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  Is arguing good?

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  just wanted opinions regarding having arguments.

  my usual take on someone i love wronging me is to be forgiving and not argue about it.

  i wondering if thats not the most healthy way of dealing with matters.

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  Just wanted opinions regarding having arguments.

  My usual take on someone I love wronging me is to be forgiving and not argue about it. I wondering if thats not the most healthy way of dealing with matters. Maybe to have a good argument (for constructive purposes) is actually beneficial to a relationship, to air your views and let them know how it makes you feel etc. Obviously the objective is to get past it and make things right again.

  Ok I admit it i'm having a bad day here, feeling fed up, just want to bury my head in the sand, sit at home watching mindless drivel on tv...

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  Disappointment over a lie being told to you from a loved one

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  i feel disappointed that a lie has been told to me by a loved one.

  i dont feel like spelling out all the in and outs of the matter here.

  i just wanted to tell someone.

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  I feel disappointed that a lie has been told to me by a loved one. I dont feel like spelling out all the in and outs of the matter here. I just wanted to tell someone.
  

  I realise I am capable of doing things wrong, so I dont want to be all judgemental about it, its just when someone insists you be honest with them and then they deliberately tell you a lie and after you find out, there is little by way of remorse, more defence of the reasons why, its quite upsetting.

  I guess I just needed to write how it makes me feel, thank you for listening.

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  what i hate the most

  by aoxo in

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  what i hate the most about being a witness is having to wear suits all the time.

  especialy out in service in hot weather.

  but i miss seeing all those sisters in those tight controversial dresses.

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  Arrogant presumptions made by the FDS that they are 'the one'. And that things they say are 'loving provisions from Jehovah'. Example: The allowance to count time in 15 mins, this was hailed as another loving provision from Jehovah, I was thinking where the heck does it say in the bible we should count our time! At the time I thought these poor older ones have been made to feel bad because they didnt do enough time to count - now I realise the primary reason is more likely to be more publishers and time to include on annual reports, if indeed we can believe any of the figures represent the true picture.

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  Funeral Practice

  by Sus in

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  hey there, i was wondering if anyone could help me, last week one of my closest friends passed away in argentina, he been an ex-jehovah witness, but his family still practice as witnesses, is there any conduct in which you should attend a jehovah witness funeral, as i am unsure and would not like to do anything inapproriate?

  also are flowers acceptable as gifts to members of his family?

  any help of information would be grately apprectiated.

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  Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend
  If you are familiar with Witness Meetings then no nothing different to them. If you are unfamiliar, the men dress in suits, women wear dresses or skirt and top. Bible and song book and you've got a witness funeral, which is often a recruiting drive for non believers and less about the person - though not always. Seeing as you are not a witness you can do as you feel is appropriate, I see no reason why you cant take along gift/flowers.
  

  
  
  Welcome to the forum and hope you come back to be part of the community
  

  
  
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  Engagement party - not invited

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  ok i'm not at all surprised to not be invited to my sisters engagement party as she is a jw and i'm df.

  i was telling my girlfriend about it and she was shocked that as a family member i wouldn't be involved.

  she already knows that as far as a wedding goes i'll probably be invited to the ceremony but not reception and that i'll be shunned at the kingdom hall, but i think the fact that the engagement is at my parents place she was so surprised that someone is so cut off from family things when in an unapproved status as per the wts.. like most people who have never been a witness, they don't realise how mental the whole thing is until they witness it.

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  I was unable to get online yesterday to see all your replies, but I must say how nice it is to recieve such love and encouragement from everyone, just wanted to say a big thank you to all who responded.

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  Engagement party - not invited

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  ok i'm not at all surprised to not be invited to my sisters engagement party as she is a jw and i'm df.

  i was telling my girlfriend about it and she was shocked that as a family member i wouldn't be involved.

  she already knows that as far as a wedding goes i'll probably be invited to the ceremony but not reception and that i'll be shunned at the kingdom hall, but i think the fact that the engagement is at my parents place she was so surprised that someone is so cut off from family things when in an unapproved status as per the wts.. like most people who have never been a witness, they don't realise how mental the whole thing is until they witness it.

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  Ok I'm not at all surprised to not be invited to my sisters engagement party as she is a JW and I'm DF. I was telling my girlfriend about it and she was shocked that as a family member I wouldn't be involved. She already knows that as far as a wedding goes i'll probably be invited to the ceremony but not reception and that i'll be shunned at the kingdom hall, but I think the fact that the engagement is at my parents place she was so surprised that someone is so cut off from family things when in an unapproved status as per the WTS.

  Like most people who have never been a witness, they don't realise how mental the whole thing is until they witness it. In fact i have been advised to go to the wedding by posters here to show unbelievers how they treat someone who decides to leave the borganisation.

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  Without failing, no living / learning

  by digglina in

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  i came to think of the fact that i've always been afraight to fail and this made living freely very difficult.

  since i stopped going to meetings and especially since i admitted to myself that i'm no longer a 'true believer' i feel i can make mistakes and learn from them.

  i feel more 'alive' because of that.

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  I have to say this topic strikes a cord with me, I have certainly found being immature in making choices has had its difficulties, it feels like your going through your teens and 20's again. The great thing is that without the guilt you can make mistakes and learn from them. It also helps your self confidence to grow again as you see the rewards of experience.

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  A wake up call to those spiritually asleep.

  by The Scotsman in

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  i say live and let live.

  we all need to make our own decisons in life but ---------

  this site is full of moaners!!!

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  The Scotsman wrote:

  Are the faithful and discreet slave wrong about –

  70 weeks of years.

  Gentile times.

  The image of Nebuchadnezzar dream.

  The king of the North and South.

  That these are the last days.

  Jesus died on a “Stake”.

  The trinity is pagan in origin.

  Gods Kingdom set up in 1914.

  Armageddon is Gods war.

  Paradise awaits the righteous.

  144000 go to heaven.

  Resurrection to Earth for most.

  Everlasting life for faithful humans.

  The fall of Babylon the Great.

  I have yet to see any proof that they are right on any of these points, for instance the date of 1914 how do you get to that date? Oh yes its by adding to Daniels account and counting back from 1914 to 607. Babylon the Great has fallen you say? Funny how its still growing with new supporters - take Muslims for example. 144000 go to heaven? Have any contacted you from that realm?

  I imagine your only here to try and stir things up, and how christian of you to turn the other cheek

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  Other 'superstitions' of JWs (other than fortune cookies)

  by Jim_TX in

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  well... the 'fortune cookie' thread got me to thinking about all of the silly things that my mom (and the jws) did when i was growing up.. it has been a while, and so i know that i won't be able to remember all of them.. my mom refused to buy a soft drink named 'sprite' - as its' logo included a small impish-looking fella (a sprite) that wore a bottlecap for a hat.

  she claimed it was deemunz.. my mom hesitated to buy fried chicken at a place named 'church's fried chicken', as she wasn't sure if the name meant 'religion', or was a person's last name.. my mom refused to shop at salvation army - cause it would be supporting another religion.. the folks at the local kingdom hall came down hard on my mom cause one of my sisters wore a cute little 'sailor's dress'... it had boat anchors, and other 'sailor' emblems on the buttons, that were considered 'militaristic' by the powers-that-be at the local kh.

  (i'm not sure if my mom put on different buttons, or scrapped the dress entirely.

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  Red smarties! for beetle blood used in colour i think?

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  Weird Topic!

  by 5thGeneration in

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  worst thing anyone you knew in "the truth" did.. mine is an ms i played sports with df'd for bestiality!

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  Lol talking about what people have got up to reminds me of being a witness! How we loved a scandal!

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