What a beautiful tribute to an amazing lady. We loved Grace. Thank you so much for sharing. What a blessing to have had her as your family. xx
Posts by Dagney
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18Mouthy's Funeral (video)
by mouthys_other_granddaughter infor those interested, this is the video of mouthy's (grace) funeral from september 8, 2016. https://youtu.be/yvmiwo0ycds.
thanks again everybody for the kind words about her - she will be sorely missed by our family as i know she will be by many of you too!
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From Bob Hope Theater to JW Assembly Hall
by Hecce injust a remembrance of the woodland hills, ca assembly hall.
i am enclosing a partial copy of a wikipedia article covering the purchase and subsequent sale of the facility by the jw.
i am enclosing the link and please pay attention to the bold portion of the document.. the theater project was backed by entertainers bob hope and art linkletter, along with cy warner.. the 2865-seat facility opened july 6, 1964 with the sound of music.
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Dagney
If you search for Woodland Hills on this site you will find several threads on the hall.
I have great memories of assemblies there even though I was assigned to the hood, LaMert Theater. I had friends in the valley and we went to visit from time to time.
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Farewell
by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM indue to unforeseen circumstances, i need to say goodbye.
proverbs 14:16 nlt.
i have every faith that the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will bring about needed change very soon given the continuous pressure they face.
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Dagney
WFWR, the letter you produced is well thought out and quite logical. Remember, faith does not produce results. It only "hopes" something happens or someone takes action.
Strength for your journey.
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DEATH: How have you prepared? Funeral, cremation, donate body to Science?
by TerryWalstrom inwell, hell!.
i had dizzy spells and near-fainting and nausea for a few days, so why wouldn't i start thinking about death, ya know?.
am i just very lax in my responsibilities in having no plans at all?isn't that irresponsible?
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Dagney
Prob donate to science. I had a cousin who was a doctor who died from cancer and that was his wishes. So for research I go.
PS. Thinking maybe a destination "celebration of life" with something symbolic (and eco friendly) floated out to sea. Probably Mexico.
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Dagney
Haha! Good one.
Mad Andre on here had one with a drawing of a tower with a circle with a line through it that said "Apostate Headquarters." Loved that one too.
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I feel slightly demonized after watching this
by rebel8 inhttps://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.
“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.
to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.
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Dagney
Didn't the basement at Bethel have a full makeshift disco that was discovered?
We had a gathering in the congregation once, whole families dancing, and some brothers tried to use the African fertility/twist article in the Awake! to get people in trouble. The other half of the BOE did not support them. My mother told the witch hunters that "no" they would not be meeting with me.
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Major congregational quake in Southern California
by Hecce inthis notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.
a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.
the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.
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Dagney
I think they will proceed with caution regarding small groups. It's much safer for them from a corporation standpoint to be more removed when their predictions don't come true. Their track record is terrible.
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I feel slightly demonized after watching this
by rebel8 inhttps://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.
“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.
to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.
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Dagney
Good times.
Boy do I remember those articles. And the picture with the disco ball.
Thankfully in our area some of us just went dancing anyway and knew the WT was full of s$$t.
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Major congregational quake in Southern California
by Hecce inthis notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.
a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.
the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.
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Dagney
The society is a corporation and all decisions, and I mean ALL decisions are made for the continuing existence of the corporation.
It only makes sense for them to do this. Migrating to a less personal and easily accessible format via the internet broadcast, they can consolidate the multitude of locations into a "mega-church" type meeting place. No boxes of literature to handle, fewer qualified men needed to oversee. The individual has never been important to the WT corporation. They will come up with more inventive and easier ways to "count time" to keep their reported numbers up. All they care about is how they look on paper to the clueless faithful. If the ministry numbers remain strong and increasing (through creative accounting), then the changes have jah's blessing.
I live in so cal, Long Beach area. All the congregations, and there are a lot of them, are still functioning. My old hall is in a old former church built in the 1920's. It is smack dab in a neighborhood with stacked parking and limited street parking. It houses English, Spanish and Cambodian congregations. It is a terrible location and the neighbors hate us for taking up the street parking in front of their homes. I think the elders there would welcome an amalgamation of the congregations.
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Article speaking against jw blood doctrine
by BeautifulMind incame across this this morning.
if you can't open and you want to read it, copy and paste.. https://www.the-newshub.com/general/hlc-pvg-jehovahs-witness-death-squads-coerce-medical-suicide.
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Dagney
A quick story about the HLC and PVG.
A young family's first child was born with a physical deformity that affected his intestines, bladder, kidneys etc. He spent most of his infancy in the hospital having and recuperating from multiple surgeries. At 5 YO, he was facing another major surgery, maybe it was the kidney transplant, I don't remember exactly. The HLC in the couples' congregation told them that because of their low field service reports and meeting attendance, they did not qualify for support from the committee. Basically, they were on their own.
Needless to say, this was devastating news at a time when they needed all the support they could get. I had just recently left JWs, and I was appalled...one more reason to get the hell out and stay out. I still honestly can't believe these brothers had the nerve/gall to say this to this family at the most vulnerable time.
The good news. The boy is now 22 years old, yes with physical challenges and an uncertain future, but still alive. The whole family is out of the WT, parents and three children.
This was a good article. Thank you for sharing.