I am so sorry... I'm speechless.
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Family tragedy.........HappyDad
by HappyDad ingot a phone call from my daughter who lives in florida a couple of hours ago.
her significant other who i chose to call my son-in-law (because he is the best thing to ever happen to her) got a phone call that his 6 year old daughter was killed in an auto accident near lake placid, florida and his 5 year old son is in very critical condition.
the ex wife is also critical.
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Worldly Relatives
by sammielee24 inwhile you were a jw how badly did you feel obliged to treat your non jw relatives?
did you not visit with them?
did you keep your kids away from them?
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When I was a JW I virtually ignored my "worldly" sisters, nieces, nephews, and their kids, even though they always tried to be nice to me. When I DA'd NOT ONE of them told me that I behaved like an asshole for 20 years. The act like nothing has happened. They were just happy to get me "back". I can't describe the shame I feel at the way I treated them all those years, and I'm at a loss about how to go about making amends.
But I really had a nice day at my sister's place today. A bunch of family members were there to BBQ. I wish I knew ahead of time it was my nephew's wife's B-Day. I would have broght her something.
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What Would You Risk Your Life Over?
by Mecurious? ini see people doing stupid things that involve risking their life for jobs that don't even pay that much or some other sillines, like not giving up a car to an armed robber.. relate incidents where this has happened and name some things that you'd risk life and limb over.. m'.
be creative!
cuz, there are a few that bear mentioning!.
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My cockatoo, Roxy!!!
Also my mom, sisters, and their families.
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my brother may have seen the light
by Ellie in.
my younger brother may finally after 2 years have seen jehovahs witnesses for what they really are.. the whole time he has been studying he has had no social life, they have been happy for him to go to meetings and out on field service but nobody has wanted to bother with him socially.. he has been living in the house of my older sister who is a devout witness and a bit of a cow.. anyway, a few weeks ago she asked him to leave as she didn't think he was trying hard enough to 'make the truth his own', so he moved in with a couple of his collegues who share a house.. anyway, he has just been round to my house and told us that he has had a brilliant weekend with these 2 collegues, he even went to the pub yesterday and met a girl and has been on a date with her today.. this may not seem like a big deal but it is, the difference in him was phenomenal, he seemed so much happier and its given me hope that he might finally be breaking free.
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nobody has wanted to bother with him socially.
Sounds familiar. I lived like that for 20 years. You plod along hoping things will get better. They don't. Your sister asking him to leave may be the best thing that could happen to him. Few things can impair a persons social skills as much as excessive association with JWs.
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Is it OK for a Religion to change doctrines and beliefs as time goes by?
by JH in.
i say that if they are inspired from god, they shouldn't have to modify their beliefs.
either they are inspired from god, or they aren't..
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If a religion is free to change its doctrines then the members should be free to leave without having sanctions imposed upon them. When a person makes a dedication and gets baptized they do so according to current beliefs. No one should have the right to impose a change of beliefs upon others; my dedication was not a "living document" that is subject to change by others but not by myself. "Freedom of religion" shouldn't work that way.
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I Am Jumping For Joy!!!!!!!!!
by Legolas inmy husband and i are now kid free!
we have been looking forward to this for over 19 years!
we will miss our daughter
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Hey Legolas, now that you're empty nesters, how about you guys taking care of ME??? I promise I won't mess up more than 2 or 3 rooms at a time. I'm relatively housebroken, and I even bathe occasionally.
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Who can and can't a JW sit next to at the hall?
by JH in.
there are so many unwritten laws, but most witnesses know when it's wrong to sit next to someone.. name a few cases, when it's ok to sit next to someone, and when it's not ok?
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there also always seemed to be an understanding that the husband sit in the seat closest to the aisle.
That's so he can better protect his wife in case armed terrorists storm the hall. Either that or he might be impressed into microphone service at a moments notice.
I'm not sure which one's worse.
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Who can and can't a JW sit next to at the hall?
by JH in.
there are so many unwritten laws, but most witnesses know when it's wrong to sit next to someone.. name a few cases, when it's ok to sit next to someone, and when it's not ok?
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then the gossip really flies as to what happened that they broke up.
Hell, the gossip always flies around. JWs live for gossip. All you have to do is have a single sister™ in your car group™ and the slander begins.
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"My daddy says your a traitor and don't love Jehovah and I can't talk to you."
My answer would be:
"Your daddy's a liar and he's too much of a coward to come and say that to my face. That's why he says it to you instead."
Don't mind me, I'm just sick of the way JWs teach hatred, even to their own kids.
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DF'ing: Why shun child, but not spouse?
by AlmostAtheist inthe bible has precious little to say about shunning.
write a scripture on each finger and you'll still have one clean hand.. but the watchtower has managed to read into it a myriad (are non-jw's allowed to say "myriad"?
) of rules about who to shun, how much, under what circumstances, etc.. one that caught me sideways a day or so ago was the fact that a wife with a df'd husband doesn't have to shun him.
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While a DF'd or DA'd husband is not completely shunned there is a distinct difference in the way he's treated. He's looked upon as one of the walking dead and treated accordingly. His opinions no longer carry any weight, even in non religious matters. He life is barely tolerated. He is eventually driven to leave. That was my experience anyway.
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