I remember when King George the V1 died I was 13 YO it was night time in Australia and I asked my dad "the king has died what`s gonna happen now ? He replied ",nothing will change don`t worry someone else will replace him life will go on the same as always."
I wouldn`t be a bit surprised if the Commonweath starts to disintegrate now that Charles has become king .
Queen Elizabeth11 , R.I.P. She was one of a kind.
just wanted to say hey.
i’m in australia.
i’ve just woken up… i’m disfellowshipped and finding it hard without family although i do have one sister who isn’t interested in the truth, so that’s good… at least i can talk to her.
Welcome Chickenlips ( where or why did you come up with that name ? LOL ) I first saw your post a few days ago and gave it a miss ,I wonder why ? lol.
Yes I`m an Aussie among one of many that post here from time to time ,me I think I`m addicted to the site..
A lot of great well intentioned knowledgeable people about the JW religion who can offer wise counsel that probably excludes me.
However you do mention the Brisbane area and I spent 37 years in Brisbane ,a lot of the time as an active JW.
So maybe we do have something in common.
I will send you a pm and see where we go from there.
pm that`s the little green envelope at the top of your page. click to open it when you get a message.
the thing that broke me was that i tried to warn another mum in the congregation about a brother who was inappropriate with my son, which upset me, and so i called her to talk about it since we both knew him and i had also seen him pin her daughter down on the sofa and slap the girl's bottom.
i called it inappropriate, but i never accused him of anything beyond that.. unfortunately, word got back to him and i had to go in front of 3 elders, including the brother who i felt had been inappropriate.
because they came down on me for trying to stop the behavior, and not on him for being the cause of upset, i felt very hurt and started questioning more things.
." When they texted me about my disassociation letter, I texted back that I was busy eating lunch because I didn't want to take the call. I thought of those elders, stomachs probably grumbling after an elders meeting following a Sunday morning meeting and how they probably thought I was so selfishly eating lunch, but oh well, it's kinda funny.
Is that a normal thing that they would get back in touch with you after you DA`d yourself ?
I was never contacted after I DA`d myself from the Cong.I was in and I was well known in at least 3 Cong`s in my area.
see: https://7news.com.au/news/crime/senior-jehovahs-witnesses-member-charged-with-rape-torture-and-assault-of-teenage-boys-c-8044666.
"senior jehovah’s witnesses member charged with rape, torture and assault of teenage boys...".
the 61 year-old man "faces 21 counts of rape, 17 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of procuring sexual acts by false pretence and one count each of incest, torture and common assault.".
These victims are said to be ex JW`s ( and why wouldn`t they be ? ) in other words apostates ,so they are not to be believed by the R&F .
Whereas a JW in good standing wouldn`t lie would he ,so goes the mindset of a Jehovah`s Witness.
It says a lot when the police don`t get co-operation from the JW`s while investigating this case and accuse the church of not being co-operative .
the thing that broke me was that i tried to warn another mum in the congregation about a brother who was inappropriate with my son, which upset me, and so i called her to talk about it since we both knew him and i had also seen him pin her daughter down on the sofa and slap the girl's bottom.
i called it inappropriate, but i never accused him of anything beyond that.. unfortunately, word got back to him and i had to go in front of 3 elders, including the brother who i felt had been inappropriate.
because they came down on me for trying to stop the behavior, and not on him for being the cause of upset, i felt very hurt and started questioning more things.
Welcome Darlene ,I hope you didn`t use your real name here as that would certainly get back to the congregation you were in .
Newbies should be aware that the Borg as we sometimes call it does monitor sites like this for their own advantage ,that`s how paranoid they are.
hi folks.. i put this in abuse as i thought it relevant.. a physically in mentally out friend that considers our friendship greater than religion told me that on the latest broadcast steven lett alluded to satans voice being behind people that claim the organisation protects pedophiles.. my friend then went on to say they must be in damage control.. he added, but that is correct, they are hiding their internal records.
is not that construed as protecting the accused?.
if i get the inclination i may post a snippet of what was actually said.. sadly my friend is trying to protect his family relationships and so goes along with the charade.. his situation weighs on me but, as many of you here know, it can be a difficult road to travel.. jtg.
I don`t know how anyone in the JW religion can take Stephen Lett seriously ? Like everything the organization does, is they twist things around to confuse the issue.
On the one hand, while they don`t actively outright protect pedophiles ,they deny they exist and refuse to do anything about the sexual abuse against children that goes on in the organization by the perpetrators ,they, in fact by their denial are protecting pedophiles .
examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
know ye not your own selves, how that jesus christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2 cor.
If Jesus enters me , is that then really me ? Or someone / somebody else.?
when i was a teenager a younger fellow workmate was involved in the sport of judo.i got interested and went along to a number of sessions and took to it like a sponge to water ,and as a sport i was happy participating in.. not that much longer another workmate was getting re-activated in the religion of jw`s.
which i had never heard o before and then got interested in that .. conflict : was judo a sport that was compatible with j.w beliefs?
sadly i decided it was not and stopped any further involvement.. to this day i resent that decision i made back then .and i`m 82 years old now.. it was a sport i was comfortable doing and i enjoyed it.and i gave it up because of the religion .who knows what i may have achieved had i continued with it.
I only have heard of a couple that you mention Punk .
I`m more familiar with Count Bassie ,Duke Ellington , Gene Krupa ,Glenn Miller ,Tommy Dorsey ,etc ,etc.
Maybe it`s an age thing ?
what i mean is the mormon's have their own set of wacky beliefs and are a pretty insular group, engage in a form of door to door ministry but don't discourage higher education.
in fact, the handful of mormons i went to school with were pushed to excel academically and go to college.
yeah there are ex mormons but for a great many, going to university doesn't turn them into atheists.
Maybe the Mormons are a lot thicker , mentally diseased , than the JW- Witnesses are.
i am posting a link as to being legally bound to jw rules at time of baptism.
i only did a quick skim, but what i gathered is interesting, and what it says about 1985 may be of use to some hoping to just fade and not be bothered.
in 1985, the questions were changed at baptism for legal purposes so they could have causation to defend themselves should you decide to sue for whatever reason.
Anybody recall what the Baptism questions were in 1960 when I was baptized ? And what argument / discussion , I could have with a JW at my door ?
Bring em on I say.
