If anyone is looking for a good read, get " A Father's Touch " by Donald D'Haine. Excellent book about abuse in a JW family. I couldn't put it down.
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Ophrah's Book Club...Not quite.
by shotgun ini work during the day and don't get to watch ophra (gee that's too bad huh) but thought we could post a few of the books we've read to help us or we enjoyed reading along with a brief comment.
recently i've read breaking the bonds on winston's advice...it was a good read and opened my mind as to the control the wt organization has over its members, how it works and possibly the steps to combat it....i plan on slowly trying a few of the many suggestions contained in the book especially about instilled phobias.
presently i'm reading who wrote the bible on stillajwxelder's advice and it is a fantastic book which explains with clarity the most logical theories about who truly wrote the bible and why....highly recommend this book
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Book about JW childabuse
by Nordic indorte tveiti: molested.
he stole my childhood.
true story told to flemming hove.
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Nordic, will this be available in English?
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Dreaming of Sweet revenge on my Pervert PO.
by Lainey inbtw don't miss another good story about cassies willy on my first post.. .
my former po.. when i was about 10. the po in our congregation was about 45-50 and very friendly to all the young boys and girls at the hall.. he used to always pick us up, lift our shirts and tickle our bellys, and everyone always thought he was so good with children.. .
i clearly remember one instance when he was tickling me at the book study in the living room, when everyone else was in the kitchen, having some coffee and biscuits.. .
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What a sick PO, getting his jollies where ever he can. You have every right to be angry with him. As long as you only dreamed of hurting him, it is ok. However, if you did really cause him suffering, that's a different story, because doctors take an oath to first do no harm. But there's nothing wrong with a little dream of revenge, as long as it stays a dream.
As far as looking into taking legal action against him for what he did when you were younger, I say go for it. This seems a far better way to channel your anger.
Good luck and take care!
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Were You Ever Put On Any "Restrictions" While You Were A Witness?
by minimus inthe elders and the watchtower society are big fans of using "restrictions".
anytime a person has judicial action taken against them, they are imposed with "automatic restrictions".
even if a body of elders felt that a person was too fragile to have any restriction placed upon them, they were required by the society to "restrict" them in something.......were you ever put on restrictions?
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A few months after my husband and I were married, an article came out in the WT clarifying exactly what pornea was. Turns out my husband and I had commited this before we were married ( I would have gone all the way if Iknew it was just as bad! ). So my husband had a guilty conscience and decides we need to confess to the elders. Mind you, I had just been appointed a regular pioneer two weeks earlier, and my husband was a ministerial servant. Long story short, we were privately reproved, and stripped of our privleges. I think we couldn't comment for a while too. Thankfully my family and my husbands family never figured out we were reproved, because a couple weeks later we found out I was pregnant, so our families thought we stepped down from our positions because of that.Sixteen years later they still have no clue.
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This fact confirms what I have known all along.......
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. inthat there can be no doubt concerning my thread killing capabilities.
the evidence?
two topics started by the messiah aka the right reverend jcanon.
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cheeses.....don't worry, you are in good company. I am a great thread killer too, and proud of it!
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If you think you had a crappy day...
by Nosferatu insounds like a lot of people here are going through something.
well, here's my story.. the good news is that i moved into my new place this weekend!
but... 1) i was sick all weekend.
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((((((nosferatu))))) I hope next weekend is better!
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Hi I am Caspians sister and this is my first day here.
by Lainey inhello this is my first post and i wanted to introduce myself so here goes.. my name is lainey, and i have not been to the meetings for about 4 years now.. i am 28 and work as a doctor in a big city university hospital as a sho.. also for my sins, i am cassies little sis, and i am staying with him for a little while, as i am signed off sick for the next month with a stress related disorder.. after the death of my older bro and my dad within the past few months, i started suffering from terrible nightmares, most of them connected in some way to my witness upbringing.. me and cassie have talked for some length and he suggested that i spend some time having a look on this site and meeting others who have had similar issues to face in life.. i hope you are all are better listeners than cassie, who tends to fall asleep when i am in the middle of talking to him.
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) btw he hates being called cassie lol.. anyway i am not a big talker, so i probably wont post a lot, however i am going to scout around for a while.. thanks .
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Welcome Lainey, good to have you here. This can be a very therapeutic place to visit.
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(((((((((((tink))))))))))) you know we luvs ya! Cheer up sweetie! ( btw, did I see obi pop in here? I knew he couldn't stay away )
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"We Miss You! (but only at the meetings)"
by Funchback init has been a good (7) weeks since i've last attended a kh meeting.
this weekend, however, the calls of "encouragement" came rolling in.
on saturday, a brother (actually a very decent, likable, and genuine man) left me a message and said that he misses me at the meetings.
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I was just thinking that meetings are a social life for witnesses. When you think about all the time spent at meetings and field service each week, who has time to call or visit one another? My sister and her family ( husbands an elder ) got moved to another congregation because they needed more elders. When my mother found out, she burst into tears. My sister looked at her and said " Mom, I only live a mile away ". But to my mother, she may as well have lived 1000 miles away, because the meetings are where she saw her. First my mom has me leave the troof, then has the one daughter left move to a new hall. Poor thing!! God forbid she has to make an effort to see her children!
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Introducing Myself...
by kyria ini just wanted to introduce myself and share my verbose story.
my name is kyria, i'm 29 years old, originally from the pawtucket/lincoln rhode island congregation in the states.
i found this board yesterday, and am completely blown away by what an amazing place it is.
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Welcome Kyria! Thanks for sharing your story with us.
< add me to the " I want to see Kyria perform in Boston " list.