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  Seventh Day Adventist Funeral

  by Judith in

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  i attended a seventh day adventist funeral today.

  she was a really nice person that i had worked with some years ago.

  she was kind to everyone, never a bad word about anyone, always willing to help, and didn't toss her religion down your throat.

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  Judith

  Hi Liquidizer

  I am off to study the link that you provided in your last post.

  Thank you

  Judith
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  Seventh Day Adventist Funeral

  by Judith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended a seventh day adventist funeral today.

  she was a really nice person that i had worked with some years ago.

  she was kind to everyone, never a bad word about anyone, always willing to help, and didn't toss her religion down your throat.

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  Judith

  Hi Barry. Thanks for answering. May I ask you another question? Are you happy with your chosen religion and how different is it from the JW's religion? I ask the questions because I am searching and feel a bit lost right now.

  Judith
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  Reasons to Quit

  by Frenchy in

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  -some of you might recognize that caption as the title to one of merle and willie's biggest hits but this is not about drugs and alcohol but about something many of us here hold in common.. i have read many reasons stated here for those who have left the organization either formally (through df'ing or da'ing) and those that are still technically in but mentally out.

  some (quite a few as i expected) have left to pursue lifestyles inconsistent with teachings which they evidently once held dear (they were questioned about those beliefs prior to baptism) but have now abandoned.

  that reasoning is absurd but it makes good sense to the rank and file.

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  Judith

  Hi Frenchy.

  I don't know that I am "hanging on" anymore. I am just kind of hanging out, trying to enjoy life as I see it now. I appreciate your words about a sighted person not wishing to be blind. That hit home with me. No, I do not wish to be blind physically or religiously. I am who I am, oops! Didn't God say that? Or was that Popeye the sailor? <grin>

  Had lunch with my youngest son today and he prayed before eating. He then looked at me and said, "I don't even know why I am doing this." He started back to the Kingdom Hall four months before I did. A friend of his died and he needed he comfort of religion to make sense of it. Now we talk about what is out there and if we can ever believe in any religion. So we both continue our search but not like our lives depend on it. He also said, "If worshiping God means living like a JW, I don't want it. God would not want people to be so bogged down and unhappy." I agree.

  Thanks for your input.

  Judith
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  Was my face red

  by Judith in

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  while sitting with the principal of my son's elementary school and explaining why my son would not be saying the pledge to the flag, i heard this announcement over the loud speaker, "and the pledge will be said by ryan b.

  " my son!

  his voice loud and clear over the loud speaker and i sat with a burning face.

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  Judith

  While sitting with the principal of my son's elementary school and explaining why my son would not be saying the pledge to the flag, I heard this announcement over the loud speaker, "And the pledge will be said by Ryan B." My son! His voice loud and clear over the loud speaker and I sat with a burning face. And I had to go on and tell the principal why he would never do it again and why? - cause we are JW's.

  This happened when my son was in kindergarten and he is now 25. It just popped into my head and I thought it rather humerous.
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  Bizarre Urban Myth...have you heard it?

  by Preston in

  1. jw
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  i remember a couple of years ago when i was out in field service i heard a story (haven't we all) about a district convention in california where the speaker was invited to give a talk, and as he was standing before the platform, he unexpectedly began to tell a slurry of sex jokes, profanities, and stories about his sex life.

  everyone in attendance was shocked, and after he was removed from speaking, an elder had to inform the audience that what happened was completely unexpected and uncalled for.

  being that i was a jw at the time i had no use for critical thinking, so i thought every word of it was true.

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  Judith

  Moxy

  Thanks for the ending to the story about the dog. I forgot the part where he confessed.

  How ridiculous some of these stories are.

  I must have been an absent minded JW mommy cause I let my kids watch the smurfs. Ha! I always forgot that I grounded my children too. They would tell me later when they came in from playing that I had forgotten that I grounded them. So I would just laugh and kiss their little faces and tell them I wouldn't forget next time. But I always did.
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  Seventh Day Adventist Funeral

  by Judith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended a seventh day adventist funeral today.

  she was a really nice person that i had worked with some years ago.

  she was kind to everyone, never a bad word about anyone, always willing to help, and didn't toss her religion down your throat.

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  Judith

  Hi RR

  Please do tell me, who are the Bible Students?

  Judith
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  Seventh Day Adventist Funeral

  by Judith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended a seventh day adventist funeral today.

  she was a really nice person that i had worked with some years ago.

  she was kind to everyone, never a bad word about anyone, always willing to help, and didn't toss her religion down your throat.

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  Judith

  Hi Barry

  Thank you for the information on Seventh Day Adventist. You say you are a member but you do attend the memorial at the Kingdom Hall. Will you share the reasons why you attend both religions?

  Thank you

  Judith
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  Reasons to Quit

  by Frenchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  -some of you might recognize that caption as the title to one of merle and willie's biggest hits but this is not about drugs and alcohol but about something many of us here hold in common.. i have read many reasons stated here for those who have left the organization either formally (through df'ing or da'ing) and those that are still technically in but mentally out.

  some (quite a few as i expected) have left to pursue lifestyles inconsistent with teachings which they evidently once held dear (they were questioned about those beliefs prior to baptism) but have now abandoned.

  that reasoning is absurd but it makes good sense to the rank and file.

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  Judith

  Hello Frenchy.

  "Without losing faith and hope." Ah, that is exactly what has happened to me. I didn't want it to be gone but I could not deny any longer that I was being lied to all those years.

  I do want to hope and have a belief system. I know it is scarey without that most of the time. But maybe one adjusts and it becomes less scarey to not guess what might be and live what is.

  I had become so used to praying about everything and hoping that I was being heard. It brought comfort in some ways and in others I always wondered if I was asking too much, or not asking properly. That is what the religion does to your brain. I was told to pray and yet only for what is right. Fine line there since we were not supposed to know what was right - only the WT knew. And that could always change like a blowing in the wind.

  I sometimes envy that person or persons who have that total submission and belief in their religion. They don't know any better and have not had to sacrifice their peace of mind. It just is the way it is and that's okay. Gees! My mother told me I would keep getting in trouble if I kept asking questions and not doing what I was told to do. Seems she was right. <love her anyway>
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  Bizarre Urban Myth...have you heard it?

  by Preston in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember a couple of years ago when i was out in field service i heard a story (haven't we all) about a district convention in california where the speaker was invited to give a talk, and as he was standing before the platform, he unexpectedly began to tell a slurry of sex jokes, profanities, and stories about his sex life.

  everyone in attendance was shocked, and after he was removed from speaking, an elder had to inform the audience that what happened was completely unexpected and uncalled for.

  being that i was a jw at the time i had no use for critical thinking, so i thought every word of it was true.

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  Judith

  A brother was trying to quiet the little barking dog on someones porch where he rang the bell to witness. He hit the dog with his bookbag and the dog died. He stuffed the dog into his book bag and quickly left. This story was going around the hall about 10 years ago.
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  Seventh Day Adventist Funeral

  by Judith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended a seventh day adventist funeral today.

  she was a really nice person that i had worked with some years ago.

  she was kind to everyone, never a bad word about anyone, always willing to help, and didn't toss her religion down your throat.

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  Judith

  Hi RR

  Thanks for your answer to my post. I know that they believe in the Trinity because I heard it mentioned at the funeral tonight. So that may have been one of the reasons they split off from their cousin the WT. I was raised a Baptist and at age 12 Presbyterian. I never could understand the Trinity. How could God be the father and yet also the son. And then the Holy Spirit enters and is God also. This is yet another reason why the Witness religion seemed so right.

  Nothing about religion seems right to me now.

  You end your posts with "I still believe". May I ask what it is that you still believe? I am interested because I want to believe.

  Thanks