I never knew how weird this was as we never attended the funerals of non-JW relatives because they were usually held in a church. We didn't go to non-JW weddings for the same reason. Any activities held in a church were off limits, even if the activity was not religiously themed. I've still never been to a "worldly" funeral. I can only guess what goes on by what I've seen in movies and tv.
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JW's Funerals, Forget About The Person! Let's Preach.
by new boy ingod forbid you would talk about the dead person at his funeral.
so what do most people get after living 70-80 years?.
a 5-10 minutes eulogy.
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JW Expressions We Hate
by Socrateswannabe ini was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.
" who talks like that?
they must be relics of the fred franz era.
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I hate the phrase "brings out" that some Jdubs would say when giving comments.
"As the paragraph brings out..."
"As the scripture brings out..."
"As Bro/Sis Jones brought out..."
I get what they're trying to say, but they're trying too hard to sound intelligent.
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How do I handle this situation?
by BarelyThere inhey everyone.
i'm sorry that this isn't a very thought provoking post but i could really use some advice on how to handle this.
there isn't anyone else in my life i can ask right now because, being dfed, all of my friends are "worldly" and don't know how witnesses function.
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I'd keep my mouth shut and keep watching my email for more messages. The messages may get nastier and I'd want to know what's being gossiped about me. I don't care if some people think it's spying. If it's about ME and coming into MY email it's MY business. And like Crazyguy said above, they may end up working in your favor should you have difficulty with your family in the future.
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Alan Rickman's Passing
by TipsyMangoTea inalan rickman, best known to my generation as prof. severus snape from the harry potter film franchise, has passed away due to cancer at the age of 69.. growing up with a witness mother, anything related to science fiction and fantasy was looked down upon, so, naturally, i was a rebel rebel (oh david bowie...).. just wanted to let any potterheads know the news and that even if you feel like you'll never be free of the deadly watchtower, you're not alone and there's hope.. always..
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I've never seen Harry Potter, but loved him in Sense and Sensibility and Galaxy Quest. Amazing actor, and that voice...his voice was hypnotic, I could watch that scene where he reads to Kate Winslet all day. Such a tragic loss. -
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by brandnew ingoverning body members are usually people who have never held down, a real god honest job.
never payed taxes like most of us, and probably have never cooked their own meals.. im sorry.....im venting, but it burns my hyde....that they kicked so many old timers to the curb.....as they go live in luxury, in their lake-front condos in warwick.
its sick!!!.
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Governing body members are usually people who have never held down, a real god honest job. Never payed taxes like most of us, and probably have never cooked their own meals.
Is that really true? I don't know much about their backgrounds, but if they aren't being inducted into the GB until middle age, they must've had some kind of employment in their youth or young adulthood.
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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?
by TakeOffTheCrown insamuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.
some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.
in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .
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Wives doing all the cleaning, cooking and laundry? Huh? Is this 1918? or 1960? Bethel wives work at Bethel just as hard as their husbands do!
I believe TakeOffTheCrown was referring to the GB's wives, not the regular Bethelite wives. Certainly they have enough time to fry some bacon and eggs for their men, don't they? What exactly do GB wives do all day?
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Double life
by Esmeralda001 inis there a way i can successfully live a double life?
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to get engaged in activities that are condemnable according to the *bible* (not the *wt*) standards.
i figured that the only way i can get the brothers and sisters to leave me along is by pretending that i am an unemployed drop out.
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I figured that the only way I can get the brothers and sisters to leave me along is by pretending that I am an unemployed drop out.
A better option would be to stop associating with them so you'll no longer have to play these games, but for some reason you seem unable/unwilling to do that. You can pretend to be miserable, but didn't you say you've already been counseled about your bad attitude? They will always find something to criticize you about. When will you say enough is enough?
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Witness wedding questions
by snugglebunny injust wondering about witness weddings and what is and isn't acceptable these days.
i know that toasts are a no-no, but i'm wondering about other things, such as:.
is it ok to have a best man?.
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WT OCT 2015 - 3 Questions People Would Like to Ask God - how about you?
by ttdtt in1: where the "f" are you, since there are no signs of your existence?.
2: why did you "create" life forms that by default hate to follow what your rules.. 3:.
from what i read in the bible, why are you such a petulant, vengeful, bi-polar nut who seems to only look for flesh and spirit to kiss you enormous godly ass?.
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Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?
by slimboyfat inif this has been discussed i missed it.
i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.
but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.
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The GB is sure trying to cover all their bases:- The anointed are anointed because they said so. We can't change this rule without calling our own anointing into question. But If you wonder if you are, you ain't. Most likely, you ain't.
- If you ain't, don't be a hater to those who are. If you are, you're lying but unfortunately we can't prove it.
- Don't ask these lying liars who lie how they knew. You only want to know so you can claim angel status too–admit it.
- The remnant is going up, which pisses us off but there's nothing we can do so we'll blame it on the nutcases. Either way, ignore it–you aren't going to heaven anyway.
- If you still think you're anointed, don't go around saying "neener, neener." It's not like you're part of the FDS (which is what really counts).
Slightly O/T, but it's been ages since I've paid this much attention to the WT. I was struck by the simplicity of some of the questions. E.g.: "What questions will we consider in this article? What questions will we consider in the next article? What questions will be answered in this article?"
The answers to these questions are literally more questions. I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt and say these are written in so kids have something easy to answer and can participate. And maybe they really were this basic when I was attending but my memory is foggy. I can't believe I used to stress out over studying this stuff.