How many have you gotten out of the Borg? (page 2)

Mad Sweeney

So far just the immediate family: wife and child.

It's early, though.

I've been used to help a great deal of folks come out, dear Tweet (peace to you!)... and many from not entering at all; however, I am not permitted to keep count (I am only an instrument), so I can't give you a number.

Peace to you!

A slave of Christ,

SA

sabastious

I am not permitted to keep count (I am only an instrument), so I can't give you a number.

What is disallowing you?

-Sab

Soldier77

I've helped more STAY out of this org than got in. Some of my normal aka 'worldly' friends who knew I was a JW (technically I still am but not mentally) ask me about the religion. I tell them I am no longer a believing JW and do not listen to their cult message.

AGuest

What is disallowing you?

No one, per se, dear Sab. I am totally free to take a "census." But it would be an abuse of my gift, for which there are consequence (the potential loss of such gift). David learned that, which is I was always SO puzzled by the WTBTS' obsession with their numbers. It is the equivalent of taking a census... and thus, measuring their own "might"... versus recognizing that, if they were who they truly claimed to be THEY didn't do anything at all... or if they did, it was what they should have done anyway and so no glory is due.

No one comes to the Father except through the Son... and no one goes to the Son... unless the Father draws them. While we may be used in this "drawing" it is only as instruments; we are not the musicians.

I hope that helps!

A slave of Christ,

SA

God_Delusion

Hello my fellow sunshines,

I don't like plugging my websites on here too much, but it was this forum and the brilliant minds that write the articles on here which got my blog, www.JehovahsWitnessBlog.com (JWB) up and running.

To my knowledge, JWB has thus far broken through the cult mindset of 9 Jehovah's Witnesses, with the direct result of 2 readers disassociating themselves (according to their emails).

My other blog, www.AtheistsWeekly.com has helped a few Jehovah's Witnesses see the bible and god, etc. for what it really is, although thus far, not many Witnesses/Ex-Witnesses are reading it, which is a shame.

Reporting System
Maybe we could also create a report card system on here to? Just like the reporting system the Witnesses use, there would be no way to prove the stats on your monthly report, but I have "faith" that you all will report accurately.

Kind regards,
Carlos

brotherdan

Exactly zero...I must be doing something wrong.

sacolton

One. My ex-wife. She disassociated a year after I left.

ReallyTrulyAthena

While I haven't actually gotten anyone out, a few years back a friend of mine back home relayed to me that "out of curiosity" she started reading WT some literature provided by a JW co-worker and that they had a few "intruiguing conversations". My friend is open to different ideas, looks outside of her worldview and investigates many different belief systems, which I can respect and appreciate. She asked me what I thought of this. I told her, "I'm not here to tell you what to do and you are free to explore this further if you want to. But honestly? RUN." She and I are close, so we shared a good laugh about me telling her that last part. Truly though, I only wanted her to use her critical thinking to come her own conclusions, regardless of what I might directly tell her. ('Course, if she said she was actually getting baptized, I may have changed my approach, flew back home and locked her in her house.)

About 2-3 weeks after that - between her conclusions of what she read/heard (her comments were many things "did not make sense") and remembering some of my stories of being raised as a JW (and her personal observation of the subsequent DF/shunning I experienced) - she told him "Thanks, but no thanks!" They remain acquaintance friends and still shoot the breeze about religion, but she set her boundary and from what I know, the JW has honored her position. She's a tough cookie, so I have no doubt her mind is made up even if he tried to push it.

I was/am truly relieved.

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