Sorry for all involved. You have to be true to yourself and I'm sure you know the consequences that you'll face. But, at the end of the day, we all have to make our own choices.
Doubting Bro
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A difficult yet necessary decision
by Brother Jeramy inthe past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.
he had just moved to my area from another state.
he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.
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Celebrating small victories
by StarTrekAngel indon't want to get into a lot of detail but it seems like my wife is finally having some flashes of awareness.
she's got them before, but not in very touchy subjects.
she was willing to seat down with me and look over some websites talking about some very controversial subjects that i do not dare to write about at the moment.
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RC musings - my impressions
by Doubting Bro inso 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 inso 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 inso 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 inso 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 inso 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 inso 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 inso 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 inso 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.