Welcome umbertoecho I too am a woman from Australia, however I was recruited into the cult. I am DF now (letter of DA), it's good to be out of that mad religion. I am done with organized religion. I joined JWN last January and post sometimes. I read almost every day, lots of interesting things and folks on here. Look forward to hearing from you in the future.
Cheers Lozza
re: adjustments to draw close to jehovah.
dear brothers:.
some changes involving our understanding of the meaning of gods name and what it re p- resents have been made to the first chapter of draw close to jehovah.
Seriously I am so glad that I am not involved with this madness anymore. I had a good laugh at flippers comment and others on here. I wonder what next these whack jobs will dream up?
Lozza
just got back from my local store.
two "sisters" completely blanked me.
i just laugh about how shallow and cow-like their actions are.
Yes quelly I know what you mean about shunning, that's how I feel about them as well, the WALKING DEAD. Never a truer word spoken. I have to contend with them now. I wrote my DA letter a couple of months ago now, didn't announce it on here kept quiet about it. I didn't intend to do it as soon as I did but something happened between me and an elder that wasn't resolved appropriately and hastened my departure from that cult. Yippee I too am now free. I had nothing to loose, no family in and certainly no friends in the years I was in.
Lozza
i nearly peeed my pants laughing.
what a good idea though!!!
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Yeh he's go lots of them haha
Lozza
stressed again with my circumstances.
very tiresome, but i need to be positive.
are you an optimistic soul?
Hi Kate can relate to your feelings. Different day same crap. I told someone this little statement and they thought it was funny, talking about roosters. There is a saying that goes Today's rooster tomorrow's feather duster. Meaning a big shot one day and a no body tomorrow, people soon get knocked off their perches quickly.
Take care Lozza xx
have you ever bought anything?.
my favorite commercial is the guy that screams because he's trying to clean his ears!
ahhhhhhggghhhh!!!
I bought the total gym about a year ago. Only trouble is I got to get into a routine of using it regularly. The exercises are good and easy to do, even for an old bird like me who is outta shape. It is the only piece of exercise equipment that ever gave me sore abs, so it works. Expensive though in Australia. Nearly finished paying for it though, just got to get off my butt and get on it lol.
Lozza
so i am at a loose end tonight.
i am not going to the meeting and sitting on the back row looking repentant no way!.
here are some options... care to add some if you wish, help me to decide.. 1. go to the meeting and sit in the middle, reading "einstein and religion" paperback, go in early and stay after the prayer.
Yes when meeting nights come around I am just happy to be at home not going anywhere. Happy at the thought about not getting dressed and sitting through another boring meeting, talking with the friends for fifteens min then heading home. Oh that's if it's not your turn to do the mini clean after the meeting which is something I always hated. Imagine attending a regular church and then find you are shoved into a group and every couple months it's your turn to do the cleaning. Oh and the major clean, forget that. I have enough trouble cleaning my own place without doing it for some organization. This is how these leeches have made billions using free labour. So glad I don't go to meetings anymore. Feeling so free at last, not to mention no field service, another thing I hated about this cult.
Lozza
what would you like people to say about you.
what kind of a life do you want to have lead?
we'll all have regrets but what do you fear yours might be?
Yeh I am with most of you here. I told my family no funeral service for me either. Just cremate and do what they want with the ashes. Funerals are just another money making scam if you ask me. Personally in my case not many people would be attending my funeral so why pay for something no one will be at. I don't have many family members or close friends.
Lozza
1) i thought jehovahs witnesses are very good people.
2) are they good people?.
Too funny outlaw I will remember not to do that
i have learned to stay away from all religion and jehovahs wittness doctrine (that includes the watchtower and awake magazines).
stay away from positions of ministerial servant, pioneer, aux pioneer, elder, and the like.
once you become a full fledged jehovah wittness you are doomed to be unhappy.
Yes I too agree with everything that you wrote about when you become a fully fledged Jehovahs Witness. I regret getting involved with this cult. What ever joy or happiness you may have felt initially is sucked right out of you. From the day of my baptism things went downhill at a fast pace. In fact the day of my baptism I didn't feel right inside, something was telling me not to do it. I guess you call it a gut feeling that turned out to be so right. Just months after being baptised I really felt something was horribly wrong, then I began to investigate these feelings on the internet and sure enough my suspicions were confirmed. I don't go to meetings anymore, I can't handle them. How someone could put up with this garbage for a lifetime is truly beyond my comprehension, 8 long years was enough for me from the first contact to my ending meeting attendance in Oct. The last meeting I attended was the AGM, at least I left with a new bible, which I haven't yet read except for bits and pieces here and there. I recently spoke to someone who left the cult 5 years ago and she spoke of all her doubts, she was in for over 20 years. Anyway she told me that she is out and never going back there again, she's done with them like a lot of folks.
Lozza
