i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.
3rd or 4th instance.
another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.
Both of my JW parents decided there would be no funeral service, no obituary. Nothing.
When some of The Friends™ found the idea disturbing, mother said "I'll throw a party when he's Resurrected™."
With half my siblings in and the other half out, it was rather a relief. I was dreading having to deal with the infomercial and the self-righteous BS from the JWs.
974 results found,this is the number of congregations of jehovah`s witnesses that have signed up to the redress scheme for child abuse victims in australia.. what does that tell us ?.
and that number may not be all ..
Perhaps the total number includes congregations, as well as circuits, districts, zones, and branch so as to patch up any loopholes in the prosecution's targets. WT is nothing but thorough in its attempts to mitigate responsibility.
hello, i am grace gough's granddaughter:.
i have started a blog that begins at the beginning and this is with grace.
follow along as i dive into her life - and please do reach out if you have any stories to share with me that i can add to my blog.. you can find the blog here:.
Grace was a wonderful lady! She used to call me when she had difficulties with her computer or posting here. She had a wicked sense of humour. Loved her dearly. <3
several files in the folder including:.
2022-april-elders manual.. 2022 april addendum.
working together safely12 files total.
Thank you <3
me i slowly came to see religion was a crutch we use to dream of a better "afterlife"....i feel half my life was wasted building an organisation that had no criminal mastermind behind it...just alot of mislead people looking for leadership.
if your still religious explain why..
The JWs had taught me that all other religions were false. I realized they were a false religion too. The end.
However, I only gradually came to the realization that I am atheist, about 5 years after quitting the JWs. I hadn't really considered what I believe, but I kept asking questions and figuring things out on my own.
Mainly, though, I just have absolutely no use for religion. These belief systems have been used for millennia to oppress and divide and pillage people, with the never-fulfilled promises of heaven or Everlasting Life™. It's the only con-game where people have to pay, and pay, and pay, (not just money, but time, energy, thoughts, love, friendships, etc.) and never get to enjoy the things they were promised.
friendly and good gorby smiled and waved towards 2 local jw's yesterday, and they turned with an angry face their back to me.
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has something changed regarding faders recently?.
Who cares?
Live your life the way JWs only wish they could. When they see you, and see your happy, carefree life, they think about how shallow their life is, how shallow their Friendships™ are, how meaningless and unsuccessful their Ministry™ is.
I've started shunning them, because there's no effing way I will ever go back to their so-called Spiritual Paradise™.
denial..
Holy COW is DT *still* here?
birthday wisdom magnum opus.
i was born 2 years after the end of wwii.. everything was in black and white.. harry truman was president.. mahatma gandhi was the spiritual leader of india.. .
by the time i was 5, a new-fangled invention called television.
Happy Birthday, Terry!
another implausible field service story told by ralph walls at the 2021 convention.
get ready for this unrealistic, stupid, dull and boring, made up fiction that is presented at this assembly.. some years ago ( tells a story but doesn't know exact date ), a brother ( doesn't give his name ) in mexico ( doesn't name the town) from the rurals, dressed in a very simple garb ( to show he was not showy ) knocked at the door of a palatial mansion.
( a very rich ''worldly'' person must live here ).
w & g are more like FOOL'S GOLD.
jmho
a while back, i suggested that an easy, quick, quiet exit with the signing and dating of a concise and irrefutable document would spur faders and pimos to preempt the elders' interference by quitting quietly first , before a fade or a confrontation.
here is the document .
https://1drv.ms/w/s!avoitfxyvyqghq3gbmkhfyqp_jqp?e=8bttg1.
If you don't believe that the Elders™ have any Authority™ over you, then why even bother with a letter?
Do you write a letter to the school yard bully who took your lunch money too?
