Just Got Home From JW Funeral At KH

by Undecided 8 Replies latest jw friends

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  Undecided

  You might not believe this but I had a very enjoyable visit. The bro. who gave the memoral did very good. He read a memorial from one of her granddaughters, it was very touching. It was not so impersonal as most are. I had known this bro. when I was a teenager, didn't recognize him until someone told me who he was. He was in bethel with his brother(who is dead now) back in the early 50s and would visit our family when on vacation.(I had some girl cousins they liked) I saw so many of my cousins that I haven't seen in years and many other JWs that I liked way back in the sixtes. I had studied with the sister who died and her husband. I sat with a couple that I had brought into the borg. also. They were really nice to me. Darn, I better stay away from there. I think it may be one of the more loving congregations. I never was mistreated while a JW, just worked to death.

  Ken P.
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  garybuss

  Glad it went good Ken. I was treated terrible by the Witness people. Now they call me and then hang up. They used to leave threats on my phone answering machine until I got caller ID.
  
  Here if one of my relatives dies they don't put the notice in the paper until a week AFTER the funeral or memorial service. When my cousin died I wasn't told until three months later.
  
  
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  diamondblue1974

  You might not believe this but I had a very enjoyable visit. The bro. who gave the memoral did very good. He read a memorial from one of her granddaughters, it was very touching. It was not so impersonal as most are. I had known this bro. when I was a teenager, didn't recognize him until someone told me who he was. He was in bethel with his brother(who is dead now) back in the early 50s and would visit our family when on vacation.(I had some girl cousins they liked) I saw so many of my cousins that I haven't seen in years and many other JWs that I liked way back in the sixtes. I had studied with the sister who died and her husband. I sat with a couple that I had brought into the borg. also. They were really nice to me. Darn, I better stay away from there. I think it may be one of the more loving congregations. I never was mistreated while a JW, just worked to death.

  I am glad it went well for you; the loss of a friend is bad enough but it can be made worse when you are treated badly as well.

  DB74
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  Mary

  Garybuss said: Now they call me and then hang up. They used to leave threats on my phone answering machine until I got caller ID.

  What the heck???!! Why are Witnesses phoning you and threatening you Gary?? Did you buy a 2-door car? Or is it that beard??
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  garybuss

  Mary, The threats came when I had a recorded massage line going and the local daily paper did an interview and my picture happened to appear on the front page of the paper holding a 100 year old end time book the Watch Tower printed.
  
  I received several threatening messages, and lots of "God's gonna git ya" type messages. The last Witness to call was some guy named Thurman I think. He called me and he hung up on me. Very rude dude!
  
  
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  Super_Becka

  Hi Ken,

  I'm glad the memorial went smoothly, I was worried that you were going to have a rough time of it. I'm glad that it wasn't too uncomfortable for you.

  I'm also glad that you're wary of the love that these people showed to you - it may have been legitimate, honest-to-goodness, straight-from-the-heart love, or it may have been angled to bring you back into the fold.

  I'm sorry for your loss, and I'm glad that the JWs didn't make it any harder for you than it had to be.

  -Becka :)
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  IronClaw

  Glad it was an easy go Ken.

  Gary, are these christian people we are talking about here? WOW.
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  Undecided

  Just remembered a few typical JW remarks the speaker said at the memorial. He said we were so close to the end we should follow her(the sister who died) example. She was in a wheel chair for years and continued to use every oportunity to preach the good news to others. The condition of the world shows just how close the end is. He also mentioned to be loyal to the organization. I've heard this so many times when I was a JW that it didn't even bother me. It seemed as if it was part of my mental dementia. Scary.

  Well at least it doesn't throw me into a tantrum of hate like It would them if they knew my real apostate thinking.

  Ken P.
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  jgnat

  I'm really glad it went well for you, undecided. It wouldn't take much for the organization to be more attractive, would it? A matter of simple attention and care.