Thats great, you wife has a heart!
So many witnesses I knew would never step into a church, no matter what the reason.
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Hey, My JW Wife Went to a Catholic Church Funeral
by OnTheWayOut inthis is huge (to me).
my wife won't clink glasses.
she won't watch anything r-rated or any shows/movies with a mystical or religious theme or undertone.
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Our Bible Study with the Jehovahs Witnesses (Part 2)
by garyneal inwell, my wife and i returned to the jw elders house for another bible study continuing the series in marriage.
that study went pretty well, poking fun at each other concerning our marital issues and all.
nothing in that particular study would seem to be bad or anything for after all, one cannot argue against the virtues of being faithful to your spouse and the marriage arrangement (at least for christians that is).
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lancelink
I truly enjoy your posts, very logical way of looking at the JW belief system.
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A Jehovahs Witness With A New Technique For Proselytizing: Coffin Chasing
by Bangalore ina jehovah's witness with a new technique for proselytizing: "coffin chasing".. .
http://espottickler.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/a-jehovahs-witness-with-a-new-technique-for-proselytizing/.
if you've ever been in an accident, you have experienced your sudden rise in popularity.
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wow they actually care?
My Mother died a year ago, she was a baptised JW for thirty years.
My parents moved away to another state ten years ago.
When she died about only five people just sent a card. NO ONE stopped over to "console" me, or even called on the phone.
I'm happy to see that they are more focused on total strangers instead of people from their own congregation.
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Appreciate your thoughts on this.
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lancelink
I have a situation here that I would appreciate your comments on.
I was a JW for thirty years, (RC before), married and raised my kids within the boundaries of this religion.
About five years ago, my wife and I realized that it was not the truth we thought it was all these years so we left.
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OK, at this point of my life I backed up, looked around and took a deep breath.
My wife on the other hand started to study with the Mormons; she got baptized and jumped in the deep end.
A year ago my Mom died suddenly, and that shook me to the core even further as to what god and his purposes are. I questioned more and more what I had been taught over the years.
Meanwhile my wife is chugging away express train style in her new religion, and it seems everything, and everybody that is not wrapped up in Mormonism is not taken very seriously.
Her father had Alzheimer’s for six years and he died two years ago. It was a very soul-searching time for the both of us and I allowed her to deal with her religious issues in a way that was beneficial for her well being.
My dad lives across the country, I saw him last October, and he is becoming a “super witness” all of a sudden. Whenever we talk on the phone all I hear is how close the end is, and how I should get back to the KH and get involved. The end could come at any minute! Just look at how messed up the world is, CERTAINLY the end will come soon. This is coming from a man who was a textbook example of a half-hearted / doubting witness for over 25 years.
Suddenly I amnoticing how I am right in the middle of a perfect storm of religious zealots.
My two sons just roll their eyes when they hear the stories, and shake their heads regarding their mother.. Growing up as JW has made them very sensitive regarding how someone can push their beliefs over on others and how people can become “blinded” by a religious organization.
Dealing with my mom’s death is one of the most difficult things that I have done, yet it seems that religious belief and viewpoints is throwing salt in the wound from close family members.
My question is, how have any of you dealt with situations like this ?
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Critical Times hard to deal with.....
by acolytes indo you fear the jehovers witnesses and the organisation ?.
how is the watchtower still harassing you ?.
i must sat i certainly applied the scripture on" critical times hard to deal with" towards the society and its members when i left.. acolytes.
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lancelink
I am not afraid of the organization.
What I fear and dread is the influence they have on people, and how this power clouds their thinking ability.
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Scientology gets RickRoll'd....funny
by digderidoo indon't know if this has been posted up before.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpjcznm8_k.
paul.
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lancelink
tanks for the clarification, I understood what rick-rolling is but the video made no sense to me at first.
There were no signs, or narration.
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Scientology gets RickRoll'd....funny
by digderidoo indon't know if this has been posted up before.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpjcznm8_k.
paul.
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lancelink
what in the world is this ??????????????????????????????
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What is the JW story on baptisim?
by Out at Last! inthey claim that all of their beliefs and actions are based on the scriptures, so how can they justify 9,10 year olds, or even early teens getting baptized?
jesus was 29, john the baptist was the same age or a year older.
all of the others i recall from the ot & nt were adults.
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lancelink
Great thread, i appreciated all the comments.
i was a witness for over 25 years, and not once did I question the WT stand on baptism !
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where do you draw the line ?
by lancelink inlast night i was talking to my son (24 years old) and he was telling me about his life growing up as a jw, .
very frustrating for him, he couldn't have friends from school over, no joining clubs, sports, etc - etc.. but a very interesting point was made, and i never thought about it and it has been rolling around all day.
as morphius said.
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lancelink
Last night I was talking to my son (24 years old) and he was telling me about his life growing up as a JW,
Very frustrating for him, he couldn't have friends from school over, no joining clubs, sports, etc - etc.
But a very interesting point was made, and I never thought about it and it has been rolling around all day. as Morphius said
"Like a splinter in your mind" type of thought.
He said that soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world today, and do YOU know how it got started ?
A culture of people (I forgot who he said they were) would kick the heads of people killed or sacrificed around a field.
As a JW I played this game quite often with no repercussions from anyone.
Yet why is it that JW's will have nothing to do with Christmas, or any other holidays, yet soccer is OK ?
It may sound somewhat strange, but I thought he made a good point. Playing a game that got its start from when people were murdered
is alright. Yet a holiday (Christmas) is taboo from any angle for the jw's.
Where is the line for good / bad drawn, and who draws it ?
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lancelink
"im gunna adopt more of a live and let live attitude. And in retrospect i can laugh at the nonsense they belive so firmly in a nostaligic way rather than a resentful way."
thanks for the statement,
I have been trying to follow this thought myself, it is difficult.
In order to move on I think your right.
It does becomes more nostalgic with time.