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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Hello, JW GoneBad.
Good avatar, my friend. And I also wish you the very best.
Len Miller
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Hi JTG,
Thanks for your regards. And good luck with your renewed resolve.
Len Miller
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Yes, Fink, if we could go back there would be much we could have said differently.
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Lois: When your boys wake up to WT lies, they will see ...

I used to dream of that happening but no more. Mass hypnotism, when allowed by the individual, is extremely powerful. I do have a bit of window of their thinking by way of my non-JW son Frank in talking to his brother Gxxx. No, neither son advanced his education beyond the basic. I have 3 grandchildren whom I've never met, but I've seen photos thanks to Frank.
I'm so glad, Lois, you finally woke up, even at age 62. Perhaps you only have to look thru the rear-view mirror on all this.
I am in relatively good health thanks to the good care we have in U.S. Dear wife had a massive stroke during brain aneyurism surgery some 6 years ago and now relies on me for care. And that's completely ok as she is an excellent patient with a good sense of humor. We have good times. Thanks for you good wishes.
Giordano, it's good to find an old timer out there who has actually lived through the BS.
QuestioningEverything, no there have been no changes that I know of. What's surprising to me is that neither of them, both in the mid to late 50s, have no position of responsibility (based on reading between the lines in my communication with son Frank) in their respective congregations. It doesn't look as if they were ever "whole-souled" like their dad. Stupid dad, me.
Len Miller
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

I redacted two names that I missed the first time around and the above link took me to this corrected document. Whether it works for everybody, I can't say. I'm ignorant about different browsers and about how browser caches work.
Thanks, all. Of course I hope that they've read it but I have heard no responses.
I did a follow up of sorts but I don't want to divulge publicly what that was for reasons I'm sure you can understand.
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Thanks for your compliment Slidin and thanks for your tip about potential redaction. I'll double-check the ones that I've left in there it's been a while since I looked over the whole letter but in general if they have passed on I've left their names in otherwise I redacted especially if there are still in the org.
Len Miller
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

It's above the snippet that I pasted it's the third line of my introduction
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The 24 Prophetic Failures of Watchtower's Most Heralded Date, 1914
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the year 1914 would be disappointing.

perhaps even more so than the great disappointment which happened some 70 years earlier at the hands of a a baptist preacher, william miller.

it placed target years of 1843 -- 1844 on the map of popularity.
FatFreek 2005

I decided, moments ago, to share my 14 page letter to my two sons. That was last April, one of my bucket list items.
I post the link to that thread here because that letter bears a striking resemblance to my original post re colporteur Benjamin's letter to his recently deceased grandparents. I think you'll see why.
Len Miller
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Watchtower's 49 Date Failures Mostly Ditched Without Fanfare
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
watchtower's apparent obsession with calendar dates is legendary.

what follow's are snippets from the main article.

link will follow.. .
FatFreek 2005

Thanks to all for your encouragement. If it can help a single person do some thinking for herself / himself it's been worth it.
Len Miller
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Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

the letter is 41 years belated.

i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.
FatFreek 2005

Several months ago I wrote a letter to two of my sons, still JW. The letter is 41 years belated. I am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item. Below is a snippet from the front page. This link fetches the entire 14 page letter.