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Mary.......you left out the important part. How hot did you look.

Think About It

I quit!

I'm glad you had fun Mary. That's what life is all about.

Just kidding. Sorry you had to waste your evening. My wife is at hers as we speak. I hope they keep getting worse and maybe she will stop going. I haven't been in over 30 years. In fact I think last year was my 30 not going anniversary. I should have done something to celebrate. I went to a very nice Palm Sunday service today at my church.

freedomisntfree

there is one happening as I type this down the street at my nearest kingdom hall Im tempted to go now just to see how bad it is......on second thought nah * goes back to marathon watching lost* ka ching!

whathappened

Enjoyed your post, Mary. Familiar observations. This is the first year I didn't go. It felt wierd. Last year, there was such a traffic jam in the parking lot of the KH that the JW's were honking their horns and yelling at each other. I knew something was wrong. People aren't dressing up for it like they used to either. No one invited me, not even my mother. Now I know the truth about the truth. Thank you all for helping me.

TheJigsUp

i always say they have taken the miracle out of the miracle..

the way i see it, they have secularised spirituality and faith.

life is to short

I too went it was my first meeting in about a year, they ccombined three halls so there were about 500 there. I knew a lot of people and so it was nice to catch up with some, but what struck me was how many truly crazy ones there are.

When you stop going and then jump back in you really notice the craziness of many of the JW's. Some just really have a strange look in their eyes like they are clearly mentally ill.

The speaker said some really crazy stuff too like the 144,000 just know that they are of the 144,000 like people know that they are a girl or a boy, I was like what the heck. I have always hated that example and with all those people there it really sounded stupid.

Then at the end of his talk he said we have two meetings a day that we go to. I was like what in the world is he talking about then I realized he was meaning two meetings a week that we go to, but no one tried to correct him, I was wondering what in the world new ones thought.

I know if it was my first time at a JW meeting I would have thought they were all crazy.

LITS

Mary

sir82

The speaker said some really crazy stuff too like the 144,000 just know that they are of the 144,000 like people know that they are a girl or a boy

Those going to heaven can tell if they're going to heaven, by looking at the "equipment" between their legs? That's a new one....

aquagirl

The speaker where I went asked the audence"What kind of a pet would YOU like in the "ew system"? "I want a pet Tiger'..Asshats,havent they seen "Planet of the Apes"?????

SnakesInTheTower

Mary... I am sorry that you had to go through that yet again.

My JW mom did not even tell me about the Memorial™ even though I talked to her two days prior. My fiancee said if she were going she was bringing a can of Cheez-Wiz™ for the "crackers." I told her not to bother, we had better things to do. (We went to an Earth Day festival instead -- though that is becoming more and more commercial and weirder with the New Age booths. We then went to CVS to shop for bargains - never thought about the Memorial until quite late... aww shucks)

I have wondered what new people (non JWs) thought of the memorial "talk" I gave a couple of years before I left the cult. How ridiculous I must have sounded. Not a one of the non-dubs studied as a result of the Memorial™, and few showed up for the [Not-So] Special Talk™

Supposedly, the local dubs loved the talk, not the same old same old. I think the outline was new, but I tried to spice it up some, make it more interesting, more about Jesus. (Meaning I had to go off the copyrighted outline a bit.) What I hated the year that I gave the Memorial™ talk was they had a separate "Special Announcement©." -- which was nothing more than invites to the Special Talk™ and for Bible Studies™ as I recall. It was a little slip of paper, about the same size as a time slip. It was to be read word for word with the same kind of enthusiasm as a convention release announcement. The young PO had a copy of the outline and the announcement in his lap making sure I did as I was told. I did not. I made the announcement as a mere afterthought, so as to not take away from the solemnity (gag) of the occasion. Of course, I was read the riot act about the announcement. Originally the PO wanted to be called up to the platform to make the announcement. I vetoed that. As Memorial™ speaker, I had control over every aspect of preparation through execution. Can you imagine how anti-climatic and very infomercial-ish that would be?

Oh wait, it is a book publishing corporation .

Snakes (Rich, of the "never going to the Memorial again" Sheep Class)

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