Another victim of the destructive cult mentality

by Dogpatch 10 Replies latest jw friends

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  Dogpatch

  Flawless grooming belies the horror New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 24 minutes ago ... This is the final chapter in the story of a young woman who liked riding horses, studied the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses to please her nana, had big Flawless grooming belies the horror 01.03.05 by Carroll du Chateau The young woman in the witness box of the Auckland High Court's Courtroom 6 looks like the kind of person most of us would choose for a neighbour. She's well-groomed, with her tinted red hair in a high ponytail held together with a pink hair tie. Her lipstick is glossy pink, the make-up edging her blue eyes is flawless. It's only when you glance down that you notice the scar snaking out from under her turquoise blouse and running right down to her hand. It's wide, puckering in towards the bone in places and fading purple now. When she takes the Bible before giving her evidence, it almost slips from her weakened hands. Over in the dock "Tonie" Dixon, the man accused of hacking at her neck, slashing off one of her hands and mutilating the other, is practically invisible. For the entire time his former girlfriend, Simonne Butler, gives evidence, Dixon bends himself almost double so she cannot see him. This is the final chapter in the story of a young woman who liked riding horses, studied the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses to please her nana, had big ambitions and got in with the wrong people. Today she wears a fashionable tiger-print handbag, a flowered turquoise and white skirt with matching high- heeled, cork-soled sandals, beige camisole with a black-and-white necklace and dainty, matching antique turquoise earrings. She "fell in love" with Dixon after at first thinking him a loser. She thought with love, kindness, patience she could change him. Today she is sitting here in the witness box defending him. Throughout, Butler fights to keep her dignity intact and minimise the impact of the drug P, on both herself and Dixon. A court-supplied support woman sits behind her and escorts her during the breaks. A witness for the defence, she spends much of the lunch period with barrister Barry Hart, who is defending Dixon. Only when cross-examined by Richard Marchant, for the Crown, do the traces of a descent into real horror begin to show. Little by little Marchant cajoles fragments of evidence out of her: the black eyes and cuts she received from Dixon who was then her lover; his paranoia over the police he thought were "surveillancing" him from patrol cars, helicopter, satellites, even through bugs inserted under his skin. "Were you scared of him?" "Something would go wrong and he'd flip out, yelling, screaming ... It took me a while to admit to myself he connected [physically] with me," says this woman who is careful to protect her attacker. "I guess I was in a domestic violence situation." Then there was the pregnancy in June - after Dixon "sleazed his way into my bed" - which she terminated in September. For that she had her hair cut off. Asks Marchant: "I take it you didn't want your hair cut off?" Butler hoots, half laugh, half snort of disbelief, "No, no." Even on the night she nearly died, Butler says, "I don't so much remember being attacked but I can remember my hands going, looking at them ... there was so much screaming and blood and silver ... " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I remember my hands going Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 40 minutes ago ... She humoured him ? except on the topic of religion. At times he told her he was the devil, the devil's son or one of 144,000 chosen Jehovah's Witnesses. ... I remember my hands going 01 March 2005 Antonie Dixon's former girlfriend asked police to stop watching him or arrest him because he was losing his mind. Two weeks later he cut off one of her hands and nearly severed the other. Both hands were reattached but yesterday ? as Simonne Butler took the stand in the High Court at Auckland to defend her attacker ? deep scars running along her arms showed beneath the sleeves of her jacket. Dixon was sometimes strange, she told the court. And, she admitted, he sometimes gave her black eyes. But she had loved him. Dixon, 36, is on trial for attempting to murder Miss Butler and her friend Renee Gunbie (who also had a hand cut off) in the Hauraki Plains in January 2003. He is also accused of murdering James Te Aute by shooting him in an Auckland car park during what the Crown calls a drug-fuelled rampage. Miss Butler said: "I remember my hands going . . . There was blood and silver. I still don't remember seeing the sword, but I must have." She and Dixon had been just friends at the time. He had been living at her Pipiroa property fixing cars and overseeing kitchen renovations. He had claimed he was under surveillance by police or agents of a new world order that thought he was a terrorist. This involved being followed and being spied on from planes, vans and satellites. Miss Butler had asked police if he was under surveillance, which he wasn't. She told them that, if he was wanted for anything, they should arrest him immediately. He took cars apart looking for devices and went digging for bugs under his skin with a pocketknife. He was phoning Miss Butler 20 times a day. He would also phone police or ask her to. Two weeks before the attack, Miss Butler had spoken to a Manukau policeman who told her Dixon was "unbalanced, psychotic but not dangerous. They'd had a gutsful of his ranting and ravings". On the evening of the attack he asked her and Miss Gunbie to sit at the dining table and then he began screaming. He accused her of being an informant and of sleeping with police. He said God had told him they were all to be sacrificed. "I had to bow my head so he could chop it off, and I wouldn't." She told Dixon's lawyer, Barry Hart, that she had fallen in love with Dixon after meeting the hyperactive showoff in 1997. They shared an interest in cars and she discovered he was charming, funny and kind. But there were "lots of things that were a little bit strange. I put it down to that he'd had a stressful childhood . . . I thought that with love and compassion, patience and understanding, that I could make him good". He often thought his car was being followed or that the police helicopter was tailing them. She humoured him ? except on the topic of religion. At times he told her he was the devil, the devil's son or one of 144,000 chosen Jehovah's Witnesses. The relationship lasted tilltill March 2002, except for a spell while he was in prison and she discovered his ex-wife was not an ex. She got pregnant by him and had an abortion. Under cross-examination by crown prosecutor Richard Marchant, she admitted being afraid of Dixon at times and that it had sometimes been a violent relationship. She'd had to go to work with black eyes and stitches. "I had dog bites once, but that wasn't Tony." The trial continues today.

  Devil claims by slashed woman NZ City, New Zealand - 6 hours ago ... followed. Simonne Butler says he claimed to be the devil, the devil's son and one of the chosen 144,000 under Jehovah's Witness beliefs. ... Devil claims by slashed woman One of two women allegedly slashed with a Samurai sword gives evidence at High Court trial of Antonie Dixon 28 February 2005 One of the women allegedly slashed by Antonie Dixon says he often claimed he was the devil. Simonne Butler has been giving evidence at the High Court in Auckland, where Dixon is facing charges including murder and attempted murder. Ms Butler has told the court she began dating Dixon in 1997. She says he was often erratic, unbalanced and believed he was being followed. Simonne Butler says he claimed to be the devil, the devil's son and one of the chosen 144,000 under Jehovah's Witness beliefs. Dixon is alleged to have slashed Ms Butler and her friend Renee Gunbie with a samurai sword at Pipiroa in January 2003. Dixon kept his head below the dock throughout Simonne Butler's evidence.

  Devil Claims By Slashed Woman Xtra News, New Zealand - 7 hours ago ... followed. Simonne Butler says he claimed to be the devil, the devil's son and one of the chosen 144,000 under Jehovah's Witness beliefs. ...

  Witness: Dixon Said He Was The Devil

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  28/02/2005 NewstalkZB One of the women allegedly slashed by Antonie Dixon says he often claimed he was the devil.
  
  Simonne Butler has been giving evidence at the High Court in Auckland, where Dixon is facing charges including murder and attempted murder.
  
  Ms Butler has told the court she began dating Dixon in 1997. She says he was often erratic, unbalanced and believed he was being followed.
  
  Simonne Butler says he claimed to be the devil, the devil's son and one of the chosen 144,000 under Jehovah's Witness beliefs.
  
  Dixon's ex-girlfriend Simonne Butler says he told her his god had spoken and she had to be sacrificed, before he allegedly attacked her with a sword.
  
  Simonne Butler says he yelled and screamed at her and claimed she was sleeping with the police force. She says Dixon would not respond when she tried to reason with him as he was completely irrational. Ms Butler says she continually asked him why.
  
  Dixon is alleged to have slashed Ms Butler and her friend Renee Gunbie with a samurai sword at Pipiroa in January 2003.
  
  Dixon kept his head below the dock throughout Simonne Butler's evidence. [Danny sez:"People usually imitate the God that they worship".Jesus said,"Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to you in sheep's clothing but inside they are ravenous {JW} wolves,by their FRUITS you will know them."[Matthew 7:15]

  Dr.Lifton compiled the classic 8 signature marks of a destructive cult ( pack {package} of lies) in his masterpiece [ca.1961].Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism,

  Eight Marks of a deadly Mind Control Cult applied to Jehovah's Witnesses

  
  
  "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion,but not their own facts".D.M. Watchtower Whistleblower: http://www.DannyHaszard.com Jehovah's Witnesses are a destructive cult!
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  Odrade

  I'm sorry, I don't see it. Sounds like this guy was just a plain old nut-job and the JW stuff was incidental. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any evidence that JW teachings or people had any real influence on how this situation panned out, other than to introduce some new words to his crazy-talk lexicon. Are defense attorneys arguing that he (or she) was a victim of a cult and/or the JWs?

  Odrade
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  fleaman uk

  Looks like a classic example of grasping at straws to me

  The Man is clearly Mental.Being a JW was incidental.
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  Tigerman

  Very little info here, however, when there's a mix of radical religious doctrine ( coming from the girl ) and over-the-edge thinking ( coming from the guy ) and it's all fueled with high octane drugs, there's bound to be an explosion. In this case it was the slicing up of this poor girl.
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  Doubtfully Yours

  Nothing to do with the JWs whatsoever. Just another psycho guy.

  That kind is everywhere, you know. Just the BTK psycho was involved with the Lutherans.

  DY
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  Tigerman

  " . . .story of a young woman who liked riding horses, studied the religion of Jehovah's Witnesess . . ."

  " At times he told her he was the devil, the devil's son or one of 144,000 chosen Jehovah's Witnesses."
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  Dogpatch

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/86031/1.ashx Please add this post here.

  Accused's mental state questioned
  TVNZ - New Zealand
  ... Ross told the court that Dixon frequently spoke of the Jehovah's Witness religion and would refer to himself as 'the chosen one'. ...
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  The ex-wife of murder accused Antonie Dixon has told the High Court in Auckland she believes he has more than one personality.

  Dixon has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of Simonne Butler and Renee Gumbie in a sword attack and the murder of James Te Aute in early 2003.

  His ex-wife Wendy Ross told the court Dixon was charming, intelligent and funny. But she also said he was paranoid, hyper-sensitive and constantly thought he was being followed.

  Ross said that it was usual for them to converse using pen and paper because no one was allowed to talk in their home.

  She said Dixon believed he had microchips implanted in his body and she once came across him using a knife to try and dig them out of his knees.

  Ross told the court that Dixon frequently spoke of the Jehovah's Witness religion and would refer to himself as 'the chosen one'. She said he also heard voices and she found his behaviour frightening at times.

  Ross said Dixon's moods could change in the blink of an eye and she believed he had more than one personality.

  "I think from reading books on psychology and stuff, the things I've heard... there was more than one person living in him," Ross told the court.

  She visited the Pipiroa house where Dixon was living just a week before the attacks. Seeing the graffiti, deadlocked doors and the surveillance system Ross told the court she was worried about his behaviour.

  Under cross examination Ross revealed she had recently visited the accused in prison with Simonne Butler, one of the women Dixon is charged with attempting to murder. That visit occurred two weeks ago when Dixon's trial had already started.

  Ross says she went to give him moral support. She says she considers Butler to be her two children's stepmother and part of the family.

  
  
  "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion,but not their own facts".D.M. Watchtower Whistleblower: http://www.DannyHaszard.com Jehovah's Witnesses are a destructive cult!
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  Dogpatch

  JUST MODIFIED LAST NIGHT Check this out jdub stalkers beware! http://www.dannyhaszard.com/notrespassing.htm NO TRESPASSING SIGNS
  Watch new special about stalkers 2/19/05 No Trespassing Sign Will Keep
  Witnesses Away from your Door

  Danny Sez: Make sure you have one, and your neighbors have one! Check this out:

  Shoot To Kill Real Media modem Real Media DSL Windows Media Player

  Shoot To Kill was aired on Fox News on 2/19/05. You can click on the above buttons to watch this interesting 4 minute news clip about how people in certain states HAVE THE RIGHT to kill a trespasser in their home. There is no question that there are WACKO Jehovah's Witnesses out there who would like nothing better than to stalk enemies of the Watchtower Society. Read this file, Family Murders by Jehovah's Witnesses or Why It Might be Unsafe to Marry a Jehovah's Witness if you want to know of what some of these people are capable in their strict fundamentalist or demented mindset. That is why I have no trespassing signs around my house.

  Criminal Threatening Stalking by Jehovah's Witnesses (click on link)

  At the beginning of October, the Watchtower Society has issued a warning in the form of a letter, to be read at all Congregation bookstudies in the U.S.:

  This is the text of the letter: Upon receipt of this letter, book study overseers should review the following points with those in their groups: * Individual homeowners have a right to exclude people from their property by posting a "No Trespassing" sign. * If publishers call on a home or enter the grounds around a home where a "No Trespassing" sign is located, they may be subject to criminal prosecution and resulting monetary sanctions and/or incarceration. They also face being sued by the householder. * Such homes may be worked by means of the telephone or letter writing. See May 2003 Our Kingdom Ministry Question Box: "Communicating Through Letters," Benefit From Theocratic Ministry School Education, Pages 71-3; May 2002 Our Kingdom Ministry Question Box; "Successful Kingdom Proclaimers Use the Telephone," April 15, 1998 Watchtower, Box on page 27; "Telephone Witnessing - A Way to Reach Many," August 1993 Our Kingdom Ministry pages 3-4;and November 1996 Our Kingdom Ministry Question Box. * "No Trespassing" signs are different from "No Soliciting," "No Peddling," and "No Canvassing" Signs. However, if a householder at any time informs a publisher that this sign applies to our ministry (no matter what the wording of that sign may be), the publisher should reassure the householder that future calls at his home will cease. This can be done by simply stating: "The application of the sign was not clear to us from its wording. Steps will now be taken to make certain that no further calls are made at your home by Jehovah's Witnesses. " Thereafter, a dated note should be placed in the territory envelope listing the name and address of such individuals. We trust this will answer questions publishers have regarding "No Trespassing" Signs. It is a pleasure to work shoulder to shoulder with you in accomplishing the work our Master has entrusted to us. - Zeph. 3:9; Matt 28:19,20 Your Brothers, Christian Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses Go out to your local hardware or drugstore and get a sign and post it conspicuously. You should no longer be bothered by ANY Jehovah's Witnesses. If they come anyway, threaten to sue them next time!

  a related news article: Law pleases ?No Soliciting? champ By BRYAN GILMER, Times Staff Writer St. Petersburg Times ONLINE, Tampa Bay, published June 22, 2002 An anti-soliciting champion finds that an ordinance he pushed in Clearwater is backed by the U.S. Supreme Court. CLEARWATER -- Dave Campbell stands on the brown tile stoop of his Spanish-style house and points to the "No Soliciting" sign on his screen door. "That's a sign that works," he says. Since 1995, Campbell has been an evangelist for "No Soliciting" signs in his Grovewood subdivision, an aging but solidly middle-class suburban neighborhood. Bugged by repeated visits from Jehovah's Witnesses, Campbell pushed for the 1995 Clearwater ordinance that gives "No Soliciting" signs the force of law. Solicitors who knock anyway can be charged with a misdemeanor. So Campbell was especially pleased when he heard about Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said such ordinances offer "ample protection" of property owners' rights against the free-speech rights of door-to-door canvassers. In the same case, the court struck down as unconstitutional a small Ohio town's requirement that all canvassers register with the city before banging on doors. In the Tampa Bay area, Temple Terrace requires solicitors and canvassers to get a free permit, but it exempts people from organizations with a nonprofit tax status. Officials there are reviewing the ordinance in light of the Supreme Court decision. Other governments said the ruling changes nothing. Tampa and Hillsborough County have no door-to-door solicitation ordinance. Pasco County ordinances do not cover volunteer solicitors, but solicitors hired by charities need a permit. St. Petersburg's ordinance does not place restrictions on non-commercial solicitors; commercial solicitors need peddlers' permits. "We looked at it, and I don't think it's going to affect us," St. Petersburg City Attorney John Wolfe said of Monday's ruling. For decades, Jehovah's Witnesses have been at the center of court cases that strike the balance between property owners' privacy and safety and the rights of people to spread their ideas door to door. They challenged the Ohio permit requirement all the way to the Supreme Court. Robert Mackey, overseer of Tampa for the church, said going to homes to seek new believers is central to the faith. He said the church does not oppose "No Soliciting" sign ordinances, and that its members respect the signs even where no city law backs them. "They usually just refrain from knocking," Mackey said. "When there is a sign saying 'No Jehovah's Witnesses,' we mark it down and it's incorporated into our information about the territory." Campbell, who is retired but declines to disclose his age, said the Jehovah's Witnesses who used to visit him were not as accommodating. "Every six weeks or every three weeks, they would unload a pack of Jehovah's Witnesses, good looking people in suits or whatever," Campbell remembers. "Every time they would come, we'd tell them, 'We don't like the intrusion, please mark us off your list.' But this went on and on and on again." After the Clearwater City Council passed the ordinance, Campbell bought a stack of "No Soliciting" signs and handed them out to his neighbors. He has a diagram of the neighborhood, labeled with each homeowner's phone number and whether they posted a sign. More than half of the homes put up a sign, he said. There was one more visit from Jehovah's Witnesses. Police charged one with violating the ordinance. The charge was dropped on a technicality, but Campbell says they haven't been back. In fact, with a "critical mass" of homes off limits, most solicitors find Grovewood so unproductive that they bypass it entirely, Campbell says. For the occasional stray doorbell ringer, Campbell has a whole spiel. "I say, 'Can you wait a minute?"' he says. "That catches them off guard. I go and get a couple copies of this," Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 21.16. "One is for him, and one is for his boss," Campbell says with a grin. -- Times staff writers Tamara Lush and Matthew Waite contributed to this story.

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  amac

  He also said he was the devil, so as others, I see no connection to his actions and the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. The guy is a complete nut, plain and simple, whether he was a JW or not...

  however, when there's a mix of radical religious doctrine ( coming from the girl )

  I don't think the radical religous doctrine was an influence. If she was dating a guy claiming to be the devil, she was obviously not active as a JW or concerned with following their teachings.
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  Odrade

  I still don't think this guy was any more or less crazy for having latched onto some JW terminology. He clearly has multiple psychological disorders, and the fact that he was doing this kind of stuff with the first wife, before he got involved with the JW bible study girl shows that the JW influence was probably only incidental.

  I'm sure if it had been influential in his behaviour (like the Bryant murders in McMinnville, OR,) it would have been connected more clearly and in more detail than this passing side-bar in these articles.

  Maybe my problem with the article and the suggestion that JWs had anything to do with his insanity is because there are plenty of solid issues with the WT organization. When something like this is printed and picked up though, it can be clearly pointed to as a case of "persecution" and "false accusation" by the Witnesses. When this happens it makes them more resistant to legitimate accusation, viewing that also as "persecution." After all, they "know how the media likes to lie about JWs."

  Possibly, the more relevant idea of this case is how disordered people can be drawn to fundamentalist organizations because, at its extreme, it fits so well with their paranoia and desire to control everything in their surroundings. This could have happened with any high-control group's terminology.

  I'm much more inclined to believe that JW influence had something to do with Kim's actions (the panty-stealer from OSU that the police once thought was connected to Brooke Wilberger.) This guy though, just seems extremely mentally ill.

  My two bits.

  O