by ithinkisee 24 Replies latest members private
“It’s one of my favorite weekends in the entire year,” says 19-year-old Bryan Gerard.
As cornball as this sounds, it is probably true. In one of the apostate books I have read over the year (I can't remember which one), the writer points out that JWs are so socially starved that even the conventions look good to them. And when leaving the conventions, it is not unusual to feel a little depressed, because it will be a long time before they socialize even half-normally again.
"They enjoy cordial relations" with society and those not Witnesses ----but not if you're disfellowshipped. LIARS!
Ironically, the survey also indicated that many teens have little practical knowledge of their beliefs, coupled with a perception of God as more of a personal assistant rather than an authority figure.
...and the teenage mind has not yet fully developed to contemplate concepts such as eternity and other questions asked for them by religions.
This is not ironic.
One just begins 'spirtual wondering' around 15 yrs. old, but then that doesn't make a good survey.
And just how sick is it to insist some "god" is an authority over you and not some friend, much less the idea that maybe "god" and "satan" just don't exist?
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Witnesses point to their traditional, tried-and-true resources, including personal and family Bible study programs.
"Tried-and-true"... yeah, that's why the lose more than half of their young ones.
“It’s one of my favorite weekends in the entire year,” says 19-year-old Bryan Gerard.ROFL...Brian Gerard is in dire need of a life.SNG
Sad as it may sound SNG, the convention was one of my favorite things growing up. The conventions were the only time that it seemed we went on a vacation anywhere because my mom went against the Society's direction about going to the assigned site...of course, that meant that we visited such exotic locales as New Haven, CT & Columbus, GA (ROFL)...
The part of the article I have an issue with is the following:
Witnesses are very successful in attracting and keeping spiritually inclined youths interested in their faith.Since when have the JWs suddenly become so good at attracting and keeping "spiritually inclined youths"? Any statistics to back this up? Oh, I get it...the writer can twist the meaning of "spiritually inclined youths" to basically meaning that any young person who leaves doesn't care about their spiritual well being...very sneaky.
I loved the assemblies too because it made me see there was such a thing as CuteGuys in the troof.
Also we got to sit on the bleachers on a blanket, so I could lean back on my elbows and look like I was listening, when I was really nodding. Also if you got a job not only did you get brownie points, you got to get near the CuteGuys. But best of all it was the only meeting of the whole year where mum and dad let me eat sweets during the sessions.
Im not sure how they decided what the Official Assembly food was going to be, but it was the same every year - peaches, doughnuts, those bars of chocolate where each square had a raised centre with runny strawberry cream in it, burgers with fried onions.
We went through a phase of selling meal tickets and then buying the food with the tickets. Guess there just wasnt enough queueing, so they had to invent some more. Each ticket was 5p, 10 tickets on a strip. What a bizarre system, as it didnt stop money being circulated in the ground, It just meant you queued at one guy for tickets then with another guy for food. I think it was to make sure everything was done in 50p chunks, so that there were loads of tickets left over, so you just put them into the donations boxes at the end. What a sneaky con.
loved the assemblies too because it made me see there was such a thing as CuteGuys in the troof.
AH Yes. The most pittiful people in the world. tHose who stand in the corridor in search of a christian mate... lol
AH Yes. The most pittiful people in the world. tHose who stand in the corridor in search of a christian mate... lol
HEY! I was one of those "pittiful people"!
Thank goodness I never found one. I might still be in that cult if I did.
The last two (including the fake experiences) are the most obnoxious
How do you know the "experiences" are fake?
I'm not trying to defend WT... I just wonder how you know they are.
Thanks.
Does anyone here have a couple of extra Prozac or Effexor XR on them that I may have when all the spiritual food being dispensed in due season at the DC starts taking effect?
