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  Worst Memorial Talk Ever!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i honestly have never heard such claptrap being delivered in a memorial talk.. the speaker repeatedly put down the way other religions administered the bread & wine, and claimed that witnesses do it exactly as the bible describes.

  oh yeah????.

  he forgot to mention - when reading aloud 1 corinthians 11:25 - that after passing the bread, a full meal was to be shared, before the wine was passed around!

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  OneEyedJoe

  Sorta like the cultists say "the most important meeting is the next one" the worst memorial ever is always the next one. So far (about 15 minutes in) it's all standard fare, except they got the most monotone elder to do it this year (oh and I'm about 4 bourbons deep haha).
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  Just to see...

  by SoJo16 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i walked by the local double hall this afternoon on my way home from work at about 4:30 pm.

  you would never know it's a special night.

  no cars in the lot, nothing swept, no flowers or decorations...totally dead.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Makes sense. Memorial can't start till after sundown. What did you expect?
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  HBO Scientology Documentary

  by tresdecu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone else seen the hbo scientology documentary 'going clear' - wow...cults are just mind-blowing you wonder how people can fall for that garbage, then you (those of us former/fading jws) look in the mirror.. i would love for someone to make a major jw documentary like this.

  'going clear' is getting a lot of press.

  poor tom cruise...he looks like quite the whack job in it too.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Watched going clear this morning. I lost it when they showed the interviewees' exwives badmouthing them on TV.

  My wife actually had already watched it - I don't understand how an active jw could be so unaffected by it as she was. When I talked to her about it she talked about how crazy it all was without a hint of irony. Actually her tone was more of relief that she didn't have to deal with the difficulties of living in a cult. I think she's a lost cause.
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  JWs as described by Cracked

  by Vidiot in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-religions-youve-got-all-wrong-because-hollywood/.

  the article describes four different religions (rastafari, jws, amish, and scientology); jws are #3.. the jw entry is pretty accurate (and as usual, funny), but surprisingly doesn't mention the two-witness-rule-related legal troubles the wt has been having lately.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I hate when people act like JWs must all be clamoring for one of the 144k spots in heaven. It's that sort of small misunderstanding that makes an active JW dismiss all the other criticism.
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  144,000

  by freein2004 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay so the number is literal but them coming out of israel is not?

  huh?

  what am i missing?

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  OneEyedJoe

  Literally every statement about the 144k is taken to be figurative, except the number itsel . Not only that, but essentially ever other number in revelation is taken to be figurative. I'm with you - how did I ever believe any of it? Oh, right, I was a child and had intrinsic trust in my parents...
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  memorial campaing experience

  by antes8080 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so a friend from work had a get togather to watch ncaa basketball this pass weekend and i went on saturday morning as we wer watching the game some one rings the doorbell and my friend gos to the door he is there maybe a minute or so, he walks back into the room and screams outloud !!!

  "yes i got invited" and starts laughing as other see what he was talking about .

  someone sais " i hate those door knockers".

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  OneEyedJoe

  There's a place to mark "tracts" on the time slip? Show's how long it's been since I turned in an actual slip instead of texting some BS hours.

  I think so (I haven't filled out a timeslip in ages either) but I remember around last memorial season they read a letter telling us to report tracts as brochures until they could get a new time slip form created. I'm sure they've got the new ones out by now.

  They probably realized if they're going to spend 3-4 months a year on "special campaigns" like this crap, they need to make the stat-oriented JWs feel like they're accomplishing something.
  
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  memorial campaing experience

  by antes8080 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so a friend from work had a get togather to watch ncaa basketball this pass weekend and i went on saturday morning as we wer watching the game some one rings the doorbell and my friend gos to the door he is there maybe a minute or so, he walks back into the room and screams outloud !!!

  "yes i got invited" and starts laughing as other see what he was talking about .

  someone sais " i hate those door knockers".

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  OneEyedJoe

  Memorial invitations aren't marked as placements, but I get what you're saying.
  

  They're now counting them as "tracts" placed, so people can feel like they're accomplishing something.

  So what you're saying is, the leaflet didn't go to a prominent place on the dining room table for all in the family to look over and consider? I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!
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  "Millions Will Attend -Will You?" Mea Culpa!

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dubs are working the housing estate where i live.

  i was outside my house, applying some tlc to my old jag (worshiping worldly things?)..

  one old guy, half a dozen middle-aged and upwards ladies.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Has anyone reviewed the data to see whether there has been any sort of measurable % increase in Memorial attendance since this concerted invitation business (including "pioneer-lite") started several years back?

  Memorial attendance only just surpassed the previous peak in 2011 last year, so if it's doing anything it's only disguising the decline.
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  How is Joe Publisher reacting to all the TV coverage on the abuse cases?

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  please pardon if this a repeated topic.

  i have had virtually no contact with any witnesses beside my mother for the past few years.

  she watches tv constantly and claims she has never seen anything on the watchtower abuse cases.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I would guess that 95% of them are completely unaware.
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  Wife fully awake.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

  i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

  she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Lucky bastard! Way to go! So happy to see couples beating this cult intact!