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  Videolink speech by a HQ member this Saturday

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  so this saturday we are going to have some kind of videolink speech, by a james mantz from headquarters apparantly.

  how very exciting... or not.

  thats what my mum said anyway, and i just thought like " yeah right" i can t remember we have ever had it before, is it a new take?

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  Powermetal4ever

  More tan 24 hours later I have now recovered from it. Yes it was linked to KHs, from a branch visit I guess, but surprisingly no GB member as mentioned.

  It started quite good, with a lots of talk about personal freedom in matters that are not specifically described in the Bible. Such as eating meat sacrificed to idols in Korinthians. But it got much worse, when the speaker came to the subject of always obeying the faithful and discreet slave. Specially on the matter of higher education... (surprise?)

  And after that I simply dropped my concentration.
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  What Things Did You Not Talk About as a JW?

  by minimus in

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  you have to lead a secret life as a jw.

  you're not supposed to over drink, go to night clubs, enjoy worldly concerts, etc.....sex, though is really taboo.

  you could never freely talk about your sex life.

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  Question is: What things can I not talk about as a JW? ....Well, almost nothing about any of my interests
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  Videolink speech by a HQ member this Saturday

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this saturday we are going to have some kind of videolink speech, by a james mantz from headquarters apparantly.

  how very exciting... or not.

  thats what my mum said anyway, and i just thought like " yeah right" i can t remember we have ever had it before, is it a new take?

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  Powermetal4ever

  So this saturday we are going to have some kind of videolink speech, by a James Mantz from headquarters apparantly. How very exciting... or not. Thats what my mum said anyway, and I just thought like " Yeah right" I can´t remember we have ever had it before, is it a new take? I found out that this James Mantz is a director of Kingdom support services inc. Is he still that? Very odd btw with all these companies run by the WTBTS.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

  by minimus in

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  i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

  he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

  he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

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  Powermetal4ever

  From my experience: No! Absolutely not, they seem much happier on my workplace than in my cong. I also know a few people with mental issues in the cong.
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  Memorial talk

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. watchtower
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  it was a year ago we visited the kh at last.

  yesterday evening when went to the memorial for family reasons.. the memorial talk was very slick.. there was no mention about the early christian times, no mention about the apostles and disciples.. it was a present day talk only.. the ties to the foundation of christianity were totally absent.

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  Powermetal4ever

  Instead of starting a new topic about the memorial which I was on, I can you a bit of my experience. Although I sat and daydreamed some of the time, I heard a lot of talking about the anointed and that they are really sure about their calling and so on. The speaker even managed to mention one person in the GB, I think it was Jackson, about an experience he had with someone asking if JW would go to heaven, The speaker almost had an admiring look on his face when talking about him. Our speaker by the way is a well know elder in my country, he has been CO and I think everyone knows him, wonder why our cong got him.

  Anyway I thought: Shouldn`t this speech be more about Jesus and his sacrifice than about something else? It´s not getting through to me, I dont get feeling I am supposed to get (whatever that is). So I watched the movie Passion of the Christ when I came home, it gave me at least a hint of what Jesus pain must have been like, although I think its a bit excessive, but anyway...

  One person partook btw.
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  A few thoughts

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  saturday night in the country where i am from, i am sitting by my computer alone and drinking and having some thoughts.

  hos sad isnt that?

  .....i am feeling a bit down right now and dont know what to do.had a call from my mum, she was among other things saying that its not very good that i dont go to meetings if they are not (she and my dad.

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  anti-witnessing

  That sounds great, I wonder if a usual conversation would qualify as well? If so I dont need to fake my hours...
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  A few thoughts

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  saturday night in the country where i am from, i am sitting by my computer alone and drinking and having some thoughts.

  hos sad isnt that?

  .....i am feeling a bit down right now and dont know what to do.had a call from my mum, she was among other things saying that its not very good that i dont go to meetings if they are not (she and my dad.

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  Powermetal4ever

  Thanks for all your positive comments, despite the little messy text.. I really appreciate it!

  I realise that I need to prepare more for those kind of questions I might get. But hey, that sounds familiar with something else...
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  A few thoughts

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
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  saturday night in the country where i am from, i am sitting by my computer alone and drinking and having some thoughts.

  hos sad isnt that?

  .....i am feeling a bit down right now and dont know what to do.had a call from my mum, she was among other things saying that its not very good that i dont go to meetings if they are not (she and my dad.

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  Powermetal4ever

  Saturday night in the country where I am from, I am sitting by my computer alone and drinking and having some thoughts. Hos sad isnt that? .....I am feeling a bit down right now and dont know what to do.Had a call from my mum, she was among other things saying that its not very good that I dont go to meetings if they are not (she and my dad. It takes an hour to go the KH, and my dad is the only one having a driving license and car) And she also said I should socialize more with the persons in the cong. And then she asked if I am doing any ministry these days, I said yes sometimes I do that. Which was a lie... I hate lying, but the whole situtation makes me do it. What am I gonna do?! She doesnt know I am mentally out yet, dont know how to tell her either, what should I start with? Something about JW TV maybe, that its like any other TV evangelist stuff, I dont know.... Theres is so many things I could talk about that is wrong in the org, but I dont know how and when, and she will probably be mad at me. And an other question, how are you faders coping wiht the ministry thing? Are you lying about it? Honestly I am putting in fake hours in my monthly report... I dont really like it, but it just have to do for the time being.
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  Flashy convention site

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  dont know if anyone already have shown this, but there's a big convention this summer in stockholm with people from all northern european countries ( i believe it was).

  and this is the site: https://www.sammankomst.org/#/ .

  never seen such a site, it even got a countdown on it.

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  Powermetal4ever

  If this is an Assembly Hall then that is news. If this is just a site hired for the convention it is not. Does anyone know?
  

  Its hired
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  Flashy convention site

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  dont know if anyone already have shown this, but there's a big convention this summer in stockholm with people from all northern european countries ( i believe it was).

  and this is the site: https://www.sammankomst.org/#/ .

  never seen such a site, it even got a countdown on it.

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  Powermetal4ever

  Lol! Just realised, that the word site can different things xD In this case I meant site as in website.