Yeah the double speak is just amazing! And the fact that he says that "shunning" isn't their word is really something too. So that means the word doesn't exist? These are people that just spent a month in Israel preaching to who? I don't know. Where the great are needed so they go.
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Email from JW relative/elder
by Lynnie inas much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .
we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.
so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .
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Email from JW relative/elder
by Lynnie inas much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .
we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.
so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .
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Lynnie
As much as I enjoy you and Pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with Jehovah and his people.We did not set the standards for what Jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him. So we will always be there for you and Pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.I know the word on the street is that we are "shunning" - that is not our term, nor is it kind.We don't take our relationship with you as our cousin lightly. We care about you. But you are the one who can open that door of association by returning to Jehovah. It's our prayer that you do this Lynn. You are a very dear relation of ours.Your cousin,WOW the double speak is strong with one. I love the fact that "shunning" is not their word so they don't do it. Nice to rewrite the dictionary and everything else. This cousin however has a normal relationship with his sister who was a JW but has been "inactive" for 50 years, celebrates all the worldly holidays etc. but somehow it's totally okay for him to have association with her. Hmmmm
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Annual Meeting
by Lynnie inmy uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
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Lynnie
No they are not. And yes I'm sure they will just say they are vacationing there or some shit. I can't imagine spending a month there being a JW. They have applied to go to Israel many times before for international conventions but didn't get chosen but I guess this time they got approved.
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Annual Meeting
by Lynnie inmy uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
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Lynnie
Ahh I think you are correct! Gilead Graduation now rings a bell. After that my cousins are going to Israel for a month to do missionary work. Wonder how that will all go? I can just see them walking around in their suits and dresses not fitting in at all.
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Annual Meeting
by Lynnie inmy uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
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Lynnie
Oh yes that's my cousin and his wife for sure! Soooo important and their daughter and son in law get to travel all over supervising building projects and stuff like that from the inner circle. Mostly in Africa but they haven't been there lately. I saw them briefly last weekend at a non witness family event and said they weren't traveling as much which made me wonder too.
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Annual Meeting
by Lynnie inmy uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
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Lynnie
My uber cousin and wife are going back to Wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited. Cousin said it was going to be broadcast from Patterson to Wallkill. Anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?
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Window Washers
by Nikki collins ini know @hiddenpimo is going to laugh at me for this because we had several in our old congregation, but what is with all the window washing businesses owned/managed by jws???
they are everywhere!
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Lynnie
Anyone know anyone in Seattle that are window washers?
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Ravenna Kingdom Hall
by Lynnie inanother kingdom hall sold off in seattle.
this kingdom hall has been around forever but it's in a very desirable location in seattle by green lake so i'm sure there will be lots of $$.
lots of merging of halls here in the puget sound area..
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Lynnie
Another Kingdom Hall sold off in Seattle. This kingdom hall has been around forever but it's in a very desirable location in Seattle by Green Lake so I'm sure there will be lots of $$. Lots of merging of halls here in the Puget Sound area.
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The awful treatment of my disfellowshipped cousin still continues
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy cousin was disfellowshipped twenty years ago when he was 18 years old.
he admitted to the congregation elders that he was fornicating with his ''wordly'' girlfriend.
the elders were following him and hiding in their cars to see what he was up to.
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Lynnie
Boy I can relate! I've been DF'd for 40 years and shunned the whole time BUT this past year my uber elder cousin decided it was time for me to help with my aging mother's care and oh now I'm no longer shunned at least for all the heavy lifting part of the stuff like clearing out her house when she moved to a retirement home. Funny how the rules change when they decide it's okay to associate with me. And during this time they were very much in contact blah blah. Now that my mother has passed away of course they no longer need me and the silence has begun again.
Funny how they can decide when it's okay and when it's not. Feel the love!!!
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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Ever Do Anything For Anyone But Themselves?
by minimus ini was thinking of how witnesses were always admonished to take care of their own before they should ever help a worldly neighbor.
i don’t think they ever do anything for the community unless it’s a benefit to them..
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Lynnie
My mother always gave $$$ to the WT and no one else but it didn't matter when she needed the congregation's help the most. Yes I was called upon to "help" after 40 years of shunning and was told my uber elder cousin that it wasn't the WT's responsibility to care and help people in the congregation it was the family's! And he had "decided" that now was the time for me to help even though I'm disfellowshipped. Unlike other religions who will help if needed.
She passed away in September and they had the memorial in October and now they are done with me again forever! Feel the love.