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  she passed faithful to the end to them!

  by jookbeard in

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  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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  carla

  My condolences on the death of your mum and how you heard about it.
  
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  Memorial talk

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a year ago we visited the kh at last.

  yesterday evening when went to the memorial for family reasons.. the memorial talk was very slick.. there was no mention about the early christian times, no mention about the apostles and disciples.. it was a present day talk only.. the ties to the foundation of christianity were totally absent.

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  carla

  Was it mostly about the org? being faithful to the gb/org? how long did it last? my jw was gone quite awhile. Did anyone at your kh partake?
  
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  JWs as described by Cracked

  by Vidiot in

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  http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-religions-youve-got-all-wrong-because-hollywood/.

  the article describes four different religions (rastafari, jws, amish, and scientology); jws are #3.. the jw entry is pretty accurate (and as usual, funny), but surprisingly doesn't mention the two-witness-rule-related legal troubles the wt has been having lately.

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  carla

  I understand Magnum's and others feelings about the mistake with the 144,000 but as a non jw and talking to many non jw's about the cult you must understand that non jw's cannot wrap their head around jw theology at all. When I tell a non jw about the 144,000 and the paradise earth scenario they will say, "you mean they don't want to go to heaven?!? no, you must mean that 144,000 get to go and the others get stuck on earth?" or something to that effect. They cannot understand that a jw may truly have no desire to go to heaven.
  

  Boggles my mind too.

  Then they start doing the math of only 144,000 and they start asking how that works out? ha, yeah well it doesn't does it? at least in the non jw mind.
  

  The non jw's I refer to either are Christian or have a knowledge of Christianity growing up going to a traditional church of some sort. The jw and Christian view of heaven is miles apart as is their view of God, Christ, etc....
  
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  U.S. Federal Magistrate Judge, the Honorable B. Dwight Goains, a Jehovah's Witness

  by jwleaks in

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  the current sitting u.s. federal magistrate judge, in alpine, texas, is a jehovah's witness and is set to retire on november 9, 2015.. .

  link to news article.

  on november 9, the honorable b. dwight goains will retire from an eight-year term serving as the u.s. magistrate judge in alpine, texas.

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  carla

  I thought jw's look upon the courts (any govt entity) as being part of satan or whatever the correct wording is?
  
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  Has anybody been guilted/emotionally blackmailed into attending the 2015 Memorial?

  by Bucholz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello everybody, i was wondering if anyone has been guilted or emotionally blackmailed into attending the memorial this year.

  something along the lines of "if you loved your family you would at least attend the memorial".

  i myself haven't attended in 5 years.

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  carla

  Does attending once a year provide some sort of jah protection or what? Or does it just make mom feel better?
  
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  Who exactly is an apostate?

  by SonoftheTrinity in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you are a non-believing relative or spouse who is hostile to their doctrine are you an apostate?

  if you studied with them and rang the logical fallacy buzzer for chits and giggles to see how they would react does this make you an apostate?.

  if you are a born in who never got baptised does this make you an apostate?.

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  carla

  I always thought you had to be a baptized member who left to be considered an apostate. You mean this varies from cong to cong?!
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  'If you go to my church this Sunday I will go to yours next Sunday'

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many witnesses would take up that offer if a person at the door asked them?

  if that doesn't scream out "cult"!

  if you know too much about the witnesses then you are an apostate.

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  carla

  Numerous people have made that very deal with my jw including myself. When he first joined up and for a few years after he sometimes said he would but only if the person went to the kh first. Fortunately all of them had been forewarned about jw's lying doctrine and would only agree to go if he went to church first. You can guess how that worked out, no church and no kh for either parties.

  Then he gets arrogant and huffy and says Christians are not allowed to go to a kh but we all tell him we have no desire to go and no church would df someone for going. He does not understand that a person of real faith would not be affected by walking into a kh, mosque, temple or any other religious building or meeting. We just don't want to get his personal cult persona hopes up by our going even once to a kh. Nor do we want or need to experience love bombing first hand.
  
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  What are the Witnesses Afraid Of ?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. friends

  if the witnesses have the truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the bible on sundays and every week have a family worship night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs?

  if they have the truth then nothing can refute it.

  the truth is the truth.

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  carla

  Truth should be able to withstand scrutiny.

  If I had a nickel for every time a non jw asked me why jw's will not read their material (Christian tracks, books, etc...) in exchange for jw literature.........$$$$$ I'd be rich! but then I have to explain the whole thing to them, getting in time, placing litter-ature, and never, ever learning about other opinions from anybody but the gb or else jehoover will be mad at them and they may get zapped out of existence at the big A.
  
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  My first birthday gift to someone

  by Slave4_38y in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i bought my girlfriend a birthday gift yesterday.

  it felt weird.

  i'm 43 years old and have never done this before.

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  carla

  I have to tell you guys that when I talk to non jw's about jw's (holidays, etc..) they find it very sweet that some of you don't know how to wrap or do holidays and when you finally do they are all "aww, that's so cute! good for them! did they enjoy it?" and so on. It is an odd conversation if you think about it.
  
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  My first birthday gift to someone

  by Slave4_38y in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i bought my girlfriend a birthday gift yesterday.

  it felt weird.

  i'm 43 years old and have never done this before.

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  carla

  aww, that's nice! Did you know how to wrap it?