I am not asking about a celebration afterwards, what surprises me is they don't 'talk up' that they had the memorial, how it is so important and attended by SOOOOO MANY people after they have held it.
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Memorial, why isn't there the post memorial excitement like there is with an assembly
by insearchoftruth ini know that the assembly is supposed to get the folks all excited about how close we are to the 'end of this system of things' but when my wife attends a memorial, she says nothing at all after it, even though this is supposed to be the most important night of the year for them..
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Why do the Witnesses keep mentioning how many people were at the Memorial at their hall?
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To me at least with the JWs it is all about the numbers, and if the numbers no longer support what they are trying to say, fudge the numbers or drop the importance of the numbers.
Magazines placed
Studies started
Hours spent in the field
Number of magazines circulated
Number of languages the publication is available in
Memorial attendance
Memorial partakers (this is a number that may be dropped since it continues to increase)
Hours required to aux pioneer, pioneer etc (has become less due to the desire to increase the number)
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Memorial, why isn't there the post memorial excitement like there is with an assembly
by insearchoftruth ini know that the assembly is supposed to get the folks all excited about how close we are to the 'end of this system of things' but when my wife attends a memorial, she says nothing at all after it, even though this is supposed to be the most important night of the year for them..
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And I think many of the folks, my wife included, have chosen to ignore the overlapping generations as well (or since the change has for the most part been so subtle, may not understand it) so the 'end buzz' is still preserved.....I think that there may be some residual buzz in the upcoming years due to the 100 years since the 'invisible return'.
I am still astonished that with all the push to get out invites that really the only post memorial buzz is the 'special talk' and then some time in the future to announce the world wide attendance......
Stupid Cult!
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Memorial, why isn't there the post memorial excitement like there is with an assembly
by insearchoftruth ini know that the assembly is supposed to get the folks all excited about how close we are to the 'end of this system of things' but when my wife attends a memorial, she says nothing at all after it, even though this is supposed to be the most important night of the year for them..
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Thanks OTWO, I guess another reason is there is very little change in the memorial outline from year to year, I attended one with my wife and I read the outline from this year, sure seems to be the same, spend most of the time explaining why folks should not partake and then have a public service announcement at the end for the 'special talk' where we can all hear about how close to the end we are and then a push to get all eligibles in the field........yawn.
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Memorial, why isn't there the post memorial excitement like there is with an assembly
by insearchoftruth ini know that the assembly is supposed to get the folks all excited about how close we are to the 'end of this system of things' but when my wife attends a memorial, she says nothing at all after it, even though this is supposed to be the most important night of the year for them..
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I know that the assembly is supposed to get the folks all excited about how close we are to the 'end of this system of things' but when my wife attends a memorial, she says nothing at all after it, even though this is supposed to be the most important night of the year for them.
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Why the Memorial Is Held on the Wrong Day
by Leolaia intonight on the evening of april 18, 2011, observant jews worldwide will celebrate passover seder, a night "different from all other nights".
the watchtower society annually schedules the memorial for jehovah's witnesses on a date that is supposed to coincide with the jewish observance of passover, as it would have been reckoned during second temple times (in particular, in the first century ad during the life of jesus).
this year the memorial was observed last night, the evening of april 17. the two religious observances are thus a day out of synth, at least this year.
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Wow, great post!!!
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Things they do to impress the CO
by not bitter inits the co visit in my parents cong this week.
i saw them early this morning just as they were getting ready to go out in field service and my mother said ''we really should have gotten a hair cut before this visit'' .
mum was dolled up to the nines to go out on service.
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And people are not supposed to worship idols..........sigh
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So what do your Jehovah's Witness friends and loved ones think of the generation teaching?
by garyneal inafter the little skit at the last assembly where one brother was asking another for understanding about the generation teaching i thought, "wow, these people will believe anything the watchtower tells them.
" the 'more mature brother' practically said verbatim everything the watchtower said as his explanation.
evidently, this is one of the sources of the increased 'murmuring' that the talked warned against.. so, has anyone brought this up to their witness friends and/or family?
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Gary, your wife is on the same channel as mine. She is terrified of just dying. She can't deal with the ambiguity of not having some sort of plan or answer.
Would have to put my wife in the same boat, she states that she really wants to live forever on paradise earth, but the truth is a fear of dying and no plan for it.....and the WTS has given her this plan, though her prospects for living forever keep pushing out!
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Jehovahs Witnesses Plan on Looting the Dead
by God_Delusion inhi guys and gals,.
i've written a new article on what some jehovah's witnesses plan on doing after armageddon strikes.
i am sure you've been around witnesses that have said something like "oh i'm moving into that house after armageddon.".
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The whole Paradise Earth doctrine in the way it is taught by the WTS is so counter the belief that god is a loving god, especially the way they portray the big A in the magazines, fire, explosions and all sorts of other horrific things, the deaths of the 7B non JWs will not be merely falling asleep, they are portrayed as being terrible, I guess this is their version of hellfire, you will not be sent to a place of eternal torment, but if you don't get in line and become a jw, you will have a horrific death.
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I Pads at Meetings
by seenitall ini know a boe letter just came through approving use of electronic devices (ipads) at meetings for the wt, bible, cd-rom.
anyone care to post the original letter?.
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I would guess they could add a 'hotspot' at the KH which would only allow access to the new and improved jw website so folks can download their 'spiritual food'.
When I read about this sort of stuff it seems like the WTS is in a panic mode and is casting a large net trying to find something that will work. Spend all of your time in service, don't get a job, the end is near......but in order to get fed you will need a computer, an internet connection and potentially a tablet of some sort to be able to read the literature on, unless of course you want to print it from home, which is also quite expensive.
It appears that the circle of the wagon's is getting ever smaller, more control over a smaller group.