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  After my un-DF'ing, I have sent a letter to everyone in my hall.

  by kwintestal in

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  in the final installment of my story, i am done with my local congregation now.

  in the past month, i have been df'd, un-df'd attended a meeting where i shook everyones hand and smiled ... and now i have sent everyone in the hall this letter, roughly 60 addresses:.

  open letter to the north congregation of jehovahs witnesses.

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  is this Newbie initiation day?

  by kid-A in

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  i have spotted at least 10 newbies this week-end !!!

  seems the rebel forces are growing stronger by the minute....... welcome y'all !

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  Did You Keep That Soft Voice After You Left The JW's

  by Honesty in

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  does god listen to prayers?

  by el jarocho mayor in

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  when people pray does god listen?

  does he care?

  when prayers are "answered", is that proof of a divine being?

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  What Are You Leaving For the Ones You Love?

  by prophecor in

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  as long as the internet is alive and well, so too are our words, thoughts and ideas.

  even after we are dead and gone, places like this will house our thought and ideas until at least, the internet is no more, if not the end of this system of things.

  are you leaving for your loved ones and others, a place for them to view your life, your words and your energies, as a means of keeping your spirit alive, even after you have daparted in death?

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  Send greetings to kwintestal and heart2heart

  by Scully in

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  we're awaiting the arrival of kwintestal and heart2heart as they make their long trek back home.

  they'll be having dinner with us tonight.. in a couple of hours' time... and i know their computer access has been almost non-existant over the last several days.... so how about sending them a virtual hug and a big hello, which i will print out for them before they set out on their journey again!.

  let's make it a nice big thread!

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  Pastor's Meeting

  by NoMoreMeetings in

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  last week i had the opportunity to address 75 pastors about my experience.

  as a third generation jw.

  i had been an elder until walking away 3 years ago.

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  Exit from the JWs

  by KAYTEE in

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  my exit from the jws, was roughly as follows-

  our final letter to the congregation was in the form of a resignation.

  we made at least 15 to 20 copies and sent the majority of them to so-called friends, 2 days later we sent the original to the body of elders.

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  Not DA'd, Not DF'd - but pretty much Disowned...

  by Ingenuous in

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  i just came from what will probably be the last conversation i'll ever have with my father.

  earlier in the day, i'd talked to my mom and she asked what i was up to - translated "what are you doing with yourself since you aren't going to meetings or out in service?

  " i told her i'd been discussing the bible with an informal group of people and reading older wts literature.

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  Update to my meeting with an elder

  by Goldminer in

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  first of all,sorry for being so late with my update.my wife got up at 8 am this morning so i didn't have the opportunity to be alone for a while.. as for the meeting last night,the elder was very civil,actually commended me for writing my questions down.he never made threaths,asked me if i read apostate material or if i still considered myself a jw.. we started with the 607 question.he will not believe any research beyond the wt's but said he'd do more research on it(all wt) so i guess that will go no where.he believes that ctr got it right by using the bible so i told him if it was figured out 130 years ago,it should be very simple to explain today.the only time he looked stunned was when i showed him from the wt that they once believed that jesus' presence began in 1874.he said he had never read that and tried to walk around it even when i asked him if jehovah wanted his people to believe something that wasn't true.. we beat around a few other questions with nothing concrete coming out of it.he did take my list home with him and said he'd look at them more carefully to get some scriptural answers.i also got the feeling that my wife got a spiritual boost from his visit which was very disheartening to me.anyways,i'm going to work on this 607 thing and see how things go.my wife asked me if i felt like we got somewhere and i said no.beibg told that something is the truth just because the wt says so just doesn't convince me anymore.. i'm attaching my questions,hopefully they show up here.thanks everybody,i feel really down,like i'm wasting my time.i've been wanting to run from this religion for years and here i am still fighting to prove my points.. goldminer.

  p.s.-question files won't load-sorry.

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