Posts by Eve Deceived

thinking of sending in on the anniversary of my dunking, may 30.. i hereby declare my baptism null and void on the primary grounds that i took this action before i reached the legal age of consent.

secondary grounds include lack of full disclosure of the terms involved.

I absolutely love it. You provide excellent grounds for this annulment, it's very legalistic, and it's concise. Nice work! A+ I also like your idea of sending this annulment letter on your baptism anniversary. Not sure if the boys in brooklyn will care though, but that doesn't really matter because it's not for them; it's for you. It does not matter one bit if your letter is so logical that it makes them reconsider and decide that they won't consier you df'ed anymore..it matters what you consider yourself to be. It's a silly little cult; you don't have to play by their rules in how you consider your "status" with jws. It's all imaginary anyway.

For well-thought out reasons of my own, I most likely I will da myself if I don't get df'ed first. I have already created for myself a funny/derogatory da intended to piss them off and entertain myself, but if I were to provide them with a serious da letter, I would ask you if I could copy of your annulment letter. It's perfect, imo, for a da letter as well.

I may be the only one, but I don't seem to experience the theraputic effects until I send what I wrote...but that's just me. The unintended (perhaps unconscious intended?) consequences of that is it sometimes elicits futher communciation and/or problems, so I have to be careful with that in making sure that I really am closing the door, moving on, and healing. You sending this annulment letter won't cause any problems for you or keep the wound open, so to speak, so I don't see a reason why not to send the letter. Will it help you let it go?

The important thing, whatever you choose, is to move on and find contentment/peace in life.

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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

by Eve Deceived in

i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

here, i'll save you the trouble:.

Eve Deceived

"I've put my name and picture and name of my very small town congregation on here, and I still haven't heard from the local elders. I guess they must be a bunch of slackers LOL"

I can relate. I still haven't heard a thing. I'm starting to feel marginalized. I guess I can't expect too much...I went to the other cong. in that hall for six months, switched to Kapaa and was only there a year, then attempted to fade/hide for the last six months.

Here on Kauai, no one can really be bothered to care about you until you've been here a while and they know you're not going to pack your bags and go back to wherever it is that you came from. Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe that's what they're hoping for that I just go back to cali and I become some other cong.'s problem.

Or they're slackers and the swaying coconut trees and gentle breeze has just caused them to become way too laid back, man.

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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

by Eve Deceived in

i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

here, i'll save you the trouble:.

Eve Deceived

Wow! Just want to thank you all for your kind words and well wishes. Words can't accurately express my appreciation, but please know they are so appreciated!

@Black Sheep: haha...as it turns out, I wish for balls of steel every day. I need them with my um...candidness and honesty. I tend to fire at will and take no prisoners.

@jeremiah 18:5-10 and moshe: you both pretty much summed up how I feel.

@Sophie G: I'm sorta at a loss myself as to what would wake people up. I wish I could be different, but I just don't have the patience to gradually wake people up to the TTATT nor the stomach for faking it to help people out. I think this is truly admirable and wish I could do that myself. But as you can probably tell already, I'm just not that type of personality.

@Tater-T: replied to your pm

@haboob48: hmmm...I'm not very witty or articulate, so initally I did not want to to tape and share my JC for all to see me fumble my way through it, but we'll see. I'm starting to seriously consider it now. I was sorta planning on da'ing before they could df me, as my last sort of eff you (you can't fire me; I quit sort of thing) but I'm reconsidering that now.

I have an idea for my DA letter (if I don't go the JC route). I will post a scan of my DA letter soon for entertainment purposes. I'm attempting to illustrate the absurd with the absurd by being silly in an attempt to show how silly this cult really is.

@soldier77: my hubby and I have only lived here for two years, so we probably missed each other. =( My hubby and I are originally from So Cal.

Speaking of: my hubby and I always followed the society's rules and didn't ever make outside "worldy" friends, so if anyone is here on Kauai, let me know. I could use some friends since I will lose all mine. Since I've been fading, I don't have any anyway. Also, I am planning on being in Southern Cali mid-March, so if anyone is there that wants to meet up, I'm game. I am willing to drive wherever: LA, OC, IE, San Diego... Let me know. Does that sound desperate?

@wifeyWHisme1970: I think of escaping the island every day. Where are you at? You can pm if you'd like.

@insearchoftruth4: pm'ed you.

@honesty: your story is plain awesomness.

@ruderedhead: I'm a natural blonde, but red hair is my absolute favorite...you have no idea how much I wish I was a redhead.

@DNCall: It's Kapa'a. I don't know how to do the 'okina (backwards apostrophe) symbols on my keyboard. =(

@00DAD: I happened to read your thread before I posted mine...it gave me the inspiration.

@Mum and El Guapo: If I get an award for best first post, I promise I will give a speech. Thank you for the nominations.

@tootired2care: I appreciate your kind words. I was just so tired of agnozing over my relationships w/family and friends. I feel you and your wife's pain. I finally realized that me being df'ed or da'ed, whichever, will work in my favor toward cutting off damaging relationships and the blame will be squarely on my family (not me) for the break. I will not be the bad guy anymore to onlookers, society at large, and extended non-jw family. This will look so incredibly BAD to onlookers, don't you think? "What? your family doesn't speak to you any more because you wouldn't share their same beliefs? Wow! That is just so wrong...so taliban-like." Blame for the breakup of families is placed on the cult and my family members where it belongs. I think that's enough to make this cult look really, really bad. I'm not sure if I can advocate my stance since everyone and situation is different, but it works for me.

@problemaddict: I would love to get in touch with Vinny...not sure how. I will pm you. Also, my family has just done some awful things to me and have treated me very badly while I was an active member in good standing. Our "issues" are not just cult related, but the cult doesn't help, that's for sure. I don't want to be angry with them anymore, that is why I'm effectively cutting off ties. This way I can heal with the "distance" and not hate them as that kind of deep hurt is bleeding my soul. I don't really want to get into the issues and explain them right now cuz the wound is still a bit raw. They will NEVER accept me/love me/appreciate me for who I am and I am a genuinely good person who has never done anything to deserve their unkindness and judgement. What I'm doing here is my way at showing my family?, myself?...I'm not entirely sure...that I ACCEPT that, and I am choosing for myself that I'm done with that. I am finally loving myself enough to not allow them a way in to hurt me anymore. I don't want to stay stuck in my painful past; I just want to move forward and enjoy life now. I understand, though, what you mean about not being too harsh w/family. I realize this kind of thing isn't the solution for everybody. It is for me.

UPDATE for all: I have not heard a word yet. =( The day is young here in hawaii, so there is still time. I will keep everyone POSTED, I promise.

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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

by Eve Deceived in

i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

here, i'll save you the trouble:.

Eve Deceived

Please don't worry, cptkirk. I have thought this through. I want to be df'ed but not because I'm crazy, I promise. I have been thinking about this for about six months since I learned ttatt and started fading.

My husband was a bit concerned that I would come off crazy posting this, but I could use a little entertainment (I hope I get it) and my ultimate hope/plan is to be cut off. I have very good reasons, which I will probably get into later. But to sorta sum it up: I want to be rid of all relationships in my life that are conditional/judgemental (ie: toxic), including my family. I have no need for these relationships and they are damaging. I want to and need to be done with the org. and these toxic relationships for good. Honestly, for me, there are no redeemable relationships with my family members or what I considered to be close friends in the org. Also, I do not want to keep living a lie or not being true to myself...to be anything but authentic is really hard on me mentally and emotionally. I hope this makes sense. I will probably post more later on the topic, but I don't want anyone to worry. This thread is merely to blow off steam, entertaining, to me at least, and I really have nothing to lose.

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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

by Eve Deceived in

i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

here, i'll save you the trouble:.

Eve Deceived

Thanks for the welcome, Satanus. I'm so glad to be here. The site is so great!

I hope my thread pans out...a girl can hope. I'm excited though. It's so liberating to not be hiding anymore, having anxiety and worrying about being df'ed. This cult is just so silly, really.

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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

by Eve Deceived in

i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

here, i'll save you the trouble:.

Eve Deceived

I think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love." So I'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- I mean, the taliban -- ugh, I mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.

I am an apostate. Here, I'll save you the trouble:

"Do you believe that the Governing Body is God's sole channel of communication on earth?" My response: "Um, what do I look like an idiot? Most assuredly not. "

Next question:

"Do you still want to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses?" My response: "You mean do I want to continue being a member of a vile, slanderous, and deceitful cult that robbed me of much of my life? Um...NO, I think not. "

My name is Elizabeth B. (I would give my full name because you know what the society says: the internet is a dangeorous place created by Satan!)

The congregation my cards are located in is the Kapaa Congregation located on the island of Kauai. It's the one in "Kapaa," if that helps.

I'm not posting the congregation phone number, but rest assured you can google it...or feel free to pm me and I'll give you any info needed. All right. I believe I have given sufficient information to be able to identity who I am so that you can reach the "loving shepherds" in my congregation so that I can be "righteously" punished.

Now you better get going in your "zealous for jehovah and righteous" quest to reach them to tell them I've been very naughty.

And you're welcome!!!