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AFRIKANMAN
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Thirty-Five Years Later
by compound complex inin the market today, i walked down an aisle and glanced over at a middle-aged man and the woman beside him pushing a shopping cart.
i couldn't place the man but recognized the somewhat younger woman, a former student.
when the fellow started talking, i realized it was her brother, also a one-time student.
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Feeling pressure to attend the Memorial?
by Fay Dehr infeeling pressure to attend the memorial?.
as a former elder i write this response to hopefully help those genuinely feeling “guilt” before their god.
if you are a jehovah’s witness or an “ex-jw” (for example, disfellowshipped or lapsed), then i hope that this will be of help to you.
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AFRIKANMAN
I went into depression on this day and it worsened toward the time we had to get to the meeting.
My kids told me in more recent times of how this meeting freaked them out -
It was even worse when you had to do the Pass the Emblems Detail along with its ritual of passing the wine to the Pass-around elders in some strange and obscure choreographed sequence. All these elders had to be seated and then one would bring the emblems to the group - sitting in the front seats - they would pass it down the line then he would sit and the last one in line would get up and pass it to him and he would then reject it and pass it back to this one who would then return it to the table.
Worse still was giving the Mem. talk and you had to emphasis that only the anointed partake - just in case some pleb got it wrong. Followed by the big Recruitment Announcement that had to be read out in conclusion.
Brother Annointed who was always picked to pray over the wine and would pray for several minutes while kids cried and elders coughed loudly trying to signal him to say Amen. So one year my 15 month old son decides this gig is going on too long and shouts out "Amen" during his diatribe - [We DID NOT spank him - mom hugged him tighter ! ]
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Memorial Weekend Questions
by Iamallcool ini just don’t remember when it was the last time the memorial falls on saturday.
anyway, do they meet for field service tomorrow(saturday)?
do they have their meetings on sunday?
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AFRIKANMAN
Oh yes ...Final Push to ditch all those Memorial Invitations - otherwise tomorrow you wake up all guilty coz you didn't get rid of them.
Off to hairdressers to get the hair done for the great Pass-Around Cebelration tonight
Polishing of shoes.
Clean the car as you may be giving lifts to newbies etc
As our Gran was the maker of the 'Bread' and supplier of the wine she always made a dinner for us to come home to where we polished off the rest of the Wine.
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W5 Investigation
by Christian Gutierrez inhey guys!
i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.
there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.
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smiddy3 - In Cape Town, South Africa ...Viewed it, placed it on my FB and Twitter and shared it globally - had many responses from folk who viewed and watched it [all non-JW but many with dub family etc ]. Their responses were of shock and disbelief.
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ISRAEL - Jewish Press - Warning: Cult Launches Countrywide Campaign
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/warning-cult-launches-countrywide-campaign/2018/03/26/.
warning: cult launches countrywide campaign.
hana levi julian-.
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WT study
by inbetween09 init became rare, i thought, when considering last weekends study article.
it became rare, that most of the message is actually quite ok. the gist was to avoid loving oneself, money and pleasures more than god.
thats ok, if you're a believer.. this was my take until i saw the pictures, and discovered the real message behind the article.. as often, they use pictures to contrast bad and good behaviour (in their eyes at least).
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George Carlin says it Best
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Help Elders poking nose in
by Formerbrother inwhat can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.
they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..
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AFRIKANMAN
Tell them you are both suffering from GAD [General Anxiety Disorder aka Depression] but you actually mean General Aversion to Doctrines ~ and that you need time and space to re-order your mind and spirit /
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Quick and vague Memorial invitations
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthis morning my doorbell rang.
i opened the door thinking it was a package delivery person or local politicians thanking my community for voting in yesterday's election.
there was a middle aged man standing by himself.
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HIT AND RUN Marketing [ with emphasis on Run..........to the nearest coffee bar as soon as you have Blitzed the territory] - Many do love this method at this time as they don't have to hang around and talk - and they feel all guilt-free afterward.
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I can’t find it!
by Truth and Justice ini need some serious help on something that i read here on this board, and so i am going to do my best to explain what i’m looking for.
i need this, so i can’t share with my brother who is still in.. it has to do with the organization saying in affect that each member in the congregation has the right to decide for themselves what they choose to do, (that is whether they choose to be apart of the organization without repercussions) and that they would not think of interfering with our own conscience, and that if they chose otherwise that it would be their own decision.. now some might think that the society wouldn’t write something like that, but they did, and i read it, and after reading it, i said to myself “they don’t follow this, they never have.” .
if you could locate this for me, i would be very grateful!.
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AFRIKANMAN
Some of you here are like Google for finding info ! [Wiki-postate]
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I'm getting disfellowshipped
by Letty inhi everyone i'm 19 year old and i've been a jehovahs witness for 3 years now.
i've followed the rules and i'm even a pioneer.
but i've hid the secret of a boyfriend i had from india.
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AFRIKANMAN
You get kicked out of the house - make sure to Publicize that 'loving act' of your parents and the JW all over the world !
Make your folks famous !
Involve an Attorney - JW hates the threat of litigation !