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A letter To My Friend

by Garrett in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

so i've written up a letter to my friend that i plan on sending him to try to wake him up.

he's a very sensible man who i care deeply for.

Garrett

Thank you all for your responses and input. I think I agree with you. I'm just going to leave it as it is, ponder some more, grow a pair and try to meet with him in person.

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I Have a Terminal Illness

by berrygerry in

first off, no, i don't have one.. but, was researching, and this article "when a loved one leaves jehovah" ( sep 1, 2006, p. 17 ), has a box "have you left jehovah.".

this box includes: "you cannot know if you will even be alive tomorrow.

(psalm 102:3; james 4:13, 14) one man who was diagnosed with a terminal illness said: this illness caught me serving jehovah full-time, with no skeletons in my closet.

I feel that the watchtower is the most powerful when someone is in a weak state of mind, usually after a tragedy.That's usually when they are able to recruit people. This article just proves my theory.

If I had a terminal illness, I would probably do my best to make sure that my family would be cared for in my absence. If I left the organization of my own free will, I would not be returning to it, even if I was about to die.

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A letter To My Friend

by Garrett in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

so i've written up a letter to my friend that i plan on sending him to try to wake him up.

he's a very sensible man who i care deeply for.

Garrett

Hey guys, Thanks for the response.

At this stage, I don't care if I'm DFed. I've lost everything before, I'm not scared.

I actually rather not do this in person because I don't want to have a confrontation with him. The written word would be better. If he reacts favorably or asks to meet, then I'd be willing to see him in person.

On another note, a girl I was (and maybe still am) in love with back in my home country sent me a voice message saying how she hasn't heard from me and misses me. Makes me sad that I'll never speak to her again.

The emotional turmoil is hitting hard :(

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A letter To My Friend

by Garrett in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

so i've written up a letter to my friend that i plan on sending him to try to wake him up.

he's a very sensible man who i care deeply for.

Garrett

Hey guys,

So I've written up a letter to my friend that I plan on sending him to try to wake him up. He's a very sensible man who I care deeply for. Can you guys give me your opinions? Is there anything I can add?

Here is the letter: Hi Anonymous,

I hope all is well with you. I'd like to start off by sincerely apologizing for not responding to your texts or phone calls but I had to be left completely alone in order to weigh the facts and make the right decision.

You are and always will be (for me) my best friend so I feel I should give you a reason for my disappearance.

To be honest, I'm not too sure where to start. As you know, I have many issues with the brothers and sisters. One of the biggest ones is their hypocrisy. If there is one thing I despise it's hypocrites. People are friendly when you're around and then don't give a care in the world about you when you aren't. As the saying goes, out of sight out of mind.

A while ago, I had told two elders that I was feeling really depressed. Note that both of these elders told me in the past, that if I got depressed, that I should contact them. Well, I did... can you guess what happened? I never received a response from either of them. I waited a week and received nothing.

While there are many things that contributed to my leaving, some which are minor while others are more major issues, there is one major thing that I cannot ignore.

Child sexual abuse being ignored. 3 news stations aired a news segment that the organization deliberately covered up child sexual abuse. At first I thought this would be a huge lie, so I watched it to see these people make fools of themselves. Well, I found out it was true when they showed scans of letters to the Body of Elders from Bethel that specifically stated that they were not to tell anyone, not the congregation, not the police that there could potentially be a child molster in their midst.

Now, I can understand if the child abuse was covered up by elders at their own accord, since we could say that they are earthly and sinful men, however, when the organization itself tells the elder not to speak of the abuse, then I have a huge problem. And to top it off, we had Lett, in the recent JW broadcast tell us that it was all a lie. Can he explain why he said it's a lie when there are scans of official documents from the branch office as well as depositions from elders confirming that they knew about a child being molested but were told not to tell authorities.

Here is a link for you to look at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/leaders-jehovahs-witnesses-cover-child-sex-abuse/

So, I cannot be part of a religion that deliberately covers up child abuse. Now, Anonymous, I understand how this looks and I understand if you wish to show the elders my letter and I understand if you refuse to talk to me anymore. All I want you to remember is that I think you're an amazing person and someone who is very close to my heart.

Love and peace,

Garrett

What do you think? Also, @Simon , would it be possible for me to PM you and you could delete this entire post at a later time?

Thanks in advance for your time guys!
As always, peace and love,
Garrett.

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My first birthday gift to someone

by Slave4_38y in

i bought my girlfriend a birthday gift yesterday.

it felt weird.

i'm 43 years old and have never done this before.

Garrett

Good for you!

Christmas used to be my favorite time of the year. I haven't celebrated it in about 7 years. I can't wait until December when I can finally enjoy it once more.

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ABC's report on child abuse

by Joyzabel in

nice job!

Garrett

YOUTUBE link for those of us outside of the US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcYn4AiwQE

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Gifts from my old hall..

by Garrett in

jw
friends

hey guys,.

so, it seems the hall i used to attend before my latest one got to hearing that i "disappeared".

so today, i went to the post office to pick up a package.... i decided to try to face reality and open it... what i found were multiple letters and wrapped gifts.

Garrett

Hey guys,

So, it seems the hall I used to attend before my latest one got to hearing that I "disappeared". So today, I went to the post office to pick up a package...

I decided to try to face reality and open it... what I found were multiple letters and wrapped gifts. When I saw them, a wave of emotions hit me like a ton of bricks. I decided to not look at any of the cards or letters and threw everything out.

I know this is my choice and I'm not going back to what I was because I finally feel happy and know what's really going on, I just wished people would accept my decision. These people helped me when I was in their hall, but it seemed they had forgotten about me since I never received word from them... They were my best friends who stopped contacting me... Now all of a sudden they send me gifts and multiple cards/letters when it's too late?

I don't know why I'm posting this, but I feel like I needed to write it out somewhere. It's really rough...

Peace and love,

Garrett

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Before knowing TTATT did you really believe in things as...

by roberto avon in

jw
friends

did you really believe in things as ;- the earth is only 6000 years old- the 144.000- 1914, based upon the destructiono of jerusalem- harmagheddon or the end of the world coming soon???

?i married a jw when i was an interested person and studying with the jw's ( not the way they wanted) but i told my wife before marrying her that " most probably " i would never have been a jw.she accepted me as i was and married me.

after that i had interrupted the study for one year, i started all over again with an elder of my wife's cong.

Garrett

When I got "recruited", I was around 14.

I never believed the Earth was only 6,000 years old, but then again, I don't think many witnesses believe that either. After all, the old green Bible used to have dinosaur pictures in it. They wouldn't put a picture of something they don't believe in, in one of their Bibles. So if they believe dinosaurs existed, they can't believe that the world was around for only 6,000 years.

I've always had my doubts about the 144,000. The explanation they gave me about how they were resurrected and how there were still some on Earth today.

1914 - I accepted and never really did much research on it.

Harmagheddon - Yes I believed it. At first I really believed it, but it slowly faded and after a while I didn't really think about it anymore. I think it's like that for some while others revel in the hope of it coming ASAP.

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