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  Has anyone rejoined & gone undercover to rescue a family member?

  by hopie in

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  2. friends

  i rejoined, and went undercover in 1993, after losing my daughter for 10 years because of their shunning policy.. it took 2 years to deprogramme her, but i was successful, along with exposing her elder husband as a child molester.. she lives within 5 miles of me now, and we are enjoying our time together as never before.

  i wrote a book about my experience, if you are interested in reading it, pm me, and i'll send you the amazon link.. if you had a simular experience, i would love hearing about it.. i would like to add a big (thank you) to simon, i'll miss your board.. hopie.

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  Parents with JW Adult Children Shunning Them - How Are You Coping ?

  by flipper in

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  i do understand your plight - as i have 2 adult jw daughters shunning me aged 21 and almost 20. they married witness boys 2 years ago and it's been 1 year since i've spoke with my younger daughter, 5 months since i went to coffee with my older daughter.

  i call them, but they won't return my calls.

  i tell them i love them, but it's as if i don't exist.

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  Ex-JW Joy Castro writes her own "Truth Book" to cope, share, help

  by Gopher in

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  i thought this was a compelling and honest account about overcoming a particularly traumatic childhood.

  it was written about an associate professor of english studies.

  the article was published in the daily nebraskan, the independent student newspaper of the university of nebraska in lincoln.. beneath the article is a section where you can add your comments for joy or for the student journalist who wrote the story.. http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2008/02/19/news/unl-professor.writes.memoir.to.cope.share.help-3217944.shtml.

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  New BOE Letter

  by jefferywhat in

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  2. child-abuse

  all boe have just got a letter telling them to encourage all parents to be more on guard with their children.

  suggestions such as not letting your young children go to the toilet on their own, not working with older men on their own and not leaving children in the car on rv's and calls un attended.

  the letter basically instructed the elders to remind all family heads that its their responsibility to protect their children whilst at and away from the hall etc.

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  When Making Decisions - Do You View Taking Risks as Positive or Negative?

  by flipper in

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  you know we all took a risk in leaving the jehovah's witness organization .

  and for many of us this risk has proved to be a positive force in our lives .

  it has opened up a new possibility of an uncharted, yet exciting future for us to pursue , whether it be going back to college and getting an education , or if we are religious , some here have found a more appropriate religion for themselves.

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  My first visit to the Kingdom Hall

  by FlyAway2 in

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  let me just start off by saying wow.

  never thought the day would come i'd see myself write that kind of title.

  so, you may or may not remember me from my post a few weeks ago about my ex-jw g/f from europe wanting to see what a meeting was like in the states.

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  How many x jdubs want to write a book?

  by Alex Delta in

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  if i only got a nickel every time i heard an x jdub say i should write a book, i'd be a zillioniare.

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  Would you ever consider Going Back?

  by Honesty in

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  after discovering what you have about the watchtower society would you ever consider going back to the jw's?

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  Top signs that JWs are a CULT

  by Black Man in

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  i've been gathering info on cults and i know we've had several threads about the top warning signs that jws are a cult.

  can anyone point me to those links?

  or post up any new observations about it in this thread.

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  The spirit of mankind - A True Story!

  by searcher in

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  i thought you all might like to read this story of how we can all help at one time or another!.

  at a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

  after extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'when not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection.

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