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  We Had My Mom's Memorial Talk Today

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  most everyone was very nice.

  i did get a couple of we miss you soooo much and an elder that said he might drop by someday to say hello when he gets a chance....i'm already prepared for him if he should show up.. over all, it got finished and i'm going to bed..

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  SafeAtHome

  If they would tell me they "might drop by when they get a chance", I would say "Oh, don't put yourself out, but if you do, please phone first". Then, I would not answer (bless you, caller ID) or make sure to not be home.
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  We discovered a Dyson Sphere! . . . maybe

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  okay, okay, okay - i know we're not supposed to jump to conclusions.

  but the odds this is a "naturally occurring event" are pretty low.

  and it's just the sort of megastructure we would expect an advanced alien civilization (type 2) to build.

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  SafeAtHome

  I'm with Simon. I was going to say I prefer the Shark, it's more user friendly and much less expensive.
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  No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

  by wizzstick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

  )- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

  wow.

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  SafeAtHome

  "Sisters with masculine hairstyles and dress"? So what, are they going to start forbidding women to cut their hair like the Pentacostals or Amish? And sounds like no hope for women to ever wear sensible, warm slacks even in the most frigid weather.
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  New meeting answer sheet

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi all - thought you might be interested in the instructions for the answer sheet for the new meeting - full document to follow:-.

  "our christian life and ministry meeting answer sheetfor use by meeting chairman for weeks of january 4-25, 2016source material: new world translation of the holy scriptures [nwt] and thewatchtower [w].instructions: these review questions correspond to material found in treasuresfrom gods word.

  well in advance, the meeting chairman should ensure that theelder or ministerial servant assigned a part during treasures from gods word willconsider the question and answer for the week.

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  Any answers that are in harmony with our present understanding? Really, if you are paying attention when you read that, wouldn't a light bulb go on in your brain, like, wtf?? how many understandings of this have we had? There is no waking these people up!
  
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  My mom passed away yesterday....

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

  finally, she is at peace.

  i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

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  So sorry for your loss. Today would have been my mom's 95th birthday. I was with her when she died in 2009. I think of her everyday, so many things I still want to tell her or ask her. I am so grateful I was there and grateful we had a good relationship right till the end. You will always have that too, and it will be a comfort to you. Joining all our friends here in sending you condolences.
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  If Jehovah's Witnesses were a cereal, what would they be?

  by Zoos in

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  cult flakes?.

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  (welcome to the height of intellectual thread topics.

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  Post Waffle Crisp. They are constantly waffling on their doctrines.
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  Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who were your past circuit overseers?

  i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

  ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

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  lamallcool yes, this is going way back, like I said to 60s or 70s. He seemed a kind, mild mannered person. He was unusual in that he had a business with his own money, they had their own adequate finances, had a mobile home I think, and had a little girl. He and his wife looked more like grandparents than parents, daughter must have been a late in life surprise. Are you in northeast Ohio?
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  "Our Preaching has no Time Limit": wt talk outline.

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  twice in the public talk this admission by wt was repeated from the official outline.

  you thought you were done with "service" by 2075 according to the overlapping anointed?

  --- assignments await you even in paradise.

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  I always thought this teaching was really discouraging too. Just thinking, is there any other religion with a similar idea? Like, if you do go to heaven would it be a constant test and have a fear of being kicked out or whatever?
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  The Witnesses Are Really Trying Hard To Get Me Back In

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at my mom's bed side all i see is either jw family or friends making a concerted effort to have me return to their fold.

  evidentlyy, my mom has encouraged this and i'm a trapped prisoner, as they do their best to have me come back.

  it's bad enough that i have to endure my mom's dying, now i have to be bombarded with this bs..

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  minimus So sorry for you. My mother passed in 2009 at age of 88, really thought she would go to be 100 like her grandmother. I was privileged to be at her bedside when she passed after a 5 day vigil. My mom and dad never shunned me even though I had been out for 25 years, faded never DA or DF. They were Witnesses since I was 10 or 11 years old, since 1961. I walked away in 1984 after a divorce from my childhood JW sweetheart. (Have since been remarried for 30 years to non-JW). Not a day goes by I don't think of her and miss her. Same goes for my dad who passed in 2004. No matter how old you are, if you had a good relationship with your parents, you will miss them. My folks, of course, never thought they would grow old and die, let alone me who this year had to register for Medicare! Anyway, just wanted to let you know I along with so many others on this site whom we have never met, are sending you all our loving and caring thoughts while you go through such a difficult time.

  You know what was one of the most "grating" moments I went though during all of this? She was living in another state with one of my siblings and when the JWs would come to visit and were introduced to me, they assumed I was a JW and kept calling me "sister". UGH!! You don't know how cultish that sounds until you are out and free.

  Anyway, hugs and loving thoughts to you.
  
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  A simple physical exercise leads to great discovery!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was working in a shipping company, captain invited me to his house for his wedding anniversary.

  there i was attracted to his father (aged around 80) who seemed to be very healthy.

  with me he became very comfortable, and talkative.

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  SafeAtHome

  I don't know, an old guy talking about exercises for your private parts to a stranger? Sounds creepy to me!