i was the magazines / territory servant in my late teens / early 20's. also a regular pioneer and did public talk home and away.
when i heard the watchtower was going to start elders i cringed---why copy the mormons ? apparently the congregation servant had put me down as an elder--so i think he was a bit put out when i resigned from the cult.
this was in 1971
new to the forums and looking for someone who may have had a similar experience.
i have been disfellowshipped going on 30 years now.
within those thirty years i have built myself a life and slowly learned to cope with the shunning from family and friends.
hello Together--welcome to the site.
i quit the cult over 40 years ago--and over the course of time all 3 of my kids shunned me. 2 still do. however about 7 years ago i found out my older son had been d/f'd--and i found him through facebook. gradually we built an online relationship. he remarried--i was at his wedding--now he has a son--over a year old now. i visit them periodically--in fact--first sunday in august is the next time.
his own mother--my first wife..shuns him completely--so do his siblings--so really--i'm the only person in his family left.
it was through the discovery of him being d/f that led me to getting involved with all this online ex jw thing---before that i had no idea it existed. reading stories like yours--and countless others--just reinforces my belief that jehovahs witnesses is just a sad little lunatic fringe cult.
jws have one of the worst, if not the worst, retention rates among their kids.
i've seen numbers from 65% to 88% who leave, never to return.. you'd think this would be a priority amongst the leadership, right?
where do tomorrow's leaders come from, if the vast majority of kids leave the organization?
if god is the creator, who created god or how did he evolve?.
i think god got disfellowshipped--
as the title says--i'm out of here for good.. the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,.
dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.. so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in.
so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you.
as the title says--i'm out of here for good.
the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,
dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.
so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in. so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you. i will never ever come back at all.
however i might pop back later to see if anyone has missed me. nah.
one of my jw spies told me that a us jw speaker was visiting the uk.
some bigwig, on a tv screen, i believe.
sorry, that's all i have.. anecdotal i admit, but i was told he said, "you british think you are superior.".
nice to see you back again again Slim
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one of my jw spies told me that a us jw speaker was visiting the uk.
some bigwig, on a tv screen, i believe.
sorry, that's all i have.. anecdotal i admit, but i was told he said, "you british think you are superior.".
, "you British think you are superior."
no--hes wrong there.....
we know we are
jws have one of the worst, if not the worst, retention rates among their kids.
i've seen numbers from 65% to 88% who leave, never to return.. you'd think this would be a priority amongst the leadership, right?
where do tomorrow's leaders come from, if the vast majority of kids leave the organization?
most jw youngsters are internet savvy. you cant fool all of them all the time.
looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.
here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.
to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.
I'm sure that they're doing asbestos as they can.
boom boom....groan.
