Posts by eva luna

as a jw i would have definitely answered "yes", followed by the typical "he allows suffering, but doesn't cause it", or perhaps the "he has created us to enjoy life and wants us to be happy" mumbo jumbo.

today's daily text demonstrate this reasoning (bold mine):.

eva luna

To add to your thoughts.

"fear the one and only true god jehovah'

That's a scripture I always heard as a child.

Fear and love contradict.

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The saddest song of all time?

by Bad_Wolf in

i would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.

i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.

haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.

eva luna

'Iz' singing

"Somewhere over the rainbow"

I cry and smile when I hear it.

Reminds me of my little brother.

(sorry I cant post link)

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Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .

by compound complex in

is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.

eva luna

Sweet clock there CoCo.

Dad, we think in analog, no digital clocks.

a love of fine instruments of writing

sharp knives.

pocket and chef.

I love the sound of a knife being sharpened.

hi-fi head

Got the bag thing too from my mom

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No princesess in new order? Really??

by dugout in

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friends

a couple of months ago this crazy gb member via video gave a talk about their would be princes in the new order but no princesses.

i thought that was so funny.

especially after he beated around the bush the whole talk, finally saying in the last sentence their would be princes but no princesses in the new system,then the video just blacked out.

eva luna

fine with me...smile

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Why is the approval of family so important?

by jwfacts in

one of the reasons people remain pimo is fear of losing family.

those that are disfellowshipped and shunned regularly comment about how devastated that they have lost the approval of their parents.. when i respond to emails from people saying how difficult it is being estranged or looked down on by their parents, i would like to say that over time they will come to terms with it, except i not sure that people ever do.

i cannot shake that feeling either.

eva luna

It seems that people live a longer life by the ocean and with Family.

Sardinia for example.

Its sad that we have to choose.

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"We dont mourn the dead"

by HereIgo in

i 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.

eva luna

Don't even get me started....

A JW funeral is a farce. It's completely scripted . You don't even have a choice in music. Or no JW music. Let alone their info commercial talk.

Not only is the loved one that has left barely spoke of , but grieving Family and Friends are not allowed to speak.

Thank the thoughts of the Buddha , "a man stays alive as long as he is remembered"

Oh and please just give me an Irish Wake party when I pass and scatter my ashes into the Monterey Bay while playing Stairway to Heaven...smile

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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?

by Funchback in

there 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.

eva luna

While nervously waiting to have a back room 'chat' with three elders after the meeting, I was counseled to smile. He said I was drawing undo attention.

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Ritualistic behaviour within the JW faith

by stuckinarut2 in

i was thinking about how the society criticises other faiths such as catholics because of their ritualistic procedures.. but couldn't it be said that witnesses have their own deeply ritualistic behaviours?.

think about the prayers said at meetings.

they all have to follow the same basic style and theme, and include the same basic content.. what about the ritualistic procedures of the memorial, and the passing of emblems - even to the servers and speaker (although they actually handle them more than everyone, they do their own special act of passing them to each other).

eva luna

I agree stuckinarut2

There is a superstitious quality to it too.

That is also something that they describe Catholics as being.