by The Big Machine 17 Replies latest jw friends
Where your "publisher's record card" is located is often a factor. I've been told that a congregation that doesn't have it can't DF you even if you live there (if it matters by that point).
Personally, my family and I have moved around so much in the past ten years, that I don't have a goddamned clue where ours are.
Welcome Big Machine!
You can reinvent yourself to a certain degree in your new congregation by planting a seed or two that you often have to travel, for business, or family business, a sick relative, something plausible with enough truth so you are comfortable mentioning it.
Once the seed is planted and you begin to miss meetings any Elder(s) you talked to will simply agree that the new brother must be away again. Eventually they will forget about you.
Without having any apostate type conversations with anyone, emails, or phone calls the new congregation will be powerless to interfere.
Hubby and i successfully faded by simply moving out of the territory and never attending a meeting at the new location. The secretary couldn't request records when he didn't even know we were living in his territory.
Our records sat in our old cong for years until the CO had a fit and insisted we be accounted for. Eventually, we got a phone call from an elder in the new territory that we didn't answer. Now, 7 years later we moved back to the previous town but different territory. (for other reasons) We received one e-mail from an elder in our original cong inviting us to the memorial. Hubby replied thanking him for the invite, saying we were keeping up with all things JW, and are not in his territory/jurisdiction and DID NOT DISCLOSE our location. We haven't heard another word. When JWs come to the door we don't answer.
Most elders aren't very persistent. Stay out of sight out of mind. Avoid attracting any attention to yourselves. Don't tell them your new address.
i cant believe all this subterfuge to leave gods only one true religion
bwaaa haaa haaa haaa---
It's ridiculous the process you have to go through to not get shunned (hopefully). You should be able to leave freely if you want to. Where in the Bible does it say to shun a person who chooses to freely leave? It's stupid.
Just one stupid thing of many..
