Jehovah can be an asshole at times.
JK
Posts by JRK
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15Toasted daughter: Why Jephthah almost certainly sacrificed his daughter to a complicit Jehovah
by Diogenesister injehovah's witnesses insist that jephthah did not sacrifice his daughter to jehovah.
this is important to them because, rarther than jephthah just being a random bad person, jehovah was very much in on the deal.
after all, he made the promise to jehovah that he would "offer up as a burnt offering" on his return the first thing to come out of his house if jehovah would give the ammonites into his hands in battle, and since they were this makes jehovah complicit.. the isrealites had been getting a good thrashing of late, and the gilead elders (oh boy) had come out to ask jephthah, the rejected son of a prostitute (wouldn't you know it) and renown soldier, if he would lead the isrealites into battle for them.. this is when jephthah makes the deal with jehobo, and it all centres on the word for "burnt offering", which is given as "olah".
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
Dagney,
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, we both took care of our mothers and it is weird now that they are gone. Orphaned at 61! I was very lucky to have her in my life. I am celebrating her life and crying at the same time.
I also do not have any immediate family since my sisters will shun me for the rest of my life. That's cool, because they suck.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
Now I am going to share a little secret Mom and I had. Only my closest friends know this.
She read "Crisis of Conscience."
In some of our discussions, I mentioned things that I had learned by reading it. One day she asked me if I had the book. I then said "Why do you want to know?" She said because she wanted to read it.
I lent it to her and she read it cover to cover. After reading it and thinking for a while, she said that she did believe that there was corruption in Brooklyn, but she believed that Jehovah was still using them. She was probably the oldest active JW to read the book and stay in.
I don't think that she will get in trouble now that she's dead. What are they going to do to her now?
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
ttdtt,
I have been out for 16 years and I am still sorting things out. It will get better with time, just like grieving.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
eye,
Your mother sounds a lot like mine. She was well loved by almost everyone that ever met her. In keeping with her wishes, I have given some furniture to a JW friend she wanted to have it. I will probably give her more of mothers mobility items since they are no longer needed. I guess I am carrying on the tradition, she raised me right!
Mom was an uber dub, as are my sisters, I am the only defector, But mom and I were the closest because of our similar personalities. Mom would say at times that my sisters were "Watchtower Witnesses" instead of Jehovah's Witnesses because they shunned me.
I guess they both had pearls of wisdom. I know I would have liked your mom too.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
Flip,
That is a great performance By David Gilmour. I loved the acoustic solo at near the end. Thank you for sharing it for me and my mom.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
Lois,
Thank you for your kind words. I bet that you are a great mother.
Thank you for the reminders to take care of myself. I am actually doing pretty good at taking care of myself, even though I have had some health scares since she passed. I am checking my vitals regularly, and have brought my blood sugar down to normal with my diet. I couldn't do it with what she liked to eat. No sweets are around the house now.
I will let you give me that big hug and tuck me in tonight. Your post really touched my heart.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
The house smells of cinnamon from the candle. That is appropriate since she loved cinnamon toast with lots of butter. I hope she is enjoying it. I am not extinguishing it and it will burn until it goes out on its own.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
CoCo,
I am sorry you have lost your parents. Death is a bitter pill to swallow. Peace to you too.
JK
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November Is The Cruelest Month
by JRK ini have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.
it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.
this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.
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JRK
I am burning the candle to light her way. I chose the candle with the cardinal because she so loved to watch the cardinals eating the suet that I had in the tree outside the front window. She also loved the mountains and lived in the Smoky Mountains for a while before coming back home to Indiana. So I am glad they chose that scenic box for her.
JK