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  Funeral etiquette - Is crying allowed or seen as a lack of faith?

  by usualusername in

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  i 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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  Does anyone know why they don't eulogize?

  Because (if I remember correctly), they always 'preach' that the person is not important. Only Jeehober is.

  No birthday celebrations.

  No graduation ceremonies.

  Nothing that may put emphasis on the person as doing something special. (I.E. honors or awards)

  No eulogies at funerals.

  This has a tendency to de-humanize the individual. It is on purpose. The individual JW is not important.

  Praise jah.

  And yet... they tend to idolize those 7 who are in charge, or anyone who has rubbed elbows with them, or anyone 'high up' in the organization. While they will deny that they 'idolize' individuals, they do.

  It's a very strange approach to living, if you ask me. Of course, I grew up in a large household with many siblings that my mom considered all as one entity. The Xyz family. No individualism. No kudos for accomplishments. Nothing.

  Like a school of fish that moves one direction or the other. All going the same way. All alike. None different or individual going their own way, or having their own thoughts.

  Sorry... I got to ranting and got off topic.
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  Funeral etiquette - Is crying allowed or seen as a lack of faith?

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  i 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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  Jim_TX

  It's not a 'lack of faith'... it programming. All they do at funerals is talk about how they are 'just sleeping', and will wake up soon in the resurrection.

  So, when you're programmed to think this way, you don't shed any tears. After all, they'll be right back in a few.

  I apologize if this sounds uncaring, but it's how they feel. I went to three family members' funerals in the last 10 or so years. It's all so... JW-ish. No emotions.

  Although, I did have one old friend break out in tears when she saw me there. But, I think that that was for another reason, not necessarily related to the funeral. I gave her a hug when I said hello.

  I've been mulling over some other thoughts about JW's and their lives, but probably should start a new thread to discuss those thoughts.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  New Sparlock (TM) action figure collectibles? Ideas.

  by AnnOMaly in

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  sparlocktm can't be on his own.

  he needs some wizardy comrades, right?

  sherlock - the logical one with an inbuilt bs meter;.

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  Spudlock - A Mr. Potatohead type of toy -

  His ears can be removed when he doesn't want to hear the truth.

  His eyes can be removed when he doesn't want to see the truth.
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  Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

  by KidKool in

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  allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

  haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

  so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

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  A slight diversion here... (it has probably been mentioned in another post, but there are so many...)

  In the cartoons, Caleb's mom is wearing slacks. Nothing wrong with that, but... are they now drawing women wearing slacks in their publications?

  I realize that they are portraying her in her home environment, but even in the publications (from long ago), they always showed the mothers or other young women always wearing dresses, or skirts.

  Have they deemed it okay for women to wear slacks?

  This may be 'new light'. Or it may be that I'm just crazy.

  The other odd thing that struck me was that Caleb is a very small boy. He is coming home from 'school' all by himself. Do parents now allow their kiddos to come home from school all by themselves? The mother is not working, other than in the home, so she could (and should) meet little Caleb at the bus stop, or even pick him up at school. No backpack? No books? Just a plastic toy that was given to him at school? Plus, if you look around, there's not another soul in sight. No dogs, cats or even cars. Shades of Twilight Zone. (Oh, wait. There is an airplane high above.)

  I know it was just a cartoon, and not meant to be scrutinized for accuracy, but... geez...

  It's reminiscent of the Thursday night meetings and the parts that the women had to put together and present in ... 5? ... 6? minutes. Impromptu stuff. Ad lib. Very few props.
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  Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

  by KidKool in

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  allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

  haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

  so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

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  KidKool - your girlfriends' reaction is classic.

  I had never seen the intro to these cartoons, and so looked it up on Youtube. Am I incorrect, or does this guy think he is Walt Frickin Disney?

  As a kiddo, I remember getting home on Sunday evenings (after a long and boring JW meeting), and turning on the tv. There was a show called "The Wonderful World of Disney" where Walt Disney would introduce some hour-long movie or cartoon. He would sit on his desk and talk informally. There would usually be a background of all sorts of cartoon characters. Anyway... this guy looks like he's trying to mimic Walt Disney's style. Not doing a good job. <shudder>

  I watched the Part 1 of the series, where Caleb tracks in mud. He gets busted by his father who then has Caleb help clean it up. I think that he was grooming Caleb for following in his own footsteps as a window washer... or floor cleaner.

  Anyway... I'm still shaking my head over this. Unbelieveable.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  so much for the new jw.org web site being up and running in June

  by therevealer in

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  we are working on a new design for jw.org and expect it to be available around september 1, 2012.. this is on the web site, so even with free labor and jah's spirit they couldn't make the june timeline.

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  Thanks for the info on what went on.

  Ummm... I've been out for a while... a looooong while... am I correct in understanding that they're using 'sisters' to pass out the literature?

  That used to be reserved for the 'brothers'... but again... that was last century.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Why Did I Have to Be an Adopted Child? - Another HORRID ARTICLE From the Creators of Throw Sparlock in the bin

  by 3dogs1husband in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030422a/article_01.htm.

  omg they do not even have the current adoption pc lingo down.

  wrong on sooo many level i would have to be a shrink to count them, and just think it is just a first instalment.

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  Actually... many ex-JWs have 'adopted' family, due to their real family shunning them. So, the ex-JWs create their own family units outside of their real family, since they do not have that anymore.

  (he says through gritted teeth...)

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Why Did I Have to Be an Adopted Child? - Another HORRID ARTICLE From the Creators of Throw Sparlock in the bin

  by 3dogs1husband in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030422a/article_01.htm.

  omg they do not even have the current adoption pc lingo down.

  wrong on sooo many level i would have to be a shrink to count them, and just think it is just a first instalment.

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  Chantial, whose father was adopted, laments that she does not know who her biological grandparents are. She says: "I feel cheated because of not having the association of my uncles, aunts, and cousins."

  Sorry. I stopped reading after this.

  What's the difference in being adopted and "not having the association of my uncles, aunts and cousins" or being shunned and "not having the association of my uncles, aunts and cousing"?

  I see no difference. How dare they try to make a sob story about adoption when they are the shun-kings.

  Actually, if you replace the word 'adopted' with 'shunned' in every instance, it makes very interesting reading.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  My take on the new Be Jehovah's Friend DVD

  by blond-moment in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrx7ej2b8m.

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  Very good editorial and comments Blond-moment. I don't think that I ever had any collections that got tossed, but we weren't allowed to have the usual toys that were 'demonized'. (troll dolls, smurfs, ets)

  I even recall... someone gave my mom some used clothing, and one of the dresses - for my sister - had sailor anchors (or something like that) for buttons. My mom had to cut them off and sew on some new buttons that were not sailor-themed. Kinda ruined the whole cute little dress... oh well.

  I remember my mom taking me to a psychiatrist (I was 21 at the time). I guess that she thought that I was crazy or something. Well, the fella started talking to me, with my mom in the same room. I answered his questions... just like my mom would like to hear. There's no way I was going to tell this fella the truth. Not with my mom sitting there.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  "We are at the end of the last day of the last days. The governing body feels strongly about this."

  by BroMac in

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  Yes, but with the overlapping generations... the last days will overlap, too. Hence the last days of the last days of the last days... (I'm getting dizzy...)