ShirleyW

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  Planning for the future: Funerals

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad is now the only jw in my family.

  i am technically inactive.

  i am concerned about when he dies.

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  ShirleyW

  The brother I had do my mothers memorial, I pointed out to him specifically I didn't want it to sound like an advertisement for the JWs or I would choose someone else, but he was good friends with my mom so he complied, no problem.

  BTW, the brother my mother always said she wanted to give her funeral talk she thought of as a son, since he lost his mom at an early age. Well, I contacted sonny boy and he said he was busy . . . I hope she heard that since they say our dead relatives spirits or still with us.
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  Who Is Your Favorite Late Show Talk Host Of All Time?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  johnny carson is still the king.

  i thought jay leno was very funny.

  letterman did nothing for me.

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  ShirleyW

  Of course Carson, Letterman Leno.

  I don't understand why Fallon is so great, he giggles like a school girl when he interviews, and don't even ask about Seth Myers, WOW, seems like eleven year old boys are in charge of late night programming at NBC.

  Kimmel was funny when he was on The Man Show, I only watch him when he has someone on I want to see, I've seen the clips where celebs read the bad tweets about themselves, that's funny.
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  JWs and their views on Sex

  by campaign of hate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the past i have read on this forum that the wt have a say in the "bedroom" of couples.

  i thought that was a bit overkill at first, but recently i have come to conclusion that this is true.. the control administered by the wt cooperation on ones sex life is not on only intrusive, its damaging.

  they control every aspect of ones thought and action, thus leading most down a path that said corporation wants them to tread.. this path is to get married young, and then eternal loyalty the the organisation.. so how can an organisation force you to get married young?.

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  ShirleyW

  I've heard that prayer thing before sex, a brother gave a talk and included the wedding night, he said that perhaps you should offer a prayer since this will be your first time . . . . oh brother. .
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  Welfare and Witnesses

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm ignorant to the social welfare programs outside the us, but listening to others i have to assume in europe it is more generous.

  i've not had deep personal conversation with active witnesses for nearly 20 years.

  last year i made contact with a family and some elders came to my house.

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  ShirleyW

  Surprisingly we had a sister in our Cong that was told by the elders that if she was collecting welfare they didn't let her pioneer, because that means she could work. I'm , but I'msure that was a rare approach by the elders.

  A friend of my mothers that used to attend our Cong but moved to Virginia was on disability, but when she visited my mother she said she was a pioneer. So I reported her to the VA Disability Dept. for fraudulently collecting from them, they did check out her case and found out she wasn't collecting anymore at the time that I reported, that was just my part in "keeping the organization clean" !!
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  Son's new friend a JW

  by jws in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son was never a jw.

  he was born about a dozen years after i left.

  but he's heard about it from me and knows i was one.. recently he has a new best friend at school.

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  ShirleyW

  "but it sounds like his mom died and his dad must've remarried immediately"
  

  Yup, you can tell the dad's definitely a faithful servant of Jah just from that one statement alone.
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  John Denver hates JW's

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember this making the rounds and people swearing by it.

  knew someone at the concern and whatnot.

  how does this crap come up?.

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  ShirleyW

  Steve2 - Interesting that you say in New Zealand you heard Glen Campbell hated the JWs. Here in the US I've heard that his parents (and I think a few of his siblings) started studying, don't know if any got baptized, but heard that he was favorable to the JWs. See what a few miles between the Dubs does to a rumor?
  
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  Orchestral Accompaniment for Singing at Congregation Meetings

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all congregationsre: orchestral accompaniment for singing at congregation meetings.

  dear brothers:.

  many will find that the newly composed orchestral recordings are more inspiring andconducive to our worship than is piano music alone.

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  ShirleyW

  Back in the late 60's - early 70's, for about a few years in addition to the piano, we had a brother play the bass guitar and a sister played the violin.
  
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  'Anointeds' Do you know any and if so what are they like ?

  by Introvert 2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  would like to hear about any experiences anyone has had with the so called ' anointed ' .

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  ShirleyW

  In all four pages here most of the posts are saying that the "chosen ones" belong in a rubber room and/or jail cell.

  Interesting how they still believe that the anointed receive a sign from almighty Jah, kinda sounds like the women that have killed their own children, but say the God spoke to them and told them to do that
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  A Toast to All the Brave Kids Who Broke Up with Their Toxic Moms

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes holidays can be hard on us.

  some of us deserve a little toast today.. a toast to all the brave kids who broke up with their toxic moms.

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  ShirleyW

  I was just about to cut off my mother if every time we're in the same room and she'd try to think up something that would get a conversation started about why I should "come back"., which always ended up in an argument. She got sick and was in a nursing home before I could do that, but the way I feel about how she lied to me has not changed one bit.
  

  I always wondered what she would say now if I could get hold of one of those mediums like Theresa Caputo, I wonder if she's offering an apology now saying I tried to steer you the wrong way.
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  ShirleyW

  Just think of how much literature he's gonna put down on that timesheet and feel so proud of himself.

  I think his employer should be made aware of what he's doing.