks and shoes. I must have been about 10 or 11. Police couldn't get to him because of the traffic. I thought my mom was going to die lol.

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Hello- new here

by Kikura in

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been lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.

a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.

my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.

joyfulfader

Hi Scott. Welcome :) As we are close in age I wish I could say I have been out for 24 years instead of ~3. And yes there are a few people that do get a bit carried away with their arguments but the fabulous thing about the Internet is you can stop reading. I do wish some would be a bit less antagonistic but we are all different. I don't post very often but feel free to share. I look forward to your story!

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TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!

by ILoveTTATT in

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ok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.

ttatt in a can!!.

enjoy ;).

joyfulfader

Thank you for all the time and effort to make such an easy to read chart. I shall be referring to it!!

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We thought it might be Armageddon when...

by cultBgone in

were there ever specific occurrences which you or those around you thought might be the start of "armageddon"?.

i remember 9/11 being such a day as it happened right as the meeting for field service ended.

it was the week of the c.o.

joyfulfader

In 1990 right before Desert Storm. I was in nursing school and there was so much going on in the middle east and the fall of the Berlin wall had occurred only a few months before and I was sure it was Armageddon. I even made a bet with a "worldly" classmate that it was and even gave her a "timeline" of what was going to happen next. Still feeling stupid 24 years later...

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Do You Believe That Jehovah's Witnesses Should Be Outlawed As They Are In Some Countries?

by minimus in

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or do you believe they have the right to practice their religion, as they do?.

joyfulfader

I want to say yes but the snowball effect could be potentially horrendous for others. Tax them. Tax the crap out of them and like others have said, make them take care of their own for life.

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Counting tracts as placements on reports now?!

by stuckinarut2 in

ahhhhhh......man....... .

so now we have to count all tracts / leaflets / meeting invitations etc as placements on the monthly report slip???.

is this just another method of control or accountability!

joyfulfader

Ridiculous. When there was the "the end of religion is near" or whatever it was about 4-5 yrs ago i went to one house and there was a tract still on the porch under a vase on the table. Maybe it was a convention one or memorial one...I don't remember the order of them. I actually had to say not to leave it. Not long after, we were told to find the door most used even if it meant going out of sight suspiciously. That was put to an end quickly when the car group I was in was detained by the police for suspicious behavior after a recent burglar spree. Super easy way to rack up numbers and reach virtually no one. I've been gone for a few years now.

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Is it true that the GB is soon planning on ditching the 1914 doctrine?

by yogosans14 in

or atleast tweaking it again... apparently there has been rumors of this coming out of bethel.

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joyfulfader

So they are ok with celebrating their "birth" of the kingdom. Sounds like a big 100th birthday party is being planned. They make no sense to me...

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Ahh....the Kingdom Hall

by Pete Zahut in

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i have a relative by marriage, who is gay.

she has been shunned since she was 19 when she "came-out" to the family just a few weeks before she and an older married sister in the hall ran off together.

this pretty 19 year old had been babysitting for a married sister since she was in jr. high school.

joyfulfader

Finally...true familial love. So rare in JWdom.

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What are your turn offs in a guy or girl?

by Iamallcool in

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one of them is nose rings/piercings.

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joyfulfader

Like FHN, I am at an age of where I know what I want and what I do not. I find that men say they want independent and intelligent women but when actually presented with one, they quickly realize they prefer the more passive woman.

My turn offs would have to be (in no particular order):

Poor grammar

Bad teeth

Poor manners

Shallow/self absorbed

Uncultured

Lazy

Disrespectful

Smoking

No sense of humor

I don't throw lack of chemistry in there because that is so subjective. I have found myself attracted to someone unexpectedly while repulsed by another who, under strictly objective criteria, would normally be attractive.

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Aposate crashes the memorial!

by Batman89 in

i should have posted this a few weeks ago, anyways this guy tony prime has guts!.

check it!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uadqh8-3qa0&list=uu7urkksine92mtdj2s33gwq.

joyfulfader

It kind of gives credence to the idea that "apostates" are a bit off. I remember seeing the ones picketing the conventions...excuse me, regional assemblies. Wait. Is that the most current term? I'm losing track...but I digress. Seeing the picketers and the occasional person stand up and be disruptive only made me fear them more. I always asked myself why other religions don't have ex followers making scenes. It "evidently" means "we" have the "truth". To me it is counterproductive and entrenches the cult mindset even more so. Witnesses are programmed to fear. Subtlety works so much better. Subtlety or a heinous experience that traumatizes.