I kinda feel bad even saying anything because it's a lot worse for her family than me I'm certain, but there isn't really anywhere else I can vent like this.
Don't feel bad about saying anything. The fact that it's harder on her family than it is on you doesn't mean that your grief isn't painful, too. Grieving is a process, and talking about it helps you get through it.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
GGG
what are some good ways a "family head" could study with his family, helping them to see the weak points in watchtower thinking?
i wish to start this somehow, but since "family study" is seen as simply going over some misc.
watchtower publication, i don't see where i can make the headway.
This was written by Amazing1914 who used to post here:
http://freeminds.org/psych/exithelp.htm
Tells how he used his family study to help his family to reason their way out of the WTS.
GGG
please find below a basic form that can be modified for your particular circumstance.
this should be filed with schools, attorneys, doctors, hospitals, etc.
as a counter to the no blood card.. .
Does anyone know if one parent agreeing to a blood transfusion for a minor child, while the other parent objects, would still delay the child's recieving blood? Or is one parent signing the consent form enough to move forward with the transfusion without dragging the courts into it?
GGG
song 32.
10 min: local announcements.
selected announcements from our kingdom ministry.
What do you think would happen if someone turned this into a REAL question and answer session?
Um... maybe this:
20 min: "Education That Leads to Life" * Arrange in advance for one or two to comment on how they have benefited from divine education.
Oh wait! That already happened....
GGG
sorry...there are just so many threads related to the "big news", reaction to the big news, and lastly reaction to the reaction to the big news...just couldn't help myself.. how about some fluff...just for a few minutes.
fluff can be good.. so, whatcha all doing today?
xmas shopping?
My news... Went out to dinner tonight, we used a gift certificate my JW husband got as a Christmas present from a coworker LAST Christmas (only 2 more days until it expired!). On the way home, my JW husband took a drive around the neighborhood to see what Christmas decorations the neighbors had up...
GGG
last night we went to visit my sil and her 3 kids.
my sil is a jw but very nice and never pushes her beliefs upon anyone else.
she's been df'd 2-3 times but is currently reinstated.. i was trying to talk with our niece.
I'm so happy to read about the impact you made on your niece! There are few things sadder than a young person without hope... and the JWs destroy the dreams that young people have for themselves for the future.
I'm sure that your support would mean the world to this girl right now. Let her know that you are there for her and will help her. There are all kinds of scholarship programs out there and from what you wrote, she qualifies for a ton of them. I'm going to send you a pm.
GGG
i am so stupid sometimes!.
i own the domain name www.thewatchtower.org similar to the official www.watchtower.org right?
well ten days ago i got an email sent to [email protected] i didn't really look at it too hard, but something made me go back to it just now - i think it was intended for [email protected] !!.
Nicolaou - You have a pm
GGG
a disabled friend of mine needed a ride today to an appointment, while i was sitting in my van reading the newspaper waiting for my friend a older woman walked up to my window.
i had in down 5 or 6 inches because i was smoking a cigg.
i could see that she had her bag full of watchtowers and awakes and so i said you must be a jehovah's witness ?.
Yeah it was great being able to share some of the WTBS false prophecies, and I really had so much more to say to this woman about her organisation.
Hey, maybe she went back to her cargroup and in her stunned state of mind, repeated what you had told her... You may have just anti-witnessed to a whole car full of JWs!
Great job!
GGG
i'm feeling very ambitious and decided to make napoleon pastries tomorrow nite.
what's cookin' at your place?.
double chocolate napoleon pastry.
Ribeye steaks on the BBQ.... baked potatoes..... caeser salad.... Mmmmmm... !
GGG
the december canadian kingdom ministry has an article "could your child make a mature decision.
" it instructs parents to indoctrinate their kids to refuse blood and make themselves a martyr.
this, to me, was one of the most chilling sentences in the article (paragraph 3):
You can just image the parents of a suicide bomber telling their kid that they love them more than anything else in the world, but their eternal life is even more important, so they should go, with their blessing.
The only difference is that a suicide bomber is of legal age.
GGG
