How do they handle a jw death with a ubm spouse? Would they have a service/memorial regardless of what the family wants? would they show up at a service held by the family?
Posts by carla
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42Would You Go To A Memorial Service For A JW )if you were no longer attending the KH)?
by minimus insome of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.
so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.
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Manmade rules
by Jrjw ini was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.
it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.
i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.
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carla
Stories like this have been posted on and off through the years and I personally like hearing them because it just further proves my belief that the whole damn org is nuts.
When my jw first joined up and we were still discussing anything jw related I would tell him some of these stories and he claimed (as he always does) that they are just apostate lies to make the borg look bad and make it sound insane. I say, "walks like a duck....."
If you look at what he is actually saying, I guess he is agreeing that those stories are nuts and if true would rock his world too much to consciously know that all of it is insane and nothing more than man made rules that have nothing to do with God.
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An Active JW Sister Modelling For Me
by pale.emperor insince leaving the borg i jumped both feet first into classes i've always wanted to do but was never "allowed" to.
two of which are life drawing and photography.
i've been studying for almost two years now and have seen more nude men and women in our classes than i care to remember.. today in the photography studio i was working in with three others (two women, one man) we were told we had a new person modelling for us.
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carla
I'm sure if I told my jw about this story he would say "she's not a real jw".
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Old Light - New Light
by Vanderhoven7 interry walstrom posted this exceptional link on another thread.
i think it so amazing that it should have a thread of its own so everyone can have clear and easy access to the document.
terry wrote:.
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carla
Thanks!
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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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carla
"Dr Phil doesnt really know the correct pronunciation and keeps using the title "Jehovah Witness" to signify the group (plural)."- That is how everybody I know pronounces it (non jw naturally) John is a jehovah witness, he is a big jehovah (meaning zealous), the jehovahs were in the neighborhood today, three jehovah's came to the door and so on. I don't think most have even caught on to the term 'jw's' to signify the group.
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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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carla
While I agree that Dr Phil will not be the catalyst to bring down the jw's and I personally do not watch his show or those like it on a regular basis, it will show some a little bit how the jw's work and are a cult/high control group. There was a clip where Dr Phil said something to the effect that if one member of the family was not welcome somewhere then he wouldn't go, and would not tolerate the shunning of his wife.......
Most people still know very little about jw's. They annoy us on Sat morn, don't salute the flag and don't take blood. If they know that much.
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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today
by ShirleyW in"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.
i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.
i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..
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carla
I haven't seen the entire show yet but from the website
https://www.drphil.com/videos/man-says-hell-remain-with-religious-organization-despite-wife-leaving/
the woman still seems blinded and maybe the husband is a pedophile? There have been 7 reports on this family. He was 'babysitting' and she came in and his zipper was down but then claimed he had just gone to the bathroom and that was the reason his fly was down. All big misunderstanding. I'm not a guy but most guys remember to zip up from what I can tell. Every now and again I guess the barn door is left open but the fact that there have 7 other reports on this family is suspicious.
Isn't it odd that the elders were the ones to report to child services?
Even if he is not a pedophile and they cooperate with the authorities and get the kids back their lives will never be the same with her becoming an apostate and him staying in.
Poor kids.
The only good from this story is that the jw's are in the news once again in a negative light.
Will he get in trouble for going on this show and bringing 'reproach' upon the org?
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Tuxedo
by Phoebe indo you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.
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carla
Oh, nothing more than a modern day Vatican then?
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What Will The Future Hold For Jehovah's Witnesses
by VW.org inas descibed by the title here is a link to reddit of a what i believe is a powerful post with heaps of information.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ovq5o/watchtowers_decline_what_will_the_future_hold_for/?utm_source=reddit-android.
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carla
Excellent post and I hope the poster is right!
Can anyone explain the database number thing? each jw will have a number assigned to them? like the mark of the beast?
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Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!
by dropoffyourkeylee inmade a visit to warwick recently.
i’ll try to get some pics posted..
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carla
One would think they would at least have a few mags on the end tables.