I have to say,
Thanks Blondie for the comment, I have to say you are one of the famous here on J-W.net so its an honor.
To answer some of those who think I did this and now I live a lie or a life of regret, I say this.
I did live a lie most of my life, I had so many questions that never got answered. I didn't want to do bad by no means but I also didn't feel it was an organizations right to strip someone of their rights due to a difference of opinion. It was actually a great deed they did for me when they DF'd me. I may never have taken the time to truly reseach what I thought to be truth and right from wrong. When I did search, one of the things I found was that the JW's are like just about every other sect of christianity, LOST.
I will not go to many meetings.
I live far away enough away from my relatives and old friends that I can pull this off with little to no issues. I had timed my reinstatement to be right before I had to move. I even asked in my reinstatement letter that my traveling be considered and not to view it as me purposely missing meetings. Ha ha I know. So I then started to be gone longer periods and then mentioned to them I may have to be out of town quite a while when I moved. They have never even called since.
As for my family and friends. I just ask view point questions, just like they tought us to do so well. I'm pretty sure about 5 of my family members are starting their fade and a lot of my friends were already fading, just didn't know it, cuz most of them were on board with the thoughts I shared with them. As for the ones that will never change. Why change em'? Everybody has had that person in their life that is blindly devoted to something without questioning it in any way and sometimes you just have to let it be.
I had good circumstances for this fade, so I went for it.
I will say I'm not gonna be sad and have hurt feelings for the rest of my life against the JW's just because they all bought into one of the biggest lies in history. I don't have time for that.
Peace
MA