The Ottawa Ex-Jehovah's Witness Meetup Group

"Hey Dan, Sorry you could not make it this time, hope to see you in May."

"Hi, Just wanted to welcome you and hope to see you at next meetup"

"Hi Myriam, Sorry you could not make it to this meet-up. Hopefully we'll see you next time. If you have any questions, let us know?"

"I was a Jehovah's Witness for the first 13 years of my life, I was never baptized, and am now considered "inactive", I guess. I don't really talk to my witness relatives or identify myself with the organization anymore. "

"Hi Joseph, Nice to hear from you. You are always welcome to join us. Our next meetup is in February."

"my name is joseph and i been a baptized witness 10 yrs. i used to love going to the kingdom hall meeting people and studying the bible . the problem was that the elders were always interfering with your life so i quit going to the meetings "

"I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://exjw.meetu... When: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 7:30 PM Where: Bridgehead (at Caroline) 1277 Wellington..."

"Hi Dan, Just wanted to welcome you! Hope we get to meet you next meetup. Christo"

"Hi Lee, I too am looking forward to meeting you, but it'll have to be in November. I'll be out of town on Oct.24th. Sorry to have missed you last time. Hope you are well. "

"Welcome to the group. I hope to get to meet you at our next meetup - Lee"

"Hi Christo, Thanks for the warm welcome. I very much enjoyed our first meeting. Unfortunately, I'll be out of town on the date of the next one, but I'm looking forward to the one in November. So please keep me posted on all the news. How was your trip to Sarajevo???"

"Hey, The meetup is actually in a cafe. It is Bridgehead at 1277 Wellington St. Your child is welcome to come if you think it is ok. You can always let me know for the November meetup what days are ok for you. Looking forward to meeting you. Christo"

"Hi Myriam, I wanted to welcome you to our little meetup we informally hold everything month. Christo"

"Hi: Just interested, most of my family still active JW. I was concerned about various discrepancies and especially the 'every other religion is wrong except them' idea--i.e. God to exterminate 99% of the world's population--any day now."

"I totally forgot that Christopher wanted to see the two books for "youths" (teenagers, in other words). I have "the Youth book" and the Young People Ask book, and I'll bring them both..."

"I was a JW from age 12 to 22; my dad was Overseer; saw much injustice, corruption and hypocricy. I lived in fear of 1975. It took years of research and conscious reflection to come to terms. Contact: Eclecta@hotmail.com for more"

"Last night I forgot to ask... can we pick another day of the week? I'm going to be signing up for classes at Algonquin College every Monday and Tuesday, so Tuesday won't work for me anymore! How about..."

"From what is now an anonymous source. Bill Bowen's (of Silentlambs.org reknown) has written The Beast Book which includes documents showing the true extent of the Watchtower Society-UN affair http://jwchildcus... ..."

"My name is Osho,i am an easy going person.i like meeting new people."

"I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://exjw.meetu... When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: Bridgehead (at Caroline) 1277 Wellington..."

"At the last meetup I mentioned the controversy about the JWs and their insertion of Jehovah ('JHWH', called the tetragrammaton because it is four Greek letters) into the New Testament translation where..."