Posts by Sail Away

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

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Sail Away

Signed

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Simon. Persistent unread message error.

by nicolaou in

for the last few days i've seen a nice green unread pm indicator even though there are no new messages (which is dreadfully sad).. not really a problem but thought it might be worth waving my arms and shouting about in a new topic.

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and maybe get a few pity messages in my inbox .

Sail Away

My inbox shows two fictitious new messages too. It has been like that since the change over to the new website. Sorry to be a bother, Simon!

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Sample Disassociation Letter please?

by LifesNotOver in

i want to send a disassociation letter to the elders at my old congregation.

how do i address it and what wording do i use?

i know it's not something i have to do, it's symbolic for me.

Sail Away

Sailor, just curious if that got them to avoid making the public announcement? And with what result? Does everyone still shun you/treat you as DFd? In what area do you live?
Thx! for sharing your experience.

DOC, I live on the Northeast Coast of the USA. I am not shunned. JWs are polite and cordial when we cross paths in town. We exchange pleasantries and family news. I recently had a lovely 2-hour-long chat with my former P.O. at our retinal specialist's office. This blew my mind. He had to have seen my letter!

That said, I am clearly on a do-not-call list. They skip my door when in the neighborhood. I don't call them, and they don't call me. I like it that way!

I walked away in 2011, and resigned in 2015. You can see my letter posted on this forum.

Diane

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Sample Disassociation Letter please?

by LifesNotOver in

i want to send a disassociation letter to the elders at my old congregation.

how do i address it and what wording do i use?

i know it's not something i have to do, it's symbolic for me.

Sail Away

I couldn't in good conscience remain a JW because of all of the pain I witnessed due to shunning and protecting pedophiles. I wasn't about to shun my DF'D son under any circumstances. I chose to write a letter of resignation (sent by certified mail from my high-powered lawyer) and threatened to sue them if they announced it from the platform. Best option for me. I don't have to deal with the shunning game in small town America, and I can live my life freely without looking over my shoulder. Life is good.

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Best statement a householder made to get you to leave them alone.

by Esse quam videri in

knocked on a door on a saturday morning.

a window opened on the floor above me.

a grizzled old man stuck his head out and said, " we're all heathens here!

Sail Away

In a mobile home surrounded by waist-deep snow in rural North Dakota, USA:

"I moved all the way from New York City to get away from you people. Go away!"

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Do JWs Regard You As An APOSTATE?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i doubt people consider me an apostate but you never know.🤓.

Sail Away

I'm not DF'd, didn't DA, but I did send a letter of resignation threatening to sue them all if they announced it from the stage. They are not allowed to come to home or place of business in any official capacity. I am clearly on a do-not-call list, but have never been shunned in public. I don't call them, and they don't call me, and I like it that way. Like Blondie said-- inactive and stumbled. Whatever.

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GUYS: The Importance of Keeping Medical Appointments

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, guys:.

all of us -- men and women -- should keep our medical appointments.

i address this post to guys, however, given my own reluctance to go to the doctor.

Sail Away

My husband's PSA has been in the "undetectable" range since diagnosis two years ago, but now it is doubling every three months. The cancer was found upon physical exam by a urologist, not a general practitioner.

AFRIKANMAN
PSA Test is not the best guide - It can fluctuate for all sorts of reasons apparently....

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GUYS: The Importance of Keeping Medical Appointments

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, guys:.

all of us -- men and women -- should keep our medical appointments.

i address this post to guys, however, given my own reluctance to go to the doctor.

Sail Away

My husband refused to go for a yearly checkup for his entire life (His JW parents are rabidly against medical professionals.) He finally agreed to go when he turned 62. Unfortunately, his primary care doctor missed cancer. The only reason they found it was because my husband had kidney stones. He denied feeling ill and all the pain all summer until he needed emergency surgery. (By the way this was a repeat performance of needing ER surgery to have his gallery bladder removed after the months of denial.)

The urologist found the cancer. Large tumor, Stage III, Gleason Score 9. Very aggressive cancer. 50/50 chance that 8 weeks of radiation will keep it from metastasis.

I'm not saying run to the doctor for every little thing. Just be f*cking reasonable.