Are you serious?? Lets look at it from a JW point of view. This is the most important celebration of the year. Theres alot of respect and dignity associated with the occasion. And its ok to flash money from the platform just for the sake of an illustration??? How would a politician or a very prominent businessman look, flashing money while giving a speech to present a point? Not very professional. As this speaker, taking away the decorum of the night, not for me, but for those around me. Everyone talked about it afterwards!
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At the Memorial......
by New Castles ini did make it to the memorial with my wife this past sunday.
at first everything was going the same as always...the talk, the passing of the crackers and wine, but then towards the end the brother giving the speech did something i had never seen.
he was talking about how we could never pay a price for what christ has given for us...he then pulled a big wad of cash with what was clearly either a 20 or 50 on the front and flashed it to everyone in the audience.
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At the Memorial......
by New Castles ini did make it to the memorial with my wife this past sunday.
at first everything was going the same as always...the talk, the passing of the crackers and wine, but then towards the end the brother giving the speech did something i had never seen.
he was talking about how we could never pay a price for what christ has given for us...he then pulled a big wad of cash with what was clearly either a 20 or 50 on the front and flashed it to everyone in the audience.
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Oh im sure he was showing off....actually hes in the food business, pretty well off.
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At the Memorial......
by New Castles ini did make it to the memorial with my wife this past sunday.
at first everything was going the same as always...the talk, the passing of the crackers and wine, but then towards the end the brother giving the speech did something i had never seen.
he was talking about how we could never pay a price for what christ has given for us...he then pulled a big wad of cash with what was clearly either a 20 or 50 on the front and flashed it to everyone in the audience.
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I did make it to the memorial with my wife this past Sunday. At first everything was going the same as always...the talk, the passing of the crackers and wine, but then towards the end the brother giving the speech did something I had never seen. He was talking about how we could never pay a price for what Christ has given for us...he then pulled a big wad of cash with what was clearly either a 20 or 50 on the front and flashed it to everyone in the audience. I almost laughed out loud. I did say "Oh God that was fake" loud enough for my wife and the others on my row to hear me. It was bizarre...Anyone else see or experience anything weird like that in a memorial?? In this one or in previous ones??
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New Castles
Hey Nancy,
Welcome to the forum!!!
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Anyone going to the memorial??
by New Castles inanyone going to the memorial this coming weekend?
i didnt want to, but my wife does.
i guess i will end up going....anyone else?
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Thats right, Doubtfully Yours, forgot about the dinner afterwards...well maybe I will go.
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Anyone going to the memorial??
by New Castles inanyone going to the memorial this coming weekend?
i didnt want to, but my wife does.
i guess i will end up going....anyone else?
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Anyone going to the memorial this coming weekend? I didnt want to, but my wife does. I guess I will end up going....anyone else? Any ideas on how to get out of it, without hurting my wifes feelings?
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Responding to Those Who Call
by kibizzle ini'm having alot of anxiety over what to say when local sisters call on me.
when you all were just getting out, how did you handle the unexpected visits?
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I hate those visits. I just sit there and make small talk as nice as possible while avoiding the big subjects. A family member came by the other night and began counseling me while talking to my daughter (she is only 4 mos old). She kept telling her how important it was to go to the meetings and study...c'mon. Even my wife didnt like it. Needless to say they left shortly afterwards, we weren't very amicable after that.
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What made you leave?
by Joysome in.
by this i mean what was it specifically that said to you that this isn't the truth?
caused you to give up what you always thought was the truth?
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I've always had doubts, in some way shape or form, but I think what got me to investigate everything was the pedophile issue. I got silentlambs.org and could not believe what I learned there. That convinced me that this is not the truth.
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Do you have "Will" leaving your estate to the WTB&TS
by Nadsam in.
do you have will ?...do you really intend to leave it to some swine pedophile loving cult.. .
nadsam...your friendly neighborhood apostate.
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i always thought that was the ludicrous idea ever!! How humble could they be when they were suggesting to their members to do that?? Its just disgusting.
To answer your question: never!
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Confusing
by five_crew indo any of you ever have this problem.
people find out that you used to have an affiliation with the jw organization and they think that you should be able to answer all of their questions.
both biblical and what they feel the organization is doing wrong.
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It may be a little different but I've encountered people who just dont understand the policies and rules of the jw org. They are blown away when I tell them how strict things are and also about the dfing policy. Thats what Ive encountered at work to those few who I have told.