Well, well, the Huff Post has an article about the JW saying "mentally Diseased apostates"

by nonjwspouse 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  nonjwspouse

  it's good to see a widely read site such as the Huff Post link to this article, and below it are 5 more links to similar articles
  
  

  
  

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html
  
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  flipper

  Thanks for posting the links on the Huffington Post report. It's good whenever ANY exposing of WT Society unjust practices gets into the media in any way, shape, or form for sure. Interesting article
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  Poztate

  Any one of Jehovah's Witnesses is free to express their feelings and to ask questions," he said. "If a person changes their mind about Bible-based teachings they once held dear, we recognize their right to leave."

  
  

  Oh Really.... Didn't seem to mention DF'ing at all. I guess that never happens LOL
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  talesin

  This story is from 2011.

  At the time, we had a big push on the forum ........ and quite a few of us wrote in to the comments section of the original newspaper that had the story (was it The Guardian or the Independent? It was in England). We spent an intense 48 hours or so, answering people's questions regarding JWS and shunning, and refuting the JWS who commented on the story.

  The comments are no longer there to be read, but wow, what an anti-Witness we gave! :D "Worldly" people ARE interested in the JWS - the average person is shocked, when the reality of the WTS policies is exposed in the mainstream media.
  
  I'd like to see more group efforts like this - exJWs offering constructive criticisms on JW youtube vids or newspaper articles, and refuting JW claims in a logical fashion.

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  steve2

  This artkcle is over 4 years old - I started reading it before checking the date of publication then realized it was from the time period around when the Watchtower used that phrase, "mentally diseased".
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  smiddy

  Well it was probably good to have this story bumped , because newbies may have missed it.

  smiddy
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  talesin

  This is from 2011.
  
  When the story was first published in the UK (Guardian or Independent?), we did a bit of a writing campaign here on the forum. A bunch of us spent a day or so writing in to the comments section of the newspaper...... it was wild! Folks from here, commenting, with JWS denying and scrambling to cover up the heinous nature of disfellowshipping.
  
  I checked, and the comments are no longer available for reading, which is really too bad.

  I have to say that GB and Australia are far ahead of Canada, and the US, in their investigations and condemnation of the Jehovah's Witnesses cult.
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  Brokeback Watchtower

  You know the way things are going for this cult I see many civil lawsuits over these very damming statements and because of the great emotional pain and suffering that enforce shunning has caused $$$$$$$.