Has anyone here been caught?

new light

I want to post my picture here, but something holds me back. I am not DF'd or DA'd, and my whole family is in, so I do have something to lose if I am caught being a WT opposer. Basically, I'm trying to assess the risk factor here.

Has anyone been "caught" because of posting their face on this forum? In a few months, I probably won't care anyway, as the confidence in my beliefs continues to grow. Right now though, part of me is still concerned about the possible consequences. What are my chances of being found out by a local JW?

jst2laws

YES,

You are much more at risk if you put your picture up. We were DF'd for going public (newspaper and TV) with the child molestation issue but at our hearing the bros pulled up pictures of us from JWD. However, they would not have found those pictures if not for a JW wife of another local poster finding them and the links on his computer. She turned this info over to the elders.

The other side is that Mulan has had her picture up for years and nothing has happened.

On a side note, being DF'd is not something a person looks forward to regardless of their conviction that the Watchtower is a fraud. But it was the best thing to happen in the long run for us. We spent two years of agony trying to live our life while looking over our shoulders, hanging on to a few friends and relatives inside. We have lost them now but we have gained our own life back. It was painful, but like vital surgery, it was worth the period of suffering.

Jst2laws

garybuss

Caught doing what? "-) There are no rules againse being on the internet. . . . . are there?

Anybody who would shun me has more to lose than I do:-)

new light

thank you, jst2laws.

Gary: I agree wholeheartedly, but we both know what the harsh reality is within the org. Someone sees my picture under the screen name "New Light" and reads all my posts. Even if I don't end up being asked to a JC (fat chance), the rumors would undoubtedly spread very quickly and Blammo!! Matt gets shunned!

If I were DF'd I would take it on the chin for sure, but I'm not going to just lay my head on the block, not yet anyway. If the chances of being caught are low enough, I'll go for it. Calculated risk.

Mulan

The other side is that Mulan has had her picture up for years and nothing has happened.

Who can figure that one out? I know they know I am here, but I think they won't do anything to us as long as my mother is alive. It's just a thought.

So, be afraid!! Be very afraid.................or not!!

Steve Lowry

Wow, I'm usually the last person to advise caution about coming out of the Watchtower Society and taking a public stand against it. But if all you want to do is post your picture, then it seems to me you put yourself in a position where you have everything to loose and nothing to win. What do you gain by posting your photo?

rem

I wasn't caught on this board, but I was caught on Amazon.com when somebody found my book recommendations for JW's that included Crisis of Conscience and other "apostate" books. I didn't try to hide it because I didn't really care at the time, but I did eventually get a knock at the door one weekend morning. )

Of course they were going to DF me so I DA'd myself right then. It kinda sped up the inevitable.

rem

SixofNine

I have stopped putting my pics on JWD in the past year or so, not because I'm afraid of being "caught", but because I see it as a small price to pay for keeping a tolerable-even-if-crippled relationship with my family, and because I am in touch with a few old witness friends, and don't want to risk having them "shut down" on me.

joannadandy

I believe Not_Interested's elder dad saw some pics of him here, and confronted him about it.

I dunno, having never been baptized, and seriously putting my parents to the loyalty test the past couple of years (god love them, they still put up with me) I guess I looked at my risk and knew they already think I am an apostate, and still speak to me, but seeing my picture probably won't turn them on me. However, that's my parents.

I dunno, like someone else pointed out--what's to gain by posting your picture? If you want to share your picture you can always e-mail it to certain people you feel close with/have talked to. ~~(If you have nudie pictures I'll take those)~~ oh wait! That was wrong so very wrong...I appologize.

It's your choice, but the fact that you are even slightly concerned about the ramifications of posting your picture leads me to the conclusion, that you probably shouldn't.

Has anyone here been caught?

Share this