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  Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family

  by AMNESIANO in

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  (original version posted 2014).

  notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.

  anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.

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  This will be my first year of non attendance. For those in the congregation who knew me well, it will send the message that being missing from the meetings for the last few months is a conscious decision, one not taken lightly.
  

  So do I. when leaving the hall, I knew I would never come back, after more than 35 years in.

  I was more and more feeling as a stranger... What a waste of time!

  Maybe some still in will expect to meet me, but the decision was also "taken lightly". One thing I know for sure, is that I will NEVER be back!
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  Warwick Tour Brochure

  by konceptual99 in

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  so we had this posted in the mega topic thread... wt: warwick world hq tour brochure.

  the new world headquarters of jws, located at warwick, new york, will open for tours on monday, april 3, 2017.. in anticipation, a new eight-page glossy brochure about this facility has now been released:.

  download pdf: https://download-a.akamaihd.net/files/media_cmsassets/70/fo_s-whq_e.pdf.

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  polish clarinet

  they just forgot the "manipulative Committee" and the "Subliminal Pictures Service"
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  Making life and death/life altering decisions based on commands from someone you're not sure exists

  by jambon1 in

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  straight from the off, i will say that i'm 100% atheist.

  i have no faith.

  however, it occurred to me while thinking back over my involvement with the jw religion and especially when i take into account personal and family situations where people have made life altering choices due to being jw's, just how crazy it really is.

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  "someone you're not shure exists"

  ...but the governing body of JW's DOES exist!!!
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  All Memorial Attendance Data from 1896 to 2016

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  2. friends

  i have made a spreadsheet of the reported number in attendance to the memorial since the first report of 13 people appeared in an 1896 watchtower.. since it can be very hard to find the numbers for the early years (anything previous to 1938), i will slowly make a note of where i found the data.some of the years i had to manually add hundreds of entries, since the wt did not provide the full number.i am building on the statistics of 1988-2013 that appeared here a while ago.soon i will be starting this but for other sets of data: # of publishers, hours, etc...here is the link: link.

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  great job, 88JM and ILoveTTATT2 !
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  How does an elder become an elder ?

  by Drwho in

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  i was never a jw , so have millions of questions .

  please, how does an elder become an elder and how much trust does or should a jw put in an elder .?

  simon.

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  polish clarinet

  just two things to become : an ass-kisser and a perfect yes-man.

  and nothing else!
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  I guess the latest WT killed any hope of US jws growing beards.

  by Crazyguy in

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  in my area i'd guess 30% of the men maybe more have some kind of beard.

  this craps gotta wake up somebody still in!.

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  Imagine Splane, ThighPantsTony 'n Co with beards! It would remind you ISIS Governing Body, or Bin Laden's birthday party!
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  So, how did the 'beard article' go over yesterday at your congregation?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.

  two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.

  but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.

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  and no mention about the fact that you can't go on the stage with a beard in any assembly. This fact is either unknown by most JWs in the attendance eitjer totally forgotten!
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  WOW - 18 Elders in ONE congregation!!!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hazel grove congregation in stockport, cheshire, u.k.. not only is the congregation saturated with elders, it is/was pretty well saturated with cash - according to its 2014 financial statement to the charities commission.

  http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/accounts/ends82/0001066282_ac_20140331_e_c.pdf.

  its elders are listed as frank broadhurst, nick ashton, nigel bailey, noel crossley, peter davies.

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  I've known one with about 120 publishers and 19 elders. But 8 or 10 were more than 70. And I remember none was under 55.
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  New Video Series On Courtship May Open Some Eyes

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so the wife was watching the latest installment of jw broadcasting and near the end there was a new segment on dating and courtship.

  it starts at about the 39 minute mark:.

  https://youtu.be/vuir-azsdm0?t=38m52s.

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  polish clarinet

  as usual, a well balanced video...

  watching basket ball and buying a BMW are worldy and bad things!
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  Nicolas King: JW celebrity and example of hypocrisy

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  nicolas king frequently sings with the watchtower chorus and had a supporting role in the dvd released at the 2014 convention.

  (he's on the bottom row, second from the right.).

  but he also is a jazz singer, traveling constantly performing at concerts, casinos, charity events, even a brief appearance on the tonight show.

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  Maybe he will succeed brothers Jackson and Prince...