This will be the 3rd year I will not be attending the memorial. Yesterday I saw a brother while walking home. I didn't even know when the memorial was but I made the mistake of saying that I took today off from work. That's when he gave me a flyer and said it was the perfect opportunity to come. I'm not going though.
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Attending memorial tomorrow?
by Ghiagirl inthis is my first year i will not attend memorial.
to be honest if it wasn't for my husband i would probably be going still.
he says what's the point, don't be one of those people who doesn't give a sh** but just shows there face once a year.
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My worst nightmare, a speaking assignment last night. I've been OUT for 38 years!
by FatFreek 2005 inevery five years or so i have this vivid and recurring dream, tho you'll probably surmise it's more of a nightmare.
i learn somehow that i am scheduled for this theocratic ministry school speaking assignment, the instruction talk (do they still have those 15 minute drone-athons?).
i become racked with tension knowing that i haven't even prepared for an assignment that is only 30 minutes away.
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It sounds like you've already left and the only piece still in is your heart. Go against it and just never go back. -
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old fs bag
by zeb inhave been doing some tidying up and culling as we have rearranged the house.
i threw out my old witnessing bag with song book less pens etc.was a rare feeling indeed.
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I use mine to bring a change of clothes to work. And also hide my weed in. -
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"We don't judge." -
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Who knew that Apostasy comes before the Antichrist. 2Thess.2;3
by James Mixon inis there an apostasy occurring in the world today?
the arrival of the.
antichrist cannot occur until sufficient apostasy has happened in .
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Just doing my job as an apostate. You know, spreading lies about a religion and all. Not like I have anything better to do. Now please excuse me while I listen to my Slayer albums. -
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I Haven't Missed a Meeting in Years!
by Oubliette ini recently ran into a jw i knew from a few years back.you know how it goes, a few pleasantries that always seem much more awkward than they really should (not for me, mind you--for him).and then the question, "so what congregation are you attending?
are you able to make the meetings?
"i'm thinking: do you always start conversations this way?so anyways, knowing full well the jw-mindset, i decided to have a bit of fun.furrowing my brow, i said, "that's an odd question!
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That's the most perfect response ever. "You don't owe me an explanation" I wonder if he'll catch on. -
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How old were you ??
by Clambake inwhen you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.
just curious that's all.
not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".
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I grew up catholic and started with witnesses when I was a teenager. I went to school from elementary to high school with the same group of people so I had/have very close friends. I always felt like I had to "dump" them as I studied more to get baptized but I just couldn't let them go. In the end, I let go of the witnesses first though I was baptized. Me and my friends try to refer to that time of my life as a "phase" -
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received revealing "witness" in parking lot
by Magnum ina few weeks ago i was working out of my home state and was in a grocery store parking lot when i received my first jw witness since leaving jwdom.
a youngish-looking lady was sitting in an suv parked next to my car and i was about to get in my car to leave.
she opened the door and asked whether she could give me something to read (had a tract in her hand)..
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You did an awesome job. I don't really try to talk to witnesses anymore but I never mentioned the past before. The reason is right before I left, an elder had a talk saying he noticed that a person is an apostate if they tend to bring up 1975, Charles Russell and any old teaching. The whole talk was scary how much control they want over their followers. -
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JW.ORG sign finally hung on Bonita Springs, FL Kingdom Hall
by HappyDad indriving past the kh in bonita springs quite often, i noticed today that they finally put the blue sign on one of the driveway columns facing the street.
they've blasted religion for years for the cross or whatever else they display, saying it is idolatry.
i don't find this sign any different than christian churches displaying the cross or synagogues having the star of david.
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JW speaks for all French JW's
by Jonathan Drake inhttp://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/jehovahs-witness-respect-us.html/.
click the link on the page at the top next to "re:" for full story.
i wonder if this guy had permission to address the media on watchtowers response?
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I started studying in high school. I got baptized shortly after graduation. My friends that I grew up say that as I became a JW, I became easily angered and offended at everything. I never noticed. Neither have any other JW. And I dislike their humblebrag attitude. They go to "religious services regularly and participating in our door-to-door ministry activities" as if to subtly preach their dedication without being too brazen.