I remember a assembly in 1969 dealing with organ transplants. BEing in my early 20, I bought into this organ ban. They were giving experiences as why organ transplants were bad. There was the experience of a man who had a heart transplant and he showed experiences of this man showing the feminine characteristics of the woman whose heart was transplanted. Unfortunately I got into this until I started lurking on this forum. I am now embarrassed that I took their word as no arguing truth. It takes some of us many long years to question what we were taught yet I left mentally over 20 years ago. Our minds are mysterious to accept carp for such a long time. This assembly was in the bleachers of the Bakersfield Fair Rodeo bleachers. Since I was attending a young baby this I'd all remember of this long hot day.
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Did you know about the organ transplant ban when you were a believer?
by Apognophos inback when i was learning ttatt, i was shocked to read on jwfacts about the organ transplant ban from 1967 to 1980. this was a large piece of evidence for me that the society could not be god's organization.
growing up as an earnest witness, and living near the headquarters, i knew a lot of the organization's embarrassing history, and it didn't faze me, but i'd never heard of this ban before, and it shocked me.
it's gotten me wondering why no one i know ever talks about it, when it must have affected many witnesses during that time (or were they getting transplants on the sly?
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Graduation and Pinning
by sooner7nc ingiving my speech.
being pinned by my son.. .
the best day ever.. .
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Great news may you have an awsome future
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Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.
by kneehighmiah inthe difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.
but i would say it's hard for brothers also.
i was talking to a jw last night.
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Kneehighmia just a reminder looks is not everything. I am going to share an experience from 40+ years ago. In the circuit I attende we had some beautiful sisters and the plain everyday sisters. The beautiful sisters were very desireable to the young brothers and these sisters always had a nice looking brother at their side.n we average looking sisters were ignored for the most part. It was hard for us especially when we discovered we were desireable to non-JWs. 40 years later the beautiful sisters hav devorced usually many times. The plain girls were kinder and worked harder to please her man. I am not talking ugly just not the beautiful model types many men want. As one of the average girls I have grown over 40 years wanting to treat others withlove and kindness and have tried to live up to the fruitages of the sprirt. These are the important thing in a person and I am not talking about a super strong JW, as they often ARE NOT living up to the fruitages of the spirit. Find a loving kind woman and life will work out. Thi is the thoughts of senior citizen who has been married 48 years.
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Funeral for an atheist
by Stealth in99% of all funerals that i have attended have been the wt version, where they preach about the resurrection into paradise and say little about the person who passed other than they were loyal to jah.
the other 1% catholic for grandparents.. now that i consider myself an atheist, i got to wondering what do atheists plan for when they die?.
if you are a non-believer what are your plans for when you die?
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A celebration of life. People share memories of the person. I t is awsome it gives the loved ones a chance to share their lives and I feels it gives a chance to say the final goodbye. Beliefs do not come into it just love.
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Did you expect all non-Witnesses to die at Armageddon?
by Apognophos inapologies if this has been asked before, but i couldn't find a thread where the focus was specifically this yes-or-no question.
reach back in your memories to when you were at the peak of your faith in the religion, and tell me honestly:.
"did you, personally, believe that non-witnesses would die at armageddon, even if they hadn't gotten to hear the message at all?".
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Wow we are all exJWs but we were all led to have slightly different belief. In 50s taught no one but JWs would survive Armegeddon.
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Double-life, sounds like a prison sentence....or maybe not?
by sparrowdown inquestion: do you think the "double-lifers" have the best of both worlds?.
just asking, because i have wondered, if i had an outlet to express my utter.
disgust and general dissatisfaction with wt teachings and cong-life while i. was still in, ie on forums etc, maybe i would never have left.. just a thought, anyone else have any?.
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I have been a double lifer since 1964 just months after my baptism at the age of 14. now That I'm 2 months from my 67th birthday I am still a doublr lifer in order to have some association with still in JW famiy. This is still part of life for me and my husband even though we havent attended meeting for 20 yearscexcept for funerals, weddings and a cuple of Memorials. It is no way foe anyone to live life.
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What Assembly were you baptized at...
by vilot ini was baptized at the 1976 "sacret secret" dc at inglewood ca there must have been 50,000 people there..
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I might as well add mine. Feb 1962 in Tulare California at a circuit assembly. 14 years old.
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Welcome Back
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Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later
by JeffT inmy wife and i still like each other.
fortieth is "ruby.
" since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.
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Congratulations
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My best friend died yesterday
by TimeBandit insometimes people make special connections to animals.
sometimes they bond very deeply and are real friends.
yesterday was the end of such a friendship that lasted ten wonderful years.
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Pets are a part of our families. We do what we must to makr sure our loved one don't suffer too much. I am sorry for your loss. Maybe heaven really exits. I don't know what to believe.