Me too for ignoring the whole thing.
You don't need them for anything.
To DA myself or to go to JC meeting, that is the question
by Crazyguy 33 Replies latest jw friends
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breakfast of champions
"Takin' my time, choosin' my lines
Tryin' to decide what to do
Looks like my stop, don't wanna get off
Got myself hung up on you
Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it
Seems to me you just turn your pretty head and walk away
Places I've known things that I'm growin'
Don't taste the same without you
I got myself in the worst mess I've been
And I find myself starving without you
Seems to me talk all night here comes the morning
Seems to me you just forget what we said and greet the day
I've got to cool myself down stompin' around
Thinkin' some words I can't name ya
Meet ya halfway got nothin' to say
Still I don't s'pose I can blame ya
Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it
Seems to me you just turn your pretty head
Walk Away"
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westiebilly11
don't go...don't give them your head on a plate....because if you appear to disagree with them on anything you will be seen as apostate/evil influence on others in the congregation.....best to not turn up ....for the time being you have the power .....
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stillin
Boc, why is that a familiar piece of verse?
crazyguy, are you a threat to the congregation? Have you been making "wicked suggestions?" If you made some sort of moral misstep, could you not acknowledge it to prevent DFing? Do you care if they DF you? The DA letter is a great thing for some as a sort of catharsis, but I doubt that anybody really thinks about the words that you write so IMO, if you are ready to take the leap then have your say at a JC or simply ignore them. It's a toss up. It's very possible that the punishment is way out of proportion with your "crime." You might point out the simple facts to them. There's a chance that one of them actually cares about you.
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Old Goat
Do neither. Let it all rest on them. If they step over the line, appeal and give them heck. If you want to leave anyway, why give them power in your life? The only power they have is imagined.
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Hortensia
Petty tyrants. Why give them an inch? Turn your back and walk away.
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Over%forme
They called me and said I was to be at the
KH for a JC and I told them I would not be there.
They called later and said, the decision was to
DF.
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rebel8
You could attend the next Sunday meeting in ashes and sackcloth, rip your garments, fall on the floor and wail your grief and remorse.
It's not as though they can say you're doing anything unbiblical.
If they're going to go Hebrew Scriptures on you, then you should too.
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cofty
Show them no respect or cooperation.
I was reading about hundreds of East Germans who fled to Hungary in 1989 hoping they would be allowed to leave for West Germany. Eventully the GDR agreed they could leave on sealed trains that travelled back via East Germany but they would have to surrender their ID papers to Stasi officers on the train. When the police walked down the carriages demanding the documents everybody threw them on the floor so they had to get down on their knees and grovel around to retrieve them.
It was a small victory against oppression.
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ragnarok75
I f they have even the slightest suspicion that you are a doubter or evn an apostate,they WANT you to write a (DA) letter and they WANT to have their little jc powertrip.They need to have you classified and categorised.
So..my suggestion is what many others have said;do the opposite of what they want and IGNORE THEM.