TJ, I am so glad you and your brother and sisters have all made your way out of that torture. I hope you all can find joy and safety.
Posts by Odrade
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115My story: "Pop!" goes the Little Circuit Breaker
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ini guess it's about time i write my story.
i've put this off for a long time... primarily becuase, while i thought my story was bad, i've read so many worse and heart-rending stories here.
i think, though, there is some therapeutic value in 'letting it all out' with others who know what 'it' was like.
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You Who Have Been on the Board For Awhile - What Are your Concerns ?
by flipper inwell, it's late.
i need to go to sleep, got home from work, but i thought i started a newbie thread why not a thread for those who have been on the board a long time , or for awhile now ?
so, lay it on me, what are your concerns for jwd ?
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:::I have concluded that farting with either of your mouths is probably your only real achievment in life
Regardless of the facts of the argument, that right there is some funny stuff!
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I'm a Pioneer Married To a Wonderful Brother Reaching Out to be an MS...
by cognac inand petrified... i just recently became a pioneer and always had nagging questions in the back of my mind.
so, i decided that when i have get a study i would research all the questions as i go along so as to prove everything in the truth... i got 4 studies in about 2 months.
all was fine, until i reached i think chapter 6 in the bible teach book about the resurrection.
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I'm glad you all had a good time. It's a shame this became such a brouhaha over "verifying" a new user. I suppose looking at the bright side is that coffee-black got to meet two nice ladies! (Glad to have you around cognac, hope hypnotic can get past the traumatic start and come check out JWD again.)
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Newbies - Tell Us What You Dealing with - Getting out of the Witnesses
by flipper inhello newbies and all others !
with all of the newbies the last few months joining the board i wanted to provide a thread for them to express what stresses they are going through in exiting the jehovah's witness cult .
so please all newbies- we are happy you are here , tell us what you are going through , and some of us will help if we are able to.
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so sorry cognac. Hang in there.
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My story: "Pop!" goes the Little Circuit Breaker
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ini guess it's about time i write my story.
i've put this off for a long time... primarily becuase, while i thought my story was bad, i've read so many worse and heart-rending stories here.
i think, though, there is some therapeutic value in 'letting it all out' with others who know what 'it' was like.
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There was a little girl in the KH where I grew up, she was a "mistake" and I can't really remember a week that went by that someone in her family didn't remind her of it in that not-quite-joking voice. I thought it was horrible then, and said so, but nobody listens to a teenaged girl in the Organization, even if her dad is one of the most intimidating guys in the hall. If it didn't come from an elder, it was less than worthless. Her step-grandfather turned out to be a kiddie rapist, btw.
Thank you so much for sharing your tale. Sadly, I think this dirty underseam is not terribly uncommon in high-control religions. I'm glad you have your siblings (and a therapist) to talk this over with.
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Warning To All Posters Here!!!
by SWALKER ini just found out that a dear friend of mine was outed by a poster on this board!!!
i am soooooo angry and disgusted it's hard to contain at the moment!
so to all those out there that are trying to fade and get other family members out, don't let anyone know who you are!!!
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Let me rephrase my deleted post to you BiKerchic: Can I take it by your actions that you support the demands of posters here to "verify" identity of new posters that have an interesting story? Can I take it by your actions that you believe that publicly shouting that you believe a new poster is a LIAR or that things sound fishy, and that you stand by your public suspicions until the poster proves themselves" is completely irrelevant to same poster being upset about someone she cares about being forcibly exposed?
Are you insulting me as a moderator? or as a regular poster? Because if your personal attack is as a moderator, then I won't question it. But if your personal attack is as a regular poster, then I say BRAVO! your hypocrisy is showing again. Might want to tuck it back into your pants.
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Why is infant Mortality in US worse than Morocco or Costa Rica?
by hamsterbait inwhy are there so many premature births?.
why are the deaths of the premature higher in the us?.
why is the mortality for african americans babies more than 2.5% higher than for others ( 5% as opposed to 13%)?
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Good girl, true. There are explanations out there regarding infant mortality that shed light on the statistics. In the USA, a baby born alive at 21-22 weeks is routinely put on life support. Many of them do not survive, thus becoming part of the mortality statistic. In less developed nations, the child that is born that prematurely is considered a "miscarriage," and as such, is not counted in those statistics.
More revelatory would be infant mortality statistics that are specific, for example: infant death due to homicide, illness, malnutrition, premature birth complications, congenital defects, etc. Then a straight-line comparison could be made to other country's statistics that would give a truer picture.
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Warning To All Posters Here!!!
by SWALKER ini just found out that a dear friend of mine was outed by a poster on this board!!!
i am soooooo angry and disgusted it's hard to contain at the moment!
so to all those out there that are trying to fade and get other family members out, don't let anyone know who you are!!!
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Thanks Xena. Nice to see you, BTW!
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Warning To All Posters Here!!!
by SWALKER ini just found out that a dear friend of mine was outed by a poster on this board!!!
i am soooooo angry and disgusted it's hard to contain at the moment!
so to all those out there that are trying to fade and get other family members out, don't let anyone know who you are!!!
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You're right. The warning said: Be careful what personal information you post or give to other posters, since you could be exposed. To that, one should add: Be careful that your story is not too interesting, or people could demand that you expose yourself in order to "verify" that you are real. If you don't "verify," you will be investigated.
Hmmm, funny, those two things aren't so different after all. Forced expose, and um... well, forced exposure. Makes no difference whatsoever which direction it comes from. Had the "warning" come from someone who had not participated in an unjustified witchhunt, and still publicly stands by her suspicion until said anonymous poster "verifies" her real-life identity, (whether she originally wished to expose herself or not,) I don't feel I'm missing the point at all.
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Warning To All Posters Here!!!
by SWALKER ini just found out that a dear friend of mine was outed by a poster on this board!!!
i am soooooo angry and disgusted it's hard to contain at the moment!
so to all those out there that are trying to fade and get other family members out, don't let anyone know who you are!!!
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It's a "cause" that I won't drop. I know I'm not the only one who feels like this, and I'm pretty sick of seeing people demanding that new posters (and established) reveal themselves or be thought a troll. Since your discussion is about forcible "outing" and since you are one of the people who wanted another poster to give up her anonymity to satisfy your paranoia, I think this is a perfectly acceptable place to discuss it.