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  Attending the Funeral / Memorialof Your JW Parent

  by roybatty in

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  i'm just wondering if any df'd or da'd here have gone to the kingdom hall to attend a memorial or funeral service for a jw parent or on the other hand decided not to attened.

  do you regret going / not going?

  how were you treated?.

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  My brother was Df'd for the second time when my father died. Our immediate family never shunned my brother (my fathers side of the family did).

  The brother that handled the talk was very very good. He asked us to tell him some personal things about our father so he could include them in the talk. My brother wrote an excellet letter about how loving he was, how no matter what he did he never turned his back on him, how unconditional his love was etc. The brother giving the talk actually read the whole letter during the service.

  Almost everyone at the hall was very welcoming to my brother. One sister (who was very well known) made it a point to stand beside my brother, almost like saying if I can talk and associate with him so can you! Sadly she has passed on - gawd I miss her!

  The only one to really give us a problem was my uncle, my fathers super duper elder brother. He would barely look at my brother, and the only thing he said to him was "you know what you have to do". Nothing about our father (his brother) passing etc. What a prick!!!

  We had a lunch at the hall, and my brother stayed and ate. We had some relatives and close friends back to the house afterwards, and ate supper and my brother was there.

  I think it depends on 1) how your parents treated you - were they militant in their shunning? and 2) what are the people like at the hall?

  You have every right to be there if that's where you want to be! Go and hold your head high! If you really don't want to go - don't and I think Blondie had an excellent suggestion. Hold a service that would mean something to you.

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  I WENT TO CHURCH THIS MORNING....

  by Mary in

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  after the distastful and depression memorial at the kingdom hall last wednesday night, i guess i just felt the need to go somewhere else this morning for easter so i drove around.......i was going to go to the presbyterian church but the service wasn't untill 11:00am....ditto for the lutheran and united churches too, so i ended up going to the catholic church (of all places!

  ) because the service started at 9:30am.

  never been to a catholic service before, (except for one wedding and one funeral years ago).

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  Unfortunately I couldn't go this morning - I had my neice over for the weekend and somehow I don't think that would go over too well with her JW parents (even though I had her over for the weekend to do something special with her for her birthday!).

  I did go on Friday morning though. There were three churches that got together to worship together. I was a nice service - the speaker was great and talked all about Jesus and what his sacrifice meant for us.

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  Going Door to Door...

  by Priest73 in

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  some thing just occurred to me.

  i live in a city 500+ miles from my home town.

  in a large metropolitan area.

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  Similar situation with me. Although I've been inactive, I know the territory boundaries have changed and there is only a couple of people in the cong that know where I live. I've never seen anybody work my street and I've been here 10 years. There is one elder that occasionally stops by, but it's usually before the CO's visit, afterwards he gets in his car and probably drives to the other end of the territory to fill in some time.

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  RICHIE RED ALERT

  by RichieRich in

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  i was on the phone speaking with verne thoren, presiding overseer of the willow springs, nc congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

  he tells me he knows of my possesssion of the flock book.

  he knows of my involvement on this site.

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  Hasn't the "society" told people in positions of trust that if they uncover serious wrongdoing by another JW they are to report it?

  Example that has been mentioned on here before about a person working in a Dr's office, reads reports about someone receiving a blood transfusion or having an abortion and is under obligation to report the said offence? This would entail that person breaking confidentiality laws, but the "society" say in effect "screw those laws"? (I know Scully has discussed this topic at length before - I think she even wrote a paper on it.)

  Ritchie has seen evidence of protecting child molesters! Does he not have an obligation to bring this to light?

  Do we not all have an obligation to try and protect those most vunerable in this world? Stand up for those that cannot stand up for themselves?

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  I DIDN'T GO!! I DIDN'T GO!!!!

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i can't believe it, but i missed my first memorial!!!.

  i wasn't sure what was going to happen, until it was past the time to get ready and leave.

  i left it up to my husband, and he made no effort to get ready and go.

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  noni - what a wonderful thing you did for your mom. You displayed the love we are to have for one another.

  south african beef - yes it does take nerves of steel at times. I have to say I was feeling uptight all evening - I felt like closing the blinds and turning off all the lights incase an elder stopped by afterwards to see where we were, but then realized the cars were in the drive, so what good would it do anyways!! lol Gawd, what this religion can do to a person.

  I know what your wife is feeling. All I told my family is the time our memorial was scheduled for. I'll leave them to fill in whatever blanks they want to. I didn't get an invite from my family either, and for the last three years we've travelled to another city to attend with them.

  Eagle-1 Alive since '75 has a nice ring to it!

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  "Mommy - I'm scared!"

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i was walking downtown this morning and came upon a jw dad with his two little girls.

  they were waiting at a light to cross and a woman with her little girl (the two little girls were around the same age, maybe 6 years old) was walking past them.

  the little jw girl turns around and whips out the mags.

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  Maybe this is what they were thinking about when they wrote the May 15/06 article

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  The "empty thing" they keep "muttering," or meditating on, is the continuation of their own sovereignty. Nothing shakes them more than any threat to their rulership. .

  The worldwide preaching of the established Kingdom of God done by Jehovah's Witnesses has become just such a threat to the nations. After all, the Messianic Kingdom of God in the hands of Jesus Christ is going to "crush and put an end to all [man-made] kingdoms." (Daniel 2:44) The message of judgment included in our preaching work is sending out a tremor among the nations. (Isaiah 61 :2) And the shaking gets more severe as the preaching work increases in

  scope and intensity.

  Quotes - don't you know we are not peddlers 2 Cor 2:17!

  I can remember going in service and having doors slammed in our faces, angry words yelled etc. I was always told we were doing Jehovah's work. I guess when this is what you are taught to do as a young child it is something you consider "normal".

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  Jehoover punishing me

  by KW13 in

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  i got two chairs in my room that are from our kingdom hall, we took them ages ago and i also have a new table that was meant for the second school but they already had a new one.. thing is, on the chair i use at my desk.

  when i sit down i sometimes touch the chair leg...when i do a bright blue spark happens and i get a shock ( no lie ).

  repent?

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  Don't you remember hearing all the stories about JW's buying second hand furniture and discovering it was possessed? I think you need to burn them!

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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-16-06 WT Study (Senses)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the april 16, 2006 wt study (march 1, 2006 issue, pages 22-26)(senses).

  besides, this will give me more time for spiritual matters.

  q11) what challenges do serious health problems present?.

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  Yet, opportunities to meet a potential mate among fellow believers may be few

  I wonder why this is? Is it because large gatherings between congs are not allowed anymore? Is it because there's not much opportunity to meet a bro or sis while cleaning the toilets at the assemblies instead of working side by side preparing food etc? It's harder and harder for young single JW"s to meet a "potential mate", and are looking for love outside the org.

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  RICHIE RED ALERT

  by RichieRich in

  1. jw
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  i was on the phone speaking with verne thoren, presiding overseer of the willow springs, nc congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

  he tells me he knows of my possesssion of the flock book.

  he knows of my involvement on this site.

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  Wow!

  Reading this thread just reinforces how so called "worldly" people care much more for their friends than those "in the truth" or the "world wide brotherhood". How many active JW's have ever stepped up to the plate and offered a place to stay or money or just support when someone was going through a DFing and might be left out on the street?

  Didn't the elders tell Sick of Lies that all his "wordly" friends would abandon him? Looks like it's the other way around!

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  What Do You Do For Fun?

  by minimus in

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  personally, i love music, especially live music.

  i often go on weekends to listen to r&b, soul, funk, etc.

  what do you enjoy doing?

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  In the winter I love to go snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, and curling up infront of the fireplace on a nice bearskin rug ......

  Spring - getting the gardens cleaned up from winter, watching my seedlings growing, enjoying the warm weather.

  Summer - here in Canada it's all about the long weekends baby!! Camping and beer! Skinny dipping in the lake, hiking, fishing, and just lounging on the beach or the dock. Summer festivals are on every weekend - I especially love the Blues, Brews and BBQs in August.

  Fall - enjoying the crisp sunny days, walking through the woods and listening to the leaves crunch underfoot.

  I love to get together with friends, enjoy a good bottle of red wine (love the Aussie wines), take in a movie or a play.

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