Always bear in mind that there is no way to leave this organisation with your dignity.
I gotta' disagree with that. I know that this is a commonly repeated meme, I've said it myself. But it simply is not true. (A few of us have been discussing this very topic on THIS THREAD).
What IS true is that there is no dignified or honorable way to leave from the perspective of the WTBTS and those that continue to adhere to its tenets and beliefs.
However, dignity and honor are not something that another person can take from us. We can only give it away or lose it ourselves. Once we wake up to the hypocrisy and lies of a group like Jehovah's Witnesses then the ONLY honorable and dignified course of action is to renounce it.
T. H. Huxley wrote, "The foundation of morality is to ... give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence and repeating unitelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge."
That does not mean that we have to do so publicly or even formally. For some writing a DA letter is important. They need to formally sever their ties and make a statement. For others to simply walk away and never return does the trick.
We don't need to play their game. Live your own life, on your terms. Create and reassert appropriate personal boundaries. All of this can be done in a firm and loving way. We can't control how others react, we can only control ourselves and that's damn hard to do!
Be an example for those still in by living a good, happy and moral life apart from the cult. Refuse to be the stereotypical angry, disgruntled evil apostate. That will be confusing to them but it may help them to wake up.
Living well is the best revenge!
00DAD
