hullo people, well its my first time here so, i wanted to say hi and if any of you guys who pop in here happen to be from australia or even new zealand, please contact me, well if you want, because i know there are heaps of us around who have had the big df and i know a few in the brisbane area, so if you by chance find this note, yes its me and maybe we could get together.
see ya all.
soldier on :)
Prisca & Hippikon,
Thanks for your replies.
Prisca, I'll email you.
I meant to say in my post that 'I'm an ex jw from the Penrith area' meaning that was the area I was in then. I'm on holidays this week and my brain is obviously asleep... I'm in the North Sydney area now.
Sam :)
hullo people, well its my first time here so, i wanted to say hi and if any of you guys who pop in here happen to be from australia or even new zealand, please contact me, well if you want, because i know there are heaps of us around who have had the big df and i know a few in the brisbane area, so if you by chance find this note, yes its me and maybe we could get together.
see ya all.
soldier on :)
Prisca - you're in Sydney? I'm an ex jw from the Penrith area... have been out for NINE years now.
Whereabouts were you when you were a JW?
Sam
hey all,.
if anyone remembers off the top of their head about changes that the 1999 cd-rom from the wts had, vs past cd-roms and/or printed volumes from past awakes/watchtowers....please pass them on to me.. i'll be visiting a friend soon, overseas, that's a loyal jw... we've been talking a bit, and i perceive him to be open minded in that he'll listen to me to a certain extent.
as long as i can provide proof from the wts that they have changed things as their "trooth" changes, maybe he'll open up his mind a bit and realize what's going on.. he's already a bit upset with them, because right after he finished his jail term for refusing millitary service, the wts changed that policy.... cheers,.
Path wrote:
"Maybe refer back to the artical where the Society changed their position on alt military service and how they stated that "some suffered a little more than others because their conscience was stricter" "
Bloody hell! I've been out for nine years, so I missed that article (thankfully, and all their other articles). Anyway, how the hell can they say "suffering a little more than others" - people DIED and were TORTURED for following the BORG's own instruction to avoid military service.
Those old guys in Brooklyn have got a lot to answer for... (yeah, I know, I'm preaching to the choir here)
Sam (once again disgusted by the JW org)
can someone pls help.
is mothers day (& fathers day) celebrated by the jw's?
if it is not, can you provide a scriptural reason for the decision.
plmkrzy
LOL! Gotta agree with this one:
"If you look long and hard enough you can find something bad in everything including being alive."
Yep, you can be disfshipped for that, you know...
Sam :)
can someone pls help.
is mothers day (& fathers day) celebrated by the jw's?
if it is not, can you provide a scriptural reason for the decision.
Celia,
Yeah, I'll probably do that anyway. It's just hard dealing with relatives who are JW's - so many things you are not supposed to say or do. I have to modify my behaviour for them them, and honor their choices (ie being part of that religion), but they make no allowances for me, and my choices. So it's painful... anyway, I won't get started on that!
Cheers
Sam
can someone pls help.
is mothers day (& fathers day) celebrated by the jw's?
if it is not, can you provide a scriptural reason for the decision.
Hi Celia,
Thanks for the answer. I couldn't remember - but I thought it was something like that. I asked because here in Australia it is Mothers Day tomorrow (12th May) and I feel bad about not calling my mother, but I know I'll bug her if I call and say 'Happy Mothers Day' if she doesn't celebrate it.
I was a JW, a long, long time ago, so most of that information has (thankfully) gone from my brain...
Cheers
Sam :)
can someone pls help.
is mothers day (& fathers day) celebrated by the jw's?
if it is not, can you provide a scriptural reason for the decision.
Can someone pls help. Is Mothers Day (& Fathers Day) celebrated by the JW's? If it is not, can you provide a scriptural reason for the decision.
Many thanks.
Sam
