Many on this board are still in and have all the literature. If that is you please let us know. Do you read all your books regularly? Do you have old magazines that you have underlined and still keep? I would be interested if this is you.
Have you left, but keep the literature because family members are still in?Many like to keep upto date with current thoughts but still keep all their literature. If this is you, why do you keep it?
I have left now, my son still goes with his dad, my daughter left just before me. I have just binned two shelves of old WT literature, the bin men are coming tomorrow. I feel this is one step to moving forward. I wanted to keep it all, but I could not come up with a good enough explaination to keep it. I feel cleaner and more free of WT binds.
I feel if I need to keep upto date with what my son is learning at meetings, I can find it on jw.org. There are many threads on this forum highlighting the dangerous doctrines and articles. So I can help him critically think about what he is learning. He told me a few months ago he is an atheist, he also told me that what the speaker said about DFing at the assembly was hypocritical. At the moment I think he is mentally out. Sadly I have had no direct contact with him since January. I just hope he doesn't become a publisher again and get baptised before he is 18.
Have you thrown out all your literature? How long after you left did it take for you to do it?
Kate xx