Baptized Young, Shunned Early
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Forced to Shun the Ones I Loved
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Maria: Losing Family and Community for Wanting a Normal Life
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Rachel Wade: The High Cost of Being Raised a Jehovah’s Witness
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Jesirae’ Shope: Finding the Truth Beyond the Walls of a High-Control Group
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Does YWAM practice shunning of former members?
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John Briggs: From Fear to Freedom: Escaping the Grip of Shunning and Addiction
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Kalia: From Shunned to Strong—Rebuilding a Life of Purpose and Love
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Micki: Real Life is Better—My Journey Out of the Jehovah's Witnesses
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Trapped, Betrayed, and Free—My Story of Abuse, Shunning, and Survival
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Daniel Balderas: Escaping the Small Box—My Life with Jehovah's Witnesses
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Where next with Norway?
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Feeling Guilty About Compliance to Shunning Mandates?
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Science Saved Me and My Babies – But I was labelled an "apostate"
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Jordan's Story: I Couldn't "Pray the Gay Away"
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Another CSA story from Australia: "Don't Look in Their Eyes—It's Easier That Way"
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Norway Verdict — Here's why it's NOT truly a WIN for Jehovah's Witnesses
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VIDEOS: Monica's reports from days 4 to 6 of the Norway court case
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Time for Action: Support the Czech Republic’s Efforts to Reconsider Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Legal Status
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JW's vs Norway — Final Update (#4 of 4) re: Trial in Oslo, Feb. 2025
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Monica's Billboard: Billboard draws attention to Mandated Shunning
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JW's vs Norway Trial — #3 of 5 UPDATES (Trial in Oslo: Feb. 2025)
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JW's vs Norway Trial — #2 of 5 UPDATES (Trial in Oslo: Feb. 2025)
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Norwegian Court to Hear Landmark Case Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in February 2025
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