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  Poll-----Did The Internet Help You Get Out Of The Organization??

  by minimus in

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  i read many "apostate" books before i left the "truth".

  mentally, i was drifting away for years.

  but i do think that the internet really made it easy to see all the evidence that overwhelmingly showed jws do not have the "truth".....was the 'net instrumental in getting you out?

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  josephus

  YUP

  i found the old h20 and posted thier in defence of jws because you people annoyed me so much !

  then farkel and others replied.

  it was all downhill from their

  josephus
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  JOSEPHUS POSTED DA LETTER!

  by josephus in

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  ive just posted my dissasociation letter this minute.

  i will keep you informed as things progress.. wishing you all a happy day/night wherever you are.. josephus

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  josephus

  hi all

  ive just posted my dissasociation letter this minute. i will keep you informed as things progress.

  wishing you all a happy day/night wherever you are.

  josephus
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  Letter to my mom

  by DIM in

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  here is a letter i'm sending off....let me know if you have any suggestions, i want it to be to the point and also positive:.

  dear mom,.

  i now realize that i can never be the son or person you want me to be.

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  josephus

  sweet letter very kind but tough i liked it and wish you and your family well.

  good luck

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  hi farkel

  thanks for all the kind words. in answer to your question, "why DA ?" i want to attend other churchs and i dont want them to get the chance to kick me out when they see my car outside. this wayi get to stick two fingers up at them first.

  all suggestions were considered and i changed it a wee bit because of them.

  thanks again

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  hi abbigail

  if that josephus book is green, im checking to see if mines still in house!

  funny how my copy stinks too ! maybe its an early form of scratch and sniff.

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  awwwww im all pleased. thanks so far.

  josephus, ps once i post it this week im changing my name to my real one.
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  phew its posted and edited cause i forgot to remove my name!!!! what a spaz!.

  anyway thoughts are welcome.

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  here goes ill try again................

  The governing body of Jehovah?s witnesses

  Brooklyn New York

  United States of America

  Dear Sirs

  I am writing for the first and last time as a member of the Jehovah?s Witness religion. I was raised in this faith and was baptized at the age of twelve in the congregation in xxxxxxxx. I remained a part of that congregation till about 1999/2000 when I stopped going, mainly because of the cruel treatment I received from several ?elders?.

  During the last 4 years I have had no visits from the shepherds of my hall. No? one has tried to encourage me back into association with Jehovah?s one religion. During that time i looked into your religion very deeply, and as i am sure you will know, found you lacking. I discovered the broken promises, the half-truths and lies you?ve told for one hundred years. I learned the things you try so desperately to hide from the witnesses, to many to go into in this letter.

  I have learned that many elders know these things. My circuit overseer xxxxx has said on the platform ?there are many things I don?t believe, but I still teach them?. All my local elders know the things mentioned in the various publications outlining the wrong teachings and wrong practices of your religion, but they continue to persist in this great lie.

  What hurts the most is not your lies, but the results those lies have had on so many millions of people. I think of the parents who refused to inoculate their children because you said they were ?filthy animal puss? I think about the men and women left with no provision for old age and no children to provide for them because of your emphasis on ?the end of this system of things?, and not ?wanting to bring children into this sick old system? finally I think of the people who have died because of your wrong policy on blood transfusions, my own sister nearly being one of your victims.

  I have seen so many good people in your religion, however I have seen cruel and evil ones too. Your claim to be uniquely clean is as false as the worship you offer to our god. I won?t go into the things I or my family have suffered because of your teachings. But before I end my letter I wanted to say a few things.

  You were not picked out in 1914 to oversee all gods? possessions on earth. God does not choose you. God does not deal with selfish arrogant men who hide in ivory towers while ordering good people to live under burdens they will not touch.

  You are not protecting Jehovah?s name by hiding the abusers of children in your church. By doing this you only insult him and allow abuses to continue for longer.

  You are not helping men become Christians by making them get out on the service once a week. While ignoring the old and sick. My own presiding overseer (a man in his late seventies) once said, ?I don?t like visiting the elderly?. An old women in my hall was so long ignored in her home, she asked the sisters who eventually saw her ?have I been disfellowshipped?.

  You are a wonderful example of straining the gnat while swallowing the camel. You worry about the colour of shirts brothers wear on the platform or whether they should have a beard or not, but you ignore the most important things in a Christian life namely love of fellow man and not judging him. You have spent so long telling the world how evil cristendom is, but they would shudder at things you do everyday. And while I know of the despicable acts of some churchs, I also know that they understand the concept of asking for forgiveness. You have never said sorry for your sins, you?ve only blamed others.

  I continue to hold warm feelings for many men and women in my hall and I am aware of the consequences of my actions, but I cannot be associated with this thoroughly unchristian group any longer.

  Please make known this to my local congregation as soon as possible.

  xxxxxxx
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  Well its kinda threaputic really and it gets me away from them once and for all, but i allso dont want my name linked with theirs anywhere even in my old freinds heads. BUUUUT ive messed this up a bit and i havent posted the letter so ill fix it then get thoughts.

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank. i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence . or maybe if i put something wrong.

  thanks all josephus