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  I've decided to make a difference that REALLY matters

  by Mrs. Eden in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..

  because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.

  instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.

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  kairos

  Good decision!
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  Need clarification from someone who speaks JW: What is an "apostate" ...or... an "apostate website?"

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/27/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-notes-about-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-told.

  http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-australia-religion-sexcrimes-iduskcn0q10ih20150727.

  http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.

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  kairos

  I'm an apostate...

  In the land that JWs dwell, I have , overnight, for some of them become scarier than Satan. Why? You can SEE me. I EXIST and may pop out from behind any random bush, shopping cart or trash pile.

  Satan, eh?. He never shows up to anything.

  As for web sites. Anything that is not directly coming from the "approved channel of communication"® is likely from an apostate source. ( unless it's FB, Google, Yahoo, Angry Birds, personal e-mail, etc and you are able to have enough "self control" not to type "jehovah" in a search window or you sit in your living room when using your computer ).

  People in my town are going to SHIT when I engage them as if we are still friends.
  I'll say, "I'm what?"

  "You're no longer one of JWs"

  "I haven't been for years and you spoke with me until Sept 10th, though?"

  "I mean you're a DF'd apostate"...

  "I missed that announcement"...

  <hilarity ensues>
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  Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

  how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

  i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.

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  kairos

  Back home from a night out.

  We went to one of my rehearsals tonight. Big Band jazz/dance band.
  Professional musicians and paid gigs.

  She dialed in and listened to just the announcement.
  It made her very sad, but there is finally closure.

  We are spending some quiet time together and I don't have to work early.

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  After thought: Admit apostasy ASAP.

  You get out, it shocks everyone else and might wake someone up to TTATT.

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  I half-expect the announcement to be made in the other Napa congregations, as this is fairly big.
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  Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

  how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

  i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.

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  kairos

  Announcement should read out in about 4 hours or so...

  Oh, the suspense is killing me!
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  Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

  how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

  i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.

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  kairos

  Glad it isn't the 1200's...
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTaD2C08xU
  3-25-89 to 9-10-15

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  My FB post for today.
  I had the joy of recently performing the orchestra piece, "Candide".

  This number rings true on many level.
  How about the three man JC?

  
  

  I really mentally left the ORG early this year.
  This announcement is to "close my file".

  Happy are those who mourn, since they will be comforted
  Matt 5:4
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  Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

  how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

  i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.

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  kairos

  Today is the day.

  I was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on March 25th 1989.
  Disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, September 10th 2015.

  What an amazing story we all share. How did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?

  I asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.
  She is...

  We celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past Monday.

  I must admit, I never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.
  I'm free of all the fake friendships. I can do as I please with out having to worry who sees.
  That's a relief right there.
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  Could "this generation" inspire a new "1975 debacle"?

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think that it's possible that they're getting ready to issue a new end time date insinuation like they did with 1975. now i know what some of you are probably thinking: why would they be so stupid as to repeat such a mistake, knowing what happened in 1975?

  well here're two reasons why i think they could do it:.

  first, it's important to remember that they are deluded.

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  kairos

  Nothing surprises me. Even if they are 100% correct, I would rather take a permanent dirt nap than spend eternity with these crazies!

  
  

  It is sad that it has come to this for so many of us exJWs.
  
  
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  Done.....done done done....

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i just found out that our disassociation was announced last night.

  we....are...free!.

  i'd like to take a moment to thank some people:.

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  kairos

  <Stands and applauds!!>

  My announcement comes next week.
  Can't come sooner.

  Congrats to you and your wife in receiving "true freedom"!!
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  Mrs. Eden sends her regards to you all .... =)

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mrs. eden is laying here by my side reading the forum latest posts with me and asked me to send you all her warmest regards.

  more to follow soon.... .

  eden

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  kairos

  Welcome. It can be difficult going, but we are all here for each other.
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  Exposing one's identity. When?

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.

  ( "reaching out", so to speak ).

  i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.

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  kairos

  It is sinking in, but the reality is... Nothing will change.

  The last few hold-out JWs will now join in on the loving shunning.
  ( feel the love! )

  Not a problem.
  I will engage who I please, if I'm up to it.
  

  I have no reason to honor their ridiculous shunning decree.
  They can run and hide, for all I care.

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  So, everything played out pretty much as expected. No surprises.

  The Geoffrey Jackson testimony that led the Royal Commission to proclaim the JWs a "captive religion" was very appropriate to my situation.

  They will hunt you down if they can...

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  I should have just DA'd instead of stepping down as a servant.

  Would have been so much easier.
  On the other hand, I have become the most notorious exJW in Napa's history.
  Possibly the only one DF'd for admitted apostasy!!

  I hope some people start researching the ORG as a result.