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  Special seating for children at an assembly

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  as i was reading an article in a 1941 wt about the 15,000 children from ages 5 to 18 sitting in a special section at the assembly in st. louis, i had a sudden flash of memory.

  there was a more recent assembly where they asked the children to sit in a special section because they were directing a talk at the young people.

  more i think of it, it might have when when they were releasing the "young people ask" book, and that was in 1989. if that was the year, my son was age 15. i tried to get him to move to that section and he refused.

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  They made the children to about aged 18 sit in a special section for the release of the "Your Youth, How to get the Best out of It" c1976
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  Reexamine

  by geevee in

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  2. friends

  i have been trying to get into www.reexamine.org and cant seem to get the main page to load.

  i got to the quotes page, but that was all.

  has the mighty wts bought him down?

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  Hi all,
  
  I have been trying to get into www.reexamine.org and cant seem to get the main page to load. Anyone know why? I got to the quotes page, but that was all. Has the mighty WTS bought him down?
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  Lying Elder???

  by Confucious in

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  2. friends

  this is a bizarre thread.

  but i was talking to an elder and he was asking me if i've sinned.

  but we are all unclean.

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  A recent survey stated: "95% of men masturbate, the other 5% are liars".....!!!!!
  Perhaps this guy likes to help all the young men in the congo with their "masturbation problem"... technique!!
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  When and What was your "Spiritual" height?

  by Dune in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the highest i ever got was my being considered for a ministerial servant back in fall'ish 2004. .

  of course, i also started college that semester, and was given an ultimatum and now i'm here .

  but anyway, when and what was your pinnacle height in the organization?

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  I was an elder, had been the service overseer, school overseer, then secretary, used to be a hospital visitation elder and got to go once a year to the bi-annual HLC meetings. Got to be a session chairman at the district convention and circuit assembly, assistant to the assistant on attendants too......
  BIG DEAL it is all BS. These "positions" are just garbage and only serve to show how mind locked I was. Even then I never got to do anything major, like serve on appeal committees or give actual talks at conventions etc.
  Dont forget, when you "reach out" for this stuff, you are only trying to win popularity votes, if those who decide like you....you fit the mold more perfectly than someone else, you get their vote and in/up you go. It is absolutley nothing to do with "spirituality". Maybe only religiosity.
  Remember the Pharisees.
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  One of the long term effects of growing up a JW...

  by Pwned in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me anyways.. i still have nightmares about demon attacks.

  that was the one belief that really had a grip on me growing up.

  i was terrified of demons and even thought i was being attacked one night for bringing home a toy with a pagan symbol (ying-yang) on it.

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  Hi, yes I used to have dreams about demon attack. Lasted for a long time, I was always trying to yell out "Jehovah" to ward the attack off. Then one night in a dream attack, I managed to get it yelled out, and that was the end of those dreams!!! Corney isn't it?
  Now I wished I had have tried to reason with the dream demon and find out all about everything!!
  Oh well, mental conditioning affects/ed us all on various levels.
  Take Care.
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  Dreaming

  by geevee in

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  2. friends

  hi all, well this is an odd one, but lately, my wife and i and our youngest son have been having dreams that we are at the meetings, but when we are there, it doesn't feel right, we know that we dont want/or shouldn't be there.

  people are fussing over us, but all we want to do is get out of there.

  other times, we are giving talks and so forth.

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  Hi all, well this is an odd one, but lately, my wife and I and our youngest son have been having dreams that we are at the meetings, but when we are there, it doesn't feel right, we know that we dont want/or shouldn't be there. People are fussing over us, but all we want to do is get out of there.
  Other times, we are giving talks and so forth. Haven't been door to door in any dreams though!! That's got to be a good thing. I know it's weird. I guess when something used to control all your life for most of your life, it is still in the sub conscious, trying to work it away.
  Any one else have dreams like this? Maybe we need deep psychological purging. Am/have read Hassans books.
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  I think my parents arent talking to me for good this time

  by Es in

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  hey all,.

  most of you know the story, havnt spoken to my folks for nearly 8 months after another argument as to why they could not been seen in public with my fiance (now hubby) and i as it would be seen agreeing with my decision to marry a "worldly" man.. i kind of got the hint it was for good when i didnt get an invite to the memorial, even if we are not talking at the time my dad always sends a written invite.. my nan has been really sick so she has been staying at my mums so i decided to text my mum yesterday to see how she is going.

  bout 6:30 my mob rings and its my mum i was shocked but also excited to hear her voice....but instead it was my nan.

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  The opposite of love is indifference. So by hanging up the phone she still feels something....
  It is stiking me lately, that these are people who tell others [not you] that they love you, but it giong to have to be tough love. Didn't the WT sept 1981 articles on disfellowshipping [the ones that toughened the stand Fred vs Ray] have stories of witnesses with DF relo's who "cut" them off severly, then have the relo make a come back? Tough love isn't it? Yes by taking such a strong stand they believe that it rock your world and make you come back to the faith.
  Little do they know. One day they will be looking for you. They will see that the false prophet, has had them confused with false prophecies all these years, now where will we go, how will we cope in "the world"?
  Don't they read their bibles? 1 Cor 13 says it all. Nothing about "tough love"!
  Take Care Es.
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  OMG - I just found a 1990 Yearly JW Calendar...

  by TresHappy in

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  2. friends

  amongst my things...i forgot they listed the weekend days with a to do - in service... .

  ugh!

  i'm pulling my hair out!

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  Watchtower stuff gets everywhere, just when you thought you have thrown out the last of it, something always turns up, an old km or a wt or a yearbook....tried to rid my home and office but still it turns up....that Satan!!!!!
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  My personal story helping 8 people out of the org so far! more to follow!

  by Mrs.Congeniality in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when my husband and i left the org back in sept. i felt that i had to tell my closest girl friend the reasons why we are no longer going to meetings.

  we sat down with her while her husband was out of town and told her many things we had discovered.

  so was so disturbed by this she couldnt wait for her husband to get home and share the "new light" with him.

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  Awesome!!!!!
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  A "Friend" Writes

  by geevee in

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  2. friends

  geevee, what's the story?

  word on the street is that your not going to well spiritually.

  i hope it's not true.

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  Thanks for taking the time to read. I know that in OUR collective gut, the alarm bells are screaming: "Why did you reply?" but I feel at some point I have to stand up for what I believe and stop taking it up the A** each time a "friend or relative" want to dish it out. Yes, they are concerned, but is it enough to want to stop and listen...not just hear why we feel as we do? We always show respect for what they believe. I still let my father-in-law pray when we eat together in our home. I dont preach my views to them, but I have to just cop it when they feel like it!!
  All any of us want is for them to take the blinders off for a short while, are there other possiblities? What is Truth?
  Thanks again for all the kind thoughts. Let's see where it ends up...
  Maybe: "Hi my name is GeeVee [actual name used], and I was a Jehovah's Witness"