Maybe, maybe not.
After being shunned for 24 years, I'm not sure they would even attend my funeral.
I might even be left in the dark if one died.
If invited? Give me a few drinks to prepare.
Jimmer
JoinedPosts by Jimmer
-
50
If your still-JW parent died...
by starfish422 inwould you attend the funeral/memorial service?
assuming that it would be held in a kh; or even if it wasn't.. this is something that's been on my mind lately; honestly, i'm not sure why.
my parents are both still relatively young; 60 and 61. my dad has been diagnosed with skin cancer but both are otherwise healthy.. i really don't know whether i would; particularly for my father.
-
-
-
22
Elders once a year check-up on DF ones.
by Blueblades inwe got this call from one of the elders who df'd one of our loved ones.he wanted to know where so and so lives,phone # etc.this after two and a half years.they wanted to make contact to see if that one wanted to return to the congregation.
( not like the prodigal,who was restored on the spot by his father,rather ,by sitting for six months in the back of the hall and given the silent treatment.
he admitted tha elders can't read the heart and make mistakes 'mistakes' destroying someones life is a mistake??
-
-
Jimmer
Out for 24 years; bona fide apostate...no calls from any elders.
I guess I'm a dead sheep. Perhaps a goat. Or, ohhh... the devil's child.
-
-
-
Jimmer
Rats.......
Maybe next year.
-
-
-
Jimmer
DITTO!
-
17
Have you reunited with anyone from your past?
by kyria inhas anyone reunited with someone they used to be friends with when they were jw?
what did it feel like?
were you glad you did it?
-
-
Jimmer
Gopher and I reunited a couple of years ago after a quarter century!
Boy have we swapped stories. I was Best Man at his wedding this summer.
"It was the best of times..."
-
32
"Besides, We Give Gifts Throughout the Year!"
by Swan inthe jws always give a lengthly explanation as to why they don't celebrate christmas or birthdays, and then always add the final statement "besides, we give gifts throughout the year!".
yeah, right!
okay, lets get an unofficial count of all the people who actually did get gifts on other days of the year.
-
-
Jimmer
I never received gifts when I was a child. Deprived? YES!
Now, I like getting them.
-
62
How many have left the WTS and joined another church/group?
by BLISSISIGNORANCE inat this point in my life i don't think i could trust any religious group.
i don't even feel the need to be a part of anything like that right now, and maybe never will.. but i know of some who have joined other churches/groups since leaving the borg.. why do some join another religion and why won't some ever get involved again?.
what makes us so different?.
-
-
Jimmer
After 14 years, I started attending a church. An E-Free one.
I now go to a Baptist one.
Funny, I've yet to officially join one yet. I wonder why?
Hmmm....
-
16
What did you think about the Bible Tapes?
by Perry inwhen i was 19 i worked construction with my dad and he always played the bible tapes during the 45 min drive to and from work.
i didn't think much about it until a few years ago i listened to tapes of the bible from a company called "back to the bible" man, what a difference!.
the wtbs tapes used an extremely authoratative voice.... with almost pissed off over tones.
-
-
Jimmer
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................................
-
43
Special Assembly Day report 2003/2004
by truthseeker in2003/2004 special assembly day report.
theme: serving jehovah with a complete heart.
brief note: no new light this year, but a couple of new changes i have not seen before.
-
-
Jimmer
Gosh...After reliving the past while reading the itinerary, I don't know whether I should hurl or sit on my watch. I think I'll hurl on my watch.
-
15
A question of culture
by Adam inlast year my girl's daughter was in 3rd grade.
we lived in cupertino, ca.
this area has a lot of newly immigrated families from (mainly) the middle east, asia, and mexico.
-
-
Jimmer
Touche' Vita Nuova!!!