Posts by quellycatface

old: what was left by the caterpillar, the locust has eaten; and what was left by the locust, the creeping, unwinged locust has eaten; and what the creeping, unwinged locust has left, the cockroach has eaten.. new: what was left by the devouring locust, the swarming locust has eaten; and what was left by the swarming locust, the unwinged locust has eaten; and what the unwinged locust has left, the voracious locust has eaten.. .

previously the "locusts" have been the anointed, and the locusts being joined by coackroaches has symbolized the anointed being joined by 'other sheep.

quellycatface

Wtf?

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Today I Da'd -Twenty-five years ago. Regrets -some.

by Xanthippe in

yes twenty-five years ago today we sent in our da letter.

some regrets, not about leaving the cult obviously, but sometimes when i read about people slowly fading and keeping in touch with family and friends i wonder if we should have done that.

of course it was before the internet in 1989 so we didn't know about people fading.. one day we were driving along and we had been talking about moving congregations because we knew something was wrong but of course we thought it was local.

quellycatface

What a great story.thanks for sharing.I hope you carry on posting and offering your wise words.

I da'd nearly 3 months ago.every day gets better.no guilt, no avoiding witnesses in case they ask me why I wasn't at the meeting at such and such time.no ministry, no boring personal study, no glad handing people at the Kh I don't really like.letting my hair down.living.life.

Its a wonderful world.

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Two Years of Repentance

by Nosferatu in

jw
friends

this is a story about a (former) elder in my kh.

this was the po for many, many years.

he used to always call me when i didn't turn in my fs report.

quellycatface

It sounds like it's "who you know" and not about genuine forgiveness.

gingerbread, that is a typical story. seen it a few times and it makes me wanna puke.

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Do you pray over your meals? If so why? If not, when did you stop and why?

by BU2B in

jw
friends

to answer my question, no i do not pray over meals anymore exept for when i am with other jws i do a 15 second head bow for appearances sake.

i just came to the realization god had nothing to do with whether i ate or not.

many believers are starving right now whilst many non-believers are eating like kings.. also why should god give me food while he lets little children in dprk concentration camps starve to death.