I imagined Prince to be a pretty articulate man, so the alleged fact he didn't have a will fills me with a combination of surprise, shock & horror. I'm not versed in legalities nor Prince's faith, but with a question mark hanging over Paisley Park's future, can anyone confirm if the JW faith can make a claim on Paisley Park as an asset of the deceased?

I don't know but according to a couple of JWs I talked to they said his faith may be why he didn't leave one and referred me to the JW.org site but I never looked it up.

RiotPaisley said:

I don't know but according to a couple of JWs I talked to they said his faith may be why he didn't leave one and referred me to the JW.org site but I never looked it up.

This I do not understand as JWs are encouraged to have "their house in order" to look after their loved ones if they pass and even encouraged to consider leaving a portion to the Watchtower Society as way of donations...........maybe someone can clarify?

Treacle2267 said:

I imagined Prince to be a pretty articulate man, so the alleged fact he didn't have a will fills me with a combination of surprise, shock & horror. I'm not versed in legalities nor Prince's faith, but with a question mark hanging over Paisley Park's future, can anyone confirm if the JW faith can make a claim on Paisley Park as an asset of the deceased?

I don't know alot about the religion but I do know that they can't legally make a claim on his estate unless they have something to back it up....a contract or some type of legal document.

RiotPaisley said:

I don't know but according to a couple of JWs I talked to they said his faith may be why he didn't leave one and referred me to the JW.org site but I never looked it up.

This isn't true, JW encourage you to have life insurance and a will so the family can honor your wishes.

purpleforeverlove said:

Interesting. I was walking to a hotel in Vegas and ran into these two and we just started chatting. They were there cuz the guy had work conference. We were actually on the way to the Rio. Anyway we exchanged basic biographical info and then asked what kind of music is was into. I told them and then said I was actually pretty upset at the moment for losing Prince. And then she said oh I didn't really know about him but Ive read the stuff online and it makes me mad they are saying such awful things about him. And then she asked how I thought he died and I said "my interpretation of events, he needed a hip but he was a Jehovahs Witness," and they both were like "so are we!" And I was like ooooh... And I said well I think he was refusing the replacement and just using meds to get through cuz Y'all aren't down with the blood transfusions. I probably said something about being shocked he didn't have a will. And we continued chatting about my job and we were just arriving at the hotel and wrapping up the convo and the guy told me to check out their website to see why he may not have left a will...

So. I don't know. I think I googled it but didn't spend much time digging.

I just read all the 141 rules...I feel sick, and found nothing about wills. Jeez!

141 Rules of What?

Astasheiks said:

Go to

http://thejehovahswitness...ant-do.php

And see for yourself

Or go to www.jw.org if you want to know what they actually believe and not what others claim to know about them. The so-called 141 rules are bogus.

Indeed there is no reason in his faith why he would not have a will. Perhaps they meant because he as a Witnees would be more concerned with spiritual things than material stuff, but still a will or some other kind of plan would be advised from the organisation of JW. I was just listening to Money don't matter and he makes some good points about making sure your soul's alright before worrying about money. It is, however, a private matter, and since he had no-one depending on him like children or a spouse, he really had no urgent need to worry about what happened after he died.

There is no way the JW organisation could get anything unless he's stated that somewhere for instance in a will. No way. The entire organisation is run solely on voluntary contributions.

Bunsterdk said:

Oh, I thought thejehovawitnesses.com was a valid source. As you can see I'm not familiar with it.

rightbluecheek said:

No worries, you couldn't know, friend. :-)

But jw.org and any other resources listed there are the only legit sources of information on Prince's chosen faith. They really do answer most of the questions and issues brought up in this forum, so anyone wondering about his faith will find a lot of information there that'll help them understand it and perhaps him better.

Bunsterdk said:

Thanks for the info

Telling peeps to go to the website sounds a bit like a ploy to get people learn more about the faith. As is their mission anyways.. And when its said his faith is why he didnt leave a will,i interpreted as he didnt WANT to feel obligated to leave them anything or hadnt decided if or how much he should leave.Maybe he thought he was generous enough to them in his lifetime....

RachB65 said:

Telling peeps to go to the website sounds a bit like a ploy to get people learn more about the faith. As is their mission anyways.. And when its said his faith is why he didnt leave a will,i interpreted as he didnt WANT to feel obligated to leave them anything or hadnt decided if or how much he should leave.Maybe he thought he was generous enough to them in his lifetime....

And the problem with learning more about their religion would be what, exactly?

Nobody's going to force you to become one -- learn some things, it won't kill you.

RachB65 said:

Uhm, why would you view pointing people to the correct official website of any organisation instead of false ones as a ploy? Take it or leave it,that is entirely up to you. It won't make any difference either way for me, I promise you.

I can only answer for myself, but I describe it as his faith because he himself did so and I really don't want to second guess anyone's faith. That's not up to me. He chose to stay in that organisation up till the end and that is all I need to know. Some want to understand where he's coming from with that and they can go to the website if they want. Or not. :-)

I wouldn't know why he didnt leave a will. Since he could just leave JW out of it without any problems I can't follow your reasoning, but that's fine. We can agree to disagree.