In my case 6 months after I stopped attending meetings, two elders appeared at my work to talk to me. I let them know that it was 100% inappropriate for them to disturb me at my workplace. They left. I later discovered that the co was visiting and they appeared because they had been scolded for losing track of me. I later let them know at my home why I quit attending and that their lack of interest in me clarified to me whether they were being directed by Jehovah. My worldly associates had been the ones who helped me through the end of my marriage when my husband was disfellowshipped. Not one witness checked to see if I was ok or needed help. Even after my parents had contacted the elders and asked them to check on me. Because my husband was being physically abusive. This was all I needed to confirm to me that JW’s do not have God leading them. They lack agape love.

Standing up for yourself is ALWAYS worth it.

EPIC letter! when I faded, I joined the air force. after 2 years of being in the military, elders tracked me down and came to my house. I still have no idea how they did it, I assume my father (an elder) had something to do with it, but he didn't have my address because he wouldn't talk to me. i also don't think I put in a change of address to that house either. weird and creepy. They asked me why I left, and I LAYED it on them. I also put on my military uniform shirt at the same time. they got uncomfortable and asked if they could read me a scripture, I said "hell no, get off my property and never come back". Leaving that organization was the best thing I ever did in my life, the freedom, and the weight off your shoulders is the best feeling ever. Stay strong fellow and future survivors. YOU GOT THIS

Took me a long time to realize they have no power . Great show of strength my friend !

Watchtower is DANGEROUS RIP Raymond Franz

I chose to disassociate myself last year . I wanted to take control . The elders got my letter and tried to rush me into an urgent meeting the next day, only for them to DF me I guess . I refused

Fear based, correct . I no longer live in fear

There are real estate publishing company disguised as a religion 😮😮😮.

Lawd 😂have mercy 🙌🏾🙌🏾 that letter is longer than the Bible 😂🤦🏽‍♀️! I just left my home congregation since a kid, got my records transferred to another random hall, and of course, " they" elders recommended my pioneering be taken away 🤨! At first, I was hurt and frozen a little, but I decided to stay positive and focused! They did me a favor, simply fading away now! The new congregation doesn't really know me, so it worked out ! Praise the Grand Creator and Universe ❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Me and my husband faded successfully like 5 years ago! Great video 👍

I love your letter SO much. . In 2003 i had the opportunity to give this speech to the presiding elder of my parents, congregation along with my parents over a 4 1/2 hour period. He met with me as a personal favor to my parents with hope of bringing me back into the organization. I had told them “I had questions” I showed them original publications of the watchtower society all the way back to the founding that I had collected over the years after I left the society unbaptized. Since i was not baptized I was never completely shunned by my parents but our relationship was severely strained,.. I actually got some of the publications from my parents that they had collected from witnesses that were older than them when they passed away and bought some from online auctions. I must say you did it MUCH more eloquently.. I left in 1979 at the age of 18 after the 1975 prophecy failed. I knew then they were false prophets. Unfortunately my parents remained until their deaths in 2011&2017 blinded and disappointed by the cult as the generations before them

How to leave JW’s and WT and not get disfellowshipped. Brilliant! Great job!

My dad warned me that I'm still a baptized witness (even though I've had nothing to do with them for about a decade), and I told him that the religion I got baptized into (in the 90's) no longer exists. I told him that the truth never changes, and yet the "truth" I was preaching is no longer the truth. He the then asked me to leave the house. All the JW organisation does is cause division, braking up families and friendships should you question anything. An organisation that can't be questioned, is a very dangerous organisation.

This is absolute gold and should be shared with other ExJW's dealing with a similar situation. Who says Jehovah doesn't send help to those in need...?

Good for you! More people should sue, or _threaten_ to sue, JWs when they spy on individuals and then use or threaten to use that info to destroy their family relationships and/or their professions. It sounds like such lawsuits would have legal merit, and would definitely discouage disfellowshipping!

That’s a real Mandela move! “I will sue you for liable!” You’re very awesome! God bless you sir

Im glad you stood up! The seven headed bearded dragon deserves everything thats coming. Thank you 😊 love from Socorro NM 🤠.

What makes them think they have the right to hunting people down this is against the law.

My mother is still a JW. I was going to meetings when I was younger and finally when I was 17 I told her i didn’t want to do this. I wanted to be with my “worldly” friends. She tried to make me be friends with the witness kids and they were so clicky. I’m married now with a 20 year old daughter and am so happy to not be around that cult religion. It’s very sad for a child not to be able to celebrate their birthdays. I missed out on A LOT.

I faded years ago but was, and still am, totally shunned by local witnesses even those who were close friends.

Good thing I disassociated. They faked having concern for me. I told them save it. I'll be easy on you. If they were to hunt me down, I got a friend waiting on them. His name is Mr. 2nd amendment.

I’ve been inactive 30 years, never wrote a letter. My two sisters did the same. We wanted to be able to have a relationship with our mother and friends. Worked for us and the elders have never visited us.

That's one hell of a long letter, you could publish that as a book! I faded and would sue the local elders if they dared to threaten me, but I would never put anything down in writing, I would just instruct a lawyer...😂

Personally I've never regretted disassociating and the method in which I did, but I simply must say that your letter to the elders was simply BRILLIANT, bravo, I LOVED listening to this. X

It is not for the good that you gather together but for the bad . . . The freemasonic pyramind , is about to loose its golden capstone .

I left shortly before the change in the 1914 generation teaching in 1995, I realised that the generation of 1914 had already by some means passed away whereas Jesus said it would be no means pass away ,the quiet removal of the creator's promise in the Awake wouldn't wash with me. Upon waking up I found it difficult to suppress my free speech and one elder asked me if I still viewed myself as a Jehovah's Witness to which I said I wanted to follow God not the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, they made an announcement at the next meeting that I had left the Christian congregation and I have been shunned ever since. Looking back I wish I had followed a similar tack to yourself,well done for taking the initiative 👍

I was never in it for the people. I thought it was the truth. After 34 years I woke up and disassociated. I still have Holy God, no one can change that.🤍 Our creator doesn’t live in a Kingdom Hall. Our God is omnipresent.

That's got to be the best letter I've ever heard! Well done

I had a niece that threatened a restraining order to the elders because they were harrasing her,one was my brother in law that some family gossip that hedid something to a different niece which left the J.Ws because of what happened to her.

Bravo! I LOVE that letter, and this whole message. If I ever have the opportunity to speak to a JW again, I hope I can be half as eloquent and thorough as you! 💖💖💯

They thought they were doing something 😂 well done

Thank you Robin for sharing. I was spied on and harrassed too.

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing

simply Top, my Brother - thank you. Greetings from Germany

elders overstepping their pseudo authority.... their fickle power WT makes their god a liar

Because they know their time is short. There is madness in their hearts .

I love your letter, Robin! Great job. Thanks for sharing 👏 👏 👏

That letter could've been a lot longer if it was written today.with the Australian royal commission and the United nations thing .

Truly extraordinary Robin... Your letter was....( I'm actually struggling to find the right words to convey it's brilliance,... Profound comes to mind, but even that word seems inadequate..) Like you, I managed to fade.. only in my own case unlike yours, time hasn't so far caught up with me.. it has been over 30 years since I departed.. No one really cared that I did so....almost 40 years of service, but no one really cared...and no, I wasn't what we called a fringe member.... very much to the contrary....I was very similar to you....I was right at the hub of things...but in the end, no one really cared... Soon I will depart, and in the end no one will really care... Your letter needs sharing and I for one will share it....There is so much of me in it... Thank you for your videos which I have listened to with huge interest since you began producing them....They are always of a very high standard..

I was shattered when I heard that. I felt like the floor had opened up & swallowed me. But after the meeting the glazed over look in their eyes made me feel like I was with the walking dead.

I was tempted to write a letter. I'm deciding to fade instead because even if I told the Elders all the things I've found out not just about CSA, but also Geoffrey Jacksons testimony and the Australian Royal Commission (as well and the Legal Departments lying not just there but other courts like in Norway and Canada), I know it won't make a bit of difference. I saw one Judicial Committee video (as well as others) and even with evidence proving the inaccuracies, the Elders mentality seems to be "We don't care, you're either with us or against us." If it's going to end up with disfellowshipping either way, why should I give them the time of day?

I self-litigated when the Workers Compensation Corporation shafted me, for the third time. Nice to say, ‘I’ll Sue you’, but Court Proceedings or costs are an ordeal. I told them they can do whatever. They shun you anyways when you stop going, so an announcement is no big deal.

You did great!!

Walked away 19yrs ago.

I "returned to Jehovah" in late 2022 after being out for 10 years.. After attending quietly for 6 months, then the elders and JW family really started the control including a forced weekly 2 hr Bible study on Saturday afternoon for the whole summer until I said this was enough. I just stopped attending. My family member and the elders just this past Saturday tried to reach out, but I ignored it. Now I'm on pins and needles waiting for them to show up at my house.

You just made me remember the brief period of time i was knocking on doors while pimo

THANK YOU 🙏 for sharing a beautiful, well written letter 🫶🏽

Well Penned, Eternally Grateful.

It is so sick this cult teaches guilt, shame & fear in everything. Keep on preaching Robin. Great video. If they keep preaching no children in this evil world, the cult will die like the Shakers and so many other radical groups.

I would have told them whether I wrote that book it’s NONE of your business. And sue them!

Fantastic job of bringing to light the situation.❤😊❤

Like a boss!

Thanks for taking time to make these videos available. I learn a lot about the jws🙏🙏😇😇

I am perfectly willing to engage with Jehovah's Witnesses at my door having studied their history and beliefs. A the same time I have no expectations that my logic and critical thinking will make any difference to their shuttered beliefs.

I faded, but not silently. I was vocal about questions and criticisms of watchtower, but no action was taken. An elder stopped by my shop, spoke for a bit, and then asked if I believed the GB were gods representatives on earth. I said "no". He shook his head and drove away. Still nothing. Perhaps because I was in the congregation since it's founding, they shied away from the inevitable questions from many as to why. I finally gave them a very public reason to disfellowship me, which prompted a call to request an elders meeting with me, which I declined, as I told them I did not recognize them as having any authority over me. They were free to do as they wished. I attended the meeting for my DF announcement. I actually enjoyed it.

damn you told them!! good for you! this is my first video from your channel i have watched. what an entrance! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

At the time I was disfellowshipped in 1994, there wasn't so much talk about all these changes, or they hadn't considered them yet. I felt it was my doing and I should stand up and take my punishment. I was used to it, I'd been disfellowshipped in 1975, 1977, and then 1994. All because of love for a man, or by the last one, men. So why drag it into all this complexity? I really had other agenda at the time, so I wasn't that affected. Now, considering falling to the bottom of the pit in 1994 with this guy, I wish I'd never done anything wrong. It was a safe place for me, and I abused it. Now it'll be 30 years since I was one of JW, and it's all changed. I don't even feel I'd be going back to the same organization, selling off the Kingdom Halls the local brothers paid for? At least the land usually. Or what is transpiring at the top of the ladder? It makes me want to just cry, it's gone. I've asked the Elders over twice in the last decade. My unbelieving son lives with me and scared them off, they went running the first time, and the second time they quickly said a few words and they were gone. Hmmm.😒

Amazing

Very valid points. Having said that I also personally believe that both the individual elders, witnesses, and the watchtower bible and tract society are very liable for a great many crimes against their members and of their extended family and friends.

Wow. Really enjoyed this letter filled with substance unlike the empty articles they write in the Watchtower magazines. As a never was JW but married into a JW family, I struggle with my husband’s cult programming. Even tho he claims he doesn’t follow JW ways and was never baptized, his mentality is that of a witness! He’s too blind to see it and is more so a POMI. I’d love to read this/your letter out loud to my Elder Father in Law. Makes me wonder WHY today in 2024, he still chooses to stay in when no one else in the family is. Thank you for your incredible insight and intelligent display of your thoughts 💭 Take Care and All the Best to You 🫶🏽

Perfect.🚴‍♀🚴‍♀On your bike and leave me and my family alone. A lot of people who have left get scared and knuckle under. That just shows how bad this organization is. It is all about fear. I wrote a similar letter years ago, I gave my reasons why, I was left alone. I still have contact with old acquaintances, I tread lightly. It's a matter of conscious, don't mess with mine and I won't mess with yours, respect.

This one elder seemed to be every place I went every day until they announced they disassociated me.

👏👏👏👏👏 Superlative Letter!!!

Beautiful exit. Love the picture on the wall

Brilliant approach and letter!

I heard fading is no longer an option, the Watchtower now ruthlessly hunts down faders, sends their kin and friends after them to ask them to return. By ask I means demand with the threat of disfellowshipping.

I've never been a jw my family was catholic. But my relatives that became jw is so sad. Two committed suicide because they feared being shunned. Some did leave and didn't care if they were shunned they had support by us and the family they married into. It just blows my mind that they want to keep everyone poor to keep control Almost like the government. Bless you sir. You have now awakened. ❤ welcome to living life.

I just up and left been 6 years now I’m treated like I’m disfellowship when I’m just inactive I figured just stop going would be the best choice since I could still talk to my family but that don’t even matter I guess there very radical I found Christ wish the others would wake up , left at 26 now I’m 32 and happy I left so young

Governing Body BLOOD GUILTY 🛑

After I left the JW organization in August 2019 due to researching and finding out so much disturbing information and false doctrines!! 2 Elders decided to call me this was around the visiting of the Overseer, can they stop back? No I replied!! I been in that organization for 60 years, hardly no visitors when I was in the hospital for several major surgeries! But now they want to visit me to make an impression with the overseer!! Hypocrisy and full of themselves!! So glad I did the work to research and got away!! I faded out doing the pandemic!! Don’t care if they shun me, because I am shunning them!! Stay away from me !!!!

Thanks Robin #Courage

This is a really lengthy letter. If you gave a copy to each elder, I am certain that all of them did not read it. But I am sure that one of them kept their copy and just did not share with the others that he plans to read it late. So good job with the elder body distribution. I know that putting so much details in writing was therapeutic. Also, I give you a lot of credit for delivering your letter in front of a field service group who would stone you if they could. Good job letting the elders know that they are not that valuable to their religious leaders who would not help them in an individual law suit.

Death Cult 🛑

“Love on another. Without love, there is no lasting peace.“ “The mind creates the abyss, but it is the heart that crosses it.” “Why is the ocean greater than all the lakes, rivers, and streams? Because it lies lower than them.” “The one you are looking for is the one who is looking” Now a word from Jesus. John 9:5. Life comes from life. That is Gods greatness.

Jesus and all disciples never say Jehovah or Jehovah god. Governing body is not even in the Bible

Which ever way, kicked out or disassociate, consider it a blessing in disguise, 😮, by the way, did you write a letter to join the organization ???, just asking, 😢

Well stated 👏

Wow Robin that was an excellent letter very well presented.. very impressive. Hopefully they abided by your wishes and allowed you to just live your life as you see fit..❤

Wow! Wow! Wow! Perfection, this video and your letter! btw: I too got stumbled from that now infamous 1995 NOV Watchtower study article where the "1914 generation" was thrown into the trash in a flash. I was also very disturbed that I told householders the end was near and explained the 1914 generation teaching to them - those alive in 1914 would not die off the earthly scene before the end comes. And, then there's the Awake masthead whereby the WTS leaders said this promise was the Creator's promise - God's promise! How presumptuous was that!?!?! Over the last 2 decades, I have found out that many JWs were stumbled by that long-taught change. The sad part is that just like 1975, a good portion of current JWs have no idea about these failed teachings and because the WTS hides their past mistakes, it's difficult for them to find these.

there coming to get you Barbra!

Great stuff and cheers from the land down under…

My take on disassociation is scriptural. Do not cast pearls before swine. It is none of their business what I have decided. There aren't any scriptural precedents in fact the opposite in John 6:66 where some left and that was the end of it.

Well crafted, excellent letter. Too bad they're not going to read it

I got in similar situation. I told elders they cant disfellowship me because i dont feel like JW for many years etc.... Then they told everyone that i asked them to not be JW anymore and that they fulfil my wish so i disassociated (i didnt say such things). They simply lied !!!. I called to betel with complaint then and they told me they "believe their elders" and not me. So tell me what to do now? 😂😂😂 You can show them laws, you can show them even their own rules. But if they really want to hurt you, they will simply lie.

The problem with J W is they know to speak about other religions but they never speak about their own false doctrines sins behavior etc

I faded 40 years ago

One word to you Robin. Excellent❤👍💪. PS watchtower I made copies😂😂

So Robin, how would you know if the elders made that announcement or not? And did you ever hear from them or any one again. After that long letter that I listened to till the end, I think we deserve to know.

One elder came knocking on my door just to tell me that he considered me too old to be taking college courses. I was 40 at the time. He was the same elder who would make funny sounds whenever we entered the kingdom hall because were were Latinos.

way back in the year 2000, i had misgivings over the blood issue. earlier no blood means no blood. some article in the awake said we could take certain components of blood. these were derived only from donated blood. jws do not donate blood , then why were they permitted to accept components derived from blood? the new light on blood confused me, i knew if i confront the elders on this topic they would tell me leave it to jehovah. i along with my wife and 4 small kids would prefer going to the zoo etc. and rarely came to the meetings. this erratic attendance prompted the bosses of the congregation to have a sherpherding call. we had a heated argument . unless the wt org does not give it in black & white; i and my family will not come. i threatened the 2 elders tho' there were 4, you know what i said, if you disfellowship me without an open committee, i will break your bones. they developed cold feet . no one knows what was the actual reason for me leaving. but old womens gossip says my character is questionable ,so avoid association. all this was only conveyed by word of mouth. i do not regret threatening those stooges of the GB.

FEAR 🛑

I like your style

Howdy Brother 🐐🤠🇳🇴

Excellent work, Robin! I don't know why the Amazon ratings of your book Losing the Faith are redirecting to a different author though. Thanks

In July 2018 ,2 elders came to investigate me ,I showed them the Lloyd Evans video on the Jan 1 1989 Watchtower on the end of the preaching work by the end of our 20th Century which isn't in the 1989 bound volumes . One elder said ,,Justin would you listen to someone with a beard ?,, Jesus has a beard just like Lloyd Evans,,

I faded, and so far I have not seen or heard from any elders in about 5 years when my mother died. You aren't the only one who was tracked down when all they wanted was to be left alone! It's awesome that you left and threatened to sue the elders for harassment over writing a book about your views. Rolf Furulli wrote a book about how he loved his religion, and even defended the 1914 debacle; yet they still did fellowshipped him anyway. I'm curious as to where you can find your book, I would love to purchase it to read! Nice letter too!

Usually there are many different types of pro bono/free law school students groups, lawyers, law firms, prosecutors officers, mental health social services emotional well being advocates, etc that are very aware of the precedent setting federal, state, local court rulings cases that pertains to each persons right of worshipping their choice of religious beliefs in America. Call your federal, state, local prosecutors office, law schools, public defenders, to see what types of free or adjustable legal fees charges according to your income level. To help you with the legal assistance of filing a " notice of intention to Sue for causing you or any family members, or distressed persons, to have any types of emotional duress/stress inducing feelings ". The certified motion for" Notice of intention to sue for any type of law breaking", is a very simple self explanatory pre emptive warning for anyone that even remotely causes someone to feel emotional stress/AKA emotional duress. You have a civil right in America to not be stalked, harassed, defamed, emotionally religiously mentally, or physically coerced/raped/harmed in any manner/cheated/robbed/tricked/swindled/etc. Once you contact the prosecutors office. it's the official job of the prosecutors/public defenders office to at least try to protect your civil, and criminal rights in America. Call them to find out how they might be able to help you. Ask them to send you their legal answers as their official reply from their office to be sent to you on their offices official letterhead documents. It's called creating a legally binding paper, or email trail. You'll need it in the process of trying to get someone to stop harassing you or anyone else that may feel threatened by someones words, or actions.

Thank you so much for sharing this helpful information. YOU are my REAL brother. (THEY are NOT. They are lazy learners. I prefer to be like the Beroeans.)

Thank you for clear and precise explanation of your thoughts on this matter,may I ask where your accent comes from please?

Maybe they're on the Watchtower watching 😂 my cousin in the JW, I really feel for her.