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  I wanted to punch this elder so bad!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i decided to attend the meeting last.

  since i haven't gone in about 2 weeks, and i leave as soon as it ends, and elder decided to corner me at the end.

  lately i've been through some very depressing family issues that are non-jw related so i haven't been my best at acting like i care about the org.

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  maninthemiddle

  I'm sorry you went through that, but I think your response was great.
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  Memorial Hell

  by thecrushed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today has been one of the most aganizing days since i woke up.

  my family has been pressuring me to show up at the memorial for the past week.

  it became very intense today with my dad texting me constantly to get me to confirm and when i didn't answer he would call my wife and then she would constantly nag me to answer my dad and so on and so forth.

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  maninthemiddle

  You have a PM from me.

  How are things now, has the original frenzy died down?
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  local memorial attendance

  by outsmartthesystem in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i have a friend that is still "in" because of his elderly parents.

  he attended the memorial and reported back to me what i thought was encouraging.

  we have two congregations in the city i live in.

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  maninthemiddle

  I like to think this is true.

  My wife drove by the community center where our old cong was meeting. She says the parking lot was sparse.

  Just like you friend this was the early and only one for the area.
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  PLEASE SOMEONE DRINK

  by Bob_NC in

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  it's not too late to get this request out there.

  please please, if you can muster the courage to be different, would you drink the wine and eat the bread tonight?

  then come back here and let us know how it went over.

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  maninthemiddle

  I've heard of not counting them unless they were babtized, but that was the worst I ever heard.
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  Just came from memorial...a lotta emotions going through me right now.

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'll explain in a few hours when i can get my emotions under control..

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  maninthemiddle

  Please remember, You have a lot of people here that care about you.
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  PLEASE SOMEONE DRINK

  by Bob_NC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's not too late to get this request out there.

  please please, if you can muster the courage to be different, would you drink the wine and eat the bread tonight?

  then come back here and let us know how it went over.

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  maninthemiddle

  Bob, do you mean schrodinger's Judas, he both left and stayed?
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  warped logic from the memorial talk

  by why144000 in

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  2. friends

  speaker said we should not partake because when jesus arrives he will take the remnat to heaven and the memorial will be no more.

  just as we will not partake then (because the memorial will not exist) it is only logical that we will not partake now.

  warped logic at its finest!.

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  maninthemiddle

  Dang, he's reading so far off the outline, there must be words on that gum stuck in the carpet.
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  Memorial and Time Zones

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking at this thread by winstonsmith, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/249671/1/notes-from-2013-memorial-talk-appreciate-what-christ-has-done-for-you.

  made me think, how is the memorial celebrated in different parts of the world?

  do they all fall on this year's march 26?

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  maninthemiddle

  Also talking about being pickey, I never got a good answer. If nisan 14 lasts until sundown the next day, then why stuff everyone in to one night, why not have a second meeting the next day before sundown? I got some bs argument about the meal being after sundown, but then I brought up the time zone difference and it was already light in Isreal, so aren't we already too late.

  Just one more question that gets met with a stone wall.
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  Memorial and Time Zones

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking at this thread by winstonsmith, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/249671/1/notes-from-2013-memorial-talk-appreciate-what-christ-has-done-for-you.

  made me think, how is the memorial celebrated in different parts of the world?

  do they all fall on this year's march 26?

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  maninthemiddle

  Pixel, that is the point I never understood. They calculate the date by the moon as seen in jerusalem (?), that is the reason they are off a day most of the time. But if you are going to be that picky then you should do it when the sun sets in jerusalem, not in your time zone.
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  Belated Intro to Rubadubdub. My hubby lurked on JWN for the first time last night!

  by rubadubdub in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so excited-my hubby who faded over 30 years ago finally lurked here on jwn!.

  i've been posting on a few threads here and there for a while now, but have not officially introduced myself.

  i have told bits and pieces of my story already.

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  maninthemiddle

  Welcome, amazing story.