Point 3 "...if you think you are going to have a thoughtful discussion with someone who is toxic be prepeared for some epic mindf***ery..."
Yep, that be JWs alright, case in point the ARC!
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Toxic People
by mann377 inyou have got to read this article http://thoughtcatalog.com/shahida-arabi/2016/06/20-diversion-tactics-highly-manipulative-narcissists-sociopaths-and-psychopaths-use-to-silence-you/.
it is long but when you read this you will understand the gb and others in charge of the watchtower society.
i'm sure all of us have known people in our own lives that fit in one of the descriptions.
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Could a petition to make shunning illegal work?
by aboveusonlysky inwe're currently watching leah remini's series about scientology and the main thing she seems to focus on is the shunning policies of the scientology organization which let's face it are very similar to jw procedure.. i was wondering with all that's in the media recently about bullying could a petition be put together to get the goverment to consider making religiously mandated shunning illegal?
has such a thing been tried before?.
https://petition.parliament.uk/help says the following - .
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The borg induce people to refuse lifesaving blood treatment for themselves and for their children and people die because of it.
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JW Guide to Critical Thinking
by Saename injust found this chart on reddit here: reddit.
and here's a copy:.
what i find scary is that... it's accurate.
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WT indoctrination and propoganda literature is designed to bypass critical thinking, logic and reasoning ability and it does so very effectively.
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NEWSWEEK: After Ban, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Harassed by Police During Religious Services
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-police-589791.
after ban, jehovah’s witnesses in russia harassed by police during religious services.
by jason le miere on 4/25/17 at 4:48 pm .
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Failure to attend JW meetings is NOT a disfellowshipping offense because it is NOT a bible law.
The verse talking about not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together is NOT talking about twenty first century JW meetings that's a shameless misuse of the scripture by WT. Even if (which it most definitely is not) it was talking about JW meetings it's a suggestion NOT a law. You cannot be disfellowshipped for NOT attending meetings. No elder can force you to attend.
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Circuit Overseer's Idiotic Comment
by FedUpJW inat last night's clam the circuit overseer made this comment, "we elders sometimes have to act as judges in the congregation.
but we (the elders) are imperfect, and so cannot know everything about judicial matters.
that is why we (the elders) have the biblical rule that there must be at least two witnesses to wrongdoing.
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WT's answer to child abuse is and always has been call the legal dep call the legal dep call the legal dep - ghostbusters would be more useful.
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The Governing Body WILL be sued in America collectively and individually in the near future!
by notsurewheretogo inso lloyd evans aka cedars says on his facebook page when he attended a reveal jw child abuse event.. .
interesting stuff but no details!.
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I hope Lloyd is right. These WT cockroaches need to have the light shone on them as long and as often as possible, yeah, the've been pretty good at scuttling back under their fridge at the first sign of trouble but at least people will know they're there and they're disgusting.
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NEWSWEEK: After Ban, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Harassed by Police During Religious Services
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-police-589791.
after ban, jehovah’s witnesses in russia harassed by police during religious services.
by jason le miere on 4/25/17 at 4:48 pm .
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WT's attitiude has always been when governments make a ban we make mileage!
You watch the borg will milk this ban for all it's worth. Shameless bastards.
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Mental Illness
by Tallon inover many years i have been pondering how mental illness has impacted upon jw's due to the effects of indoctrination.
in my case; when i was 21 i had a breakdown and was hospitalised for 6 weeks.
i was diagnosed with anxiety tension state disorder.
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Since JWs advertise to have the answers to all of life's problems with a side order of instant family it's no surprise the children of JWs and vulnerable adults are their target market for recruiting. That doesn't mean that you have to be mentally ill to be a JW but giving up your own conscience, individuality and reasoning ability is certainly a high price to pay for their hellish spiritual paradise.
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NEWSWEEK: After Ban, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Harassed by Police During Religious Services
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-police-589791.
after ban, jehovah’s witnesses in russia harassed by police during religious services.
by jason le miere on 4/25/17 at 4:48 pm .
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What is the bible law that states you must attend meetings of a twentieth century american religion always and forever no matter what?
Not going to meetings is not a disfellowshipping offense!
The answer is simple don't break the law of the land because by not attending you are not breaking a bible law!
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Church Property Ownership
by Richard Oliver ini have been reading a lot of cases that have to do with church property, especially when the church is affiliated with a larger national church.
it looks like the most common of these is episcopal churches.
a lot of episcopal churches wanted to disaffiliate with the national church when the national church ordained an openly gay bishop, the local churches wanted to join the anglican church of uganda.
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RO -oh, ok. So you are saying that WT cannot "take away congregation property" because it already belongs to them?