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  Sunday Drama at JW Convention: Not Bad, Really

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the ``giving credit where credit's due" category, i must say that while curiosity drew me to spend an hour or so last sunday morning at the convention in philly, i must confess to having been pleseantly surprised by the drama.

  sure there was the usual hamming it up with over-the-top histrionic gesturing and laughable synthetic beards we've come to expect; but since it stuck nearly verbatim to the events chronicled in the book of acts from pentecost through the trial and martydom of stephen it was remarkable for its christ-centricity and for the total absence of watchtower spin or any reference to ``the governing body," the "faithful and discreet slave" and ``organization.

  "" except for a few spurious ``jehovahs" here and there, it might have easily been mistaken for some sort of baptist pageant.

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  Found this year's drama a little thin. In times past they used nice sound effects and music. This year little of anything to spice up the material, music between scenes only. Yes U.V. Glass is sorely missed, I knew him personally and found him to be a kind and considerate person.

  Bet you didn't know that the chief of the Bethel CIA aka Service Department - Ted J. was responsible for stopping many of the things the brothers found interesting in the dramas, Gilead grads, and Branch dedications. No longer allowed to have special musical presentations at any of these events, too worldly per Ted J. "The Boss" Sad indeed.
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  Good Experiences as a Jehovah's Witness

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  instead of bringing out the negatives about being a witness, let's relate some good experiences!

  i'll start.

  i remember a sister that brought up all her kids up in the "truth" and her husband was very opposed but later he started studying and he even got baptized.

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  Actually I have many fond memories as a JW, but most relate to good times with people not Org related mumbo jumbo. Unfortunately those experiences are more in the past than recent.
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  The Bronze Rat

  by Surreptitious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a tourist walked into a curio shop in san francisco.

  exotics, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat.

  had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.

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  ooooh I love it. But Ted J has brass balls so don't know if it would work
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  Ever do Volunteer Service at Bethel?

  by Bendrr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't remember the proper term but they used to have volunteers come serve for a week or two at the farm.

  i had some friends serving at bethel at the time, the grimsley family, and they sponsored me to come up there for a week when i was 16. i flew up and stayed with some friends of theirs a few miles away from the farm.. all in all it wasn't a bad way for a 16 year old georgia boy to spend a week before school started back.

  i got to work with a pretty cool group of folks that week and i made a lot of new friends, none of whom i ever got to stay in touch with though unfortunately.

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  I once delivered 16 tons of sand to Aussie Bethel Farm

  I told 'em to pound sand.

  Did some volunteering and then actually got a personal invitation from the Factory Committee to come to serve as a Bethelilte, which I did for about three years. Finally got fed up with all the BS and told them bye bye baby! They were in shock because I have professional skills they were falling all over themselves to find.

  BTW due to New York laws Bethel has more than one ambulance. Has to do with the number of employees - read that volunteers - in residience.
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  Data Protection Act

  by SadElder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've read some about the data protection act in britain, just exactly how does it affect the congregation structure?

  if no records can be kept on publishers it would sure put an end to the secret little files the bethel cia aka service department can keep.

  any experience with this and how can we get it started in the us?

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  I've read some about the Data Protection Act in Britain, just exactly how does it affect the congregation structure? If no records can be kept on publishers it would sure put an end to the secret little files the Bethel CIA AKA Service Department can keep. Any experience with this and how can we get it started in the US?
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  Did the Watchtower Society Construction Crews in Brooklyn Bury Some Bodies?

  by Gamaliel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  well this isn't exactly what you might think, but i have the following information based on what i consider good authority.

  still, it's without a shred of hard evidence.

  i am bringing it up now before the watchtower society tries to sell off the particular building in question.

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  Don't know about any dead bodies, but did hear that the new 90 Sands edifice is plagued with mold/mildew problems as a direct result of the Bethel construction crew improperly installing moisture shields in the baths of some 350 rooms. No wonder they want to move out of Brooklyn.
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  Adopt the Three Kick Rule

  by Frannie Banannie in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i think exjdubs should adopt new hampshire's three kick rule (below) and apply it to uninvited witlesses at their doors..

  three kick rule .

  a big city new york lawyer went duck hunting in rural new hampshire.. he shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other.

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  Frannie B - near Glen Burnie / Pasadena area. Soon to be Montgomery County as I'm moving my offices.
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  I love CURRY

  by Beans in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  finally i have found a curry paste that i love!

  i love hot food and this curry paste makes any dish taste authentic.

  i made some for my mom and she said it tasted just like it was from a restaurant.

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  ohh nice hot Thai curry I love it. and I order mine Thai HOT when I get it.
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  Roots

  by Xena in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in speaking with some people the other day i realized i have no roots....no long term frienships....no family connections.

  i went to a party and almost all of the people there knew each other from high school or college or family friends.

  i felt so out of place.

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  SadElder

  I understand how you feel. Since I quit doing the elder thing it's like I'm not valuable anymore. Just a mere junior dub. I've also discovered that most dubs only want to know you when they need something. I've counted my phone calls the last three weeks.... the only time anyone calls to just say hey! is when some of my friends from other places call. In the last three weeks only one of my dub friends called as a friend. Huh!
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  Are JW more depresed?

  by heianderen in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  as many of you know there are some studies that indicade thath jw have an above-average mental illness incidence.

  i know a jw doctor that , ironicaly, has confirmed this claim to me.. greets,.

  heianderen

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  I believe that the dubs seem to attract many who are prone to n euroses and gullable too. Oh and bring along any qet rich quick scheme, MLM program aka pyramid scheme, etc. and it spreads like wildfire. If it involves some health assistance scheme all the better. In our area the big thing was Noni juice to heal everythng that ails you. Have cnacer drink Noni, have a bad back drink Noni. Boy what a joke but at $35 a bottle and you need two a month it sure puts money in someone's pocket.