Is this site only for x-jws???

by silver252525 16 Replies latest jw friends

  • silver252525
    silver252525

    Hi Guys!

    I would just like to know if this site is only for ex-JWs or what?

    I have not been here long but from what I have seen I wanna think so:(

  • Seeker
    Seeker

    This site is for anyone, absolutely anyone, who wants to talk about JW ideas. That level of freedom and openness, of course, tends to discourage any JWs from sticking around. They tend to prefer sites that won't allow anyone but themselves.

  • dedalus
    dedalus

    This site is for both Witnesses and ex-Witnesses. That said, there are more ex-Witnesses than Witnesses here.

    Dedalus

  • OlderTom
    OlderTom

    This site is or was started for Witnesses and interested ones. Unfortunately many witnesses can't stand the heat in the kitchen and get out

    Some see the light and get out of the great harlet Babylon the Great (the Watchtower corporation) then they are ex witnesses. Some just feel uncomfortable reading so much overwelming evidence their religion is a cult and stop posting./

    Some witnesses are so inimidated that they are afraid to come here because they are convinced the Watchtower police will catch them and disfellowship them.

    So you understand you won't find many witlesses here although you can be assure many many more lurk here than post here.

  • silver252525
    silver252525

    Hi OlderTom,

    You said in part {Some just feel uncomfortable reading so much overwelming evidence their religion is a cult and stop posting.)

    'Come on', do you really think that we are a cult???

    Meaning of the word taken from www.dictionary.com
    cult (klt)n.
    A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance
    of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
    The followers of such a religion or sect.
    A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
    The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
    A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
    Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
    The object of such devotion.
    An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

  • Zero
    Zero

    Hey, Silver:
    When JWs refer to xJWs as "apostates", do you think they are applying the dictionary definition of an "apostate"?

  • Helen
    Helen

    A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader

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    Brooklyn comes to mind..

  • silver252525
    silver252525

    Good night! Zero

    you asked:(When JWs refer to xJWs as "apostates", do you think they are applying the dictionary definition of an "apostate"?}

    Hell no!!! You and I both are, or at least I asume that you are aware that they use the BIBLE as an authoritative guidance.

  • gsark
    gsark

    silver252525

    Since you are probably going going GONE, this may be a waste of my time but,

    Whether or not JW's are a 'cult' is a moot point; technically, the first century Christians were a 'cult'.

    What really is something to think about is: If you are afraid to talk to or even read anything an ex-jw has to say, ask yourself why? Why do ex-jw's know their Bibles and JW history better than JW's? That is really ridiculous and inexcusable.

    And not all ex-jw's are anti-Witness. I just attended the DC, I attend meetings occasionally, and I spent 10 minutes in the chatroom encouraging a newly interested one to attend more meetings. Why would you be afraid of me and others like me? Why would you be told to be afraid?

    And in the meantime, thank you for visiting and I hope you come back soon..if you have the courage. We don't ALL bite!

    Life is a roller coaster. Get in, sit down, shut up and hang on!

  • willy_think
    willy_think

    hi OlderTom

    it's good to see you post. i hope to read more of them.

    A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance
    of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.

    i am sorry but yes the WTB&TS is a cult. i wish it was not so but it is.

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