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  Rec'd a letter from my Dad - need some advice...

  by Fadeaway3pointer in

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  fader here - last meeting was in autumn 2005. lurker on this site and others.

  not one to get all controversial.. typical situation, pretty much a born in and left the church at age 38 and never looked back.. i'm 53 now, parents getting older - late 70s but very active, dad is still an elder.. parents, in laws, brother and brother-in-law still uber active jws.. my family (wife and 2 adult children) out since 2005.. we have stayed close to our parents - we have treaded religion lightly and have had a pretty good relationship and have kept our personal lives and beliefs/opinions separated from them.

  this was intentional - as we love them and do not want anything to cause shunning since they are getting older and want to be there for them and we respect their beliefs.. got this letter today.

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  Sorry this is happening. You have done your best to keep your life separate from them - for one reason and one reason only...to ensure you are able to continue to have a relationship with them. Now they do this? It hurts, it hurts bad. What should you do about it? What can you do about it? The reality is there is not a damn thing you can do about it.

  Should you respond to them? To what end? Will it make you feel better? Most likely not. Make them tell you in person so you can both look into each other's eyes and see the hurt? Again to what end?

  They are not going to change their minds. The decision is rendered - you are shunned and that's final. Leave it as it is.

  Go about your life, and live it the way you want to.

  Forgive them - for they know not what they do.
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  I can just imagine the hype that is going on in Australia about how close armageddon is now with all of these bushfires occurring.

  by smiddy3 in

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  it brings to mind my niece when she see`s how dry the countryside is ,how armageddon must be so close..

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  How are you fairing Smiddy3?
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  Does Anyone Elses PIMI Family Do A "Not Christmas" Day?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was told today that my jw family had a massive family gathering with presents exchanged, drinks and a big roast dinner.

  they even wore paper hats.. the day they chose for this family day?.

  26th december.. totally not christmas or anything - honest.. does anyone elses family do that?

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  There was never allowed any such thing at our house! Are you kidding?

  We hosted a kids costume party one time and the elders had a fit - mimicking the worldly Halloween parties was the accusation. Never any fun when I was growing up.
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  What was the retirement plans you heard brothers talk about if any

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. beliefs

  i know some would not think about retirement.

  i had one brother who would pioneer as he could afford and when he paid off his home he was about to collect social security.

  he made enough that his plan was to work two to three days a week and pioneer the rest of the week.

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  As my mother said "We just didn't think we would still be here. We thought Armageddon would have come"
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  Murmurs from the locals

  by Moster in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was ministered to by several different people at a jw funeral i attended today.

  one older lady said to me, "you know the end is right around the corner, just look at the state of the world today".

  i said, "well yes but that has been the mantra for decades, remember 'stay alive till '75'".

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  I was ministered to by several different people at a JW funeral I attended today. One older lady said to me, "you know the end is right around the corner, just look at the state of the world today". I said, "well yes but that has been the mantra for decades, remember 'Stay Alive till '75'". She then says, "well that never came from the governing body, that was local ones saying that". My response was "I distinctly remember hearing it at the summer assembly, so it wasn't just murmurs or local ones". She quickly changed the subject LOL.
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  Is this something new?

  by Butyoucanneverleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just heard from a friend who keeps in touch with the jw's.

  a person who has been studying found out some things on line about the witnesses and decided to not get baptized and stopped attending the meetings.

  she lives with a witness.

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  "Apparently it's all about how much you rock the boat that'll earn you the apostate badge, technically true or not."

  That is a nail hit squarely on the head - Neat Blue Dog
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  unrighteous riches? to wt inc. please

  by waton in

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  2. bible

  could not believe this week's "study" : .

  here is a stewart in the stew, that mis - manages, perhaps defrauds his master, and knows he is going to be fired for that.

  he defrauds his master some more, in order to avoid working and instead leaching off the former creditors.

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  As I no longer have access to the 'study' material, I wonder if someone could post here? I loathe to go to their site.
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  Unique JW Phrases 101

  by Solzhenitsyn in

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  what unique to jws phrases do you remember?

  something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.

  there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.

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  The 'society'

  'Worldly ones'

  'The meeting'

  'Out in Service'

  'Earthly Hope or Heavenly Hope'

  'Faithful and Discreet Slave'

  'Theocratic Warfare'

  Yuk.
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  Did Russell come up with the no hell fire and no Trinity doctrine or did steal that belief from another religion as well?

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  just wondering hate to give the devil his due.

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  Moster

  Condolences Vienne
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  AUSTRALIA | Media Article - Leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ordered to destroy confidential records

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  leaders of the jehovah’s witnesses ordered to destroy confidential records.

  a letter obtained by inq has shed light on the secretive methods the jehovah's witnesses are undertaking to erase the impact of child sexual abuse within the sect.. by georgia wilkins sept 10, 2019. a body representing the jehovah’s witnesses in australia has written to all elders of the group ordering them to destroy confidential records, including notes taken by elders investigating child sexual abuse, in an instruction that has enraged survivors of abuse inside the secretive christian sect.. in a letter obtained by inq, dated august 28, a body called the christian congregation of jehovah’s witnesses (australasia) instructs elders to destroy so-called judicial hearing records and certain congregation notes.. “we ask that each elder check his personal computer, or hard copy files, and even his meeting bag, to ensure that no confidential correspondence is retained outside the congregation’s confidential file,” the letter states.

  it also directs elders to destroy information aired against so-called “wrongdoers”: “if this ‘wild talk’ is recorded in detail, it may not be accurately assessed when reviewed out of context,” it says.

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  What is stored in the "congregation’s confidential file,” ? What would the elders files have that the main file doesn't? Other than notes of the investigation - oh and of course references to the 'wild talk'.