need help for a dissasociation letter!

by aikido1914 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  Xirian

  I don't even believe that I tried to fade away. I made up my mind and stuck with it. I am thankful for doing so.

  When I wrote mine, it was very short and sweet. I was only 17 at the time.

  I believe it was something like the following:

  "Dear Congregation,

  I wish to disassociate myself from the Jehovah's Witnesses. There are many things about your religion that I simply do not agree with. I can no longer sit on the fence and ignore this doubt. I appreciate the many things I have been taught over the years, but it is not enough to make me feel comfortable being a "yes" man.

  Sincerely,"

  Hope this helps a bit.
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  diamondblue1974

  Why write a letter? The only reason why you need to write a letter is simply on account of their own procedures; why give in to their control?

  My view for what it is worth is that you are simply demonstrating that they still have control over you; you are not contractually tied to them so why pander to their whims.

  DB74
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  BluesBrother

  You could spend days agonizing over the text of a d/a letter, you could write pages of good logical argument and personal reasons as to why you want out.

  The P.O will speed read it , and get to the bottom line and forget the rest. He then calls the body together and just tells them that XXX has d/a'd themself and next Thursday it will be announced.

  A week or two later the Secretary gets the letter to be kept in a sealed file. Nobody reads it in depth, nobody cares. Once you have denied the faith you are a nonentity with no more rights and of no more interest.

  If you really want to do it, and I wonder what tangible benefit it brings?, a simple two line letter saying that you no longer wish to be a Jehovah's Witness is sufficient and saves all time and trauma composing a longer letter.
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  twinkletoes

  You may wish to read our disassociation letter - it's a bit long, but you may be able to use some of the research that took us over 1 year to accumulate.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/52176/1.ashx

  Kaytee & Twinkletoes
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  twinkletoes

  BluesBro - If you really want to do it, and I wonder what tangible benefit it brings?, a simple two line letter saying that you no longer wish to be a Jehovah's Witness is sufficient and saves all time and trauma composing a longer letter.

  This is so true, BluesBro. we took about a week to compose our letter, and I can well imagine that the PO did speed read it !

  If we could turn back the time, we would probably just do a one-liner or even fade away.

  I suppose we did get some satisfaction compiling all of the info !

  Twinkletoes