Gypsy Sam

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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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  Gypsy Sam

  Roberta804, we rented a facility for ours. I haven't been able to get the exact amount of congregations attending, but could see at least eight, as we were in assigned areas. The total count was 1341 for all attending.
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  JGnat Says Hi

  by jgnat in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been wandering around the board for a while now, and have decided it is time to contribute a bit of my history.

  i have described my involvement with the witnesses as being from the outside looking in.

  my sweet honey has been trying for two years to get reinstated.

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  Gypsy Sam

  I read through your story and really enjoyed your inspirational writing style. Your daughter and her family are very attractive. Your comments on the board are so fitting. Thank you for sticking around
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  New member says hey

  by jay dubless in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have lurked now and then, just decided to join.. my older brother and i were raised by our jw mom, but our dad was a non-practicing catholic.

  so we went to the hall, but were considered "weak" witnesses, since our family still celebrated xmas and birthdays, to appease my dad i suppose.

  as a kid, i loved these holidays.. anyways, when my brother was 17 (i was 13), he spent a few weeks with our cousins in ky, who are all gung-ho j-dubs, and upon his return, he decided he was going to be more "theocratic".

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  Gypsy Sam

  Welcome! Carpe Diem!
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  My Wife's Father Passed Away

  by TOTH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, the day finally arrived.

  everyone says we were expecting it...but, not really.

  my wife's dad passed away.. he suffered for many years and we were at odds about medications and intrusiveness, but he was just a man in great pain, desperate for relief.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Sorry to hear of your loss. Is it possible to have a small celebration of life ceremony instead? I've attended two and it was a much more loving, healing affair than any funeral talk I've attended as a JW.
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  So...What Are YOU Doing Tonight?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i'll go to my favorite`watering hole and help "celebrate" tonight's festivities.. what are you doing this evening?.

  anyone going to the "lord's evening meal"?.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Last year was 12,604
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  CONTI CASE : Kathleen Conti Just commented on a Facebook Xjw group

  by BlindersOff1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  kathleen conti just commented on a facebook xjw group that "watchtower gets no more extensions".

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  https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3/10151371194950835/?notif_t=group_comment.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Hope it's final. This case is what started me on my research of the WT.
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  Long time reader first time poster

  by MissMyHarley in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  trying to get out after only being in for a year or so.

  my wife and i were really taken in by these folks.

  we are both have degrees and should have known better.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Looking forward to reading more of your story. Great to hear that you and your wife are on the same page. Carpe Diem!
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  The FIRST Memorial I’ve missed in 41 years…

  by Londo111 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last year, my last jw memorial, i listened to the talk as an outsider would.

  the speaker strung unrelated texts together and for the first time, i saw that the interpretations made no sense.

  afterward, i had a private memorial with homemade unleavened bread and wine with four people--three of whom partook.

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  Gypsy Sam

  I've been to 36. This is the first one I really stopped and listened to every word.
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  warped logic from the memorial talk

  by why144000 in

  1. jw
  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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  Gypsy Sam

  Just got back from mine and the speaker said the same thing. Also, likened us to a computer with a virus and Jesus was the antidote. At the end, he mentioned being part of a family, under Jehovah, and that a family has rules. Some choose to be homeless, by rejecting the rules in the family. (Threat to the teens that want to leave with validation to parents to kick them out)? He said, look around, this is our family. These are our brothers and sisters. We had at least eight halls meet in one location, with over 1300 attending.
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  So...What Are YOU Doing Tonight?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i'll go to my favorite`watering hole and help "celebrate" tonight's festivities.. what are you doing this evening?.

  anyone going to the "lord's evening meal"?.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Gym and then rushing to my final Memorial a.k.a the only celebration this publishing company has been endorsing since I was a born-in. Once I get home, I'll have a glass of pinot noir and start planning my 1st birthday celebration