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  Would You Go To A Memorial Service For A JW )if you were no longer attending the KH)?

  by minimus in

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  some of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.

  so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.

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  Moster

  yes.
  
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  Older JW: not happy

  by Gorbatchov in

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  this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

  did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

  had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

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  neverendingjourney breaks my heart reading this. Selfish loving brothers.
  
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  Older JW: not happy

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
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  this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

  did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

  had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

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  Moster

  My dad is in a retirement home - he is 88. He mentioned to me how no one ever comes to visit him, and that it made him feel sad. I told him people were just busy and that he could phone people as well. But that is a fact - old and forgotten. Where are your loving brothers and sisters now? Only ones who ever came to visit were also aged. They have passed on and so now no one comes. He still goes to every meeting and in FS every week. But they still seem to have forgotten him.

  He for the first time, told me he wasn't going to go to the convention this summer. Will be the first one he has missed since 1954. Says it is just too hard on him now to go and be away from home, stay in a hotel, get himself ready etc. not to mention sitting down in bleachers for 3 days. I tried to hide my excitement about it. He did ask me how he could watch or listen from his room though. I told him I wasn't sure if he could do that. Anyone know if that is possible? I would rather he didn't, but if it makes him happy.

  As many have said best to leave them PIMI than disrupt what is left of their world. He hardly has anything now, not sure what he would do if he actually had his eyes opened and he left.

  Sigh.
  
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  Manmade rules

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  i was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.

  it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.

  i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.

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  Dad wears purple shirts all the time
  
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

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  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  Moster

  Sorry to hear. That is indeed brotherly love in action.
  
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  Tuxedo

  by Phoebe in

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  do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

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  Guardians Of Doctrine - Love it
  
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  Are there any full preterists here?

  by quincemyles in

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  are there any folks here who believe that armageddon, the "second coming of christ.

  " the great tribulation and resurrection are past events rather than future?.

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  Moster

  I am with Vanderhoven7
  
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  On Grief and Loss

  by jp1692 in

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  on grief and loss.

  each and every tear is a memory.

  and when you feel so intensely all that you have lost, you are also remembering everything that you have had.

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  Moster

  If there was a "" button I would have clicked it. Your words warm my heart JP. Thank you.
  
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  CO's talk on loyalty

  by Rattigan350 in

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  the circuit overseer this week on tuesday gave a talk on loyalty to jehovah.

  i listed 5 points.

  i only remember 3.. one was the typical association with disfellowshipped relatives, the next was loyalty to friends over jehovah by not reporting wrongdoing to elders.

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  Loyalty to the ORG - not to God.
  
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  Crisis of conscience

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  hi everyone.

  what does anyone think of the crisis of conscience book?

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  Moster

  I felt as though he was sincere, and truly heartbroken about what he was apart of. He came across as very humble and honest. I was left feeling sorry for him, and for myself and my family.