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  Memorial

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  what i noticed during the memorial is the over organised ritual aspect.

  for a non jw is must be hard to follow.. for me, i noticed that during the memorial there is no attention for the historical jesus and the historical events.

  it's all about the kingdom arrangement with it's central point, the governing body of jw.. do you noticed this also?.

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  I always dislked this event. It just came across as you mentioned as a ritual. If I was ever going to invite someone to a meeting, the memorial would definetly NOT be it.
  
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  Can you believe the opening song at the memorial tonight?!

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody (who went to the memorial) notice the opening song?.

  keep in mind that this is the most important night of the year for the witnesses.

  it is supposed to be all about jesus christ.

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  I feel vindicated for not going. I would have stuck a pencil into my brain if I heard that nonsense.
  
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  President of the Republic of Poland signs bill to raise penalties for crimes against children

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.president.pl/en/news/art,397,president-signs-bill-to-raise-penalties-for-crimes-against-children.html.

  tuesday, 11 april 2017 president signs bill to raise penalties for crimes against children.

  president signs bill to raise penalties for crimes against children (1 / 9).

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  Thanks for the update. I live here now. At least the current administration got one thing right.
  
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  The GB wants us to read this bible passage to you!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a brother visit me yesterday to invite me to the memorial.

  as usual, despite the unspoken passive aggressiveness, i was polite,.

  anyway, this year, he started his presentation by saying: "the governing body (gb) wants us to read this bible passage to you!

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  Was the GB thing part of their standard presentation or reserved for inactive ones?
  
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  Life is changing for me: no pioneering, got a job!

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a month ago i decided to register in this board.

  i had decided to step down pioneering but was frightened about the consequences.

  i had finished my university degree some months before (despite disaproval from brothers in my congregation) and i had to choose: continue pioneering and working in jobs with no future or starting a career, working full-time.. i was thinking to postpone the decisiton but... i was fed up with preaching.

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  Thanks for the update. Being 'abroad' for business is such a great way to fade from their radar.
  
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  My wife came back from the memorial and informed me she was moving out. Today she seems to be back to normal. I guess I could have gone just to appease her, but for once in my life I wanted not to cave to the pressure. Looks like I survived...
  
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  Also not going again this year. Haven't been since the version a few years ago that was basically an infomercial for the jw.org thing. Last weekend, my wife had some friends over and as expected on the way out they left me with an invitation. Last night, my wife asked if I was going and got very upset when I said no. She said she would have never married me, if she knew it was going to turn out like this. And added she was going to move-out if I could not even manage to make the memorial. You already know what my first thought was, but I kept control.
  

  This is on top of several weeks ago being told I had 'obviously' been taken over by Satan and his demons.

  As an aside: does anyone know if the jw's have always celebrated a memorial? Was it started in this form back in Russel's day?
  
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  I've been awake 1 year today!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a year ago today that my life changed completely.

  i'll never forget it.

  i had zero friends in the kh and was never included in the "guys" drinks, football games, parties etc.

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  I remember your early posts. Keep pushing on, you are doing well.
  
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  Convention program 2017 AM3

  by George One Time in

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  2. experiences

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2017/friday/.

  why would our beloved gb member be on the top picture of the program?.

  any ideas?.

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  uggh. I would suspect that it would be Morris by default if they wanted to do this for some reason simply by process of elimination - not that he is the JW pope. Let us go down the list of GB candidates.

  1. Lett - no way in hell.

  2. Gerrit Lösch - nope. bad hair and he is not American.

  3. Mark Sanderson - no. he is the newboy. too much overlapping baggage.

  4. Samuel F. Herd - no way token black guy is on the cover.

  5. Geoffrey William Jackson - no. might lead back to Australian RC if googled.

  6. David H. Splane - same category as Lett. not going to happen.

  that leaves: AMIII
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  Cooking With Cast Iron

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. family

  i can't even remember what got me interested in pans, probably wanting to try cooking more and watching some cooking videos on youtube, but i kind of started wanting to get a cast-iron skillet specifically so started reading up on them.

  hey, if you're going to spend $50 on something you need to study them and create a comparison spreadsheet ... right?.

  not only did cast-iron look great for cooking but there are some studies that show risks to aluminium / teflon cookware ... not that the wts was "right" about aluminium, but teflon can give off carcinogenic chemicals if overheated (so what if it chips off into your food?).

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  For some reason, I suddenly feel in the mood for an omlette..