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  Elderly and sick: Out of sight, out of mind

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  someone else posted something a similar experience, this is one i had regarding my mom.my mom died last year.

  she had been in failing health for years, but the last 2 year were pretty rough for her, with lots of visits to the hospital.

  the last 4 months, it was the hospital, a skilled nursing facility/rehab unit, and finally, a nursing home.

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  My mother has been hospitalized a couple of times in the past year. She is an old "pillar" in her small town Congregation. Unlike all the experiences above, I am absolutely shocked by the response from her Cong elders and all of her JW friends. Nearly all of the elders visited on the visit when she was extremely ill and she was in a hospital nearly an hour from home.

  More recently, her cell phone died from all the calls on her first day admitted (as she had no charger) and once home, her phone was ringing constantly. Numerous times I was speaking to her and she cut me off because "so-and-so" is calling.
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  20 years ago, Paul Hoeffel's UN/Watchtower letter

  by was a new boy in

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  https://www.un.org/en/civil-society/watchtowerletter.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/76847/best-wts-un.

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  My first thought was: They thought this would die down and just go away.

  After writing it and thinking, Here it is! Twenty years later!, but I concluded that they were right. I think not one JW is aware of this. This is something you discover AFTER you leave because it just is not out there because NO ONE ELSE CARES.
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  Attended the KH recently and found it to be thoroughly therapeutic.

  by joe134cd in

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  i had to attend a family event recently which involved attending the kh.

  before i went i had it in my mind this was going to be a different experience.

  tbh i’ve had an interest in super hero socks.

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  I observed another brother there on the dance floor looking some what intoxicated.

  Not sure what part of the country/world you live, but I've never seen dancing at a funeral "wake" or the "after party". Not at all unusual to see the beer/booze flow and the "some what intoxicated" (esp at the big Catholic family funerals), but never, ever dancing.
  

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  Dates and times

  by jhine in

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  last night at my bible study group we looked at 1thessalonians ch 5 .

  we have been working through the whole letter.

  verses 1-11 start with .

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  Luke 1:8 doesn’t say that. Did you make a mistake?
  @ MIKE JW - It's Luke 21:8

  DAMN! My "2" key has been playing games with me. Sometimes it just doesn't work. I did not catch it that time. Guess I need to break down and get a new keyboard.

  Good catch, Mike!

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  Finding Neverland

  by Freeorange in

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  add bookmark.

  #1. i have to start off this post by saying i am not intending to insult or offend.

  these are just our observations over our entire lives in the org.

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  She will be required to explain why she lived a life of rebellion against Jesus when he commanded all to partake of the New Covenant "for the forgiveness of sins"

  OR, she'll rot in her grave and never miss the passage of time one iota.

  "I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." ~ Mark Twain
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  Again, More confusion about the direction of the Watchtower Society

  by Truth and Justice in

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  hi friends, i have not been on this board in awhile, and i would like to get some thoughts from some of you.

  i have noticed a change within my 4 siblings in approximately the last year and a half to 2 years regarding their communication with my mother and i. they have either phoned us, texted, emailed, or written a letter or card to us.

  the conversation has been good, and on any topic that comes to mind.

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  I saw this happen with a distant family member within the time frame of which you refer. Both born-in JWs. Two kids DFd. For years they "hard shunned" the kids. Then they saw the Canadian lawyer/elder testify before the Canadian Court that DFing ONLY affected "spiritual association" among one's family members.

  They immediately saw WT speaking out of both sides of their mouth -- yes, WT was outright LYING about their stance on DFing -- OR IT WAS "NEW LIGHT". Their conclusion was that if WT didn't have the balls to take a stand before the Court, then they would no longer take the hard line against their DF kids.

  Additionally, I believe many more JWs are reading "objectionable" material online. It is impossible to avoid on YouTube if you have ever searched for anything "JW". I have never seen the abundance of personal experiences that are posted there now. AND.....they are not all "crazy" people. This kind of thing has to be creating more and more doubts within the R&F.
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  Wow! Been a long time...

  by daniel-p in

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  wow!

  it's been... lemme check... 8 years since i logged in here!

  (and 18 years since first coming here as i was in the middle of my crisis of conscience) .

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  How will history treat Judge Rutherford?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  mark jones writes:.

  how will history treat joseph rutherford?.

  like ben gorden has said, it would depend on who’s looking back.

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  JUDGE WHO?

  

  This judge is likely better remembered........
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  Stickers against Jehovahs witnesses

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  in malta in 1980s the catholic church issued a yellow sticker telling jehovahs witnesses not to knock on their door.

  this was distributed with all the parishioners.. i would like to know if others countries had this in place before the 1980s especially maybe italy and ireland?.

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  Radical shake up

  by Mikejw in

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  imagine if all the governing body resigned and a new set of brothers came in and said we are very very sorry for all those who have been disfellowshipped and disassociated over the years.

  we know many mistakes have been made.

  we are really genuinely sorry to all those who have been hurt and especially those who have died and been hurt by these mistakes.

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  I'd say "Fuck you. Why the hell would I want to come back? You guys think I want to socialize with you... that I want to be around you... that I'm missing you and just sitting around with no life waiting for the chance to be back with you? You guys are legends in your own minds. . . ~ Magnum

  Magnum -- I'm not used to you holding back. Why not just say it? Just go ahead and tells us what you really think. No more "beating around the bush".