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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

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  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  One month in advance, I wrote a 7-page letter to Bethel branch in Portugal (copies went to the CO and body of elders in the congregation) presenting solid bible and ethical arguments as to why attending the National Defense Day should be considered a matter of personal conscience decision for a christian, and making an anticipated declaration that by attending it my son wasn't in any way excising himself from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  ... crickets ...

  No reply at all. Only two elders coming to our house wanting to inform our son that he had been considered disassociated and offering "comfort from the scriptures". Hypocrites.

  Some day I'll translate that letter into english and publish it here.

  Eden
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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
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  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  NAJW - Smart son you have. You must be proud

  I'm immensely proud of him, I hope he realizes that. He's a very smart cookie. He saw at 15 what I could only see at 40.

  He's studying psychology at university now, hoping to major in forensic psychology.

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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  BW - Did you see that video on child abuse among the brothers and the denial that GB Splane told all the faithful there?

  I saw it, and felt it should have gone even deeper; I don't know the real measure of the effect it had; but from personal experience I know many JW's saw it and were disturbed.

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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  Listener - How old was your son when he got baptised?

  He was 11. Mostly he wanted to please his parents and grandmothers.

  EdenOne
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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  Never a JW
  "...three years ago". Did your son start having doubts before you did?"

  No, I started first to investigate TTATT around 2011; when I noticed that my son was experiencing discomfort with the JW system, i encouraged him to trail his own way and make his own decisions, and I would have his back, no matter what. Some time after this, he took his position before I did (at 16), by refusing to go to the meetings and FS anymore.

  EdenOne
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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  Rebel8
  Question--isn't attendance compulsory and jws are not exempt? From <<that link, I see nothing objectionable to jw beliefs. You just show up and they tell you all about being in the military? What am I missing?

  Attendance to the DDN is mandatory by law but one can be exempt of it by applying to conscientious objector status. All JW kids are compelled to apply for it. The drawback: You won't be able to hold a position as a public worker in the future. My son wasn't willing to jeopardize his future career, so he didn't apply. Thus it was considered a willful disassociation - even if it's not military service, just a 'sales pitch' from the military.

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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  My greatest happiness in all this is that we all made it out of the cult together.

  Never underestimate the power of love, the power of patience, and the ability that each person has to think for oneself, regardless of formal education.

  EdenOne
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  EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  great news!.

  we are free!.

  as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.

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  EdenOne

  Great news!

  WE ARE FREE!

  As of the 9th of June, me and my dear wife Mrs. Eden handed over our letters of disassociation at Bethel in Portugal, thus making official our departure from the Jehovah's Witnesses. It will likely be announced on the next mid-week meeting.

  As for our son, because he attended the National Defense Day on the 11th of March, in spite of a letter sent previously stating that his attendance was a matter of conscience and didn't imply his disconnection from the Jehovah's Witnesses (he has been inactive for nearly 3 years), he was forcibly disassociated last week. Just in time for his 19th birthday.

  We are thrilled.

  Soon I will post a translation of our disassociation letters, the story around it, and a picture of us as well.

  Just wanted to share the "good news" of my kingdom.

  EdenOne
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  TWO MEN who changed Watchtower History but YOU NEVER HEARD of them!

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  two men who changed watchtower history but you never heard of them!

  cults are famous for control--especially controlling information about people, places and events which are embarrassing to their self-myths.. especially is this true for two important figures in watchtower history.. .

  the first man is william f. hudgings.

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  Thanks, Terry!

  Fascinating stuff.

  EdenOne
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  Hardline or more mainstream.... I think we now have the answer!

  by Tornintwo in

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  this latest convention with the shunning and bunker videos shows the organisation getting more and more extreme and more cultish.. i think for the last few years they have wavered between the softer more mainstream, loving version of christianity (last year's jesus convention for example) and a harder line, there were even posters on here optimistically suggesting they might relax the shunning rules.

  whoever it is on the gb who has the harder stance has clearly won out (my guesses lett and morris!).

  i am sure i am not the only one breathing a sigh of relief, "phew, we got out in time".

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  It's the Rutherfordian strategy 2.0 ...

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