I am Frank Kavelin. My wife Barbara and I were recently disfellowshipped for apostasy. Long before we became inactive, I was mentioned in one topic and was the subject of another topic on the Discussion Board JWN. I was ...

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Hi, my name is Paul M_______ and I’m an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. By the end of this sorry tale I hope to be an ex-ex-Jehovah’s Witness. But not yet. I’m 40 years old later this year and happily married for 11 years now ...

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Like so many other former members of the New World Society of Jehovah's Witnesses I think back on my old "friends" and find they are no longer friends at all. They look at me and shake their head and the dust from their feet ...

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The title of my story is rhetorical - I am going to answer it with my experience. Before I do that, I want to discuss what we are told through Watchtower literature and the instruction that is given during meetings, assemblies ...

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I applied for service at the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses (known to Witnesses as "Bethel") in Brooklyn, New York. I was invited to serve there as a volunteer starting November 14, 1968. At Bethel, I worked ...

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A story of how a lifelong friendship began a long time ago By Rhona Johnson This is all about tools and God's Timing. How looking back to 1973, Phyllis migrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Perth, Western Australia. ...

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; The Story of Greg and Penny Peterson Greg Speaks Out - My family was baptized in July 22, 1962 in Northridge, Calif. By 1966 my two sisters were regular pioneers as well as my father. My mother was never a regular pioneer ...

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About six years ago, the Lord called me out of the Watchtower organization.  My research, in the early publications of the Watchtower, opened my eyes as to what this Organization really was all about; a cleverly designed ...

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I was raped in 1973. The person broke into my house, told me he would hurt my kids if I did not cooperate, and would kill me. I cooperated. He raped me and left. He finally was caught and jailed. But at that time, a JW girl ...

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I became involved in 1970 after my discharge from the Navy. A comment by me about how people are saying "God is dead" opened the dialog with a sister. It was ok for a time, her talking to me at work but a single sister, engaged, ...

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