by schnell 19 Replies latest jw experiences
I can't be too sure, because I didn't answer, but my mother had called me this morning and said this week is our CO visit.
It's been a while since I last had elders at my door. Last time that happened, I posted about it, so it was only a few months.
I really don't want to talk with them. Is there a chance I'll be announced as "no longer one of..." after he's left if I don't?
From what I can make out you don't have anything to worry about if they
don't get the idea you're living /sleeping with someone they don't think
you should
Or have Cupid saying let me be your valentine on your front door,
A reminder:
Don't talk to them, it's "I'm having personal problems I really can't talk" and
don't say a thing
Express yourself elsewhere!
:0)
They`ll forget about you,the moment they knock on another door..
with any luck.
Express yourself elsewhere!
:0)
Oh yeah. I don't believe in stifling my own expression just to keep them satisfied. The cult is theirs. I've already debated an elder once, wherein he concluded, "At some point, you have to decide there is a god." Brilliant.
My strategy is to play nice, avoid where ever possible, end conversations as gracefully as possible, and bring up Deuteronomy 18:20-22 when pushed.
Is there a chance I'll be announced as "no longer one of..." after he's left if I don't ?
No, they tend to DF people after they talk to them and the person comes out in opposition to the Borg .
A lack of attendance isn't a clause for DFing in most situations.
If they don't see you at the meetings and they somehow get in contact with you , the best thing is just be polite and say your not interested in it anymore, but stop right there.
Do not go into why, just say its for personal reasons, if you do get into long drawn out debate they will perceive you as an apostate and they certainly will DF you.
and bring up Deuteronomy 18:20-22 when pushed.
Realistically I wouldn't even do that, don't quote Scriptures at all because your just implicating yourself for grounds of apostasy in their minds.
Don't answer! Once they get you talking, they will find a way to hang you from the highest tree. If you continuously don't answer, eventually they will forget about you . They did us. Thank God!
Realistically I wouldn't even do that, don't quote Scriptures at all because your just implicating yourself for grounds of apostasy in their minds.
And at that point, I'd speak with Unitarian Universalists and Freethinkers groups instead. I believe getting caught doing so today would incriminate me as well. And I'd tell them what happened.
"Yes, I got officially, bureaucratically shunned for pointing out scripture to them. Funny, right?"
Maybe even the newspaper. "AREA MAN SHUNNED BY CULT AFTER READING SCRIPTURE". Okay, maybe the Onion.
If you have family that are practicing JWS and you want to retain a certain relationship with them, it is always best to leave unDFed and you probably know the reason why .
This is what I did and I've been out for 30 years or more
