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  Events leading to my decision to disassociate

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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  following is a summary of events leading up to my decision to disassociate from jehovah's witnesses and the unforeseen results of that decision.. a young man named joel engardio produced a documentary about jehovah's witnesses called "knocking" which aired nationally on pbs.

  i purchased the dvd from joel before it was even released and we exchanged emails.

  joel had been raised by his jw mother and had been active in jw activities during his adolescence, but he was never baptized as a jw.

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  Roger, about your comment:
  
  "While JWs are mandated by the Watchtower organization to avoid any contact with ex-JWs, neither the Bible nor the Watchtower encourage JWs to divorce or shun their mates who leave the religion."
  
  Read this:
  "16 Jesus taught that the only Scriptural ground for dissolving a marriage vow is when an innocent mate chooses not to forgive an adulterous partner. (Matt. 19:9;Heb. 13:4) What, then, about separating from one’s marriage mate? The Bible is clear on this too. (Read 1 Corinthians 7:10, 11.) The Bible does not set out grounds for marital separation. However, some married Christians have viewed certain situations as a reason for separation, such as the extreme endangerment of one’s life or spirituality by an abusive or apostate spouse.*" (w17 April p. 7-8)
  – https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017365
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  Commuter Bethelite video

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who missed last weeks clam meeting, there was a video played that was amazing ... however not in good way.. we are all aware how thousands of full time bethelites world wide got the boot and put out onto the street.

  some having giving most of their lives to the organization, but often with no real way to support themselves other than to depend on the generosity of others.

  so when this video talked about how special it would be for those who could step up and become a commuter bethelite, it made me think how calculating the governing body must be.

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  Spock is alive! Lolol
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  Diogenesister of course! I don't mind at all!
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  DECEMBER 2018 WATCHTOWER STUDY ARTICLE...Many loyal Christians have remained with an unbelieving mate under very trying circumstances.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  december 2018 study article :.

  honor “what god has yoked together”.

  17 admittedly, there have been instances where an “unbelieving husband” seems to prove that he is not “agreeable to staying with her.” he might be extremely physically abusive, even to the point that she feels that her health or life is in danger.

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  Today, in Portugal, a report was published in a newspaper with a lot of circulation and respected on this subject. Another exhibition about the cult.
  
  https://www.publico.pt/2018/09/06/sociedade/noticia/exmembros-acusam-testemunhas-de-jeova-de-incentivarem-vitimas-de-violencia-a-continuarem-casadas-organizacao-desmente-1843156
  

  https://www.publico.pt/2018/09/06/sociedade/noticia/testemunhas-de-jeova-quem-sao-e-em-que-acreditam-1843161
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  OK! :)
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  PORTUGAL: Petition to terminate the legal entity of the Jehovah's Witness gets national news coverage

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the petition is now going on 537 signatures.. today the newspaper "diário de notícias", the leading non-tabloid newspaper in the country, gave the story front page coverage and a full page to the article inside.. here are the links to the pictures of the pages:.

  front page:.

  page 6 and article: .

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  It's now on 916 signatures! Can You help here? ;)
  

  Only for citizens of the European Union.
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  My Dissociation letter

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

  it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

  in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

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  PORTUGAL: In-depth news investigation about Jehovah's Witnesses and shunning

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "observador" the leading online daily newspaper in portugal, published today an in-depth investigation about the practice of shunning by the jehovah's witnesses.. starting with the ongoing petition that i have submitted to collect signatures, the investigative reporter tânia pereirinha details how the branch is organized, who is who in the local branch office, the history of the organization, the pedophilia scandals, interviews lawmakers and the person responsible for the overseeing of the law of religious freedom, and the focuses on four life stories of people who were shunned.

  one of those stories is of our very own tj curioso, who posts in this forum.. https://observador.pt/especiais/eles-mataram-me-em-vida-o-inferno-nas-testemunhas-de-jeova/.

  "they killed me while i was still living - the hell of jehovah's witnesses" is the name of the article.

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