I made sure the Brother that I allowed to speak at my mothers funeral did not turn it into a recruiting session, since I've been told there's a script that they're supposed to use when speaking at a funeral, He may have used it, but he cut out the recruitment part, because if he tried to be slick and sneak it in since I was sitting right there on the first row, I would've shut him down.
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"We dont mourn the dead"
by HereIgo ini remember a brother making the above statement in regards to an elderly sister who had passed.
he stated we don't mourn or even visit grave sites because we have a hope that jah will resurrect the dead.
it seemed really creepy at the time, hell, even jesus wept when lazarus died.
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Do JWs Ever Do Anything Meaningful For Others?
by minimus ini know they never gave a helping hand to anyone but their own in the past.
do jehovah's witnesses do anything useful for the community??
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ShirleyW
James Mixon - "You will know them by their fruits" Wow sooo true..A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
So true James! I guess that's just one of the MANY scriptures the Dubs like to overlook in their favor, but then again I guess they consider knocking on your door a fruitful work, so, one of the scriptures they've twisted around to meet their twisted beliefs.
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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?
by Funchback inthere were many addressed to me.
for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.
i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.
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ShirleyW
Not personal counsel, but from the stage from our CO at the time, Bro. Wiegel (do any of you old timers remember that name?) he ever so gently suggested that the brothers shouldn't watch football because it's a violent sport. I'm sure after that Sunday talk in either the late 60's or early 70's another male servant of Jah ever viewed another football game.
Also I remember my mother telling me that a brother that gave a talk at the circuit assembly and this is going back more than ten years said that "we" as in Jehoober's faithful flock shouldn't watch "The Simpsons" because of Bart and how we had no respect for this father, yup I'm sure that went over well.
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Police cordon around Honiton's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses after fatal stabbing
by ShirleyW inhey uk folks, what's going with this story?
was it an unbelieving mate that attacked and elder or something?.
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ShirleyW
Hey UK folks, what's going with this story? was it an unbelieving mate that attacked and elder or something?
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'They're preying on my grief' - Widow slams Jehovah's Witnesses
by daveysmithy30 inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4568152/widow-says-christian-group-preying-grief.html.
just published today on a grieving widow who was sent publications after her husband passed away.. unbelievable!
no respect or honor at all.. your comments and views are welcomed.. d.
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ShirleyW
Remember a tract called Hope For The Dead? My mom always jumped into action with that one when someone died. Twelve firemen died here in NYC in the 60s and she sent their wives ones with a brief letter, she got a few responses too. Just thanking her and so forth, none I'm sure decided to join the Dubs after reading a flimsy tract
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Broadcasting live from the belly of the beast
by NikL inwell unfortunately i was unable to get out of today gracefully so here i am in sacramento california at what i fear may be the most boring convention to date.. heck there aren't even any entertaining apostates to watch .
anyway,i am just posting as a quiet f.u.
to the org..
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ShirleyW
NikL - what's the attendance like? Is the stadium half empty like the stadium in San Diego was for the assembly a few weeks ago?
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Moving experience told in the assembly "cart work".
by James Mixon inremember in the 60's and 70's experiences told in our assemblies, "i was a hippie long hair homeless,drugs and etc, now i wear a suit don't smoke or do drugs and happy as hell.
anyone heard any experiences lately in the assemblies?????
how about i was homeless and i walked up to this cart, the two women ignored me as i stood at the cart.
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ShirleyW
I've seen a few pics from District Assemblies this year and the stadiums are more than 50 per cent empty, with that being said, can they even find new people that have recently come into da troof?
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ShirleyW
I never knew a grown person would have trouble spelling the word "bus", interesting
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ShirleyW
I'm sitting here staring at the TV and right below it I have the box set of "The Saint" from first episode to last episode, he was also the best Bond in my opinion although I know folks would choose Connery, I disagree
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Have Jehovah's Witnesses Become Boring?
by David_Jay inokay, that new video about 1975 has got people talking, and yes, the child abuse cases will always require us to remain vigilant...but after my having left in the late 1980s/early 1990s, it seems all the real "exciting" stuff is gone.
when i left the witnesses were still preaching that the "generation that was old enough to understand the events of 1914" will not pass away before armageddon comes.
no blood cards were our badges (not that stupid jw logo) and that card meant what it said, "no blood"!
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ShirleyW
They've always been boring.
Just the mere fact of attending the meetings every week and the same drivels rolls around every few months or so and you've been a Dub for 20 plus years or so? How do they do it?