How Many Here Are "Technically" Still JWs???... Who's Not?? (page 8)

Sassy

I guess technically I am.. I first was spuradically in active and then eventually just never went back..

no one bothered to ask once what was wrong.......

no one will call me because they don't care

blondie

Bluebrothers, I respect your feelings.

w84 6/1 p. 22 Never Forget You Are a Witness!
Are we like the first-century Christians if we are irregular Kingdom publishers who rarely engage in witnessing activity? Can we rightly call ourselves Jehovah?s Witnesses if we say little or nothing to others about our hope?
I beg to differ with the meaning of this quote. It does not say that one is no longer considered by them to be a witness, ie, within their jurisdiction. Rather , it acts as a conscience pricker to the reader to say "Am I really acting as a witness"
Incidentally it is a slur on the thousands of loyal dubs who can only turn in a small report

I was told this by several elders and know of others who were told they were not JWs if they did not turn in a time slip. Of course, they were wrong. I can find other comments to the contrary in WTS publications. The point I am making is that some JWs, including elders, do have this opinion that one is not a JW unless one "witnesses about Jehovah" and proves it by turning in a time slip. It just the way a few elders to visit those who are inactive/df'd/da'd but the majority do not. I would not say "conscience pricker" but a "guiltmaking statement." I remember older sister crying after reading that statement. The WTS tactics remind me of the husband who tells his wife that he hits her because he loves her. Blondie