Posts by KiddingMe

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RIP dad, who introduced me to this fairytail of everlastin life and paradise :(

by Frezia in

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less than 5 hours ago my great dad fell asleep the last time :( still in a bit of a shock and sad that i will not see him again...i promised myself that once he is here no more, i will somehow make my move out of this organisation who kept us all captive believing in a fantasy of an everlasting life :( i am in a tricky situation, since raised as jw, still in, married to an active jw, and pretty sure that all in my social and family circle will turn their backs on me if i finally say goodbye to a fairytail ;(.

KiddingMe

I am sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

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CBC: Jehovah's Witness shunning court case shines spotlight on rare practice

by Simon in

jehovah's witness shunning court case shines spotlight on rare practice.

hutterites, first nations among groups that have used shunning and banishment.

by dave dormer, cbc news posted: sep 19, 2016 6:30 pm mt .

KiddingMe

Thanks for posting Simon!

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Mouthy's Funeral (video)

by mouthys_other_granddaughter in

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for those interested, this is the video of mouthy's (grace) funeral from september 8, 2016. https://youtu.be/yvmiwo0ycds.

thanks again everybody for the kind words about her - she will be sorely missed by our family as i know she will be by many of you too!

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KiddingMe

Thanks for sharing this. My condolences to your family.

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How to Fade - The Basics!

by The Searcher in

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this really works.

i've already applied the basics of this with one elder who "offered" us a shepherding visit.

we've been totally ignored since!!!

KiddingMe

Great advice. I also like the idea of playing the stumbled card and switching to a nearby hall.

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Mouthy has Passed Away

by Simon in

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update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

- may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.

KiddingMe

I am sorry to hear this. My condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed.

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The UK WTS companies' accounts documents for 2015 are currently available to download and here's information plus links

by AndersonsInfo in

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the uk wts companies' documents for 2015 are currently free to download from the uk government's companies house website.

the person who sent me this information said that it appears they are testing a new form of the website, so access to documents may in the future revert to a pay per file system.

therefore, he advises getting copies of documents as soon as possible, as he doesn’t know when the testing phase will finish.

KiddingMe

Thanks Barbara.

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Dissenters in Watchtower History: Differing Departures

by slimboyfat in

i'm reading an excellent book about defectors from the mormon church called differing visions: dissenters in mormon history.

through a collection of essays from many academic authors it looks at the life stories of dissenters and reasons for departure, as well as analysing the impact of their dissent on the church itself.

fascinating stuff and makes me wish there was a similar volume looking at the key dissenters from jws/watchtower and the impact they had.

KiddingMe

Marking to read later, as I didnt catch this thread the first time around.

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The Elders want to meet with me and the hubby... Lol lol lol

by Sevan in

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so the elders called wanting to meet with me and my husband.

most likely because i told a concerned jw friend of mine that i really care about that i wasn't coming back and a couple of the issues i had.

i didn't bring up any so-called "apostate" information, just told her about the australian royal commission and that there are a lot of unscriptural teachings and that the gb apply scriptures that are about jehovah and jesus to themselves, which is idolatry.

KiddingMe

My apologies Snare&Racket, I tried to select the "like" button but mistakenly selected "dislike".

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Listing Bros cv's in their intro

by purrpurr in

at the assembly i noticed something new and disturbing.

when a brother is introduced before a talk the audience is now given their life history/ major accomplishments .. "brother arsehole who served at bethal for five years, pioneered in the foreign language territory for ten years, is an elder in x congregation and serves in the construction projects blah blah blah".

this puffing up never used to happen?

KiddingMe

I also see many younger (almost average) brothers giving parts or contributing in some way from the platform.

There was a time when it was mostly the heavy weights from the circuit giving parts, but now they have so many short parts, it seems they are opening it up for more brothers to give parts.

At least 4 of the newer brothers that gave parts, we use to hang with. They arent doing anything special. I wonder if it somehow brings the level of control down notch, because these brothers now have a higher level of responsibility to uphold within the congregation, so to speak and JW's look up to them a little differently.

It's all about status and the titles, accomplishments etc, it puts them up on a pedestal.

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Listing Bros cv's in their intro

by purrpurr in

at the assembly i noticed something new and disturbing.

when a brother is introduced before a talk the audience is now given their life history/ major accomplishments .. "brother arsehole who served at bethal for five years, pioneered in the foreign language territory for ten years, is an elder in x congregation and serves in the construction projects blah blah blah".

this puffing up never used to happen?

KiddingMe

I noticed this as well. It seems in the past, they may have listed the congregation or if they were from Bethel but now they are stating the amount of time they pioneered and any other accomplishments.

It stood out to me because it was like they were trailing off a list for some brothers.