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  My friends visitation is tonight all of her JW family will be there

  by troubled mind in

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  today i need some encouraging support ..i will be attending my friends funeral visitation tonight .. we had been jws together since childhood ,and then three yrs ago she was dfd .

  we have supported each other these past few yrs with encouragement .she comes from a huge jw family, and they all plan on attending tonight.

  i have known them all my life ,and they hate me for leaving the cult.

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  troubled mind

  Thanks for all the thoughts .

  Things went fairly well all the Witnesses stayed on their own side of the room . We mingled among the normal attendants . She was loved by many and her husbands family and friends filled the place . For three solid hours the line was out the door . Her husbands employer even made a huge financial gesture tonight to help with the medical bills . I think the 'worldly ones ' made a great witness to unconditional friendship and love .

  It was awkward at the meal afterwards to see all my old silent 'friends' ,but I positioned myself with my back to most of them and enjoyed the company of others instead .

  As to her wishes there was no religious ceremony of any kind only a visitation with the family .
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  My friends visitation is tonight all of her JW family will be there

  by troubled mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  today i need some encouraging support ..i will be attending my friends funeral visitation tonight .. we had been jws together since childhood ,and then three yrs ago she was dfd .

  we have supported each other these past few yrs with encouragement .she comes from a huge jw family, and they all plan on attending tonight.

  i have known them all my life ,and they hate me for leaving the cult.

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  troubled mind

  Today i need some encouraging support ..I will be attending my friends funeral visitation tonight .

  We had been JWs together since childhood ,and then three yrs ago she was DFd . We have supported each other these past few yrs with encouragement .She comes from a HUGE Jw family, and they all plan on attending tonight. I have known them all my life ,and they hate me for leaving the cult. They had warned her to stay away from me because they consider me an apostate .Now I have to plaster a smile on my face and play nice . That is what is making me apprehensive about the visitation .....I know the occasion needs utmost respect ,but seeing all those hateful faces turns my stomach.

  I am trying hard to suppress my anger,because just two months ago I saw several of her nieces and nephews publicly shun her ,and I saw the hurt in her eyes ...Now they will be mourning her death....Do you think they will even feel one bit of emotional conflict over how they treated her ? Or will they throw the blame back on her saying she made the choice ?

  I am thankful for her, because after she was Dfd she actually introduced me to a whole new group of friends that have helped so much in my healing process. Her husband was never a JW so they had a wider friend base than just JWs .
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  "What exactly is his world view? from Cofty I see nothing but, anti-life, anti-love, anti-hope"

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  villagegirl's question on another thread was probably supposed to be rhetorical but i want to respond to it.. many times people of faith express similar misapprehensions about those who don't share their views on eternity.. i want this to be a positive thread.

  an opportunity for atheists to share what moves and inspires them.

  what do you live for, what gives your life meaning and purpose?

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  troubled mind

  Crofty we need to be best friends !! Love ,Love,Love your post !!! pm me if you are on facebook, I am serious we should be buddies
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  Anyone Celebrating Halloween this Year???

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started yesterday.

  took the kids (they were both princesses) and my nephew to 3 different events.

  got tons of candy and the kids had a blast.. .

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  troubled mind

  Our kids are all young adults now . My husband and I do the holidays for our own joy . He is a very technical /mechanical type of person and loves the challenge of coming up with something creative . He began two yrs ago designing the computer music light show just because he saw some on youtube and thought it looked cool . He taught himself how to program and made all the electronic boards to run the shows . We just like to have fun I guess, and we enjoy watching others bring their kids by to enjoy what he has put together . Last night some people came by with a hay-rack filled with kids from a party to see the show .We came out in costumes and they all hooped and hallored ,it was just fun . For me I felt being a witness really sucked joy out of my life ....I am making up for that now .

  here is a link to our facebook page that updates with videos and such of what we are doing next .

  https://www.facebook.com/ParkStreetHalloweenLightShow
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  Anyone Celebrating Halloween this Year???

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started yesterday.

  took the kids (they were both princesses) and my nephew to 3 different events.

  got tons of candy and the kids had a blast.. .

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  OH YES ! We went to our annual Halloween party last night . My husband won 1st place for his homemade costume seen in the video . We also do a computer aided music light show in our yard for Halloween .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntF_3lWc4Mg&feature=share&list=UUD-fRV3oV47ZCcgHXNW4cJw
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  just when you think you've made friends with a "normal" person

  by Hortensia in

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  rode over to the farmer's market with a couple of neighbors, nice women, seem sensible.

  the driver stopped in the middle of a block and stared at the coca-cola truck that was parked there.

  she said, "do you see the round tower?

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  I had a friend at work that claimed to see dead people . She swore her husband could see them too . She also told me that my critical attitude toward the spirit realm is what makes it so hard for the spirits to come through ..... Soooo if you DON'T see dead people it is me you should thank !

  Another woman I work with told me hummingbirds ride on the backs of geese during migration ......that's the only way those tiny little birds can go so far away

  I love my cat ....
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  Dubs & Halloween

  by Nathan Natas in

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  http://youtu.be/zY7f2aB5lg8

  This is my front yard now ! Raised as a JW ,but we love doing this now .
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  Apologies for outage

  by Simon in

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  looks like the forum went down (right after i went to bed, doh!)..

  i really should get some monitoring setup but it's been pretty rock solid for ages so i've never bothered.. must be something todo with all the tinkering i've been doing and the background job i started running yesterday.. anyway, sorry for anyone who's been trying to access the site..

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  troubled mind

  LOL ....AnnOMaly you took the words right out of my mouth !
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  For what it's worth, this is my take on the AGM

  by stillin in

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  2. beliefs

  as i was leaving the kh where i watched the meeting, i overheard several conversations, all to the effect that"what a great bunch of guys the gb is.

  " the sense of humor among them, the naturalness and ease they had while speaking, etc.. for that matter, i too, was impressed at how like able they seem to be and, believe it or not, the 3 1/2 hours went by fairly quickly, thank god!

  but as i think about it, i'm concluding that that was the main goal of the wide viewing of this event: to assure the rank and file that the gb, the men who are in charge of god's household, are a great bunch of guys.

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  I have lived with those types of JW's my whole life . Unfortunately it took nearly a lifetime to learn what was behind the facade of niceness . Outlaw pegged it perfectly !!

  I know better now ,and know to tread carefully among the wolves in sheep covering .
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  "The excitement is PALPABLE"

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  got caught at the supermarket (in between the martini olives and snack crackers ) with several bottles of hard liquor in my basket along with some red licorice by a sister that has known me for years.

  still respects me, not knowing that i am in full fade mode, or at least not recognizably knowing.

  anyway, when she sees me, her eyes get all big and she heads in my direction, nearly ramming my liquor laden cart with her vegan oriented basket.. "hey sop, how are you doing?

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  troubled mind

  This will no doubt be just as 'SPECIAL' ,and thrilling, as the yearly 'Special talk' given after the Memorial ........ Special ,SPECIAL, speeeecciialll