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  EX-JW gets major book deal (w/Grand Central - the folk who pubbed Twilight)

  by jesussaves in

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  it has taken many, many years to write this book.

  i got a book deal in 2003, and published 7 other books before i could finish this story - because it brought up too many wounds that haven't healed.

  after my last memorial in 2000, i knew i'd never walk into another kingdom hall unless somebody died.

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  Are you a writer, Tuesday? What do you write? Don't be jealous ! There's enough book deals for all!
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  Urban Dictionary words

  by asilentone in

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  please share your urban dictionary vocabulary here.

  you can take a look at www.urbandictionary.com i like to learn new words.

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  This is the absolute truth! My coworker is the QUEEN of urban lingo. We were reading a report and the word enunciate was in it. My friend was like, "Don't they mean pronounciate"? I was like, "Seriously!" Then...same day she describes herself as a "Crugar"....no not "Cougar", but "Crugar". Finally she was calling the swine flu - the SWAN flu.

  Oh, how I wish I wasn't telling the truth!!!!
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  EX-JW gets major book deal (w/Grand Central - the folk who pubbed Twilight)

  by jesussaves in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has taken many, many years to write this book.

  i got a book deal in 2003, and published 7 other books before i could finish this story - because it brought up too many wounds that haven't healed.

  after my last memorial in 2000, i knew i'd never walk into another kingdom hall unless somebody died.

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  jesussaves

  Thank u much BorgHater! I appreciate you :)
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  EX-JW gets major book deal (w/Grand Central - the folk who pubbed Twilight)

  by jesussaves in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has taken many, many years to write this book.

  i got a book deal in 2003, and published 7 other books before i could finish this story - because it brought up too many wounds that haven't healed.

  after my last memorial in 2000, i knew i'd never walk into another kingdom hall unless somebody died.

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  jesussaves

  It has taken many, many years to write this book. I got a book deal in 2003, and published 7 other books before I could finish this story - because it brought up too many wounds that haven't healed. After my last memorial in 2000, I knew I'd never walk into another Kingdom Hall unless somebody died. The elder said this in his prayer, "Jehovah, we pray that you guard us against independent thinking".

  Anyhoo....I hope y'all support me in this endeavor, just as you supported me directly or indirectly on this website telling your stories.

  The book is called "In the Midst of It All", and it's description is on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446195162/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1HT44057CM1EHTEZQ9HK&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

  Product DescriptionAll her life, Zenovia has struggled with the burden of caring for her schizophrenic mother, Audrey, alone. Until one day, God seems to offer support in the form of two members of a church called the Brethren of the Sacrifice, who knock at the women's door preaching an unconventional version of the Gospel. Despite having questions, Zenovia agrees to join the church along with her mother. Soon afterward, Audrey stops taking her medication when fellow churchgoers deem her illness a demonic possession. Unable to watch her mother's mental deterioration, Zenovia flees town, only to receive a fateful phone call several years later telling her of her mother's suicide. Heartbroken, Zenovia must now make a soul-altering choice: accept "God's will," or return home to confront the demons she's worked so hard to leave behind....

  Or my publisher's website here:

  http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780446195164_Description.htm
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  Reunion with Former Bethelite friend

  by jesussaves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello board, .

  so i had a really good friend go to bethel years ago and he got put out to pasture like so many others.

  i procured his telephone number from one of his df'ed family members and sent him a text message asking if he'd like to make contact with an old friend.

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  jesussaves

  Yes, I agree he'll need much support! I just hate he had to throw away 15 years at Bethel. It seems like such a waste.
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  Reunion with Former Bethelite friend

  by jesussaves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello board, .

  so i had a really good friend go to bethel years ago and he got put out to pasture like so many others.

  i procured his telephone number from one of his df'ed family members and sent him a text message asking if he'd like to make contact with an old friend.

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  jesussaves

  Hello Board,

  So I had a really good friend go to Bethel years ago and he got put out to pasture like so many others. I procured his telephone number from one of his DF'ed family members and sent him a text message asking if he'd like to make contact with an old friend. Mostly everyone from my hometown knows my ex-JW status, so I didn't announce myself in the text. We went back and forth for a few texts with clues to my identity, until finally he gave in and called. To my SHOCK we ended up having quite a lengthy telephone call.

  Oddly enough, we didn't discuss anything JW related. I'm not sure where he stands with the faith but my gut tells me he may be on the way out. Number one, he didn't try to lure me back to the hall, and number two he actually TALKED to me. I know several of his family members are doing a slow fade, so I'm hoping he's on the same track.

  Anyway, none of my non-JW related friends understand the joyousness of this, so I thought I'd share it with everyone here!

  Blessings,

  Tiffany
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  DIASSOCIATED NO WHERE TO GO LOST AND BROKEN

  by DonaLeigh in

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  jesussaves

  Dona,

  I've been exactly where you are now, and you're in a great place. I can only echo what everyone has already said. Your daughter will come around. My grandmother, mother, sister and brothers all came around. One aunt (special pioneer) who had vowed never to talk to me again called me a few months ago and we talked for three hours. The people who were really friends of mine are STILL friends, even though I faded nearly ten years ago. You WILL survive this, and you won't be lost or broken forever.
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  Suing the tower

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/157788/1.ashx.

  in the above thread, otwo made a comment about how someone might sue the wt based on their shunning policy.

  i have not seen the topic discussed here and have been unsuccessful in getting the search function of the site to gather information about it, but i wonder if we as a group could sue the washtowel society.

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  Hey, I'm DOWN for the class action law suit. I was a minor when I got baptized (16) and born and raised on the inside. Their shunning caused a suicide attempt and counseling, and I turned down major scholarship money based on their "no college" rules. I would like them to have to pay my student loans!!!
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  Bethel Service Etc...

  by Hope4Others in

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  thanks to all the hard work by those who post the pdf wt's i have not seen any recent ones from cover to cover in years.. the study article (while you are young, choose to serve jehovah) wt april 15/08.

  paragraphs 15-20 talks about the large door open to you.

  "have you considered aux or reg pioneering.

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  jesussaves

  @ What-a-Coincidence,

  Yeah, my friend has very low morale. He came home and lived with a family member for a minute, but I don't know where he's living now. I think the killing part that his "claim to fame" was being a Bethelite. I mean, he could ask fam and friends for money, because he was a "Bethelite" and now he's just like a grown man scrub or something.
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  Bethel Service Etc...

  by Hope4Others in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks to all the hard work by those who post the pdf wt's i have not seen any recent ones from cover to cover in years.. the study article (while you are young, choose to serve jehovah) wt april 15/08.

  paragraphs 15-20 talks about the large door open to you.

  "have you considered aux or reg pioneering.

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  jesussaves

  daniel,

  i did pretty much the same thing as you to get my undergrad degree. I'm hoping my ex-bethelite friend talks to me, because I'm going to definitely suggest this option to him. I'm just afraid he's been so used to living the "society way" that he won't be able to adapt to the real world.