Just gently slid away......noone has been in touch so don't think I'm missed. No one hardly spoke to me while I was there anyway.
What Is Your Present Status In The Organization?
by minimus 132 Replies latest jw friends
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shell69
Disassociated myself by letter in Feb 07. IMO I took away their control over my life and, by my actions, made it very clear that they no longer had a hold over me.
Never been happier.
Shell
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Robdar
Fader in good standing. That will change in about 30 weeks though. I am pretty sure I will be d/f.
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minimus
30 weeks? Is something noticeable gonna happen to you??
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DanTheMan
DA'd March '02. Glad I got out before they merged the DF/DA announcement into its current form. I haven't seen any of my former JW acquaintances in years. The last time it happened, I was walking into a local eatery as a few of them were coming out. Their faces clouded over like a storm on the high seas at the sight of me. It kinda freaked me out as it's one of the only times I've experienced a hard shun like that.
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Robdar
30 weeks? Is something noticeable gonna happen to you??
Yes, my mikvah. I will then officially be Jewish. I will then officially tell my old congregation. I am pretty sure of how they will respond. I'll be canned.
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minimus
For normal people, no one enjoys feeling shunned.
Robdar, no pregnancy then.
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BonaFide
I am still active, going to the meeting in a couple of hours. Elders havent met with me again to discuss judicial matter. I have a talk this coming week.
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Lease
in 1997, myself and a brother were DF'd in 1997. 3 months later he was reinstated. 3 years later, i was reinstated. yeah, that's right. though, i did spend the last 2 years in another city/congregation. i wrote 12 letters to the elders asking to be reinstated, only after wrting the CO 3 letters, they met with me and said "try again". tried again....and again. well, 3 years later reinstated, year 2000. then i moved to another congregation, another city. went out in service, turned in time, and after 6 months, no one ever asked me my information for a publisher card. so, i stopped attending. no calls. no visits. End of 2001, i moved to another city. never attended a KH again.
so, i am.....non-existent?.....One JW from my past still talks to me, about twice a year....she considers me Inactive.
lease
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Lease
hhhmm, re-thinking, i think i am a "marked inactive to be shunned". since being reinstated, i was still shunned and told not to associate with.
lease