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  I wrote a D.A. letter

  by snakeface in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak.

  always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc.

  almost 5 years ago, i simply did not show up anymore.

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  snakeface

  Outsmart, that sounds so loving of that MS to let you know where the problem lies. Surely it's not them. And it took him 3 months to notice you weren't there? No wonder these people cannot see thru the GB's lies!
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  I wrote a D.A. letter

  by snakeface in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak.

  always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc.

  almost 5 years ago, i simply did not show up anymore.

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  snakeface

  Thanks Blondie. Actually, if 1 or 2 elders were to stop by I actually would not call the police and I would not throw them off the property.I would not be hostile; I would just tell them I have nothing to discuss. I prefer that they and the publishers just don't bother coming by and leaving tracts etc.

  However, in my letter I've asked them not to come by so that they don't start planning to get aggressive, bringing by CO's, elders, and others to try to get me to come back. In a sense I'm telling them, "What we've been doing all these years is fine with me. You've ignored me and I've ignored you. No need to start calling on me now. Let sleeping dogs lie."
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  I wrote a D.A. letter

  by snakeface in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak.

  always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc.

  almost 5 years ago, i simply did not show up anymore.

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  snakeface

  Oh, yeah I was never counseled for anything or disciplined or reproved. I had "privileges" and was giving talks on the platform. Now I remember, I was asked to take the group out in service Saturday. Saturday I did not show up...maybe the group did not either. I just never went back. No one called me at the end of that month to get my field service time. In fact I still have a territory card somewhere in the house. It's as if they just forgot I existed.

  Anyway, now they have been told not to come on my property. And now that they know I DA'd myself years ago they probably won't want to give me invitiations to the assemblies/memorial etc anyway.
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  I wrote a D.A. letter

  by snakeface in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak.

  always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc.

  almost 5 years ago, i simply did not show up anymore.

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  All these years I saw no reason to communcate with them. I am not accountable to them. My main reason for writing was to advise them to stay off my property. Now they have been notified in writing; therefore my next step can be to call the police if they show up.

  Had I not written the letter, let's suppose I call the police on them. The elders could tell the police they are ministers calling on an inactive member. The police probably feel a property owner should first tell unwanted visitors to leave before calling the police.

  But now if I call the police, the police can tell them, "Look, this person has notified you in writing that he is no longer a member, that he does not want to receive "visits", and he has advised you to stay off his property..." The elders would have nothing to say in reply.

  I am sure that all these years they viewed me as inactive. Maybe a new CO came along and told them to make calls on the inactive ones...maybe it would help fill the contribution box if some of these lost sheep were led back to the fold. Now I wonder what they will report back to the CO.
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  I wrote a D.A. letter

  by snakeface in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak.

  always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc.

  almost 5 years ago, i simply did not show up anymore.

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  snakeface

  I used to be very active int he organization, "high profile" so to speak. Always taking the gorup out in service, always having parts on the platform etc etc. Almost 5 years ago, I simply did not show up anymore. It's as if one morning I woke up and just decided never to return. I never looked back, never had any anger or regret or probably any emotion at all. All these years, no one called, no one came by...nothing. That was good because I didn't have to deal with anyone. I went on with my life, joined a church, joined the Civil Air Patrol, quickly found new friends and joined in holiday/birthday celebrations, and so on. Normal life. Io have not had any contact with any witnesses. None of my family are in the organization. Therefore the shunning policy is not an issue for me.

  Only recently the witnesses started leaving things in my door. I think it started with the Memorial invitation. A month later, a magazine....later, a tract. A pioneer sister wrote a letter which was very friendly, and basically said, "We miss you..." and filled me in on some of the goings-on in the congregation. She was not "preachy" at all. It was as if I had moved and was now active in a different congregation, and she was just keeping in touch. Then about 6 weeks ago I received a similiar, friendly letter from an elder and his wife, with a tract enclosed. In closing he wrote, "We love you." After that, several times I came home to find literature in my door. The other day it was a convention invitation. (Apparently this area's convention is in mid-August.) I realized this sudden interest in me was going to continue or even increase, so I decided to nip it in the bud by writing a letter.

  The letter was courteous and to the point, without any reasons/explanations/complaints expressed. I simply remarked that I received the convention invitation they left as well as the letters. Then I mentioned that this has caused it to suddenly occur to me that the congregation apparently is not aware that I left the organization several years ago and do not plan to return. I added, "I ask that the congregation refrain from visiting and from leaving literature."

  That's it. I imagine 1 or 2 elders will respond, mostly to clarify what they think I said. "Do you understand that if you are saying you no longer consider yourself to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses an announcement must be made to the congregation....?" Or something like that. I will not agree to meeting with them. However I will suggest to them that if they wish I will write and sign a specifically-worded statement in order to bring closure to this issue, and mail it to them. For example, "I, [name], no longer wish to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses..." if they need it spelled out that specifically.

  I doubt they would try to "reason" with me since my decision was made and carried out almost 5 years ago. If they considered me all these years to be "inactive" well then shame on them for not having made shepherding calls on me.(not that it would have accomplished anything, but that would have been the protocol for them to follow).
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  If you got apostate vids on Youtube take em off now!!! Legal Dept to Sue!

  by smithmandy1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've posted this on the wrong section so i'm posting it on here cos its sort of to topic as i know many of you have vids on youtube.

  legal department are beginning legal action against google and its uploaders regards to apostate vids that slander the watchtower and/or contain copyrighted material!!!

  my hubby knows people who know so heres my warning lol.

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  snakeface

  The Society needs to get rid of the song "Listen Obey Abd Be Blessed" before they get sued by the composer of the song "Look What They've Done To My Song".
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  If you got apostate vids on Youtube take em off now!!! Legal Dept to Sue!

  by smithmandy1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've posted this on the wrong section so i'm posting it on here cos its sort of to topic as i know many of you have vids on youtube.

  legal department are beginning legal action against google and its uploaders regards to apostate vids that slander the watchtower and/or contain copyrighted material!!!

  my hubby knows people who know so heres my warning lol.

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  Everybody sing along... "Sparlock, we love you!..."

  by cedars in

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  i've uploaded a song i've written to youtube, here it is.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wvo71qg7k4.

  here is the link to my blog article on the society's new dvd, for those who haven't yet read it:.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-watchtowers-new-toy-story-what-parents-need-to-know.

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  "We are Sparlock's Witnesses....we speak out in fearlessness..."
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  Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

  by KidKool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

  haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

  so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

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  Jim_TX, I noticed that right away too. As young as he is, he is coming home from school all alone. Even if the school bus stopped right in front of his house, usually the mothers come outside or are waiting outside.
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  My take on the new Be Jehovah's Friend DVD

  by blond-moment in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrx7ej2b8m.

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  snakeface

  I guess Caleb has learned to keep his warplane hidden, that he's playing with at the beginning of the video just before stepping on the clean floor.