It has been a while since I atttended JW fumerals on a regular basis, but I always sensed a party atmosphere; lots of smiles and laughter. My non-jw cousin died a few months ago and the only JW to attend was his daughter and granddaughter who showed very little emotion during a Christian service which concentrated on the life of the deceased and comforting the ones left behind. It is as almost the feeling is, "They're gone lets get on with our life." How sad.
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Funeral etiquette - Is crying allowed or seen as a lack of faith?
by usualusername ini have been to a few funerals and recalled that at many the cloest family members did not cry.. .
ok cultures and a number of factors may explain that, but could crying mean you don't believe in the resurrection?.
is it social compliance?.
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Any conspiracy theories you're convinced has some truth to it?
by MC RubberMallet ini do.. 1) new world order.
2) weapons testing.
3) surveillance, espionage, and intelligence agencies.
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lumper
LEt me throw this in the mix. Prince William, with his Masonic background, is just about to be revealed as the anti-Christ. Waddya think?
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Occasional feelings of sadness about the JW experience
by Mr Facts indo you feel occassionally sad when you flash back at your life as a jw, may be you occassionally become overshadowed by regrets and bitter feelings and not knowing exactly what caused it.. some regretted wasted life while others regretted being trapped in what they feel was a cult.
do you experience anything similar.
how do you usually surmon up courage to stand up and forge ahead?.
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lumper
I was in for over twenty years and ended up with my life in shreds. No education-quit HS to pioneer in 1974; the end was near. Married at a young age and watched as that marraige crumbled due to immaturity. Left as a part=time father to that marriage's child. I finally walked away and began to rebuild/ build a life. When i look back and find sadness I remember the words of scripture. "Forgetting the things behind I pursue the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Jesus has taken my brokenness upon himself and given me a joyous, abundant life. I gave up on the WTBTS but never gave up on Jesus Christ.
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The World Lost Another of The Brothers Gibb Today
by watson inso sad to lose anther of the bee gees.
robin lost his battle with cancer today.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehz5rjfnh4.
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Do you suppose that the reason we liked their SNF/disco period was that it was 1976-77 and we had not all died at Armegeddon? Anything was better than eternal death-even disco
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The World Lost Another of The Brothers Gibb Today
by watson inso sad to lose anther of the bee gees.
robin lost his battle with cancer today.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehz5rjfnh4.
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Do you suppose that the reason we liked their SNF/disco period was that it was 1976-77 and we had not all died at Armegeddon? Anything was better than eternal death-even disco
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She might be a scam artist
by Iamallcool ini have an ad on craigslist, someone responded to my ad.
she knows the neighborhood pretty good and we already traded some pics, but i have the feeling that she is a scam artist.
she only send me half of her face(nice mouth and teeth but not her nose, eyes, hair) and a very nice body.
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lumper
00dad, so you are the one who stole my first wife
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Are Your Morals The Same As When You Were A Witness?
by minimus ineven if you consider yourself a moral person, would you say that you are as honest, faithful, or any different than you were as a jw?.
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When I was a Jw I was very self -centered; everything was about me! Since escaping the cult I find myself with a servant's heart; seeking the good of others even at m expense. I no longer look around at nice houses just waitng for Armagedon so I can clean out the dead bodies and move in. While I drank quite a bit as a Jw i have found victory over alcohol and no longer drink at all. Knowing the JW lifestyle from twenty + years inside it makes me chuckle when they paint themsleves as such moral people and those in Christendom's churches as sinful hypocrites. In my current Christian faith I have found the most moral, loving people I have ever known.
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my DF-ing letter - opinions
by raxxxx into the body of elders in xxxxx.. .
i no longer wish to recognised as one of the jehovah's witnesses due to the fact that i no longer believe that this 'organisation' is truly representing him because :.
i have experienced greater and unconditional love/friendship with the people i am supposed to hate 'worldly people' than i did in this congregation.
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Raxxx wrote: I am packed and ready for a new adventure.
That makes me want to ask you- are you moving away from the place where you now live? If you are as much as a letter written to the BOe may give you great satisfaction would it not be better to just do a fade at your new location (never show up at the new KH), so that you do not break ties with your family? If you find yourself in a tough situation in the future it is always great to be able to rely on your family. If you DA you will lose that resource. As far as the letter to the BOE- it really feels good to write it out but it may be one of those letters you write and yet never send. Whatever you do let us know; we will be praying for your situation.
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An Elder's honest opinion...saw this on another site...thoughts?
by MsGrowingGirl20 inby "shadow elder".
before i express my opinion to the readers and contributors to this website (www.ex-jw.com), i would like to explain who i am and to present my bona fides as someone qualified to comment on this website and jehovah's witnesses in general.. first of all, i am an active jehovah's witness living just outside of new york city.
being a large metropolis, new york has many kingdom halls located within the city and several more in surrounding boroughs, counties, and suburbs.
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A bent nail can never truly be straightened. The WTBTS is not, nor ever has been. the "truth". It is a bent, rusty nail seething with the infection of self- righteousness and legalism. It is run by small-minded men who, to keep their power, seek to manipulate the gullible masses.
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What's the strangest thing you've heard someone seek counsel with the elders about?
by keyser soze inpersonally, i never went to the elders with anything(not voluntarily, anyway).
but a friend of mine once asked a couple of elders whether it would be acceptable for him and his wife to make a sex tape, for their own personal viewing.
needless to say, the idea was frowned upon..
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In our congregation we had a single elder's son in his early 20s who described himself as a chronic masturbator. (imagine that single and in his early 20s liking something like that) He would go to one specific elder and confess time and again and seek strength. Once he shared his "weakness" with me I don't recall ever shaking his hand again.