Thanks for that. I'd love to disassociate for moral reasons and the same principles for which I left in the first place (one of which was the treatment of D/f's JWs) but it's a helluva risk to take family-wise. I instinctively feel my mother and sister would not shun me at all, despite being staunch JW's but you just never know. The real fly in the ointment would be my mothers sanctimonius husband, who is an elder. I also live far away from them, so the fact I don't live with any of my JW relatives would be another reason for having no loop-holes.
Can inactives be D/F'd?
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jwfacts
I am in a similar situation and feel like da'ing. however it is not worth creating extra trouble, just to stand up for your principles.
I have a friend who left a fundamentalist pentecostal religion and went through similar experiences. His family shun him and he feels that are a cult. In the end he decided to move on. Trying to prove them wrong can become just a matter of pride, and can result in falling into the same low behaviour that it the reason for leaving in the first place. -
AK - Jeff
They seem to do what they want in this regard, Tabby.
My mother, though having not attending a single meeting in most of ten years, was disfellowshipped for smoking when the new witness rules went into effect in the early 70's. I have know of many others who were df'd for sexual sins years after leaving the org.
In other cases they seem to leave you alone - as long as your 'apostate' ideas are not well known that is.
There seems to be a new push to remove those who are inactive with apostate leanings in some cong's now, but no one seems sure it will be universal.
Best advise - just steer clear if u can.
Jeff
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Seeker4
I'd been inactive close to a decade when they came after me to disfellowship me. Here's the post of the letter I sent to the BOE about their actions.
I haven't heard from the elders since I gave them the letter.
Seeker4's 500th Post - My letter to the Elders (2nd Posting)2
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JT
the official postion of the Service Dept is as follows;
There is no stature of limitations for a body of elders to form a judical committee for a baptize jw who is in violation of a wt rule. It is all at the descretion of the body of elders
no baptized jw will be abe to appeal a dfing on the grounds of ; "I have been inactive for xxx number of years"
in elders school all the instructores were directed to inform elders it is your call- so some elders will say, well sister johnson was baptized at 13, left the org at 16 , now 36- leave her alone its been 20 yrs
JT former elder, bethelite well known in the DC area left in 1980 in 2000 he is on the speaking circuit giving talks about the evils of JW 20 yrs later, we need to df him for apostasy-
it is the call of the local elder