How Would Your Being Disfellowshipped Affect You?

minimus

Would you care?

Would there be any repercussions?

I'd lose my mom and my sister. My dad would probably be co-ercered into shunning me (to keep peace in the marriage), even though he isn't baptized. I'd lose my life-long best friend, and I'd lose my wife. In a nutshell, everyone I care about. It scares the hell out of me. That may not seem like much, but its everyone that I have. To me, its the type of loss nightmares are made of.

offgrid5150

Talk about control!

I have a plan to hopefully (somehow) fade eventually.

Currently I'd lose Wife/Parents/In Laws, etc.

So basically most of my close fam. This will take some thoughtful planning to handle in the least painful fashion.

Londo111

I can relate to the above posts.

However, I've pretty much lost everyone already...and for my own mental health, I've minimized contact with my parents and other JWs.

bigmac

@pronomono. what you wrote above--simply proves the jw religion is just plain wrong. i know your right--been there....even though i was never disfellowshipped.

snowbird

Repercussions, Minimus.

No, I wouldn't care.

My daughter, sister, and nephew will not shun me.

Thankfully.

new hope and happiness

I worry more how my disfellowshipping would effect my love ones.

pronomono

Bigmac, without a doubt, you're right. But it's losses like that which is the reason I've still got one foot in the door. I'm slowly fading, and thankfully as I fade away, my wife isn't nearly as zealous as she used to be. At some point, I'll share what I've been learning. So far I haven't been out in service this year; my wife has went two or three times. I haven't been to a congregation meeting in a month thanks to my wife being sick, and since she's been sick, she hasn't either. I'm thinking that pretty soon will be a good time to begin talking to her since we've both been away from the indoctrination for a bit (except for the RC last week).

truthseekeriam

I think it would put an end to the limited contact I have with a few JW family members. All the other JWs pretty much have shunned us already.

minimus

I would be only affected negatively due to my mom's circumstances. But if they decided to shun me, that's their choice.

How Would Your Being Disfellowshipped Affect You?

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