Posts by KiddingMe

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WT Policy on Deceased Pet Remains

by KiddingMe in

we will be putting our beloved pet of 13 years to rest soon.

is there a wt policy, written or unwritten on what could be done with the ashes after cremation?

i assume it's basically the same for pets as with humans but i'm not real clear on what that is.

KiddingMe

We will be putting our beloved pet of 13 years to rest soon.

Is there a WT Policy, written or unwritten on what could be done with the ashes after cremation? I assume it's basically the same for pets as with humans but I'm not real clear on what that is. Is it unusual to bring them home in an urn? If not, is it unusual to keep on a mantle or is somewhere less conspicuous more acceptable? Is ok, to bring home bury?

some of my non JW relatives are adamant about remains having a final resting place in the ground so I assume JWs have stricter view point.

I know I should not be concerned with the WT Policy but I know my husband will be, for the remains of his childhood pet were left at the place that did the euthanasia, so that is most likely what he will view as standard. Therefore, I need to figure out how far to press this issue and determine if there is room for compromise. I'm not even for sure what I want but will need to make decisions (and my arguments) fairly quickly.

if there's any other suggestions for a dignified way to do this please let me know?

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NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

by clarity in

jw
friends

# 3 newbie post.

first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

KiddingMe

Welcome Warehouse! You may be the "oldest 1st time poster" of the year so far.

A Big WELCOME to all the other NEWBIES that have 0 post but lurk, I know how much it took just to join!

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NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

by clarity in

jw
friends

# 3 newbie post.

first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

KiddingMe

Thanks and Welcome all I haven't spoken to yet!!

Thanks Tech49 for not putting us in the " batshi* crazy!" group. Lol

Add to the list of 2013 Newbies

CONFUSEDANDALONE....he's been a little MIA lately, but I can't forget, his post were some of the 1st I read when lurking...I almost joined just to respond them.

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Got Accosted by 2 JW Women While Pumping Gas Yesterday - Weird

by flipper in

jw
friends

absolutely weird.

minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.

they picked the wrong hombre .

KiddingMe

Great job flipper! You are one of the reasons I hate and rarely do street work. I personally don't like people walking up on me at the gas station and therefore feel really uncomfortable doing it to others. So I'm already uneasy, then to get someone, that flips the script on me and take issue with the org, I would be done. Like someone else said, it would've been time to go for coffee or breakfast break after that. Lol

I like that you made sure to tell them that you researched and mentioned the name of the recent court case specifying the amount. I think this is key. The way you handled it gives credibility to your concerns, motives and shuts them down. A lot of times when leaving these types of encounters, JWs find a way to resolve in their mind the person's intent so as to discredit them thinking something like "oh he probably just doesn't like JWs", "he must of been stumbled before", "he's mad his family are JWs", "he must be an apostate", or "he must of gotten his information from a unreliable source". But that key information may have them go and do their own research, even if just to discredit something you said or to help them prepare for the next time they encounter this same issue.

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Steve Hassan's books

by tornapart in

at the moment i can't get these books, they are not available as ebooks and i can't risk having them in the house.

but i have heard so much about them and how helpful they are that i am just wondering if any who have read them can give some insights they have gained from them that would be useful to know.

thanks in advance.

KiddingMe

Thanks ABS, I will do the same. I did click on the section on Amazon that says something about notifying the publisher that you'd like to see this book on kindle.

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An Elder Reads CoC !!

by TTATTelder in

i have recently joined the site.

i was just appointed an elder this summer.

i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.

KiddingMe

Welcome!

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Steve Hassan's books

by tornapart in

at the moment i can't get these books, they are not available as ebooks and i can't risk having them in the house.

but i have heard so much about them and how helpful they are that i am just wondering if any who have read them can give some insights they have gained from them that would be useful to know.

thanks in advance.

KiddingMe

DS211- great plan. It will have to be my last alternative. I work with my husband, so there's no lunch time reading for me, at least not of that book. Lol.

I just finished reading the PDF of C.O.C., it took about a month while tryin to be descreet from my whole household. After I got down to about the last 75 pages, I finally figured out that I could set my settings for voice over so that I could listen to it instead.

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Steve Hassan's books

by tornapart in

at the moment i can't get these books, they are not available as ebooks and i can't risk having them in the house.

but i have heard so much about them and how helpful they are that i am just wondering if any who have read them can give some insights they have gained from them that would be useful to know.

thanks in advance.

KiddingMe

Does anyone know whether these books (more specifically, Combatting Cult Mind Control) have been made available via ebooks, kindle or some other electronic format?? If so, where? I haven't had success on Amazon.

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I'am in the Penalty Box! I asked the Circuit Overseer "Who Donates Blood For Jehovah's Witnesses Blood Fragments".

by AuntConnie in

told my husband to put a muzzle on my mouth over the blood dogma.

we all were driving around in field service when the topic of "which fragments would you take if you were in a car accident or cut yourself badly".

said his choice is a personal one, another sister with chronic health problems said she had no problem with the governing body's new light on taking various fragments.

KiddingMe

Great thread!

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Creating the appearance of transparency to mitigate the appearance of impropriety

by NeverKnew in

so, as a non-jw, one of the queries i leverage after taking them to realities within their literature is, "why do the 'worldlies' know this stuff about your religion and you don't?

why didn't they explain the evolution of your doctrines?

" ...and "who really is the faithful and discreet slave and how is the information transmitted again?

KiddingMe

I'm wondering if this "appearance of transparency" trick is really a preemptive attempt to thwart the attacks of the evil Internet god (clearly ruled by Satan).

NeverKnew- I think you are right on here. I think with the spread of information on the internet, there's a need to hurry and "adjust" matters before majority of JWs catch on to what's out there about the org. That way it appears to come from "new light"-instead of the org being exposed by various outside sources.

I was thinking along the same lines. It couldn't be by coincidence that there has been so much focus at the assemblies and conventions about association with Df'd/Da'd family members; Apostates and their use of the internet, TV and personal letters; bad association in general; preparing the heart for trials ahead; resisting doubt; independent thinkers; obey the org at all cost, etc.

This way all basis are covered when "adjustments" are made to "old truths". There's no room to question, doubt, or listen to apostates that put bought to light the organizations flaws.

It's pretty slick if you don't know TTATT because if or when you encounter any such things they've focused on, you view it as, oh thank Jah for the "proper food at the proper time" how loving! Meanwhile the org has known what was coming down the pipeline all along.

I wonder if it could backfire on a larger scale? Right before I started to learn TTATT there was a talk about apostates at an assembly, at first I didn't give it much weight as I didn't know of any, or much about them. I'd just heard stories of them back in the day picketing in front of the KH. But after so much focus at this assembly, I became curious just what's going on that there's is a need to focus on apostates? Well here I am learning TTATT and posting on an apostate site.