Hi everybody!
I don't post much and this is the first thread I've ever started so please bear with me. I wanted to give my obsevations on the 2005 "Godly Obedience" District Convention.If the things I say are redundant, I apologize.
Anyways, I was coerced into going by my daughter. This is the first convention I've gone to in years. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have gone to this one except that she was assigned to go to Huntsville Alabama and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to go to the U.S. Space and Rocket Museum there (which was waaaay cool, by the way!)
Back to the dull stuff, on Friday morning in the talk "Resurrection-Why That Hope Should Be Real" the speaker asked the audiance how many had been in the troof for years-decades even, then he went on to say that these ones accepted the troof fully expecting to never grow old in this old system (Geez-wonder where they got that idea?) and now they find themselves afflicted with the maladies of old age and -in his exact words-"may very well grow old and die in this old system" Now, of course, they should refocus their hope on the resurrection. To me all the recent garbage on the resurrection is just WT spin control on their own failed prophesies about the end of the world. It just plain didn,t happen and now people who thought they would spend eternity frolicking amoungst the daffodils are now facing the prospect of pushing up daisies.
On Saturday, the baptism talk had the unusual title, "Let Your Yes Mean Yes" (Perhaps a slam against those who attempt to nullify their baptisms?) In this talk the baptimal questions were discussed. Particularly interesting was the junk about obedience to "God's" organization and how we should be ready to obey orginizational directions and follow the lead of the elders. He then stated obedience is easy if you understand what's being asked of you but it takes true submission to go ahead and follow direction when you don't fully comprehend.--That's right-You be a good little drone and do what you're told-even if the direction comes from an idiot elder who sweeps floors for a living or from an organization that makes 180 degree flip flops on doctrianal issues every few years.
Finally, the moment everyone was waiting for--the part, "What Does The Bible Really Teach?" The speaker made the comment that we should ignore " superstition about the Bible's origin and authorship" Yeah like the Bible's claim of divine inspiration despite hundreds of pages of God-approved blood-thirsty carnage or the looney laws such as how to tell if one's wife has been unfathful (by making her drink dirty water-if she gets sick--Bingo!-Num.5:11-28)
After the session i got a copy of the new book.Iin thumbing through it I noticed an interesting thing. On page 75 two of the three persons dipicted as being resurrected are children. On page 107 the funeral of a child is shown. Is the society subtly trying to prepare new converts for the possibility that their children may die by following their heartless doctrine on blood transfusion?
On a lighter note, I didn't go to the Sunday session, I'd had enough. Instead I went back to the U.S. Space and Rocket Museum and took some pictures of the SR-71 Blackbird airplane they have parked outside and I went to the Histoic railroad depot downtown. On the plus side, Huntsville is a beautiful town, the people are friendly and the town is spotlessly clean-even the interstate highway right-of ways are well-maintained and landscaped! Anyway, that was my convention experience. I only hope that it's five more years-at least- before I go to another one!
Thanks for reading!
Cyrus The Persian
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2005 "Godly Obedience" District Convention Report
by CyrusThePersian ini don't post much and this is the first thread i've ever started so please bear with me.
i wanted to give my obsevations on the 2005 "godly obedience" district convention.if the things i say are redundant, i apologize.
anyways, i was coerced into going by my daughter.
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How many people here are Faders?
by misspeaches inhow many people that come to this board are faders only?
i am interested to know the statistics on how many people have left the borg because they have discovered their untruths or become disillusioned.. thanks,.
miss peache
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Hi! I faded about seven years ago.I was tired of the constant 'do more' treadmill. I stepped down as an elder, divorced my wife, changed halls and quietly faded away. It wasn't until I found the H20 website that I found out the truth about the 'troof' CyrusThePersian
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #130
by ozziepost inso how's things with you?
it's been one of those weeks, hasn't it?
i'm sure many who are roman catholics are feeling a sense of loss and wondering how they will cope with change to a new pope.
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Preaching work
by jula71 inas a jw, we?ve been taught that preaching is a direct command from jesus, but is it?
who was he talking to?
in matt 28 he was talking to the remaining apostles.
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Hi! I'm originally from Memphis. I went to the Hickory Hood...er, I mean HILL Congregation back in the seventies CyrusThePersian
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I just got access to a HUGE WT library...what do I want to get?
by wanderlustguy inmy brother and his wife (still very much in) just inherited a library of wt publications dating back to the 20's.
the best part is, it's complete with both the original watchtowers and bound volumes, in many cases there are 2 of each of the bound volumes, which i can have one of.
i plan on doing a lot of research on here to figure out what all i need...still a "newbie" you know.
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Hi! GOLDEN AGE Magazines! If they have some of those, they contain some of the most insane rantings ever publised by the WTS. Everything from wacky science to advertisements and endorsements for quack cures to downright dangerous medical advice (Sunbaths and UV rays are good, vaccinations are a pus from the Devil, Aspirin is bad for the heart, etc.) Get some of those, I'd love to see some scans of some of those articles! CyrusThePersian
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Hi -I'm Jewish
by moshe ini'm an ex-jw - i converted to judaism .
i just wondered if any ex-jw's like me are now jewish or have questions about judaism.. shalom,.
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CyrusThePersian
Hi!
I'm Jewish, too. At least three-quarters. (My mother is Jewish, My Dad was half Jewish.) They converted in the 1950's and raised my brother and me as JW's. I left the "troof" about four years ago but I haven't gone back to Judaism. I'm interested in what your life is like now that you are a Jew. (I assume you belong to a Conservative shul, my parents were Reform.) I don't know anything about Jewish life since we have had very little contact with family over the years.
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I was lied to............
by hillbilly inreally... circa 1970...grade school.
our spelling book had an excercise that clearly described life in the future... like my adult future.
like the year "2000" future.. were is my moving sidewalk, flying car and silver jumpsuit?
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Hillbilly
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I was lied to............
by hillbilly inreally... circa 1970...grade school.
our spelling book had an excercise that clearly described life in the future... like my adult future.
like the year "2000" future.. were is my moving sidewalk, flying car and silver jumpsuit?
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Hi Candidlynuts!
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I was lied to............
by hillbilly inreally... circa 1970...grade school.
our spelling book had an excercise that clearly described life in the future... like my adult future.
like the year "2000" future.. were is my moving sidewalk, flying car and silver jumpsuit?
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Stephanie said:
"Hill, a woman is the soft creature you get to wake up next to each morning.
The one who smells of vanilla and always has a warm smile"
Heck! I thought that was called a "dog" but he doesn't smell much like vanilla!
Hillbilly, you must be from Tennessee. They've banned all the beautiful women from here and moved 'em all to Texas, I think. Especially the vanilla scented ones.
Cyrus the Backsliding Persian