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  Dealing with Elderly Parents Who Still Believe the jw Religion is the truth

  by lancelink in

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  i left the religion back in 2008 right after my mother died,( the total lack of natural love/ affection was the final straw for me).. but my dad has become more and more focused on doing the wt bidding.. it just amazes me how he gushes on and on about the last days, his new bible studies, and meeting parts .

  but yet he makes no effort to have any type of relationship with his grandkids, there are 5 of them , non are witnesses.

  they are the children from several different sisters of mine, and myself.. so how do you deal with the witness stuff always being presented in conversations?.

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  It's always a big deal when old folks study with the Witnesses, then realize their lifetime religion is false; what's the result? They "come into the Truth." Makes the JW headlines.

  What about us who have become old timers and realize the same, but regarding "the Truth" -- the truth about the Truth?

  That's where I am; my entire family followed me into the JW faith 50 years ago. Nieces and nephews who never came into the fold, well, we can talk freely. I'm circumspect and respectful toward my JW siblings and, somehow, we are very close.

  It just about did me in when I saw a photo of my grandchild on Facebook in cap and gown. I'm certain that 99% of those attending the commencement exercises were JWs in good standing. Obviously, I was not contacted. Gifts, letters, e-mails, phone messages go unacknowledged.

  Seeing all my JW kids and longtime friends on Facebook became too much. I get it; why should they include me in their activities when it was I who abandoned them?

  And to think, I was one of those eaten up with the zeal for Jehovah. I wanted to save people. Now, here I am, not allowed time with my grandchildren.

  I've been bitten in my proverbial butt.
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  Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .

  by compound complex in

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  is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

  there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

  an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

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  Nancy:

  Thanks everyone!
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  HOUSE, M.D., Jehovah's Witnesses, and '75

  by compound complex in

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  season 7, episode 18: "the dig".

  house picks up "thirteen" -- dr. remy hadley -- upon her release from prison.

  she asks him to take her to a certain location in order to take care of a personal matter.

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  Just sent this link to a former Bethelite who served time with me.

  It's too good to forget, especially with regard to that new approach at the door.
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  What is behind your choice of forum user name?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.

  there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.

  i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.

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  compound complex

  Compound-complex is type of sentence.

  As a writer and editor, I have to use variety and help other writers achieve that as well as clarity in employing simple, compound, and compound-complex sentences.

  Beware of "loose sentences"!
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  Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .

  by compound complex in

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  is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

  there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

  an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

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  EXCELLENT points, and roundly supported, nonjwspouse!

  THANKS!
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  searching

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can someone please help me find the video from the society regarding not advancing children's talents?

  it's about a child who is very good at something musical and has been invited to participate in a special advanced course but his father explains how that is worldly thinking.

  something along those lines..

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  There are many threads on this forum re: JW children being taught to sidestep the truth regarding their stand on education. In the search box, enter lying in child custody cases.

  Direct and Cross-Examination Questions in Child Custody Cases

  WTB&TS, page 42

  "Be careful that they [JW children being questioned] don't get the impression that they are in a demonstration at the circuit assembly, when they would show that the first things in life are service and going to the Kingdom Hall. Show hobbies, crafts, social activity, sports, and especially plans for the future.

  "Be careful they don't all say that they are going to be pioneers. Plans can be trade, getting married and having children, journalism, and all kinds of other things. Maybe you can show an interest in art and the theatre. They must be clean, moral, HONEST, but with interests you would expect from other young people." [emphasis added]
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  Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .

  by compound complex in

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  is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

  there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

  an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

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  Thanks, OUTLAW, Iown Mylife, stillin, Eva Luna, and cha ching for cool and funny comments.

  Today, at Grocery Outlet, I bought a lot of discounted food items, which, in some cases, cost double at my little local super. Name brands.

  My bags didn't seem to hold up the line. Correct, no more plastic (unless you bring your own). Yeah -- California. The bag lady -- really -- offered me paper bags till she said, "Oh, you brought yours!" I like to double bag some things (reason is obvious).

  BTW, my cupboard has too many empty cans and bottles and food containers. I put the blame squarely on MOM! It's almost too much (but not quite).

  I appreciate your sharing stuff from way back! Quirks begin early on -- AND STAY!

  Mr. Bag-ette!
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  Who has ever succeeded in getting an elder fired ( demoted )?

  by Chook in

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  2. bible

  it's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up..

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  "I think it was good ultimately that he got kicked out of office....the other dude ended up moving to where the need was great...blessing to the cong that was. And we all lived happily ever after......hah" -- tiki

  Sounds like home. The faithful who endured "nut job" breathed a collective sigh and an oblique reference was made during local experiences at an assembly that there were difficulties in the congregation that had been endured with Jehovah's help.

  The dear and loyal JWs I knew there suffered so terribly under the tyrant's reign of terror.
  
  
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  Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. humour

  is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

  there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

  an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

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  is a bag man.

  I take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth. There is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs. An assortment awaits me in the foyer as I head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

  I found "Mom's" Westclox kitchen clock, circa 1940, at a friend's shop and am making the final payment today. Then, on my wall as a reminder that time mattered to me from early on. And how will it get home? In an at-the-ready canvas bag!

  Did you "inherit" good, bad, and ugly habits and traits from Mom and Pop?

  
  
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  Who has ever succeeded in getting an elder fired ( demoted )?

  by Chook in

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  2. bible

  it's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up..

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  A disfellowshipped individual was allowed to participate in a family event with involvement of many Witnesses.

  Some JWs couldn't just walk away; they had to make a scene. Elders in the know beforehand didn't advise the family that this was an affair for JWs in good standing only. They were not removed but rebuked and demoted.

  We, family, held nothing against the brothers because they had been "open-minded"; however, the strict sensibilities and delicate consciences of the pure ones had been so unconscionably violated.

  Action had to be taken. What a horrible mess it was.