Jeremy Allen Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 A good way to learn about yourself is to learn about others. In that spirit, I propose we accumulate links to websites where other religion's ex-members gather and talk about their experiences in life after faith. As we all post links to these sites, I will collect them all here in the opening post as a running list. I'll start by listing the one I know of: Update: I added a few more I found. Update: as I search for these, I try to only list sites that have some type of section where former members tell their stories. Update: some incredible stories in here of suffering and triumph... 1. For Ex-Mormons: www.exmormon.org 2. For Ex-Muslims: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britian 3. For Ex-Muslims: Movement of Belgian Ex-Muslims 4. For Ex-Muslims: Apostates of Islam 5. Coming out stories over at The Athiest Foundation of Australia 6. Letters from ex-Christians: Letters from Leavers 7. For Ex-Jehovah Witnesses: Ex Jehovah Witness Forum and Recovery Site 8. For Ex-Jehovah Witnesses: Conversations With an Ex Jehovah Witness 9. For Ex-Jehovah Witnesses: Jehovah's Witness Recovery 10. Mostly for ex-Jehovah Witnesses: Free Minds, Inc 11. Cult recovery: FACTNet 12. Cult recovery: reFOCUS (good links and good reading list) 13. For ex Tony Alamo group members: Tony Alamo News 14. For ex Children of God and ex Family International: exFamily 15. For ex International Church of Christ: Triumphing Over London Cults 16. For ex Siddha Yoga members: exSY (yahoo group) 17. For survivors of Amway or other multi-level marketing schemes: MLM Survior 18. For ex Bruderhof: The Peregrin Foundation (testimonies in the archived KIT newsletters and in the Peregrin Foundation archives) 19. For ex Eckists (Eckankar): Letters from Exchelas, and Why Ex-Eckists Left Eckankar, and Surviving the Cult Eckankar 20. For ex Scientologists: Ex Scientology Kids 21. For ex Scientologists: Operation Clambake (testimonies available in the Personal Accounts section near the bottom) 22. For ex Scientologists: Ex Scientologist Message Board 23. For ex Assembly members of George Geftakys: Assemblyboard 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♦ Fuego ♦ Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks! That is quite a list. I've been bookmarking loads of interesting sites that are no longer "the devil" anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Allen Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks! That is quite a list. I've been bookmarking loads of interesting sites that are no longer "the devil" anymore. As I read through these links I am coming across amazing stories from amazing people who have recovered from amazing trauma. It's really unbelievable. Here is the painful story of how the Peregrin Foundation came to be, http://www.perefound.org/phist.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babylonian Dream Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I registered as spartacandream at Letters from Leavers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanta Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 There are some applicable forums on RickRoss. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanta Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I tried reading some of the stories on the ex-Scientologist site. They were difficult to read because of all of the specialized references to different classes and levels. It really is a whole complex culture. Amazing. That didn't take long to form, huh? Phanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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