Topics Started by AdaMakawee

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My story in the Monticello Times
by Shepherd Book in
1. jw
2. friends
i took the advice of some here and "went to the press".

here's the resulting article: http://www.monticellotimes.com/articles/2009/04/09/community/879zimmerman.txt.

i think it turned out rather well..
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Hello to everyone!
by redredrose in
1. jw
2. friends
brand new here, haven't even picked out avatar yet.

but i feel the need to reach out and touch someone (smile).

my situation is a little confusing to me, i am definitely on the way out and have been fading for quite some time, however my decision to leave has just been made very recently.
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Are You a Closet Apostate Weenie?
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
you count 10 hours per month but havn't even mentioned your beliefs to a non-dub in years.. you underline your study articles at random and write fake notes in the margins.. you smoke joints to get through meetings, field service and assemblies.. you're secretly banging an elder's wife.. you stuff monopoly money in the contribution box.. you keep your eyes open during prayer and giggle.. when everyone else says "amen" at the end of a prayer, you whisper "what bullshit.".

you have a copy of crisis of conscience in a box buried in your back yard.. you play with an ouija board and watch smurf cartoons when no one is around.. you think "thriller" was the great music video ever made.. you read comic books in the kingdom hall bathroom during meetings.

when questioned about your long time spent in the bathroom, you whisper "i'm constipated.
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My wife "Rowan" needs of your support too.
by Gerard in
1. jw
2. friends
my wife 'rowan' was born and raised a jw, her father being an elder -a very gentle loving person, but an elder.. some years ago, she was betrayed by a close friend, subjected to a jc and was disfellowshiped & shunned.

the proceeding was completely void of mercy and love, it was much like a violation, a rape.

finding herself df'd was of course terrifying, but the most disapointing outcome was that her father sided with the elders.. eventually she discovered through select books, articles and this board about the fear-driven mind control ways of her religion.
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Ooooooohhhh...My "unofficial" DA letter...yup...got it in the paper!!
by HadEnuf in
1. jw
2. friends
over the years here on the forum...i have read with interest many da letters.

brave people!!

not so brave.
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Best Committee Meeting Yet - They threatened to call the police on me!
by SickofLies in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
yeee haaa!

i'm an outlaw now!

the elders warned me that if any i talk about anything said in the judicial committee or post any pictures i've taken, i'm in big trouble and i don't want these people as enimies!
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List of family/friends lost to the Watchtower cult? (suicides)
by hubert in
1. jw
2. friends
after reading about puternuts (ari) suicide, and also reading about sabine and js losing their daughter to this cult, i think it would be a fitting memorial, so to speak, to write a list of all the people we know who died because of this cult.

i also know that cruzanheart lost her dad to it, too.

i'm sure there are many here that can make a list of suicides brought on by the shunning/threatening policies of the watchtower cult.
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Things I like.......
by Tatiana in
1. jw
2. friends
wanted to do this to remember why i want to be here......i'd also like to know some of your likes....if you care to share..... 1. rainstorms.

2. black kittens with yellow eyes.

3. wind chimes.
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Oregon Lawsuit News Coverage
by silentlambs in
1. jw
2. friends
suit targets jehovahs witnesses

benton complaint about sex abuse and church policy is said to be the first of hundreds across the u.s.. .

the setup is such that the elders are the voice of the watchtower, and the watchtower is the voice of christ.
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leaving Jehovah's Witnesses
by jayhawk1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello, my name is jeremy.

i have been reading this forum for some time.

i asked the elders, they said that i could grow the beard, so i did.