i really hate funerals and memorials and avoid them as much as i can.
looking back on the few i have attended over the past ten years i guess i only go to them because of the people who are left behind.
since i didn't know the bryant's or any of their family members i find the draw that i have to this service even more confusing.
Dave,
You always make logical sense. Everything you said I agree with. This forum could not be represented better.
Disfellowshipping is something nobody could ever comprehend or even begin to attempt to. When it happens, you are a disease, and outcast, and it is so horribly upsetting yet you have nobody to turn to in your darkest hour.
My thoughts will be with you.
Love, Hugs and Kisses,
Amanda
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shunning in spotlight .
wendy y. lawton .
As a teen, I remember over dosing on aspirin because of fear of being disfellowshipped. I was reproved instead, but still treated like a disease. The disfellowshipping that followed was even worse.
What is the worst fear of a teen Jehovah's Witness? To become disfellowshipped or even reproved. To loose your friends and family member's that do not live with you. How even more so when a marriage is involved.
I know of too many countless stories of young kids taking their lives over this religion. It is more than shunning. It is being forced to shut yourself off from the world itself. So, you cannot talk to non-Jehovah's Witnesses and you cannot talk to Jehovah's Witnesses, who do you turn to in time of turmoil? I was told when I was disfellowshipped by the elders in my congregation I was disfellowshipped for keeping bad association. I would not be reinstated unless I cut off all ties with "the world." So I had no friends. Nobody. And my parents were a daily reminder of the fact that I was "no good trash." And the simple fact was, I was just a kid who did the things kids do. Instead of treating me with love, I was cast out and left on my own. No friends, nobody talk to.
That religion, it disgusts me. It causes so much pain. It messes with some people's lives to extent that they do not know how to move on. They NEED to be exposed on a VERY GRAND SCALE.
funny that it's called awake!.
check out their website:.
http://www.godsmack.com/.
Whoever posted here is really cool. he he he
TR - Now I REALLY want your body. Can we listen to Godsmack as you and me...
how common it is in usa that a jw has a legal firearms?
i have no recollection of wtbs publications handling this matter specifically.
of course general attitude towards firearms in usa is different from europe but so is also legislation.. it is just that once being a concsientious objector i cannot, even after almost 40 years, imagine myself having one.
Undecided -- OMFG TOO FUNNY!!!!
My dad is an elder. He has several guns. In fact, I knew of several people (ministerial servants included) in my hall had guns, and no I am not talking about hunting equipment. I am talking human killing machines otherwise known as handguns.
Since gun ownership would not be broadcasted in the different congregations, I can imagine more have them and don't say much. Down in Florida (the south) lots of people have guns.
Us blood-thirsty USA folks don't think much about it. Of course, a lot of people think USA is horrifically violent with daily drive by shootings. This of course is not true. I live in a place that is a much older neighborhood and we never once had a break-in. In fact, most people don't even lock their houses. Gun ownership here is simply a precaution. Nothing more or less.
just ask gwen..... heres our setup .... .
-zev.
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OMG TOO CUTE!!!!
my wife just left me this morning.
i've been crying all night.
i am so drained.
(((((((((((((((((((((((REM)))))))))))))))))))))))))
Oh sweety! I know what you are going through, it hurts like hell, but keep your chin up and if you ever need to talk feel free to drop me an e-mail. Talking about it is great therapy dear.
Kisses and Hugs,
Moe
it's really weird that so many people have left this board because they claim it was a manipulative and inflammatory place to be.. now it's all great posts, good content and no quarreling here at jw-d. there's something here that i can't quite get my head around, hmmm, i wonder what i'm missing........?.
englishman..
ok...i have new smurfs that are looking for good apostate homes.
the first smurf to go will be anonymous smurf, as i can't tell which one he is.
i'll keep the rules nice and simple:.
3
Valis-- this is really nice of you to do this! Only thing is, I never won a damned thing in my entire life, so I will save you the trouble and let you know 3 is a looser number for me. If somebody else had picked it, they would have won.
Moe ~ aka Jinxed-4-Life
anyone have any pet peeves they'd like to air?
here's one that just happened at work that is an annoyance for me: when you are speaking and the person interrupts the conversation with a corny play on words or the like.
for example, "i had to sit on the phone on hold for about 5 minutes, waiting .
I hear ya puffs.
LOL@meatpie
OMG check this one out -- this crazy lady next door to me has 9 wiener dogs. They all live outside. They all bark and yip and bay 24/7, even in the middle of the night. I am fed up and I think I may have those stupid mutts carted off. The County will force her to have all 9 debarked. HA HA HA
last week i spoke to my mother-in-law for the first time since visiting her ugly ass, at christmas, in florida.
i, unfortuantly, picked up the telephone without checking caller id.
it was not her usual sunday evening call.
Puffsrule -- I love this post. It reminds me of my ex-mother-in-law. Thank gawd she is now out of my life. When my ex would beat me to a bloody pulp she would tell me it was not his fault and I must have done something to deserve it. *Humph*
I agree, I would never take care of her. It could drag out for years, the dying are always dying; sometimes for 10-20 years at a time. You need to tell your husband her comments to you, I would. How dare she insult your family! I would have let her HAVE it. No way on hell would I have allowed my ex-mother-in-law-witch ever say one damn thing about my mom or dad, JW or not.
