Posts by stephanie61092

well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.

another great big anticlimax.

some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.

So my memorial attendance was actually a little down this year. I think last year it was right around 190/200. This year it was 179. From where I sat I couldn't see many to judge if there was anyone new. When I was walking in I did notice some people that only come to the "big" events. I thought it was pretty comical how much they stressed NOT partaking. I also think it's funny that in the weeks WT, they contribute the numbers going up due to some having "emotional or mental problems." However, I didn't see anyone partaking at mine.

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Pshycos! - 2016 "Remain Loyal to Jehovah" Regional Convention Program

by thedepressedsoul in

wow this is interesting!

i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.

they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.

stephanie61092

My jaw literally fell open when I read the convention program. I really hope that "shun" talk doesn't F&&& up my restored relationship with my parents.

Why did I have to be born into this freaking cult?!?!

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So who attended the memorial and why?

by atomant in

this should be interesting.

stephanie61092

I went since I'm trying to get reinstated. It was held in a crappy motel with a poorly functioning air conditioner. Combined with 180 people, it was just so fun!

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2016 Memorial Done & Dusted

by steve2 in

well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.

another great big anticlimax.

some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.

stephanie61092

Unfortunately I'll be attending tonight in the USA. I'll come back and report attendance numbers and partakers.

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We can now donate by credit card in canada on jw.org

by hoser in

jw
friends

what a fine privelege to support jehovah with our valuable things.

stephanie61092

And I thought Jehovah said "the silver is mine and the gold is mine"? I guess the credit cards aren't and we have to hand that over ourselves 😑

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ABBA's "Jehovah's Witness" Birthday Song

by Simon in

i came across this on wikipedia, it made me laugh at how random it was:.

in january 1981, ulvaeus married lena källersjö, and manager stig anderson celebrated his 50th birthday with a party.

for this occasion, abba recorded the track "hovas vittne" (a pun on the swedish name for jehovah's witness and anderson's birthplace, hova) as a tribute to him, and released it only on 200 red vinyl copies, to be distributed to the guests attending the party.

stephanie61092

That's hilarious! I think this is a video of them performing it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZGL3YO9qU

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"Don't make mountains out of molehills"

by stephanie61092 in

during the talk today, the speaker said, in reference to apostates, "don't make mountains out of molehills" and "all those who are do good to look up isaiah 43:18.

" to save you trouble, it says: "do not remember the former things, and do not dwell on the past.".

i'd like to see him read that scripture to the victims of the hundreds and hundreds of abuse cases the arc has unveiled from over the past 50 years.

stephanie61092

During the talk today, the speaker said, in reference to apostates, "don't make mountains out of molehills" and "all those who are do good to look up Isaiah 43:18." To save you trouble, it says: "do not remember the former things, and do not dwell on the past."

I'd like to see him read that scripture to the victims of the hundreds and hundreds of abuse cases the ARC has unveiled from over the past 50 years. Is that a molehill?

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Rework of the JW Childrens project to coerce them into giving more.

by notjustyet in

i tool the jw image and edited it so that it would look like it was made by the catholics to .

entice their children to give their money to the catholic church.. if you have any jws that have not seen the original yet, give this to them and let them paint themselves into a corner slamming the catholics for stooping so low and then let them in on the fact that it originated with the jws.. .

[img]http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s549/scummydross/502016201_e_cnt_1_zpsy5xwrs3f.jpg[/img].

stephanie61092

I swear to whoever is up in the sky that I was thinking of doing this myself just this morning!! Thank you for posting this!