Posted by Sunspot [Sunspot] on November 10, 1999 at 14:46:01 {AAJB0ph6mY/CPYT8orz2ebMrN7e8s2}:
In Reply to: *Some thoughts on the WTS posted by Kent on November 10, 1999 at 12:58:59:
After a while, I decided I didn’t want to be a Jehovah’s Witness any more, and I informed the elders in my congregation about my decision. I also told them why, but it would be too far fetched to go through all this here and now.
My wife to be gave them the same instructions. She just left, and she did not plan to come to a meeting explaining anything to them. She just left, like I did.>
WONDERFUL post, Kent!
I guess you know by now that I did the same thing.
I let it be known in writing, twice (the first letter I said I was disgusted at being ignored and abandoned for MONTHS, not attending for health problems that kept me housebound, and now I wanted to be left alone to sort things out) and the second was, my DA letter, where I again stated I wished NO further meetings or contact.
The phone rand for several days after the letter must have arrived, and I let the answering machine "get it". I felt NO obligation to discuss anything further.
Then, the Elders started banging on my door, ALWAYS right after hubby left for work, and I STILL ignored them. All last week this went on, and on Saturday they came again POUNDING on the door. My little one was home, and started to cry, saying _______ and ________ want to visit us...and was upset when I said I was not opening the door.
THAT ticked me off even further, I ended up putting a large NOTICE on the door, that if ANY of Jehovah's Witnesses knock on this door again, I will consider it harassment and WILL file a police report.
HOW arrogant ARE these people? The last three times they were here, pounding away, I had either the TV or radio blaring and lights on, and didn't hide the fact that I was here, and I was ignoring them.
It's all about control, and I will not be controlled by mere men any longer.
Someone online in an exJW support group told me that they were probaly here to tell me that they were going to disfellowship me, even though I had DAed myself first. I sent copies of my DA letter to all JWs I know by email, so I was ctually guilty of trying to subvert the faith of others, a DFing offense.
Call it what they will, the ones who got the letter will know WHEN I sent it and WHY, which suits me just fine! They can squawk all they want, but I got my point across! (And during the COs visit--ouch!) LOL!
Thanks for posting what you did, a lot more folks will be getting the same treatment, and it will help.....
Sunspot