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Louise: Shunned Without Baptism

A Lifetime of Silence




Louise
Female
72 years old
United States
Jehovah's Witnesses

"My mother’s family were Jehovah’s Witnesses. She married a USMC sergeant who was not a JW. We moved often, and attendance at meetings was on and off."


I was scared of the graphic pictures in the Paradise Lost book. If I could, I would sue JWs!

I was shunned, even though I was not baptized. No one would talk to me. No one attended my college graduation in 1976 because Armageddon was near.

I was shouted out if I entered a room. Mom had 10 siblings! A lot of people yelling or ignoring me.

Years ago, I asked my sister one question: How did JWs get started? She and another sister block my calls..

Shunning continues at age 72. This treatment is terrible, but Jesus is Lord. Thank you.

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