I have witnessed a few individuals who passed away, and the extreme pain they were in, but the one that sticks out the most in my memory was my friend's father. His cancer had totally wrecked him to the point to get relieved that he actually had both his legs and arms amputated. First, it was his legs, and then a short time later it was his arms. Neither of those did any good in relieving his pain. He suffered greatly for a couple of months after that till he finally passed away. No matter how much drugs they put in him, it did nothing to bring him relief. He wanted to die, but his family would not hear of it, they wanted to keep him alive and with them as long as they could. So yes, I feel that it should be up to the person when they would want to die.
Tameria2001
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Dignified Death...Assisted Dying Your Views
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara indignity in dying,assisted dying...your views.
the royalcollege of pysicians (rcp) has dropped its 13 year opposition to the concept of helping terminally .
ill patients die.
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How many faithful old JW`s are now living in Christendoms retirement homes not being cared for by the religion they gave their life for.
by smiddy3 init must be pointed out in favour of christendoms religions that they do not discriminate against people regarding their religious beliefs.
many old age jehovah`s witnesses are residents of christendoms age care homes.. isn`t this a conunudrum ?
they, jw`s condemn christendom as part of the world empire of false religion and they cast off their old faithful members to their enemy christendom , to look after them without lifting a finger themselves.. in the meantime they are raking in millions of dollars $$$$ in selling off real estate properties in new york and elsewhere around the world.
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Tameria2001
My in-laws (hubby's parents) bought their home in 1992, it was already an older home. They did nothing as far setting up something for a home warranty, or save for any future repair cost. In 2002, her father died and did leave her some inheritance, but they didn't set any of that money aside for this. They were absolutely sure that their new system would be here before now. As it is, their well has dried up, and their roof needs to be replaced, and they are totally broke. I might be a bad person for saying this, but I don't feel sorry for them.
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Do you have a Facebook account, important message
by Tameria2001 ini'm not sure where to put this under, but i got a message from my anti-virus service.
they were informing me that facebook left everyone's password open for any employee of facebook to see.
they strongly recommended people to change their password to their facebook account.
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I'm not sure where to put this under, but I got a message from my anti-virus service. They were informing me that Facebook left everyone's password open for any employee of Facebook to see. They strongly recommended people to change their password to their Facebook account. They said Facebook is supposed to send out an e-mail to inform people of this, but I have not heard a word from Facebook. I just wanted to pass this message to everyone here.
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JWs - Followers of Men - 100% Proof
by BourneIdentity infor those that are convinced they are not following man, but jehovah, this example is 100% proof they follow men.
if they twist this to say they don't follow man, well, there is no hope for them.. the bible is very clear to honor your father and mother, it was and is so important, it's listed as one of the 10 commandments.
when that parent leaves the truth, either due to disassociation or being disfellowshipped, the child shuns them for life.
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They will just turn around and use the scripture at Matthew 10:35-37
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Is it OK to teach your children that Homosexuality is wrong?
by Thomasdam ini know a few family's who have left the cult but send their kids to a religious school because of the public schools teaching many times that homosexuality is ok. the bible is clear that its a sin.
there is no just love each other and its all ok. i don't believe in the bible or any religion.
i have a niece who came out as gay and i told her i don't care.
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Tameria2001
This subject came up with both of my boys while they were still in high school. My eldest had a friend who, when she came out to her parents about this, they were extremely hateful to her, and called her a few choice words. My son witnessed this awful thing happen to his friend, so he was wondering how his father and I would handle the same situation and asked us about it. At first, he didn't tell us this but asked us how we would feel if he said that he was gay. We both told him that it didn't matter to us whom he chooses to be involved with, because he is our son, and we would love and support him regardless of his decision. It was then he told us about his friend and her parents. It was so bad that the girl nearly committed suicide. There is NOTHING in this world that would ever cause me to turn my back on my own children, including this.
My parents, on the other hand, is a completely different story. My mother has the typical JW attitude about it, and my dad (not a JW) hates them with a passion, and I was raised up with this. My dad's sister actually went to prison for murdering a lesbian when she was younger, that is how extreme my dad's side of the family views this.
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Is my situation unique ?
by Steel inso ubm here.
i have a jw wife who in 10 years of marriage i have never seen actually read the bible, never given a witness to me, never had a biblical discussion.
for a number of years now hardly even reads the magazines.
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I'd say probably say there are quite a few as well. I say this because if they actually took the time to read the bible in it's complete context, and not taking it out of context like the Watchtower tells it, they would see very quickly how bogus things really are. While I was still a JW, I never read the bible from Genesis to Revelation, but I did after I left it. All of it except for the genealogy part, that always makes my eyes gloss over, and I really don't care to know who the father and son were of So and So.
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When did jws start viewing the "worldly" as bad associates?
by nowawake14 inany of you that had been in the organization for decades are welcome to answer.
really, who started this craziness?.
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I don't know who started this, but I remember back in the late 1980s I would constantly hear this. They really aimed this at the teens, or at least it seemed that way to me. There was one time down in southern Oklahoma, there was a congregation that I attended, had some real issues with cliques, and I was not part of the group. There were pretty close to 15 other teens there, but none of them would have anything to do with me. So I made friends at school, and none of them were "good association" aka JWs. Most of the time they didn't give me any mind, other than doing a total avoidance of me. But one time I decided to hang out with a girl from school who was a smoker, and there was a designated smoking area for the teens at school (1984). At the very next meeting I attended, all of a sudden I had several people asking me why I was hanging out in the area with bad association and a bunch of other crap. When I was a teen I had no desire to smoke, drink, or do drugs, and not because I was a JW, just because it never interested me. I told them point blank, that their good little JW children would avoid me, so what did they expect me to do. I wasn't baptized at the time, and no desire to become one, so there wasn't much they could do to me. It was funny because at the next meeting I got a huge "love bombing" from those snotty @SS JW brats with the next meeting, then the next meeting after that it was back to the normal avoidance.
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Well about as I can be for someone going through Menopause.
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HELP! - Asking for Baptism photos for university art/personal documentation project (they will not be published or made public)
by AGoodPigeon ini'm new here, but i've been an ex-witness since 2015 (not disfellowshipped, faded and inactive but no longer believing) and i'm working on an art/personal project gathering the bapstism photos of many different ex-witnesses.
i am asking that anyone who feels comfortable with it send me (private message me) their photos that they or others took on the day of their baptism (before, after, or during).
i will not post these online anywhere or publish them.
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Tameria2001
Zeb, where were you baptized at, if you don't mind me asking? I was in Witchita, Kansas, summer of 1987. There was a little girl sitting next to me who was extremely young who was getting baptized.
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HELP! - Asking for Baptism photos for university art/personal documentation project (they will not be published or made public)
by AGoodPigeon ini'm new here, but i've been an ex-witness since 2015 (not disfellowshipped, faded and inactive but no longer believing) and i'm working on an art/personal project gathering the bapstism photos of many different ex-witnesses.
i am asking that anyone who feels comfortable with it send me (private message me) their photos that they or others took on the day of their baptism (before, after, or during).
i will not post these online anywhere or publish them.
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Tameria2001
I don't have any photos of my time as a JW, other than my wedding pictures, and a couple of baby pictures. When I left the JWs, I very angry at everyone associated with that organization that I personally knew, I ended up mailing almost all my pictures to my biological mother, that had anything with her in it. That was after I got the most hateful letter from that bi*ch, I was making a huge statement, and I told her so in a not so friendly letter, and she got the message loud and clear. It was very therapeutic.