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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Morpheus - Compared to last year's venue, the parking wasn't bad. It didn't take 2 hours to get away this year!
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Oh, I can't believe I forgot the most important takeaway. JWs are obsessed with tablets!!! I kid you not, I have never seen a larger concentration of individuals with tablets in my life. Does the WTS own stock in Apple? It seemed like every other person had a tablet out. Plus people also had their phones out. Of course, many had the stupid JW app but I saw several surfing other sites. Many kids were playing games on theirs.

  If you ever see an 80 year old with a tablet, there's a 99.9% chance they are a JW.

  They had 2 new songs that you had to go to their website to get the lyrics. That's one way to drive up traffic.
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Yeah and I'm sure you will be getting that Return to Jehovah brochure. Ugh.
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Londo - no I didn't see your parents nor anyone from their congregation. They must be assigned to a later one.
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  I believe it was on Sat morning for the ice cream video
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Oubliette - Yeah, I guess I forgot fear and false hope. LOL - all that stuff has less and less of an effect the more they use it.
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Yeah, the video screens blocked out a big chunk of seats. So I think they added an extra weekend and will have smaller crowds. They pay so little for the venue, it doesn't even matter.

  Oh, by the way, parking really sucks this year. They are doing construction in the area and some streets around the venue are closed. At least no one was working Friday and I didn't burn a vacation day.
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  RC musings - my impressions

  by Doubting Bro in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  So I went to the RC this past weekend and have a few observations:

  1 - Use of videos - Most parts had some sort of video prop. They ranged from awkward (an example was on Friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than God made this) to very well done. Several of the videos were made to tug at people's heartstrings and the results were several people crying on a few. The low light was the Sophia video where she gives her ice cream money to the WTS. I was reading here at the time to stop myself from getting angry. Lots of demos using the video and they were much better than a live demo. The interviews I didn't think would be as compelling as those with local folks who people in the audience may know. But, that may be better since many times the back story of the person being interviewed isn't that positive.The drama was WAY better than the live action, exaggerated gesture dramas of old. Also, it was more interesting to see the speakers face than just listening.

  2 - Jesus - they actually mentioned Jesus (the theme) more times this weekend than likely the last 2 years of meetings combined! LOL - I thought they were going to spontaneously combust. It's so crazy for a so called Christian religion to pay no attention to Jesus but they got it out of the way with this one. Of course, the whole RC was to promote their new Jesus book (see we do believe in Jesus look at this book).

  3 - Slackers - Many shots squarely at the men in the audience who don't "reach out". The congregation I attend has TWICE as many ex-elders as current elders. This is not something that is unusual and clearly something the WTS has no clue how to address. The only weapon in their arsenal is guilt. Guess what boys, it doesn't work!

  4 - Doubters - I think this is the first time I can recall so much talk about doubt. The drama tried to compare a disciple of Jesus to modern day JWs and basically tell them choke those doubts down. I'll tell you what GB. You perform a miracle and I'll start believing in you. Personally, I have NO doubts that JWs are NOT the "earthly portion of God's organization". Zero. Again, they can't wrap their minds around why someone would leave or fade so they figure it must be Satan. Instead of taking an honest look that their teachings and the atmosphere of the congregations, they essentially blame the individual that they aren't grateful enough.

  4 - Attendance - Seemed smaller than normal. The high water mark was 5900. It was around 5400 for Friday morning session. 22 baptized with the majority looking under 18. One little girl was certainly under 10.

  5 - Lett is insane. Seriously what is wrong with that dude and why do they continue to trot him out? He did the sound drama which was basically a bible reading with some commentary. Ok fine but his crazy expressions are actually distracting. The looks on peoples faces when he started speaking were so funny. They wanted to make fun of him but felt like a lightening bolt would strike them dead so you could see the internal struggle to try to pretend to take him seriously.

  All in all, a waste of 3 days but at least I kept my wife happy and saw a few folks I haven't seen in a while. At least I didn't have to listen to TM3 again like last year.
  
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  Candace Conti Settles

  by Nitty-Gritty in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

  but it's all quiet here.

  are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?

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  One other thing that is important to note about religious groups especially fundamentalist groups like JWs. The teachings in those groups tend to reinforce the "us against the world" notion which galvanizes the group. For example, see the latest WT article on the "spiritual paradise". This notion which good to help promote group loyalty, also tends to suspend the natural suspicion that people have with individuals they don't know very well.

  As a born-in, I don't suffer from the rose colored glasses effect ie trusting people just because they are JWs. But lots of converts do.
  
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  Let's Play a Game Using Instagram... JWS or LDS?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jw or lds??

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  Too funny! I thought that last one was taken outside the Stanley in Jersey City, NJ so was going to vote JW.