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Letters to the WatchTower Editor???

by Funchback in

did any of you ever write a letter to the wts regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the awake!

mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles.

' from enland?

Funchback

4JWY...

Really? Wow! They used your real initials?

I like the idea of the contest that seattleniceguy suggested. Hmm...What would be the prize?

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Letters to the WatchTower Editor???

by Funchback in

did any of you ever write a letter to the wts regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the awake!

mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles.

' from enland?

Funchback

Did any of you ever write a letter to the WTS regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the Awake!?

Mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles. But, were YOU 'J.G.' from Enland? 'D.S.' from United States? 'P.X.' from Japan?

Or, do you think those letters were a load of crap?

I wrote a letter once. I swore that someone committed a copyright no-no because I saw an ad in a newspaper about 'Condoms'. There was a photo in the ad of a woman riding a horse. Just so happened that the same EXACT photo was in the latest WT. I thought the condom ad was illegally using the WTS photo. Turns out that the WTS purchases the rights to USE many of the photos that you see in the WT's & Awake!'s.

Boy, did I feel stupid for believing (at that time) that EVERYTHING in the mags was created by the WTS.

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District Convention vs. Democratic National Convention

by Funchback in

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well, this was my first ever glimpse of the dnc.

too bad i was still a loyal dub in 2000 because my hometown of philadelphia hosted the event.

i must say that if the district conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational and fun event, i might just think about going.

Funchback

I think the JWDC's should have a live orchestra. Each convention can have a guest Governing Body Composer.

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Learning not to be judgemental

by eljefe in

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the other day i realized that i am having trouble learning not to be judgemental.

as a witnesses i was always looking at others and judging them.

now, this is the most difficult thing to quit doing.

Funchback

As a JW, I also was judgemental of people. But, after being away from the meetings for one year, I am not judgemental at all. I think this was easy for me to overcome because I never did fully conform to the JW lifestyle. I was only being judgemental of others because nearly everyone around me had this same mentality.

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District Convention vs. Democratic National Convention

by Funchback in

jw
friends

well, this was my first ever glimpse of the dnc.

too bad i was still a loyal dub in 2000 because my hometown of philadelphia hosted the event.

i must say that if the district conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational and fun event, i might just think about going.

Funchback

Well, this was my first ever glimpse of the DNC. Too bad I was still a loyal Dub in 2000 because my hometown of Philadelphia hosted the event.

I must say that if the District Conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the Brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational AND fun event, I MIGHT just THINK about going.

But, even if they did all of those things, I'd still choose the DNC over the JWDC.

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Why Don't They Have Windows???

by Sweetp0985 in

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this may be a question that has been answered millions of times but i've seen it in alot of posts lately.. why don't the kh have windows?

what is their bible-based answer for this one?

Funchback

No biblical reason. Just for financial reasons.

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Gathering Outbursts!

by Funchback in

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when i was a dub, i can think of three occasions where someone protested/objected to the goings-on at a gathering.

people really made themselves look look like jackholes.

gathering 1): me, my brother and my friend went to a 'talent show' gathering (sounds like a great thread topic, eh?).

Funchback

myauntfanny-

"There's no blood in that sausage is there?"

LOL! I can only shake my head incredulously.

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Gathering Outbursts!

by Funchback in

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friends

when i was a dub, i can think of three occasions where someone protested/objected to the goings-on at a gathering.

people really made themselves look look like jackholes.

gathering 1): me, my brother and my friend went to a 'talent show' gathering (sounds like a great thread topic, eh?).

Funchback

When I was a Dub, I can think of three occasions where someone protested/objected to the goings-on at a gathering. People really made themselves look look like Jackholes.

Gathering 1): Me, my brother and my friend went to a 'Talent Show' gathering (Sounds like a great thread topic, eh?). We came up with an idea to do a Rap about Bible stories. There was nothing 'hardcore' about our words or appearance. In fact, we were quite lame. But, after my brother did his part, my friend was about to do his part. The audience was made up of over a hundred people! Suddenly, a man stands up from the audience and yells:"Turn it OFF! TURN it OFF! Rap music is deMONic!" He then ran out of the building. Needless to say, the gathering kinda just ended. Me, my brother, and my friends ended up looking like WE were guilty of something. We even ended up in the library of our hall after the next meeting.

Gathering 2): Me and my friend (the same one from 'Gathering 1') were DJing a wedding reception. The VERY first song we put on was by a woman named Lynn Tyler who had a one-hit wonder song called, 'Girls Night Out'. The opening chorus goes like this: "It's the girls night out. N-N-Night out...". Really, the song is about women going out together without the fellas. Well, the Jackhole brother comes up to us with that smug, superior, pompous JW, I'm-about-to-counsel-you face. Come on, YOU know the face I'm talking about! Anyway, he stands over our turntable and begins circling his head in motion with the record (like, he's reading the label on the record). Then, he says to us. "Do you really think this song is appropriate? What do you think those lyrics really mean? Do they encourage wives to leave their husbands?" I never wanted to kick a man's booty more than this guys. Turns out, that was the only song we played that night. Two days later, I had food poisoning from the food that was served at that reception. The food, by the way, was made by the JWs themselves! I guess Jehovah was punishing me for playing an adulterous song .

Gathering 3): This time, I am the Jackhole! I went to a graduation gathering (screw it...let's call it what it is: A party!). The DJ began playing some songs that bothered MY conscience (not that those songs would bother me now)! Anyway, I was sitting at a table with about 8 other folks and I made it known that I wasn't going to sit there and listen to this 'terrible' music! Everyone knew why I was leaving. Leave it to Sister Gossip to put additional words in my mouth and tell the mother of the graduate why I left. The mother called me on the phone and 'fought' with me for "making a scene" when I was leaving. Sadfully, I now know how foolish I must have looked when I put on my very own smug, superior, pompous JW, I'm-about-to-counsel-you face.

You got any 'gathering' outbursts you want to share?

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