JW woman dies in car accident out in the "work"--where was the holy spirit?

by blondie 84 Replies latest jw friends

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  Mythbuster

  I am against the "insensitive" words that have been used on this thread about those who were involved in this accident. I posted my own experience on this thread because it hurt to hear the way some on this board seemed to care so little about the lady who died. I could have been killed back in 1972 and then never would have gone to Bethel; never have found out about and revealed the awful child abuse problem in this organization. If that woman who died yesterday in W. Palm Beach as she was going out in field service had lived, she might have been one of us in the future who left the Witnesses and shared her experiences that might have helped others. I'm sad that there are posters who hate the Watch Tower so much that they hate the victims of the Watch Tower too, something all of us once were.

  Barbara
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  KW13

  R.I.P to this woman. Its a tragedy that she died a captive of sorts.
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  Think About It

  Wished I would have been curious enough about this thread title to have read it earlier. Very shocking to see the insensitivity of some people here towards individual JW's. Very sad that this mother & grandmother died doing what she thought led to everlasting life and seeing some of the comments about it. I would have got cussing mad too, but I'm a little late to the thread. There are 2 types of people on this board that really get on my nerves. One is the never-were-JW religionists who come here like cult vultures, thinking that X-JW's would be easy prey to lure into their particular cult. The other is the hateful ones who vilify every individual JW, and have an attitude about them similar to the Nazi's towards the Jews. I'm trying not to be an asshole towards these ones, but it gets real hard.

  Think About It
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  blondie

  To be fair, it would be best to identify those people and comments on this thread specifically that you feel were wrong rather than to generalize and include everyone in this. I double checked my words, and at no time did I make any cruel comments about these people who died nor did I wish their deaths upon them. All our good wishes and concern are of little help to them, their family and friends unless we communicate by card, letter, e-mail, etc.

  I'm hoping that the jws in their congregation do more than verbalize their concern. My experience in the deaths of family was only an offhand 2 second comment at the meeting, no cards, no phone calls, no letters, no one came to the funerals (not at a church) or visitations because these people were not jws, as if we were not hurt by their deaths.

  I'm hoping at a year later, they aren't sitting with some jws who tell that their own family were protected by holy spirit like what happened to my friend...

  I know some here have transferred their hurt to these "individuals" who died rather than to the WTS the source of it. I'm sorry for the hurt that others have caused on this thread since I started it.

  Blondie (who has never had a thread other than Comments go past 1,000 views)
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  isaacaustin

  I really think that the remarks on here that some took to be 'insensitive' were just misunderstood. No one said that they were glad the woman died. The remarks in question simply mocked the JW beliefs and mindset. Relax, take a deep breathe...all is well.
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  isaacaustin

  And I still have to ask, what would be the JW reaction toward the death of an 'apostate'? It is actually the JW view that cheapens life- even of this JW lady who died. The JW mindset says "Oh well, she will be resurrected." The family members grieve while the rest of the members move on and forget the sadness.
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  designs

  Isaac, do you remember how we were subtley taught to not grieve and cry at our familiy and loved one's funerals as though these natural emotions betrayed our belief in a resurrection. Strange days those were.
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  isaacaustin

  Designs, I sure do.

  And the funerals were ridiculous- infomercials for the WT teachings.

  Hey Designs- check your PM shortly. Sending you an update.
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  CuriousButterfly

  By the way, how much pity and compassion would the JWs show toward the surviving family of an 'apostate' who died?

  Personally I would have great compassion. I can see where some think JWs have an FU attitude if you are df'd or an apostate and that is dead wrong. No matter what a human, woman, mother, wife, daughter, grandmother and/or friend died in a tragic accident and that alone is heartbreaking. To cast stones is not what any human JW or not should be doing. I hope that God forbid something happen to a loved one of mine people will remove the "religion" and look at the human being.
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  isaacaustin

  Curiousbutterfly,

  Come on, that is not the general tone in dubland. First of all, even mentioning the name of a df person, let alone an 'apostate'...brings frowns and dead silence. JWs are taught to be dehunaized by the org EXCEPT to what the org wants them humanized toward.