the last report i gave in was for the month of may, meaning as of today, i have missed 6 months of reports, and am officially inactive!
(though the last time i actually went out was march, gave fake reports for april and may).
feels like a milestone.
It will be three years for me. At first, I felt like I should go back and rework all the territory and apologize to those who I called on as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I helped them spread lies for over fifty years.That is, of course, impractical. Now, I just make it a practice to inform as many people as I canabout the truth about Jehovah's Witnesses.
Glad you are free and loving it. So am I!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlbwnjglymu.
What a great clip and application to the GB!
the lead elder co of my hall said he was going to push for a jc meeting.
i could tell all along all hes interested in is protecting his god the org.. so i'm 90% sure now of going on the offesive and first having a family meeting telling them i'm offically quitting and how its going to play out and how i'll will be shunned even though i have commited no sin.
i also may explain a little of why and how i came to this decision with out bashing the org to much out of respect for my wife.
Your letter and sentiments meet with my approval, even though personally, I would never give a judicial committee the honor and dignity of my time and attention. They have no authority over me and cannot require me to do anything.
apparently the jws are doing a new handbill campaign.
they were just at my door and offered it to me with one of their heartless and scripted presentations.
the religion has just become so dumbed down.
No one gave me one. I live in a complex that says no soliciting on the door. I guess Jehovah will rightfully have to destroy all who live in such residences.
i had an idea for coming up with a standard(ish) set of interview questions which members of the ex-jw community could use to provide insights into their lives as a kind of series (yeah, i was thinking of "interview with a vampire", lol).. anyway, this is the result to show the sort of thing i'm thinking of (applied to myself) and i'd like feedback on the format and the questions as well as who you'd also like to see "interviewed".. feel free to provide your own life story as a separate topic or ask any additional questions that i've missed.
it's not meant to be rigid so questions / themes can be adapted as needed and split / joined as appropriate.
the common questions will hopefully apply to everyone for some consistency and to guide the writing process with additional questions asked that make sense to each subject.. well, here goes .... tell us a little about yourself and your family.. im an independent software developer who grew up in manchester (uk) but now lives in calgary (canada) with my wife angharad and two boys, liam and dylan.
Very interesting. Thanks for the background info.
a thread on another forum reminded me of a letter i wrote to the person that went to the elders and started the proceedings to have me disfellowshipped.
i stopped believing in the religion when i was 25 but continued going for about ten years.
i finally started to fade at 35, but about 6 months after i had stopped going to meetings, a person wrote a letter to the elders about my website, which at the time was anonymous.
Great letter and not only have you helped thousands leave, but you have helped them leave happily, assured that the Watchtower is NOT God's Visable Earthly Organisation!
Job well done, thanks again for helping all us truth seekers.
"there was a kid who turned down a college scholarship so he could pioneer.
how stupid!
i would do anything to have a scholarship.
There is hope for your daughter! She has her own brain and is using it! Wonderful!
a little background, i faded in 2007 and have been out ever since.
i started studying at 18 and have no jw realitives.
i'm returing because my life is heading in the wrong direction.
Best wishes to you Space Madness, even though I don't see how cult life is going to ever make anyone truly happy. You give over your authentic self to the cult leaders, aka the governing body. You know longer make decisions about what to do and how to live your life based on your own feelings.
I would never go back to the Kingdom Hall and have found friends elsewhere. None of them are drunks or drug users. They like me not based on my sharing their religios views, but on me, the real me and only me.
Have you tried the United Universalist Church in your area? I hear that they are wonderful.
i finally decided to post.
i'm so scared of being caught, so i'll be vague.
i'm an appointed brother.
Good to have you here. Stay and we will help you .
i think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.
are you a "spiritual" person?.
I have read the book "The Atheists Book of Bible Stories" and have read "the thinking atheist" website. It makes more sense to me than anything I ever read anywhere in a Watchtower publication.
