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  Question about weddings (warning kinda fluff)

  by IP_SEC in

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  my question is: is there any traditional order of who says their vows first?

  groom or bride?

  dont matter?.

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  In all the weddings I have attended including mine the groom always goes first. Hope this helps es
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  14 year old rejected by father for not becoming jw

  by orbison11 in

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  ok quick recap of events leading to this.

  my dtr married young to prominent family in wtbs...had dtr...dtr now 14 years old....my dtr left hubby and wtbs about 10 yrs ago....she is doing very well in life...... she told me today her 14 years old dtr has not heard from her father (x-hubby) for over a month....why i ask???

  ?because she does not want to become a jw...............he now basically has very little , if anything, to do with her due to this.

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  This is what upsets me bout parents in the truth. Its supposed to me bout unconditional love and it is not. If my son chooses to be whatever in his life I will be there 100% to support him, even if he decides to become a JW after everything I have told him I will still back him up. Isnt that what parents do? Your daughters ex is not showing the greateast example if you drandaughter ever did want to join. es
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  weirdest dream

  by Es in

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  hey all, just posting this again as i cant seem to find it.

  i had the weirdest dream the other night i was goin to the memorial(which i did not attend in reality) and there was an elder there from my old cong who recently passed away in real life a couple of months ago.

  his ghost was standing at the door and only i could see him, he followed me around the whole kingdom hall.

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  Hey all, Just posting this again as I cant seem to find it. I had the weirdest dream the other night I was goin to the memorial(which I did not attend in reality) and there was an elder there from my old cong who recently passed away in real life a couple of months ago. His ghost was standing at the door and only I could see him, he followed me around the whole kingdom hall. The weird thing is I havent seen this elder for at least 2 years and I can barely remember what he looks like but in my dream he looked exactly as he did in real life.It was weird es
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  weirdest dream

  by Es in

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  hi all, i had the weirdest dream the other night.

  there is an elder in my folks congo who passed away last month, i never really had much to do with him, let alone see him in the last three years or so.

  anyway i had this dream that i was going to the memorial (which in reality i did not attend) and as i was walking into the kingdom hall the dead elder's ghost was there.

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  Hi all, I had the weirdest dream the other night. There is an elder in my folks congo who passed away last month, I never really had much to do with him, let alone see him in the last three years or so. Anyway I had this dream that I was going to the memorial (which in reality I did not attend) and as I was walking into the kingdom hall the dead elder's ghost was there. No one else could see him but I, he followed me around everywhere. The funny thing is I can barely remember what this elder looks like and yet in my dream he was exactly as he looked in real life. Weird hey es
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  Question for those raised a JW

  by New Worldly Translation in

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  i was wondering if anybody feels like i do that if i hadn't been raised a jw i would never have embraced the religion.

  i know it's easier to say in hindsight after i know the truth about the org but honestly i don't think i would have given them the time of day.

  i'm not a religious person or even a spiritual person and being a jw always caused a conflict in my mind.

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  No I dont think so unless my life was really really really crap, but other than that no
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  Did You Feel Superior To Those People Who Only Ever Came To The Memorial?

  by Englishman in

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  we did.. we used to call them "memorial saints".

  they were the fringe members, the fallen away, the disfellowshipped, those who had their own private pipeline to jehovah, bible studies, good-will, disinterested husbands, delinquent kids, prophets, lunatics and uncle tom cobley and all.. in short, all the weirdo's that could be mustered together on just one night of the year.

  but it got the numbers up.

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  I guess I no longer feel hypocritical like the rest of them this was my fist year that i missed the memorial.
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  Anyone Feel Guilty For Not Going To The Memorial or For Going This Year?

  by minimus in

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  i have no guilt for not attending for 2 years in a row.

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  This year was the first in 25 years that i did not go. Didnt feel guilty bout not goin but now that its passed must admit feel alittle numb bout it :(
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  What would your conscience permit you to do that an average JW wouldn't do?

  by JH in

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  i didn't mind going to any bar, if i felt like it.

  i know that the average jw wouldn't have went to these places.

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  LOL @ stillajw great reply.

  Go into a bar and pick up coz i can :). Celebrate birthdays and christmas etc.... get drunk,smoke
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  JWD Sign in. Were You a Dub When You First Came Here?

  by xjw_b12 in

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  seeing this is the 5th anniversary of jwd, i was curious as to how many who still post here, were dyed in the wool jws, but later sucumbed to "the truth about the truth" .

  were an active/semi-active jw, and this site and others were enough to convince you that your doubts had substance.

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  I had already faded out when i came across this website. But it did give me the courage to send my D/A letter off, which then got dismissed coz the elders thought I was doing it to get back at my dad.(elder)

  And the more I hop on the website the more convinced I am of that the "truth" should be called the "cult".

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  Counselling for depression......

  by Jodo in

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  sorry, i don't want this to sound like a "woe is me" thread, but i just wanted to know of any positive or negative experiences with counselling....i've been offered it before but have put it off, and off (and off).

  today i have a doctor's appointment and am going to request it......but i'm a little wary of the thought.

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  Hi Jodo,

  Personally myself I found it great in helping with my depression. It was great to get perspective on a lot of things from someone who wasnt personally involved

  Hope all goes well

  es