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Elder has Power of Attny for my Mother
by limbogirl inmy witness mother has a rare form of leukemia -- fortunately she is doing well and it hasn't been an issue yet.
she notified me some time ago that she had completed forms to make one of the elders at her kh her power of attorney in the event that she required medical treatment.
she told me that she did this to relieve me and my siblings of having to make difficult decisions for her at that time -- meaning authorizing blood.
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u/d opens his new business....FINALLY!!!
by upside/down inhey there all you x-xjws..... if you've wondered where i've been (i know..who the hell is u/d) i've been busy the past several months building and opening my new business.. it's an aveda lifestyle salon and spa (3500sf).
it's called ten (our logo is the roman numeral x) it's a beaut!.
you can check us out at www.tensalonandspa.com .
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GoingGoingGone
Congratulations!! Good for you!!
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Elder has Power of Attny for my Mother
by limbogirl inmy witness mother has a rare form of leukemia -- fortunately she is doing well and it hasn't been an issue yet.
she notified me some time ago that she had completed forms to make one of the elders at her kh her power of attorney in the event that she required medical treatment.
she told me that she did this to relieve me and my siblings of having to make difficult decisions for her at that time -- meaning authorizing blood.
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GoingGoingGone
I don't know for sure, but from what I've seen, any adult who is mentally competent can make whatever decisions they want to for themselves, and they will be respected by the courts. In other words, your mother's choice of giving an elder as her power of attorney will stand up in court.
That being said, if the elder has been given the right to make health care choices for her, then he can make ALL her health care choices when she no longer can do so herself... including deciding when and if to terminate life support, if that should become an issue. Is your mother aware of this? Health care is about so much more than just blood. You would think that she would want her family to make such important choices, not a member of her 'church'.
Just a thought.
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Is getting married in Church a DA'able offense? Ping anyone with BOE manual
by Abaddon inhaving been fairly proud of my jw parent's behaviour (and to be honest, my handling of them) in the 13 years or so since i walked away i now find myself in a quandry.
i basically arranged my departure from the cult in such a manner that i would neither be da'd or df'd, to avoid a situation where their family loyalty might be streached by their adherence to organsiational law.
why should i play by their rules and write a letter leaving an imaginary religion?
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GoingGoingGone
The elder's manual is available online at reexamine's site.. Here's a link:
Happy hunting...
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About Tattoos...
by Mastodon insomebody was asking me about tattoos and what the biblical rules about them are.
i also remember that a magazine (an awake!?
) mentioned that getting a tattoo is a matter of conscience.
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What Will Others Think?
Oh horror! Someone might not like it! um... can you say GroupThink??!!
Funny how they quote than one and skip over the previous verse: (Leviticus 19:27)"‘YOU must not cut YOUR sidelocks short around, and you must not destroy the extremity of your beard."
ROFL! I'd like to see the JWs with sidelocks and beards....
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New Workplace Vocabulary 2006
by blondie innew words in 2006 -- essential additions for the workplace vocabulary:.
blamestorming: sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline .
was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
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GoingGoingGone
Those were great! Thanks Blondie!
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A "friend" has died.
by Nellie ini met this man 17 years ago - new to the city, he was an elder in the congregation.
his personality was warm and loud - (a new yorker, of course) -- i had left home, but i was reminded of home every time he opened his mouth.
one of the most endearing things about him was the way he pronounced jehovah - with an "er" at the end, more like jehover... boy was he loud and warm.
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GoingGoingGone
(((((Nellie)))))
So sorry for the loss of your friend.
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...but Jesus said the truth would divide families!!!!
by ithinkisee in.
what is that scripture?.
what is your response to the claim that the truth would divide families?.
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GoingGoingGone
ithinkisee -
Here's another interesting thought... Those who no longer believe JW teachings, are DF'd and shunned as apostate. The typical question is, Where will you go, if you leave the 'truth'? They refer to John 6, where many were stumbled at Jesus' teachings and stopped following him. Jesus then asks his apostles if they also want to leave, and they reply....
67Therefore Jesus said to the twelve: "YOU do not want to go also, do YOU?" 68 Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life; 69 and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God."
Notice that the apostles don't say, "Where shall we go away to", but "whom"..... Leaving the WTS is not the same as leaving Christ. Or Jehovah. Or Christianity.When families say that 'the truth' will divide families, and give that as an excuse for shunning, they are twisting the scriptures. (What a shock! )
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What has hurt you the most for being a JW?
by MsMcDucket in.
or what do you regret most about being a jw?.
for me it's being alienated by my twin daughters.
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Welcome still angry and lighthouse1956
I wish I hadn't grown up as a JW.
I wish I could have gone to college and followed my dreams instead of knocking on doors (which I hated) for 90 hours a month, and supporting myself by cleaning houses (which I also hated).
I wish I could have been friends with the great kids that I knew in high school, instead of being told that they were bad association.
I wish I could have gone to the prom with the guy who asked me, instead of feeling like an idiot by telling him that I wasn't allowed to date.
I wish I could have saluted the flag, instead of feeling like a loser and standing there with my arms at my sides.
I wish I could have made friends with my workmates and my neighbors, many of whom are wonderful people, instead of turning down every invitation I received.
I wish I hadn't raised my kids in this religion, thus depriving them of many of the same things I was deprived of. I hope I can make up for it, and that they forgive me.
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Fading ain't goin' so well.
by atypical ini've been wanting to post updates for awhile, but i have been paranoid that my posts would make it too easy to identify me.
right now i don't care, so here's what's happening if it's helpful for anyone else who is trying to fade.. first of all, as of my last update i was still hanging around some of the witnesses socially and it came back to bite me.
after that mess, i pretty much gave up on even trying to pretend i can have much in common with most of the people at the hall.
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((((((atypical)))))))
I'm fading too. Some days it's sooooo hard, and other days I can't believe how free I am now.
I was so fed up with everything that I had my own superbowl party. I only invited all of my friends who are inactive. One of them is disfellowshipped and is also the son of the elder who put the business card in my car. At halftime, we went out front where we could be seen and threw a football around.
That's so funny!! The fact that you can do that, is great! Good for you, for treating your fellow human beings like your fellow human beings, and not like the skum of the earth.
And I completely agree with you, this board is great.
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