Beware! Xmas Morning ELDER attacks!

by LovesDubs 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • LovesDubs
    LovesDubs

    For those of you trying to sneak out the back door without being DFd or DAd...and plan to do holidays, PLEASE remember that the JWs are TIGHTENING their grip on detractors and those who think they can LEAVE without consequences and they WILL come to your door CHRISTMAS MORNING to try to catch you! I have heard of this COUNTLESS times since leaving in Jan 97. Keep everything that might incriminate you away from the front door!! And that includes your KIDS whom they will ask direct questions to!

    Edited by - LovesDubs on 12 December 2002 14:23:44

  • liquidsky
    liquidsky

    I'm not worried because christmas morning I'll be in HAWAII. Woohoo!

  • LB
    LB

    Pretty sad when the spiritual police find a need to track down ex members. Such a desperate act.

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    We live in a gated community, so it will be difficult for them to get in. But my wife is looking forward to them knocking on the door; she will ask how they got in, and then escort them out.

    Too bad these elders have to resort to theocratic warfare to "get" the inactive.

  • kelsey007
    kelsey007

    OHHHH how I wish they would come to my door any time! If you guys think I am a smart ass here- LOL I could have some real fun with the elder bunch- I would video tape the visit and share with all- what a better x-mas present for you guys...

  • Wolfgirl
    Wolfgirl

    Bah! They'll never find me. I left the country, lived in Hong Kong, and am now in France, where I have yet to see a JW.

  • shera
    shera

    Ticks me off that they think they have a right to be hunting people down,yrs after.

  • waiting
    waiting

    Actually, the elders DID come to our house on Christmas morning several years ago. My husband has an old office in a detached nearby building....and they knocked there, where he just happened to be working on the Year's Text for another cong. We had NO decorations then either.

    They asked the all important question: "Do you still want to be known as one of Jehovah's Witnesses?"

    paraphrasing but accurate: "Hell yes. And I'll tell you when I don't. Till then, I'll get my information off the internet."

    He always was known for being stiff-necked and independent.

    waiting

  • Alana
    Alana

    Been there...done that!!!! Don't think that they won't!

    I am usually at my non-JW family's house on Xmas day...well, about 4 years ago my ex and I weren't leaving to go there until about noon and it was the first year that we got daring enough to put up any kind of decoration thing that could be seen from the street. Well, lo and behold, who shows up at the door but the P.O. and another elder.

    The chicken that I was.....I ran downstairs hiding......and dummy that he was...he LET THEM IN!! Well, there is our daughter just tearing into gifts, and the tree, etc. Basically, they looked disappointed and shocked and told my ex "You know what this means, don't you?" To which he replied, "Well, then do what you feel you have to do." I was furious later.

    I ended up writing a letter to the elders, certified mail, using one from a site online as a basis.....threatening legal action of I heard of any kind of announcement about me, etc., as they did not see me, nor did they speak with me and a bunch of other things and I had quotes from the "Flock" book where it states that if someone has not been claiming to be a JW for a while that they don't need to take action necessarily, unless that one tries to return, or something like that. Fortunately, we have not heard back from them....but, I think that it is partially out of respect for my elderly (adoptive) JW father. I assume that once he passes they will be back.......of course, this would be the year, even though my father is still living (in the nursing home), when they come with my outdoor decorations and live-in boyfriend....and we will be home part of the day Xmas this year. Oh boy...... I will let you all know if they come a'knockin'!

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    Kelsey-

    I would love a copy of that video if it were to ever happen! Make sure you have several cameras set up so you can make sure to record every face they make.

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