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  she passed faithful to the end to them!

  by jookbeard in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!

  feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!

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  So sad that no one had the love and courage to notify you persnally
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  Disfellowshipping is an loving arrangment. NOT!!!!

  by gma-tired2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alert this is a rant.

  recently i lost someone very special to me to death.

  she was so many things to me, my cousin, best friend, and next door neighbor thru our teens.

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  An update on the above experience. My son is receiving phone calls from family that was at this same reception. My cousin brother who also left JWs just heard about my son being asked to leave. He expressed his anger about this happening at his sisters funeral. He will make his feeling known to other family member both JWs and non JWs. JWs are not looking kind and loving.
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  Disfellowshipping is an loving arrangment. NOT!!!!

  by gma-tired2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alert this is a rant.

  recently i lost someone very special to me to death.

  she was so many things to me, my cousin, best friend, and next door neighbor thru our teens.

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  Thank You for all the comments. My son and I disussed what might happen before we attended. We thought we were prepard but you can't control the dissapointment and hurt we felt afterwords. My son and son-in-law made sure that the rest of my visit was enjoyable. My love goes to these two great men who both are kind and never goes out to hurt others. Maybe this opened my sisters eyes a little more I saw the sadness in her eyes.
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  Disfellowshipping is an loving arrangment. NOT!!!!

  by gma-tired2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alert this is a rant.

  recently i lost someone very special to me to death.

  she was so many things to me, my cousin, best friend, and next door neighbor thru our teens.

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  Alert this is a rant. Recently I lost someone very special to me to death. She was so many things to me, my cousin, best friend, and next door neighbor thru our teens. If I was going to cross the line as a JW teen she and I snuck around together. The life of JW teens trying ti live a little bit normal life.

  now 50 years later we are in our Senior Years and I lose her to death even though we were never to grow old in this system. My two beautiful children bought me a plane ticket and helped me fly to her Memorial to be able to say goodbye. saying goodbye is very hard when you have such a long history.

  The memorial service was held at her Kingdom Hall. My df'd son was the person who made sure I made it to say good-bye. It started out much better than either one of us expected. We planned to sit in back quietly and listen. We were immediately usherd to the front with the rest of the family. We actually felt welcomed. Service over we were not planning to attend the family reception. our plans changed when this older Elder who I've known since my early teens insisted that as familybmy son and I were welcome to attend, which we concented to.

  We are now at the reception where things started going wrong. I was sitting with my JW family and my son was hanging with his non-JW cousins and one JW cousin who is a fringe JW. He was being respectful by not putting any of his old JW friends in a awkward position only speaking to JWs that came to him to speak (this is the congregation who was df'd from). This is when things went wrong. An elder came to my son and asked him to leave because someone complained that my big teddy bear son was making someone uncomfortable by being there. My son agreed to leave but explained that he had to come back inside to get his mother (me). This did embarass this Elder who started to show his embarrasment at that moment and who at that point realized who also needed to ask his own son (long hair, tatoos, and face piercing) to leave.

  I no longer protect JWs organization by staying quiet. A week ago I was approached by a Young JW pioneer while sitting in my car. First thing out of my mouth is that he had just walked up to the wrong car. He got an earful about JWs funerals and loving df arrangement. I explained to him what happened and then asked if he thought my son was going to turn a entire congregation gay by attending his families funeral. Yesterday I was visitin with two kind neighbor friends, I asked if they had ever been kicked out of a funeral of course they hadn't and were shocked that JWs would do such a thing, and we soon were laughing about their actions. Yes disfellowshipping is so loving that this one incident has shown our non JW family why they are glad their mom left 20 years ago, and my neighbors say they are shocked by such actions.

  Sorry this is so long but I want to put this sad incident behind me and continue moving forward in a normal loving life.
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  California Attorney Tries to Pass a Ballot Advocating Genocide for Gays

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
  2. current

  this ballot initiative put forth by matt mclaughlin, an attorney in southern california, would allow for the execution of gays by bullets to the head.

  mclaughlin has to gather 365,000 signatures to put it up for a vote.

  i'm in favor of gay rights but in my opinion this despicable ballot should make it to a vote knowing that it absolutely will not pass in order to publicize the demented mentality of fundamentalist christians in the united states.

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  As the mother of a gay child. I would like to tear this man apart limb by limb.He brings out the mother bear in me.
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  The Mentally Diseased Apostates Latest re-mix of JW video

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  happy @ bethel michael jackson.

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  Everyone seems happy but I think the Governing Body is losing control. Its about time
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  Please take a moment to read my daughters story.

  by Racheljr in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  silenced for so long she has found her voice.. ladies and gentlemen meet my incredibly brave daughter.

  http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/courtney-parker-tells-her-story-of-8-years-of-child-sex-abuse-by-jw-elder-david-dennis.

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  Rachel and Courtney you are survivors. Congratulations on both of your bravery. May Cortney and your family continue to heal and grow.
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  Theocratic warfare [AKA Lying for the Truth]

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my elder brother made the mistake of telling me about the wts policy of theocratic warfare.

  he first called it 'lying for the truth' then he tried to tone it down to theocratic warfare.

  he justifies this position by citing the scriptures that say do not throw pearls to the swine for they will trample them under foot and tear you to pieces.. my question is .

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  This "Theocratic Warfare" is one of the first things that made me start doubting it was in 1988 a CO and PO Lied to my face and then to my best friend. This is why they don't like people talking about what happens in the back room. All started by a lying teen age bride who wasnt ready to be a married woman.
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  You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  check this out.

  got this bound volume from my dad.. .

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  That is one of the articles that kept me from getting my college education. This was the main subject for all my life,,Now I am 67 years old and resenting how much influence the Watchtower and Awake had on mylife. I was neve suppose ty graduate high, but here I am sometimes being hit bt a bolt of lightening how much of my thinking still is JW thinking. Thankfully my two grown granddaughters catch it and we discuss why I have some ODD beliefs.
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  The JWORGanisation future.

  by prologos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this week i saw the organisation's future.

  an ueber-zealous elder, field service glorious one, on friday night corralled all the teenagers for a get-together, first wt preview, and then communal watching of the jworg-tv presentations.

  ( in case they do not do that at home).

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  A teen 50 years ago I intensely disliked these type of get togethers.  One was all I needed to attend before I and other JW teens avoided.  I don't believe current teens would think any differently