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now that you don't practise any kind of religion anymore, do you feel a certain emptyness as far as your spirituality is concerned?.
have we become like animals, without any spirituality?.
Does anyone here have any doubts about the Bible? It all seems to be dependent on the Bible. What if the Bible is not what it seems to be? Have you all studied it? I am not having a go at anyone - I haven't studied it properly. I just took what the society said as gospel. But are there any out there who have studied it thoroughly and who can say it is God's word? What if it isn't? What do we do then? Where do we go?
xxR
last week i was very taken aback to see a recently bereaved (4 months) friend of ours walking along the high street with his arms around a ladyfriend.
i knew how devastated he had been at his wife's death, so it gave me quite a start to see him with someone else.
i then told myself it was none of my business, quit judging sunshine, get on with your own life.. i couldn't shake the image out my mind however, so i discussed it at length with her ladyship to get her thoughts on the matter.
Mulan,
Your post hit home with me.
There was a brother in my old congregation who's wife had been ill for many years. She had 3 strokes and no longer recognised him. Another sister in the congregation would visit her in the care home, bring her things, read to her etc. The husband really appreciated this and the two of them grew really close. They looked after his wife together and viewed it as a labour of love. Eventually, his wife died and the two of them got married after 11 months. I can't see anything wrong with this. The death of a loved one affects different people in many ways.
xxR
edited to change 'bother' to 'brother' - sorry!
this is my very first post.
i am 24 year old and i have been disfellowshipped for the last 2 years.
i live in california.
Hello and welcome Angela.
You do all the research you need to. I am sure you wil learn a lot here - I have.
God bless
xxRoz
last week i was very taken aback to see a recently bereaved (4 months) friend of ours walking along the high street with his arms around a ladyfriend.
i knew how devastated he had been at his wife's death, so it gave me quite a start to see him with someone else.
i then told myself it was none of my business, quit judging sunshine, get on with your own life.. i couldn't shake the image out my mind however, so i discussed it at length with her ladyship to get her thoughts on the matter.
I have to agree with Francois. Everyone deals with things differently. What may seem weird to one person is perfectly normal to another.
This guy is doing what he knows best to deal with the situation.
And Outlaw, I agree - grief sucks. It has certainly sucked the life out of me!
xxR
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i was just e-mailed this photo.
i don't think it's that good as both of them are lots better looking that this, but it's a picture.
LB,
That is some lady! She is drop-dead gorgeous and the baby is a real dote.
You must be such a proud father and grandfather - and so you should be. Treasure them always.
xxR
did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
It's funny about the smurf stories. I never heard them, but I heard many tales about 'My Little Pony'. I was told that they had been invented by a wizard and that one young sister saw her collection of ponies floating around her bedroom and they floated out of the window!
xxR
last week i was very taken aback to see a recently bereaved (4 months) friend of ours walking along the high street with his arms around a ladyfriend.
i knew how devastated he had been at his wife's death, so it gave me quite a start to see him with someone else.
i then told myself it was none of my business, quit judging sunshine, get on with your own life.. i couldn't shake the image out my mind however, so i discussed it at length with her ladyship to get her thoughts on the matter.
Englishman,
Everyone grieves differently. Like you say, your friend probably started to grieve 2 years ago when his wife stopped being the woman he married. He obviously has been through a bad time and this other lady is helping him.
I think it also depends on who it is you lose. A loss of a parent or grandparent or sibling is terrible, but I don't think anything can compare to losing a child. I know a man who breaks his heart crying over the loss of his two young daughters over 20 years ago. He still weeps for them to this day. I cry daily for my young daughter who was killed over 12 years ago. Some people seem to get over these things more quickly, but I sometimes think they are just better at hiding their feelings. I know I'll never stop greiving for Claire - she is always with me and not a day goes by when I don't think of her and long to hold her.
I hope your friend is coping with his loss. It must be a hard time for the whole family.
Just my thoughts.
xxR
if you went to someones house as a guest and they asked you to take your shoes off..would you?..would you be offended?....
does anyone know if this is proper etiquette?.
didn't know where else to post this........ my daughter was invited to a neighbors house and they requested people remove their shoes!...she never had anyone ask her that before.
Golden Girl,
It is getting pretty common to be asked to remove your shoes now. Some of my friends have babies/toddlers and they are always crawling on the floor. Imagine what your shoes bring in and what these little ones are crawling in. I have never been offended by this when asked. I never ask people to remove their shoes when they come to my house though - I just remind them to wipe their feet on their way out!
xxR
did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
These stories are hilarious - I haven't laughed so much in ages.
xxR
did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
I've heard this one repeated a few times:
A sister on field ministry knocks on a door and a man comes to the door with his hands covered in blood. The sister is taken aback but carries on with their presentation (????). The man doesn't want a magazine and slams the door. The sister is worried and reports what she saw to the police. The police break the door down and find that the man has stabbed his wife to death. When the police ask the man why he didn't do something to the JW sister as she had seen what he'd done, he said "I would have killed her if she'd been alone, but there was this big, burly guy standing behind her watching me" Apparently, this was an angel looking after her on field service.
The people that told me this really believed it.
xxR
