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  Visited My Grandfather

  by Saethydd in

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  my grandfather is a longtime jw with advanced parkinson's.

  on the advice of a good friend mine who is inactive but not "out" i went to visit him monday and we talked for awhile.

  his health isn't well, but he was happy to see me.

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  my late dad--a jw for over 50 years went into a care home for his last 3 years. i visited him several days a week--and performed various personal services as part of his care.

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  my daughter---46----lives with her husband and her own 4 daughters----together with her mother ( my first wife )----less than a mile from him. they are staunch dubs.

  my first wife visited dad just once in those 3 years---my daughter:- never.--despite me repeatedly asking her to.

  i think it was their way of shunning him because they knew he and i had a very close relationship.. what a sad end to his life.

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  in case youre wondering--i hate the watchtower cult.
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  if pre 1975 you said "The system will still be here late 2017" what would be the J.W's reaction?

  by karter in

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  one word for it.....apostate!

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  stan livedeath

  how about armageddon coming in 2026--? not immediate--but not too far ahead....just about right to launch a fresh dub hysteria.

  why 2026.....? isnt it 6000 years from the creation of Adam ?

  the rumour started here folks.

  ( click like if you do like the idea )
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  Strange

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  a couple of times at the meetings this year we've been told that in the future we might get some strange directions from the society that might not make any sense to us.

  then they've said will we show our loyalty to jehovah by still obeying?

  seems a rather unusual thing to say.

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  What OTWO said. It's always about money.
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  PHILIPPINES - "December 15, 2017 letter Re: 2017 Service Year Report" - with local numbers and highlights

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the previously posted wt letter of december 15, 2017 "re: 2017 service year report" was for the us congregations.. as expected the second (and third) paragraphs of the letter are being re-written to feature highlights in the local field to the congregations that it is addressed to.... hence below is what i understand to be the highlighted figures in the letter that is being sent and read out (in the first week of january 2018) to congregations in the philippines.. i believe that the philippines is traditionally one of the wt's *star performers* in terms of growth (*cough*cough* if you exclude the 1975-fallout) .

  (previous year's figures in brackets) .

  peak publishers: 210,914 (209,131).

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  stan livedeath

  i wonder how shunning goes down in the philippines. hardly a popular idea with strong family bonds there.
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  How many anointed have come and gone; how many remain?

  by Moster in

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  2. beliefs

  just wondering if there is any data about how many anointed there were in say 1914, and considering most would have passed 'beyond the veil' already, are the jw's numbers adding up?

  we know there are more in 2017 then there were in 2016, but just where are we in the grand total column?.

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  its an overlapping number
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  Do You Feels That Your Life Was Ruined Because of Ypur JW Experience?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i know that some are upset because of the time lost because of ever having been a witness.

  have you moved on as an ex jw or are you stil devastated because of your past jw lige?.

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  stan livedeath

  i have no contact from my daughter, and younger son. never met their children, know nothing about them.

  dont even know where son lives--no way of contacting him.

  daughter lives a few miles away, might as well be on the dark side of the moon.

  their mother--my first wife has no contact with our older son--who was d/f a few years back. ( i do--spending boxing day with him )

  so--yeah. lives ruined thanks to the watchtower cult.
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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

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  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  stan livedeath

  bumped for Summer Angel
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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

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  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  wow--numbers dont lie--the worlds fastest growing religion.. jehovah must be really excited.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

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  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  merry crimbo all you lot.
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  Is it just me or are the street sign, road,car verification excessive?

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. forum
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  i must go through six of new verification screens on average before verifying.

  i seriously try harder and harder, i don't know if we include the tiny little piece of sign or not.

  i have done both,and still get another screen.

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  i never have to do that--either on my laptop or android tablet. i use google chrome