I'm officially INACTIVE....Cheers!!!! (page 2)

mind blown

Congrats

You still need to be mindful though. Make sure you don't have Christmas decorations, etc, or a JW doesn't see you doing something like smoking, and turn you in. It happened to me as well as others.

Where I made the mistake was going to my JC meeting. The only proof they had was one JW who wasn't even present @ my JC. If I wouldn't have gone they wouldn't have solid proof, and because I was in goat mood when they asked me if it was true, I said yes, and continued in goat mood...so they DF'd me.....

Captain Obvious

Gojira, could you please elaborate on how your friend talked to you and your family and got you out? It sounds too easy..

Forgive me if you've already explained it all in another post. Perhaps you could direct us to there? This could be very valuable information to those of us with family and friends still in the cult.

Thanks!

Brother of the Hawk

I can.

We've always been bothered by the fact, "How can this be God's organization with all of this crap going on?" [Elders lying, injustices, persecuting the victims instead of the guilty, general abuse of the flock, some things said from the platform that weren't right etc] So we had all of the puzzle pieces and I don't think we were truly 'under' the mind control that most JW's are, but we just didn't have the final piece and didn't realize that it wasn't just imperfect men but it was the entire organization that was flawed!

But we have a dear friend that we have known for decades. His entire family are about as JW you can get and some day when we can reveal everything, we will all write an article for JWStruggle. But he's one of the most intelligent men we know and we kind of lost touch for a number of years after we moved out of state, but then moved back.

But we got back in touch a few years ago and he came over to visit for a weekend last year [we still live in different states but alot closer] but we were talking and he made the statement that he believed Jesus died on a cross. That was shocking for us and thankfully we know this man well enough to hear him out and NOT just throw him out of our house for being an 'apostate'. So he showed us how in the reasoning book pg 89 how the WTBT$ has a quote from the Imperial Bible Dictionary [Link below] then has [....] in a couple of places. Then when you go to the actual book and read the quote the IBD is actually pro-cross and the WTBT$ left out some important info regarding the cross!!!! Cherry-picking at their finest!

Imperial Bible Dictionary pg 376 http://archive.org/stream/theimperialbible01unknuoft#page/376/mode/1up

Affectionately Brother of the Hawk

Gojira_101

Thank you all! I'm not too worried about the elders seeing or catching us doing anything..for one, me getting the tattoo is about the most worldly thing I will be doing :) and I don't think the elders hang out at this place because it's downtown, and right next to the state university. About the only thing we are going to do it celebrate our birthdays (still too fresh out to celebrate holidays), but there is no way for them to know. Even if they DF us....most of my family are shunning me anyways.

Phizzy: I will take a picture when it's done and show everyone. I'm hoping to have it done in a few weeks.

Mind blown: See above comment...I'm not worried about the elders at this point! It's not like they have care for us in the last 6 years anyway. If you are curious see comment below.

Captain Obvious: Brother of the Hawk is my dad, but I think it's my mom using his account because I know dad is at work :) Anyways I just want to add that for myself I have suffered with a health problem for about 5 years that I can't really go to meetings because all the chemicals will make me sick, so I missed a lot of meetings. Since my husband and I got married 2 years ago, the health problem has gotten worse and as of 5 months ago when I went to my last meeting I got so sick I almost blacked out and I ended up sick for a week straight.....so I think the biggest reason why my husband and I came out is because we weren't regular in meetings and service to begin with. Since I got sick I could see how there was no love and the elders didn't care at all. Since my husband and I got married we have had no shep calls at all. No encouragement, not even our so-called friends calling to check on us...we have gotten diddly squat. It really didn't take much for us to come out because we were already on the edge anyways. It's funny because not to long ago my husband confessed to me, he always hated meetings and service. I of course did too and looked for any excuse NOT to go to meetings or service....this gave me the ultimate excuse.

I hope that answers your question. I guess it was somewhat easy because we were already one foot out the door anyways.

G

JeffJ

I think a little stick figure throwing a bookbag in the air would be good celebration tat for this occasion.

mind blown

I so hope your health improves

At least being away from those gross meetings will help

cantcontroll

I loved the picture of the tatt you want. I'm still worried about color because I'm such a boring person. Im thinking of getting a white ink tattoo. I know it looks like a scar but I think that is what I like about it but if I do opt for color it will be black birds flying free. No pictures to copy yet. I do really like your placement. Since it would be easy to hide when needed. Make sure to add a photo when you get it and let me know how painful your experience was

Gojira_101

I've heard from many of my friends who have gotten tatts that if it's a bony area it hurts more, but if it a "padded" area it's not that bad :) My shoulder is very bony so I'm thinking it will hurt a lot.

I love the idea of your design, can you draw it up yourself? My husband is also designing another tatt I MIGHT get later. He actually told me to get both...I love a supportive husband who isn't a JW hehehehehehe.....He even said he would like one but he wants a tribal tatt, and he actually wants his tribe to do it....he'll be waiting for awhile :)

When you get yours designed let me know. I'd love to see a picture :)

G

NewYork44M

jst for fun you should turn in one hour, and start the process all over again. You will really screw with their statistics.

Balaamsass

Congrats!!

I'm officially INACTIVE....Cheers!!!!

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