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  My wife's Grandfather has 3-6 months to live.....His humorous outlook

  by drewcoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife's 93 year old grandfather was just diagnosed with leukemia.

  he and his wife go to a non denominational christian church.

  when the doctor told him that he needed chemotherapy, he just said to the doctor, "i don't need any of that!

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  Nobleheart

  It's good your wife's grandfather has a positive outlook regarding death.

  The JW's view is different in 2 ways imo: first they are in denial about death itself. Being exposed all their lives to 'Armaggedon being just around the corner', they're not emotionally prepared to deal with this reality of life. Commenting on dead loved ones they say "we always hoped to make it together to the new system".

  Secondly because they focus so much on works, (what they've done, what they shouldn't have done), they wonder whether they'll be worthy of the resurrection.
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  New to this site. Scared, Lonely and in a lot of pain due to shunning by my family.

  by wonder*woman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my very first post to this forum.

  i am begging for some much needed encouragment and support by those who are kind hearted and know exactly the pain shunning causes.

  i am a 30 year old former jehovah's witness and a mother of two beautiful girls.

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  Nobleheart

  Hello Wonder*woman,

  First, Welcome to this forum!

  I'm very sorry you are experiencing the pain and abuse associated with shunning, too. I can relate to it firsthand, and understand what you mean. It's a toxic situation and leaves us in need of so much support.

  Which is why I think you've taken a positive first step. You'll find much non-judgmental support and encouragement here from fellow humans who've been ‘scared, lonely, and in a lot of pain’ and have been able to live past the emotionally destructive predicament into happy & productive lives.

  I truly hope things get better with your family members as some posters have suggested from personal experiences.

  I’m also looking forward to reading from you again.
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  What imaginary places would you visit if you could?

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  risa [star trek].

  several of the places in the old james bond movies.

  willie wonka factory.

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  Nobleheart

  Neverland (Always wanted to meet Peter Pan)

  Wonderland

  Middle Earth

  T. More's Utopia
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  So, as it turns out, I was quite the Zombie.

  by stray in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a young man.

  happily drifting.

  the lie was my life.

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  Nobleheart

  Welcome stray!

  I'm also glad you're here and hope you help your wife and loved ones out of the cult as well.
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  I decided not to go to the IFB church I been attending

  by andys in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been going to an ifb baptist type church for about past 3 months, i started going in march and have decided to quit going, need advice on how to send them a letter i don't want to go anymore, its a soulwinning, king james onlyism type church, wow are they ever putting pressure on me to be in church every time the doors are open, i explain to them that i work alot of overtime, have my own home to take care of, also i have my ham radio hobby that i am involved in and also like to do volunteer type work, since i been missing alot of church every sunday i get a phone call from the pastor on why i wasn't in church, now i am to the point where i don't even answer my phone anymore when they call, but wow the pressure, its very irritating how legalistic church attendance for certain churches has gotten.. .

  on the other hand i have decided that i still want to go to some sort of church, for a very short time in februiary i was going to a communicty type church where everyone is wearing something different, i noticed that alot of people wear blue jeans, even the pastor wears blue jeans, also its a non denominational type church that has alot of volunteer opportunities which i love doing, i have decided to go back to the non denomminational type church since i don't feel no pressure there.. .

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  Nobleheart

  Did you become a member? If so, leaving them behind is the best idea.

  Why would you want to be burdened and controlled after the JW experience?

  I'm sure you'll find another church that isn't legalistic and doesn't lay the guilt and pressure to do more & more on you.
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  what religion are you now?

  by deservingone26 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its been a while since ive been on how is everyone doing?

  but just curious after you left jehovahs witnesses did you look into other religions?

  or are any of you currently involved in any other religions now?.

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  Nobleheart

  Christian. I don't like other labels much, I think this one is enough.
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  What made you leave "The Truth"?

  by Chemical Emotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for me it was many things.

  most concerned certain teachings that invloved genders, children, sex, sexuality and sexual orientations, disfellowshipping, apostates, blood, rape, and few other things, as well as the jw's unloving attitude toward so many people..

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  The UN involvement got the ball rolling for me, once I saw the documents and how they'd tried to cover it up and lie about it, they lost credibility with me. I googled jw's and went to freemings, and here in jwn. The rest is history.
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  After the victory in France, JW's take the streets in celebration.

  by NomadSoul in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nunm7rzhs_o.

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  Nobleheart

  @ NomadSoul. I didn't see it was posted under humour. Got it now.

  Actually dancing and "partying" ways vary to a considerable degree among JWs of different ethnic groups. What would seem quite inappropriate to a JW in i.e. UK or the US, would be normal or even traditional to a JW from Southern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, etc.

  I remember there was a WT article some years back mentioning how a missionary from Germany was shocked/stumbled to see local JWs dance in a 'get together' somewhere in Latin America.

  The WT is surely about control, but they can only suppress cultural traits so much. I've seen several times brothers/sisters express a totally different side than the uptight KH JW in gatherings, attributing it to their different 'expressive' backgrounds. On the other hand, I've seen a few cases of Canadian bro/sisters get counselled for being more expressive than their 'cultural boundaries would impose' at a JW party.
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  After the victory in France, JW's take the streets in celebration.

  by NomadSoul in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nunm7rzhs_o.

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  Nobleheart

  Is this in France? The youtube link says it was in Berlin after the International Convention in 2009. It's supposed to be a dance from the Caucasus, Armenia maybe..
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  My Letter I'm Out of the Synagogue of Satan

  by discreetslave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  todays text is matthew 18:17 ...speak to the congregation.

  so i'm giving everyone i can a copy of after the meeting.

  i put the elders copy in the snail mail.. [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:trackmoves /> <w:trackformatting /> <w:punctuationkerning /> <w:validateagainstschemas /> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:saveifxmlinvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:ignoremixedcontent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext> <w:donotpromoteqf /> <w:lidthemeother>en-us</w:lidthemeother> <w:lidthemeasian>x-none</w:lidthemeasian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>x-none</w:lidthemecomplexscript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:dontgrowautofit /> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark /> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp /> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables /> <w:dontvertalignintxbx /> <w:word11kerningpairs /> <w:cachedcolbalance /> </w:compatibility> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont m:val="cambria math" /> <m:brkbin m:val="before" /> <m:brkbinsub m:val="&#45;-" /> <m:smallfrac m:val="off" /> <m:dispdef /> <m:lmargin m:val="0" /> <m:rmargin m:val="0" /> <m:defjc m:val="centergroup" /> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440" /> <m:intlim m:val="subsup" /> <m:narylim m:val="undovr" /> </m:mathpr></w:worddocument> </xml><!

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  Nobleheart

  Good for you! I also wish you all the best, and success in your life.