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  Hello

  by Es in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello to everyone, my name is esther and i am from australia.. i was directed to this website from my ex husband who also was a jw.

  i guess in the truth we still are as we have not been df or disocciated ourselves.. i just wanted to say hi.

  this is a great website, i had been brought up in the truth and had only decided to leave about 2 years ago, when my marriage was failing,i'm not a person who lives great by other peoples rules, especially when i dont agree with half of them.

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  A question about baptism

  by fairchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this might sound silly, but it is something that bothers me.. for the longest time i had the desire to be baptized as a jw.

  recently, after joining this forum and doing a lot of reading around here, i have come to understand that there is a difference between being loyal to jehovah and being loyal to the wts.

  if i don't join the wts, then i will never get baptized, but people in the bible clearly got baptized.

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  I'm getting mad....

  by toladest in

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  2. experiences

  i have been dfed/daed for nearly 7 years now.

  long story.

  anyway my mom has shunned me ever since.

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  I was Molested by my CO grandfather

  by AshtonCA in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was molested by my grandfather from the age of 3 to 7. he was also molesting his daughter (my aunt) and maybe others.

  it was covered over and my entire family was actually shunned when we went to the elders when i was 18. i did not tell anyone about it until then because my grandfather had me believing our relationship was special and it was our little secret.. when confronted, he of course denied it.

  my mother even spoke up of a time when he had tried to molest her when she was 8 months pregnant with one of my brothers.

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  I have finally decided to do it.

  by jt stumbler in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have finally decided that i've seen enough.

  i have written my official dissassociation letter from the organization call "jehovah's witnesses".

  would someone please give me the address and example of a letter head to the society.

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  Was Johnny Carson pro JW?

  by HappyDad in

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  2. friends

  does anyone remember one of his shows from the late 1970's when john denver was on the show?

  i never saw the show but heard about it in the jw circle (urban legend??).

  it was known that john denver hated jw's and during their bantering, carson asked denver about his asking jw's to leave during his concerts.

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  How did you brutally destroy your WT publications?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the only wt publication i brutally destroyed was a brand new copy of the revalation book.

  i was so frustrated with the religion that i ripped the goddam thing into a hundred pieces.

  it was a great way to take my anger out on it.. years later when i was dating this one girl, she had a copy of that same stupid book.

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  Were your parents control freaks?

  by Dustin in

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  2. friends

  growing up in the jw religion and having a dad who was an elder, i remember how controlling they were.

  i find it amazing now just how much of my childhood i missed out on.

  i couldn't watch alot of t.v.

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  Let's do something big for this year's memorial !

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  enough of the wts intimidation and getting away with all sorts of crap.

  we, "the people", have more power than they, "the establishment", do.. this year i propose that we make ourselves heard and noticed.

  that as many people as possible protest at their beloved memorial - the one event that is "most sacred" to them.. i am not suggesting that we disrupt or do anything illegal but simply that we exercise our right to take up their offer of free wine and make a statement.. go, drink.

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  Fluoride is toxic and we should not be drinking, and growing food with it

  by Derek123 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hydrofluosilicic acid(industrial grade fluoride which most cities use) contains about 40-50 % fluoride the rest is heavy metals, like arsenic, lead, aluminum, chronium and uranium-238.. anyway i have been lately focusing on alzheimer's and fluoride in cites and towns drinking water and a possible link.

  as several double-blind studies have shown that fluoridated water can often cause acute adverse reactions (in addition to the chronic poisoning effects discussed below).

  some of the effects seen in double-blind studies include: gastrointestinal symptoms, stomatitis, joint pains, polydipsia, headaches, visual disturbances, muscular weakness, and extreme tiredness.

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