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  Faded for almost 10 years and still getting random calls

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all, just wondering if anyone is in the same boat.

  wifey and i dropped off the face of the jw planet almost a decade ago and still get 3 or 4 visits a year mostly when we are not dressed or expecting visitors.

  it's really annoying because we are both wondering why they don't get the hint already.. we don't want to move because we really enjoy where we live and both have careers that keep us in the area.. i've asked politely that they stop calling but like the "godfather" they keep "pulling me in.".

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  carla

  Just send in your cease & desist letter (maybe with your Christmas card? ha, just kidding) the letter really does go back to the elders in your area and you will become a do not call. You will not have to talk to anybody from the cong. You might have to send it next year too because they only consider it good for one year. Unless you are like me and get mad as hell when they knock then you will be a do not call for all time. (I didn't think I should have to send a letter each year but that is another topic)

  Here is the link, you will have put the new NY address on it though-

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/153587/cease-desist-letter
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses face legal / Financial Penalties in Court. NBC San Diego

  by ToesUp in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  nbc news san diego news video.

  jehovah's witnesses face legal / financial penalties in court.. san diego nbc news video.

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  ...and so the shunning begins

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am now officially 'inactive' so am no longer chased by an elder a for a report.

  the congregation i belonged to never had much time for me anyway, i said once i could drop down dead in the k.hall and no one would notice.

  so i never expected anyone to be particularly bothered that i wasn't there and they aren't.

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  carla

  I'm sorry, wishing you peace moving forward.
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  "Jehovah's Witnesses' withheld info will cost them..."

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  latest perspective of the san diego reader on wts loosing its $4000 per day sanction appeal.... https://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/nov/10/ticker-jehovahs-witnesses-withheld-info-4000-day/?templates=mobile.

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  JW.ORG turning into an evangelical clone

  by Pistoff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i clicked this link to the november 2017 tvjw video, in it they defend their 2 witness policy, though, gutlessly, they do not mention it in the context of child sexual abuse.. anyway, check out the christian jehovian song at 57:06, ugh, makes me nauseous.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksz0qiftsok&feature=youtu.be&t=53m25s.

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  carla

  Sorry, I just can't bring myself to actually watch this crap nor give them any more 'views' on youtube. What's the deal with the sphinx?

  Do jw's brag about how many views they get on their evangelical shows now? Think the day will ever come when have very own Tammy Fay Baker type? I guess she would have to be more of a plain jane though.

  My jw would pass an evangelical type of show on tv years ago and go on about how tacky it was, all for the money, etc.. etc... I wonder what he thinks of the wt doing exactly the same thing now?
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  Faithleaks-Did you guys see this?

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the story mentions they may come after jw's-.

  http://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2017/11/07/memo-to-all-religions-mormonleaks-may-be-coming-after-you-with-new-faithleaks-site/?hl=1&noredirect=1.

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  The story mentions they may come after jw's-

  http://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2017/11/07/memo-to-all-religions-mormonleaks-may-be-coming-after-you-with-new-faithleaks-site/?hl=1&noRedirect=1
  
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  How do jw's answer this? John 6:54 & blood issue

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i happen to be cruising around the net and stumbled upon this question on a different forum.

  how do jw's answer jesus words in john 6:54 today?.

  "whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and i will raise them up at the last day.

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  carla

  I happen to be cruising around the net and stumbled upon this question on a different forum. How do jw's answer Jesus words in John 6:54 today?

  "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."

  You've got eating flesh and drinking blood something jw's find repulsive. Their yearly reject Jesus memorial does not allow them to take part in communion, how do they hand the 'whoever' part? some Bibles say 'whosoever' and does not limit it to a number such as 144,000.

  Or does their version of the Bible simply remove John 6:54? just wondering what the current light is on that one.
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  My unbelieving husband was offended by the WatchTower just studied

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was the paragraph talking about people who don't want to be j.w's being executed, and it being an act of compassion from jehovah towards his witnesses..

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  He ought to look at some of the old stuff! he would be downright apoplectic
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  A Little Direction Please

  by Brian J in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i'm an active elder, cobe, just got home from the meeting where i handled the treasures part and concluded by announcing a friend of mine has been d/f,.....blah blah blah...and over the last year have woken up.

  i simply cannot spill my guts to my wife and children as it would be family suicide.

  i have zero desire to bash, spread my feelings, or become an "apostate".

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  carla

  Just a thought from a non jw, never been, never will ubm- just because you tell the truth about something doesn't mean you are 'bashing' them. Though it will sound like it to a jw, that in itself should tell you something. If they had any sort of truth they wouldn't mind scrutiny.

  Best of luck and my only tip is to never use the word 'cult' with your jw's.
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  Alternative witnessing

  by Zyron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those of us still attending meeting are actively encouraged to use out tablets or smartphones to direct people to jw.org.

  how about, after doing the standard presentation casually say to householder, you can also look at this forum to read of experiences of life as a jw as well as the official version?.

  obviously you need to be working by yourself or with a pimo jw..

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  carla

  Shepherdless, would a jw get a talking to by an elder eventually if they did that on a regular basis? and how do jw's not do that on a regular basis? My house is a do not call so I haven't seen their presentation in awhile.