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  New York's Bethel tunnels are no more . . .

  by neat blue dog in

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  http://www.brownstoner.com/neighborhood/brooklyn-heights/jehovahs-witnesses-brooklyn-heights-tunnels/.

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  WT just makes everything they do seem creepy.
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  Has anyone else experienced this?

  by ToesUp in

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  my spouse and i have faded 4+ years ago.

  we know the jw rumor mill has gotten back to our family that we no longer attend.

  most of our family is out of state.

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  I think there has been talks and articles stating the reason someone does not attend is not important.

  The Return To Jehovah brochure I think.
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  Has anyone else experienced this?

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
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  my spouse and i have faded 4+ years ago.

  we know the jw rumor mill has gotten back to our family that we no longer attend.

  most of our family is out of state.

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  Yep, don't ask don't tell policy in full force. I think they are afraid of the reasons I don't attend, the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing lalalala.
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  Toxic People

  by mann377 in

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  you 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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  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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  Could a petition to make shunning illegal work?

  by aboveusonlysky in

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  we'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 in

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  just 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://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 in

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  2. beliefs

  at 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 in

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  2. beliefs

  so 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://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.