OnTheWayOut

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  My JW mother asks me to be 2nd on her "Medical Directive" card

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother's parents, my grandparents were not jw.

  my jw mother had medical power of attorney and her husband (never jw) was secondary on that.

  when grandma needed blood, mom let her husband sign off.

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  OnTheWayOut

  I had not abandoned this thread. I have read all responses. When I have some time, I will start responding. Thanks.
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  Adult survivor of sexual abuse as a child

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i showed the video from the midweek meeting of september 12th to my counselor to get her take on it.

  she said that it clearly was a propaganda video and was appalled that it was shown to an audience that had small children in it.

  she said that they could have been way more generic in their way of portraying the women as having been abused.. the subject of sexual abuse and the way the video zeroed in on it would have small children asking questions that really did not need to be addressed.

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  OnTheWayOut

  Thanks for your report. The black pot is complaining that the kettle is black. And they will continue to run, hide, appeal cases.
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  Is remaining ignorant a choice?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is remaining ignorant about the society a choice?.

  surely every witness has a moment in time when "something just doesn't seem right"?

  perhaps a teaching, doctrine, an article, a talk, a news report about child abuse handling, or a jwdubdotorg broadcast, a video, a cartoon for the kids....you know....?.

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  OnTheWayOut

  I realized that, no maater what, I would have woke up with a WTF moment. If I had not left already, "overlapping generation" certainly would have caused me to get up during the study of it, walk away, and laugh on the way out.

  If I am confronted by JW's, I may still just keep saying "overlapping generation" in a laughing tone.

  But not all the ones who are heavily invested will wake up no matter the crap they sell. Younger ones are using google and modern common knowledge from the internet to get away, so it will continue to shrink.
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  My JW mother asks me to be 2nd on her "Medical Directive" card

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother's parents, my grandparents were not jw.

  my jw mother had medical power of attorney and her husband (never jw) was secondary on that.

  when grandma needed blood, mom let her husband sign off.

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  OnTheWayOut

  My mother's parents, my grandparents were not JW. My JW mother had medical power of attorney and her husband (never JW) was secondary on that. When Grandma needed blood, Mom let her husband sign off. Going back in ancient family history, when my brother was sick with Leukemia in the early 1970's, my JW mother stayed silent about his medical treatment and let my father (never JW) sign off on blood.
  
  So she's always found the loophole to let people get what they need.

  It's happened before and it's happening again- apparently, it's time to sign a new medical directive. So she asks me to be second after her (never JW) husband for medical power of attorney (or whatever the specific term is). I agreed. My mother is in generally good health. I can foresee her husband caving in to giving blood to her. If I can see it, I imagine my mother can see it. Then if he's not able, I might honor her wishes. But I might cave in also, depending on the situation.

  She said she doesn't want the elders making decisions. My JW wife did ask me a few years ago to sign her card and honor her wishes. Maybe she will also ask me again. I know we argue here whether we should honor their wishes or not and I am not wanting this to turn into such an argument. I mean it when I say I will honor their wishes, but I just may change my mind if I think it will make a difference.
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  Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?

  if they are not jws then who are they?.

  who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.

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  OnTheWayOut

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbr8IA1R5DE
  
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  Jehovahs Witnesses don't know what the Kingdom of God even is.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after a century of learning and teaching, the dubs are no closer to understanding what jesus taught.. god's kingdom rules ch.

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  9 how will god’s kingdom come?

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  OnTheWayOut

  The Bible contains enough different writings for different belief systems to have their own contradictory thoughts.
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  JW Literature Trolleys Don't Carry the Book Of Mormon

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this morning the jws set up two literature trolleys at our local shopping centre.

  the trolleys were situated within 20 feet of each other with six jws attending them.

  why they needed six jws on hand i have no idea as everyone was ignoring them.. anyway i thought i'd have some fun.

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  OnTheWayOut

  I agree with D.O.C. . Further, I hope you took the gray Bible and asked for the larger one. Then I would have thrown it away, and the larger one later, too.
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  After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.

  i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.

  david b was known as the g job king back then.

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  OnTheWayOut

  Let's all make a pact to never go back and support each other by trying to slap some sense back into anyone considering it and agreeing to at least listen if we are the one thinking of going back.
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  What's Is The Goal Of This Religion?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's is the goal of this religion?.

  i mean, if it's for money they could do a lot more like other religions do: tithing, paying for prayers from the gb, selling "miracles", selling "blessed" items, selling courses.. if its for power then what are they hoping to do with that power?

  they dont seem to do anything.

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  OnTheWayOut

  The problem is that the current boys in charge were placed there with all kinds of preexisting situations. Their goal at one time in their life was to pioneer and maybe to believe that Armageddon was imminent. When they reached the top of the cult ladder, they were told their goal was to keep the crazy cult going. They may still believe or they may have figured some things out, but either way they are going down the rabbit hole.

  When you have been handed all kinds of doctrines and are limited by what has already been written and what has been explained about the Bible, it's hard to break out of that. And further, when the crazy cult is in decline, they go into panic mode.
  
  They are not supposed to grab all the money or power and destroy the organization in one "generation" but they seem to be close to that at least on the money part.
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  Cubs clinch division title!

  by JRK in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  bring on the post season!.

  jk.

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  OnTheWayOut

  I gotta get my shirt out;