When my children were little, I always felt the conventions were designed to help parents cope with persecution. To me, being put in prison would have been preferable than trying to force small children to sit quiet all day.
TweetieBird
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The Mystery behind the Conventions and Assemblies
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style3 { font-family: arial; font-size: 20px; color: #000066; } .style4 { font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; color: #000066; } --> the mystery behind the conventions and assembliesin the organization, the idea behind the conventions was to unite gods people under one roof.. .
looking back and knowing it is not gods organization raises.
a few questions about the conventions and assemblies.. what was the real motivation behind the conventions?did the watchtower hold conventions to show the world god has a united people?.
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2 questions!
by TweetieBird infirst, does anyone have the date of the memorial for this year?
second, can someone post the district convention date for san diego.
thanks in advance...i know i am going to get asked (especially when our district convention is) and i don't have a clue for either one of these questions.
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TweetieBird
Thanks fokyc but I was hoping to find out the dates of the district convention for San Diego this summer. BTW, this will be my first memorial that I will not attend.
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2 questions!
by TweetieBird infirst, does anyone have the date of the memorial for this year?
second, can someone post the district convention date for san diego.
thanks in advance...i know i am going to get asked (especially when our district convention is) and i don't have a clue for either one of these questions.
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TweetieBird
bttt - still need dates of district convention if anyone has the watchtower that lists them, i would greatly appreciate. I've been avoiding talking to the mother figure cause i know she's going to ask. thanks!
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Changing your diet - meat, dairy, sugar
by Pleasuredome ini have just finished reading 'confessions of a kamikaze cowboy' by dirk benedict.
in the book he talks about how 'macrobiotics' (exclusion of meat, sugar, dairy among others) helped improve his health and fight cancer.
a lot of what he says about food resonates with me, so im curious.
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TweetieBird
Last January, my co-worker and I went on a vegetarian diet. I never felt better. But I live with a bunch of carnivores so if I tried to make a vegetarian meal, I caught so much grief that I finally gave in to the carnivore lifestyle again. However, I am thinking about giving it another go. Meanwhile, I read a really good book called, "Mastering Leptin" and have lost 20 pounds (what I needed to lose) just by changing when I eat as opposed to what I eat. My goal for February is to give up red meat and coffee.
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2 questions!
by TweetieBird infirst, does anyone have the date of the memorial for this year?
second, can someone post the district convention date for san diego.
thanks in advance...i know i am going to get asked (especially when our district convention is) and i don't have a clue for either one of these questions.
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TweetieBird
First, does anyone have the date of the memorial for this year? Second, can someone post the district convention date for San Diego. Thanks in advance...I know I am going to get asked (especially when our district convention is) and I don't have a clue for either one of these questions.
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Personal Truths
by searching4truth ini have been doing alot of soul searching lately.
having been raised as a dub and my entire world focused on that existence i seem to be a bit lost as to who i am.
everything my life was based on was a lie, so that being the case i find myself having to toss all my former philosophies aside and start from scratch.
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TweetieBird
It is difficult at first but it does get easier and easier with each passing day. I love to read so for me reading different (previously forbidden) books, i.e. "Crisis of Conscience", "In Search of Christian Freedom" was a tremendous help. Someone else on this board recently recommended "The Four Agreements" and I am really enjoying that one right now. I still have a lot of family members in the Cult so I have to pretend when I am around them or talking to them on the phone that I still believe the lies but I am to the point right now that if they find out my true feelings, so be it.
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Yet another brochure campaign !
by 5go ini hear tell that there will be yet another brochure campaign.
it will be in an upcoming km !
that is all i know.. i bet i just fell into some sorta trap but what the hell..
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TweetieBird
I think they come up with these tract campaigns to give the dubs a break from the (ab)normal routine of trying to start doorstep bible studies. The dubs get some relief by just going up to the door and handing the person a tract, no conversing with them.
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Told my JW mom
by Mrs Smith injust wanted to let you all know about my phone call to my mom.
she was telling me how upset she is that all three of her kids no longer are active jw's.
i could no longer keep quite and i told her how upset am that she still is an active jw.
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TweetieBird
Thats good news. Keep us posted.
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The serious conversation with the wife about the cult
by OnTheWayOut inif you needed my background, this thread will tell it-.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121888/1.ashx.
my wife recently asked me about not commenting at a wt study.. our discussion was the topic of this thread-.
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TweetieBird
Hi OnTheWayOut, You are going through with what my husband went through for a few years. It took me longer to come around but I had the same feelings as your wife. The WTS demonizes anyone that is not a JW, convinces you that if you leave "the truth" you will immediately go out and lead a wicked life. Your approach with her is excellent, keep dropping tidbits along the way. For me, the final nail in the coffin was the UN thing, I felt like if they lied about that, what else did they lie about.
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Leaving Florida and Moving to Ontario!
by Saoirse init's official, we will be moving to the toronto area within the next month or so.
my husband was offered an incredible job in canada so we flew up here to check it out.
we totally fell in love with the place.
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TweetieBird
Glad to hear you are moving on. We did the same thing and it was honestly the best thing we ever did. You can really start your life over again with no religious baggage. Don't worry about the KH. They will probably only work your area once or twice a year. You could just flat out tell them that you use to be witnesses but saw the light, they will probably mark you down as a "do not call." I have a friend that moved from Florida to Montreal and he loves it there. Good luck to you.