Posts by HomebytheSea

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YOU MIGHT BE A J.W.

by brandnew in

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if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).

HomebytheSea

If you'd child memories involve a song about "bees that were molested"... you must be a JW.

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Sad Reality...

by JW_Rogue in

...is that most jws don't know anything about the financial news that is happening right now.

sure it has trickled down to the elders and those who volunteer for construction but the average jw has no idea.

no one in my hall has said a thing about it.

HomebytheSea

I agree, JW_Rogue. Even after my parents talked about Bethel layoffs tonight, they still think it's Jehovah's direction. I don't think there's any way to permeate the wall around them, no matter how much I hope for it.

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"The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

by HomebytheSea in

i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

has anyone else read it?

HomebytheSea

It was one of the most spiritually uplifting books I've read, along with a few books written by the Dali Lama. I think you can receive spiritual insights from many places, you just have to be open to them. I also think that, if there is a God, he or she has revealed himself in many places, since different people are drawn to different things.

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"The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

by HomebytheSea in

i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

has anyone else read it?

HomebytheSea

I agree that it was slightly "sappy", but the thought that everything will be alright in the end was really helpful. I thought of it because of the mass shooting in Oregon. It helped me to deal with the fact that everyone is broken in some way, & that maybe someday we'll all be OK, not just the 1% who are JW's.

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"The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

by HomebytheSea in

i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

has anyone else read it?

HomebytheSea

I would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way WT never could. If helped me alot when I started questioning WT teachings. Has anyone else read it?

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watching "scandal," drinking wine, and reading jw.com

by embarrassed in

if i'm not on facebook, i'm on j-w.com.

my idea of entertainment, and it makes me feel like i didn't waste the last 11 years of my life!

anybody here watch "scandal"?

HomebytheSea

Ha!! My husband & I do the same thing! Ridiculously entertaining:)

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Our CLAM meeting (vid): SELF-NEGATION is the first "treasure" from first meeting segment

by Gilgamesh in

in the first sample video of the clam meeting (christian life and ministry) at about 5 minutes, 50 seconds in, a brother (steven phillips) is assigned the first segment of the new meeting, "treasures from god's word.

" ( http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwbrd_201510_5_video ).

he shows just how sloppy the wts still is at trying to explain the deeper meanings of scriptures.

HomebytheSea

It might seem like a minor point, but it's common to high control groups to try to emphasize that the members are "sheep" even to the point of "sheepishness" when it comes to speaking out against wrong or bad decisions.

I think it's ridiculous and also scary that people with knowledge, men or women, are expected to keep quiet. I'm a nurse, and I'm expected to speak up if I know something is wrong, even if my superior happens to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Also, if we are in the middle of performing CPR, everyone works as a team, regardless of what letters we have after our names. I feel like the hierarchy is so much more of a "thing" in the Borg than in the real world where we actually accomplish real things!

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My Mom Is Dying

by minimus in

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i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

she is on morphine and hanging on.

she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

HomebytheSea

Minimus,

I'm so sorry!!!

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Template to dump Special Pioneers

by avaddohn94 in

"downsizing" has reached special pioneers.. this is the template mexico is using to get rid of many of its special pioneers.

see how cold and unloving is the language they use.

a translation attempt is as follows:.

HomebytheSea

Giordano,

I agree with you! I wish the paedophile issue was getting more publicity right now, so it could be seen as a possible cause of the downsizing & lack of funds. I hope we hear more soon, especially from the ARC investigations.

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Link Between Child Abuse Cases and Financial Upheaval

by HomebytheSea in

i really hope that, with all of the layoffs and construction suspensions going on that something more widespread comes out in the media discussing the huge payouts that wt will be responsible for regarding child abuse cases in the near future.

at least this might be a wake up call to some.

i fear that so many just think the end is coming & they aren't questioning what's really going on.

HomebytheSea

I'm sure there are several factors playing into the mess. I just hate to hear my JW mom say "Maybe this means Armageddon will be here before January!" It would be nice to have some clear evidence for JW's to see what's really happening. Many wouldn't believe it, but some would. We can't even really bring up the ARC in the US because most know nothing about it. We need some national news segment asap.