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  Growing old in this system

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  meet up wth an old friend of my parents.

  it was sad, mable in her 80's husband is 91 and falling apart.

  off course to start with it was armageddon must be soon.

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  I have an 81 year old mother that just had hip replacement and is particularly whiney about getting old. She goes around saying "I never thought I would get this old" blah blah blah. She is good health and should be around for awhile but that's what is bothering her I'm sure. she still thinks Armaggedeon is right around the corner and "why would people have children in this system of things?" like it's happening tomorrow.

  she's also giving her estate to the WTBTS instead of me since she tells me "well you aren't going to live that long so you don't need the money"

  Really? Well if Armaggedeon is right around the corner then why does the WTBTS need it? No reasoning with these people!!
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  Your reaction if they drop the shunning policy?

  by jam in

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  how would you react toward those family members that.

  have treated you like you had leprosy.

  for years didn,t.

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  About 4 years ago I got married to my longtime partner after living "in sin" for 10+ years. The light switch was turned on with my mother and now since he's not DF'd or never been a JW I think she likes him more than me! Before that she wouldn't even call him by name it was 'your friend"! Relationships just dont' work that way!
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  Your reaction if they drop the shunning policy?

  by jam in

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  how would you react toward those family members that.

  have treated you like you had leprosy.

  for years didn,t.

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  If they did drop the shunning policy I think I would be inclined to shun them instead! (I've been DF'd for 35+ years) what a bunch of phoney people!
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  2012 Annual Meeting

  by obarac in

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  2012 annual meeting - october 6th 2012.

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  How do the R&F get invited to the "Annual Meeting?" Do they invite the rich witnesses only? I do know of someone here in Seattle that got invited but they couldn't go because of health reasons so the son and daughter in law "get" to go. These people were always part of the witness elite and also makes loads of $$$.
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  my workmates jw friend of 30 years has deleted her from facebook

  by looloo in

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  this lady is quite new to my workplace and we got chatting and she asked how i met my husband etc ... after i finished telling her of my jw experiances she said i could write a book and i really should !

  she said she has a friend who shes known for 30 years and she became a jw about 15 years ago and this friend had recently deleted her off her friends list !

  she also said this friend likes to play bingo which she presumed wouldnt be allowed in the religion so had thought it cant be all that strict in that religion !!!!!

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  My cousin who is "on the fence" regarding the JW's unfriended me because she "didn't like what she saw" on my FB wall. I guess the Watchtower Uncensored page offended her. Boo hoo I say! Her whole family is in the JW's and she rejected the religion growing up but now that she's over 30 she's decided she's "going back" to them. However she's still got lots of non JW's friends but that's oh so much different since I'm DF'd. Not acceptable!
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  Things that were supposedly demonized

  by freshstart in

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  i was just thinking about all the fear i had when i was a kid that i would be attacked by demons if i wasn't careful.

  i mean i lived in absolute terror over it, so i'm going to reminisce about the things i was told were demonized and you can add to the list if you'd like:.

  lucky charms cerealcount dracula cerealitems bought at garage sales where there was a cross or anything religious present"hotel california" by the eagles (now one of my favorite songs)wwjd braceletsscooby dooi remember being so scared of every little noise that whenever i would turn off my light to go to bed, i would say "jehovah, jehovah!

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  Lynnie

  Anything with astrological signs on it.

  no hypnotism, the demons can gain control
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  What's the latest "policy" on JW's attending non witness funerals held in churchs?

  by Lynnie in

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  Well I guess my uber elder cousin has decided it's okay for him and his elite witness family to attend. He's thought of

  very highly so I'm sure no one would question his judgement on this issue. And the fact that he probably won't share

  with other JW's that he went to an Episcopalian church is extremely likely too. He knows how to keep people at

  arms length. Now how they treat me will be interesting since I've been df'd for 35 years. Can't wait to feel the

  love (hate) of my JW family.
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  What's the latest "policy" on JW's attending non witness funerals held in churchs?

  by Lynnie in

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  Wow that's really different than when I was in the religion. I think way back when you could get df'd for going into a church.

  Even on vacation and just sightseeing! I asked my mother if it was allowed but of course she "didn't know" and deferred to my cousin

  as usual. Very surprising to me that this is a personal conscience matter now. Well I guess I can look forward to seeing the

  family that shuns me in a different church!
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  What's the latest "policy" on JW's attending non witness funerals held in churchs?

  by Lynnie in

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  Lynnie

  Recently a non witness family member passed away and there is a service being held in the local Episcopalian church and my

  elder cousin and his family are planning on attending. I thought this wasn't allowed?
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  What's the latest "policy" on JW's attending non witness funerals held in churchs?

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