Topics Started by Odrade

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Letters Project - What do I say to my family
by Odrade in
1. forum
2. links
hey my old friends, i figured since this is where we landed when we first fled the watchtower, looking for support, back in '03, maybe i should pop back in and show you my latest project - i see some familiar faces around here.

i've been working on a website to function as part story, part news.

my plan is to feature what people are doing to integrate/reintegrate into their community - whether that's remaining in the xjw circles to help others who are leaving, or moving out into the larger social sphere and starting projects, being activists for other causes, etc.
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Be effective or people will die
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my husband and i have been out of the org for quite some time, but still find that old ideas and values come up and bite us on the ass.. lately, i've been plagued by an increase in the frequency and severity of my nightmares (which have always been an issue,) so i've begun to dream journal.

in just a few days, this realization cropped up.

i can't save people.. i've been blogging again recently.
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Finally sent that letter, but not to mom...
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. experiences
no not that letter.. so we hobbled along with the family relationship.

my parents (super-devout, highly involved and connected in jw-land,) spoke with me occasionally with that sad mopey voice.

at one point about 6 years ago, my mom quit speaking to me.
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Help! Gave away all of my reference library. Need information.
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello all, long time no see to the old-timers, and greetings to the new ones!

i have a bit of a conundrum, and could use some help from the documentarian crowd.

over the 10 years since leaving the jws, i've disposed of nearly all wt materials i owned, never anticipating that i would need them.
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Calling DARINGHART - need some "insider" info
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry, don't know how much you're on here, or check your pm, kind of time-sensitive, and i know i'm being cryptic, sorry.

i sent you pm..
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Wheee!!! spent a lovely evening with JW family *rolls eyes*
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. experiences
or not, as the case may be.

in-laws' family members were visiting from out of town so we went over for the evening.

my uncle-in-law is extremely religious.
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Hurlbut, ebay and WT plagiarism
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. friends
last week i picked up an old book on ebay called "hurlbut's story of the bible.

" it's an illustrated "bible" that is arranged by stories, with pictures.

many of them have morals to be learned, some tie in "foreshadowing" of new testament events.
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Most parents would be proud...
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. experiences
about a year ago, he had an emotional crisis and questioned a lot of things, including his faith.

i thought (and hoped) that he would consider his beliefs and come realize that his beliefs were part of his crisis.

this was not the case, but he and i continue to be on good terms.
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1988-1996 Kingdom Ministries- useful to anyone?
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. bible
we're in the midst of a massive de-junking project around here.

before these go into recycling, i thought i'd ask if these are still useful, given that so many years of kms have just been digitized?

i have a complete (i think) set from 10/88 thru 12/96, in one of those ridiculous wt storage boxes.
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Elder asks me why we quit... (Long)
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in this thread i mentioned having a long chat with an elder last summer.

i didn't realize i had never posted the story, so here it is.. last summer (when i went to buy my new camera lens) i ran into one of my favorite jws at the photography shop.

he was buying a camera bag for his new dslr, and i saw him, went up and greeted him, hugged him.