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  Can you believe the opening song at the memorial tonight?!

  by Indian Larry in

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  did anybody (who went to the memorial) notice the opening song?.

  keep in mind that this is the most important night of the year for the witnesses.

  it is supposed to be all about jesus christ.

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  stuckinarut2

  Simply put, that song was drawing attention to and praising HUMANS, rather than God or Jesus.....
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  The GB wants us to read this bible passage to you!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a brother visit me yesterday to invite me to the memorial.

  as usual, despite the unspoken passive aggressiveness, i was polite,.

  anyway, this year, he started his presentation by saying: "the governing body (gb) wants us to read this bible passage to you!

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  Yep, so rather than saying "Jesus or Jehovah would like these words shared with you", it is the GB?

  So when did the GB overtake the 2 big J's in importance?
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  Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?

  by kpop in

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  2. friends

  this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.

  i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.

  i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.

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  Great thread!

  This was our second year we didn't attend, and by the sounds of it, we did not miss anything!
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  You Can Encourage An Inactive Christian!

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

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  2. experiences

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/april-2017-mwb/meeting-schedule-apr10-16/encourage-inactive-christian/.

  this is part of the clam meeting this week.. how contradictory is it?.

  first, they instruct people to avoid inactive ones and to shun them and to treat them the same as da'd or df'd ones, .

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  Hypocrisy and double-speak at its finest!
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  Can you believe the opening song at the memorial tonight?!

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody (who went to the memorial) notice the opening song?.

  keep in mind that this is the most important night of the year for the witnesses.

  it is supposed to be all about jesus christ.

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  stuckinarut2

  WOW!
  Is that really the lyrics of the song?

  I am honestly gob-smacked!
  
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  Memorial - from disgusted to feeling sorry

  by UBM101 in

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  i went with my husband tonight for the first time.

  it was pretty appalling how they lied about the 144k and everyone else.

  then passing the wine and bread for nothing.

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  Good point punk! They did indeed say that prior to the 2014 memorial!

  "This may well be the last memorial prior to the end of this system". It was in the Kingdom Ministry.

  They also said that in a KM back in the 1970's....
  
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  You will be with me in Paradise

  by AmyWatson916 in

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  i'm reading a book called, "what to do when they knock".

  it points out that on page 36 of the 2014 "what does the bible really teach?

  " book jesus promises the criminal, "you will be with me in paradise.

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  Interesting question!

  Using the official Witness reasoning, only those who die AFTER Jesus died would have the opportunity to go to heaven as one of the 144000.

  So, therefore, IF that criminal was suddenly blessed with being chosen to be part of that exclusive group, then he could ONLY gain entrance to heaven IF he died a second or two AFTER Jesus died...
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  Do JW's believe in the concept of neutrality? Apparently not!

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  “all of us have a choice.

  either we serve jehovah or we serve satan and his demons.

  how wise it is to serve jehovah!” - spirits of the dead, p23-4.

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  Great comments!

  I had never thought of that before!
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  Nathan, that was a little unnecessary.....

  For those who have recently taken a stand, this is a big deal.
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  When can I let my guard down?

  by hybridous in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  quick background:.

  born-in, but never baptized.

  remainder of family still (by all appearances) loyal dubs.

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  Teach young ones to use analytical thinking in little things like comparing the claims on products at the supermarket... (eg "why does the packet claim "new and improved" or "why does it say "100% natural" etc)

  If they can learn to question things like that, then slowly they can apply such skills to larger issues of faith...