Posts by ozziepost

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Patterson on the line: Watchtower claims that paying cash bond would cause immediate irreparable harm and hardship

by cedars in

a new article for those who are interested.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/patterson-on-the-line-watchtower-claims-that-paying-cash-bond-would-cause-immediate-irreparable-harm-and-hardship.

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cedars.

ozziepost

There is no rule on this forum that requires me to state my occupation.

Because there isn’t one ?

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Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?

by stan livedeath in

a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).

ozziepost

Mother shuns me 37 years now as well as an uncle and his wife.

Hi Lee,

When I first read this I thought “sheesh, how could they hate so long” but then I realised my own family shunning is 25+ years.

So for me every relative, whether children, siblings or whatever share in this hate cult towards me.

How sad for them that they are in bondage, i pray that they will eventually know true christian freedom.

Cheers,

Ozzie 🍷

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Becoming a JW

by Mum in

jw
friends

i rarely post here, but i often check in.

i used to post on h2o as well.

i think i once posted some of this on h2o, but there are many new ones who have joined since then.. i first encountered jw's at the age of 9. it wasn't in the door-to-door work, however.

ozziepost

My dear late wife (Mrs Ozzie) had a good friend who was a former Gilead missionary who continually was looking for “new truths” in the pages of the Watchtower magazine. So she earnestly read ‘between the lines’ looking for new insights, being ready to announce to us less gifted some new ‘gem’ straight from on high.

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A Great Life After Leaving

by Lost in the fog in

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/shunned-jehovahs-witnesses-life-now-7613921.

ozziepost

Freedom !!!

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Becoming a JW

by Mum in

jw
friends

i rarely post here, but i often check in.

i used to post on h2o as well.

i think i once posted some of this on h2o, but there are many new ones who have joined since then.. i first encountered jw's at the age of 9. it wasn't in the door-to-door work, however.

ozziepost

new boy: I will be 74 on November 1, 2022, almost 80.

Did we ever think we’d be able to say that when we were “in” ?

I always told my kids I’d never get old but now I’m here, I gotta say, it aches !!!

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Next time a jw says "the end is sooo close now"

by nowwhat? in

say this.

with what's going on the world does it look like they are going to proclaim peace and security anytime soon?!

or was the organization wrong again about the end times?.

ozziepost

No and Yes

Next.

😀🍷

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Becoming a JW

by Mum in

jw
friends

i rarely post here, but i often check in.

i used to post on h2o as well.

i think i once posted some of this on h2o, but there are many new ones who have joined since then.. i first encountered jw's at the age of 9. it wasn't in the door-to-door work, however.

ozziepost

I rarely post here, but I often check in. I used to post on H2O as well. I think I once posted some of this on H2O

Well G’day Mum ! I remember you from h2o days. So much has happened since those ‘early days’!

Good to ‘hear’ from you again. As we say Downunder, owyergoin ? I hope life has been good for you these past years. I’m sure your story will help many.

Cheers,

Ozzie 🍷 (still of the shiraz class)

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which Translation Now?

by enoughisenough in

for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

why?.

ozziepost

ESV which we irreverently refer to downunder as the “Eastern Suburbs Version”!

At church we, like most here Downunder, use the NIV

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More money and meeting with 3 elders

by Foolednomore in

jw
friends

so, we had this meeting with 3 elders ( larry, moe and curly) my uncle who is the lawyer sat in the room and stayed quiet, and fact for 40 minutes we let them talk.

we would just sit there.

they went into along winded monolog about how the world is in bad shape and getting worst.