hi folks, not sure if a similar topic has been posted in previous years but it’d be great to hear how many of you have left the organisation during 2018 and also which areas/countries are losing the most witnesses.. so if you left this year (congratulations!
) put a post on here with your general location if you want.. regards.
fj.
Hi folks, not sure if a similar topic has been posted in previous years but it’d be great to hear how many of you have left the organisation during 2018 and also which areas/countries are losing the most witnesses.
So if you left this year (congratulations!) put a post on here with your general location if you want.
regards
FJ
well today marks the beginning and biggest day of our protest at the london excel.. we believe it's a record number at around 100 exjws at the front door.. we spoke to lots of jw's and one young man studying who has quit after talking to us.
we've been approached privately by jw's who thanked us for coming and the security at the event treated us very well.. if anyone wants to see some clips they are available on my channel the great apostate.. thanks to all for the support and love..
Just for the doubters that have contributed to this thread I can tell you that I too would have shared your disbelief a few days ago, however I attended the London protest. This was the first time I had done anything like this since leaving the org last year and I was genuinely shocked at how many JWs came and spoke to us, took videos and photos of our banners and were generally inquisitive about our posters. This protest has had a massive impact on the minds of JWs attending the convention and I am still in shock as to how much damage I believe we have done the org over just one weekend. It took me seven years to extract my MS/Reg Pio mind from the indoctrination but it started with a tiny seed. Similar seeds have been planted in a thousand JW minds at this protest. We may not see the fruits instantly and maybe no one that saw us at the weekend will leave the org today or tomorrow or next week but I am certain that in the coming months and years JWs that my fellow protesters and I spoke to a few days ago will join our ranks and help us at further protest events to save more innocent people from the grip of this terrible cult.
If you are not inclined to actively help others free themselves from a cult that says it’s ok to protect rapists’ identities or that thinks its acceptable to force youngsters to throw away their education then that is fine, not everyone wants to be continually reminded of the damage this cult did to them. Please don’t criticise those that bravely relive the trauma they have been through in an effort to help others. They don’t have to do this but they do it because they care and because they want to see this damaging organisation reformed or destroyed.
For those that do want to help those still trapped in the JW cult, now is the time for action. A wave of exJW support is rising fast, especially in the UK, and we all need to ensure it’s momentum continues. It is my hope, and I’m sure the majority of you will agree, that if we continue at this pace we will see the annual increase in numbers of JWs grind to a halt in the UK. Then we will see a small decrease, then a larger decrease and then an even larger one until the org no longer wants to publish its figures for fear of discouraging its remaining members.
From what I have seen this weekend, many many JWs are internally asking questions about the organisation they belong to and used to trust without question. Let’s give them the answers. ‘The harvest is great but the workers are few (at the moment!).
hi folks, i’m attending the london protest at the excel convention in august and am making some banners.
i’m aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in jws minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.. my best so far is ‘this is not a protest, it’s an overlapping protest’.
has anyone got any ideas for more?.
Hi folks, I’m attending the London protest at the Excel convention in August and am making some banners. I’m aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in JWs minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.
my best so far is ‘This is not a protest, it’s an OVERLAPPING protest’
Has anyone got any ideas for more?
can anyone verify or give any background info on why the manchester broughton congregation seems to have been split and become a salford cong and a crumpsall cong?
surprised that splitting congs is still a thing in the uk with the stagnation of figures..
Thanks for the responses. I hadn’t considered socio-economic reasons, that’s a really interesting angle. The original cong had a massive territory and a diverse mix of deprived areas and affluent. With my cynical head on I just wonder if the real reason for the split has more to do with future plans for neighbouring congs. One of them has lost five elders in two years and is sat on a piece of land that could potentially be sold for several million pounds. That surely has to be a consideration for the org these days.
can anyone verify or give any background info on why the manchester broughton congregation seems to have been split and become a salford cong and a crumpsall cong?
surprised that splitting congs is still a thing in the uk with the stagnation of figures..
Can anyone verify or give any background info on why the Manchester Broughton congregation seems to have been split and become a Salford cong and a Crumpsall cong? Surprised that splitting congs is still a thing in the UK with the stagnation of figures.
2018-04-16-boebeards and special privilegeshttps://we.tl/qoxbkltp4latlantis!.
Has anyone got the letter they can share? I can’t find anything on the links?
There has got to be some hope that the org can move standard publisher contributions to online only (visible by the body of elders or secretary) and who wouldn’t then put in at least a token amount to appear as if they are compliant with ‘giving to gods organisation’.There is always a cash grab lurking in the background with JW policy. I completely stopped contributing 5 years before I left the org, they must know that a good percentage do the same.
would be nice to know if there is anyone from here attending the assembly in manchester this coming weekend?.
Originally from Manchester.
Nyx I’ve sent you a PM
hi folks, i’m heading off on a road trip of northern uk next week and, living in a very rural place, would be keen to take the opportunity to meet up with any ex-jws/current jws to compare notes on jw and post-jw life.. if anyone is available please pm me.. for the record i’m 18 months out of jw, was a ‘model jw child’ & longtime ms & reg pio.
leaving was the best life decision i ever made!.
regards.
The Lakes, Lancaster, Manchester, Peak District, North Yorkshire
hi folks, i’m heading off on a road trip of northern uk next week and, living in a very rural place, would be keen to take the opportunity to meet up with any ex-jws/current jws to compare notes on jw and post-jw life.. if anyone is available please pm me.. for the record i’m 18 months out of jw, was a ‘model jw child’ & longtime ms & reg pio.
leaving was the best life decision i ever made!.
regards.
Hi folks, I’m heading off on a road trip of Northern UK next week and, living in a very rural place, would be keen to take the opportunity to meet up with any ex-JWs/current JWs to compare notes on JW and post-JW life.
If anyone is available please pm me.
for the record I’m 18 months out of JW, was a ‘model JW child’ & longtime MS & reg pio. Leaving was the best life decision I ever made!
regards
