maksutov-Excellent point! I may have to use that one about the blood transfusion.

Askeptic1-I didn't know that about when someone is studying and wants to be a publisher that they have to send what is, in essence, a letter of DA to their former religion. I've been out for almost 30 years and that is a new thing. Did you have to do that yourself? Your post is excellent in disproving her assertion that someone who writes a letter of DA is asking to be shunned. Geesh! To be honest, I could care less if I ever talk to JWs other than my mother ever again, and now I'm not even sure that I would want her in my life either, but it doesn't make any sense that an ex-jw who writes a letter of DA is begging all JWs to shun them, including their close family members. How stupid. I pointed out that just because someone who writes a letter of DA knows that shunning may be the result of writing the letter does NOT make it right that it happens. Shunning is so wrong and the JWs on this site will not see that. I get that. I see others getting annoyed with their personal attacks on me and anyone who disagrees with them.

I'm now being called a troll by one JW. lol I will post her reply to me on here later. You will all find it amusing, I'm sure. She started out asking me questions, and when I tried to answer her, I was attacked by her and another JW. And they call me a troll? lol