Posts by ShirleyW

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Is it true: the memorial will stop after the last anointed have passed away?

by FinchAndWeston in

i heard that the memorial will stop after the last anointed have passed away ... is this information true/false?

just curious.

it's secondhand.

ShirleyW

Well the last of the anointed should've passed away a long, long time ago, the numbers have gone up of the folks that are partaking. How does that happen?, those in the Cong who aren't wrapped too tight think that Almighty Jah spoke to them and said I want you to float up to heaven and be one of my chosen people.

They used to say something like the memorial will end or that's when the Big A will come decades ago, I'm a born-in so didn't really listen at the meetings, but I don't know how they currently flip-flop around that issue.

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Sweet 16 - Happy Birthday to Us !

by Simon in

it's the forum's 16th birthday today!.

amazing that not only have we lasted so long but we're still thriving and growing.. thanks to all the people and often colorful characters who've contributed to the site over the years.

some are still here with us, some have since moved on, but all have touched each others lives in some way along our different journeys.. .

ShirleyW

Congrats Simon! Happy sweet 16!

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Why dont you go to the memorial?

by atomant in

l guess we all have our own reasons and thought it would give insight to others considering going to reconsider and not go.

ShirleyW

I haven't been to a meeting including the memorial since the 80's. My mother used to come home and brag that we had 'such and such" a huge number at the memorial, which I remember them having because the hall I used to go to along with the other cong that used to meet there used to rent out a school auditorium or gym for it. However, keeping in mind I haven't been to a meeting since the 80's and my mother passed in early 2006, I noticed that the bragging stopped, which was due to the lack of attendance, which either this site or Tishies site (which I used to follow before I found Simons site) pointed out. Even when they used to get the huge attendance numbers I asked where are these people during the rest of of the year? To which my mother gave the embarrassing answer of " oh, some of them come to the other meetings" which is an absolute lie. Never been to the Ministry School or even the Sunday meeting where people were wrapped along the walls or standing outside because there wasn't enough room.

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Prince memoir coming in fall 2017

by the girl next door in

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/20/entertainment/prince-memoir-thr-feat/index.html.

wonder how much he will talk about jehoober..

ShirleyW

I think someone posted about this the other day, I have to say I just don't get it with Prince, how folks think he's such a genius and all. He's not the first person on the planet to write and produce music and won't be the last. I personally think he's one sandwich short of picnic. How people totally idolize and fall over themselves because they're so in love with him is beyond me, but then again to each his own.

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The memorial beauty pageant

by BlackWolf in

jw
friends

since the memorial is coming up soon and its about time for me to go shopping for a new memorial ( aka easter) dress, i've realized what the memorial really is for us teenage girls, a beauty pageant!

the memorial is the day i spend painting my nails, curling my hair, and carefully applying makeup because my mother says i have to "represent jehovah" and look my best.

in reality its just to impress the newcomers and to compete with the other girls.

ShirleyW

I remember when I was a kid, all the girls at school would talk about their new "Easter shoes and coat", my mom used to buy me the same but I noticed that they were purchased so they could be worn at the memorial, like all the other little girls my age in the congregation.

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Gross! Grooming of young brothers in the KH to do more for Jehobadahhh and his organ-nigh-say-shun! I saw it myself.

by macys in

jw
friends

so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.

most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.

almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.

ShirleyW

or brings the screen down during a prayer.

HA! Don't know if it actually happened this way but I'm actually picturing a scene out of a Jerry Lewis movie when he plays the bumbling idiot, trying to bring down the screen during the prayer and it hits the ground LMFAO ! !

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This is absolutly hysterical. OMG I havnt laughed so much in years.

by joe134cd in

warning!!!

ladies this probably isn't for you.. this html class.

value is https://youtu.be/sfl.

ShirleyW

Yeah, whenever I see "this video doesn't exist" I'm laughing for the rest of the day.

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R.I.P Keith Emerson

by BluesBrother in

keith emerson , the virtuoso keyboard player of elp has sadly passed.

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another good one gone.

ShirleyW

Seems like 2016 is not a good year for the musicians I remember from my teenage-young adulthood years.

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The people are mobilizing Mr Drumpf

by Simon in

protesters shut down a trump rally.

massive numbers of people are out in chicago and have shut his event down.

there were scuffles inside the event.. despite his lame attempt to pretend the violence he instigates is nothing to do with him it's clear that it is as the cnn quotes during the last event showed only too well.. this doesn't happen at anyone else's events - candidates have even given up the stage to protesters, not called for them to be beaten and punched.. trump is an ugly person and this is just a small taste of what a future under his rule would be like.. shame on the gop for not kicking his ass out.

ShirleyW

Like I've said from the beginning of his campaign, just sit back and watch this train wreck meet its well deserved end. Remember when he announced he was running and he held the meeting at his hotel, that picture of him and his wife riding the "down escalator" as he waved to all the folks cheering him on? Just remember that, he was on the down escalator.

#ArchieBunkerforPresident.

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Pro Gun Florida mom shot by 4 year old son

by Witness 007 in

loaded gun under her car seat was picked up off the floor and the kid shot her in the back...the day before on facebook she boasted about his shooting skills.

what is wrong with this picture?

ShirleyW

Boasted about a four year old's shooting skills the day before, well there ya' go.

He certainly showed her how skilled he was.