I don't know if it would be possible to conduct accurate research on such a closed group. Particularly when the people in that group live in religious lala land are intellectually and emotionally dishonest, lie to themselves and others, and who couldn't give a straight answer to save their lives.
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Jehovahs Witnesses and mental illness
by UnshackleTheChains ini came across this video, which looks at mental illness among jws.. it is an old video, but really hits the nail right on the head as to the reasons why there is such a high level of mental illness among the jw's.. https://youtu.be/co-b65w-zqs.
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Whatever happened to the "written review"?
by pale.emperor indoes anyone know why the written review was stopped?
i relished the half hour silence they'd give you to "write down your answers", time i spend doodling or thinking up cool song lyrics..
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sparrowdown
Lol yeah, the "oral" review. Always sounded like an article from Cosmo circa "Sex and the City" era.
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Do you have JW-related dreams (nightmares)?
by compound complex ingreetings, dreamers:.
i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.
last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.
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sparrowdown
I rarely dream about JWs now, but, I used to all the time. The dreams themselves were not scary just everyday JW stuff and always with a sense of dread and forboding to them, sinister even.
I have noticed I'm more likely to remember my dreams when I'm trying to figure out the answer to some question or conundrum in my awake life.
All that JW stuff really does seep into your subconscious though and can take a while for it to be exorcised.
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Wierd Shunning Stories
by VW.org inyesterday i went to a shopping center.
i saw a dub who was once a very friendly person.
he was about 10 metres from me when i noticed him.
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sparrowdown
I don't mind saying that every post-fade encounter I've had with JWs has been weird AF.
"Now they're just somebody that I used to know..."
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Broadcasting january 2018: annual meeting
by Gorbatchov infor the second month no jw.org tv show, but the annual meeting this time... .
g..
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sparrowdown
Wonder if the new content will include a monthly apostate hate session lol.
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O no!!! The HQ song
by Gorbatchov innever througt there would be a jw.org hq song.. they have become mad.. https://tv.jw.org/#nl/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-osg_40_video.
g..
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sparrowdown
Next iteration of the song will just be chanting
G..B G..B G..B...
At least the words will be easy to remember.
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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa ini left the jw organization last year during summer.
maybe some of you can relate.
who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
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sparrowdown
As a witness you were expected to announce your belief like a trumpet toot to all and sundry. Witnesses also tend to believe they had a license to ask other people including complete strangers to explain even justify their beliefs, because, apparently, when you believe you are right and have all the answers you have a right to ask and know because you are on a mission from God to put people right.
Now, I view this rather personal question as a trap. The sort of question one asks right before they give you what-for on how wrong or stupid your beliefs are. So, because of my distrust of the question I tend not to ask people what they believe re religion anymore as I feel it's none of my business and what I believe is none of theirs. The only exception to this is if they state upfront why they're asking (but even this can be a trap) or I know them very well.
Call it once bitten twice shy, but, there you have it.
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Eavesdropping on a home Bible Study
by doubtfull1799 inmy mil held a bible study round to our place today and i was home so was interested to listen in from the next room to see what the quality of the study was like.
and whether the new clam meetings are helping jw’s to be better teachers at all.. .
participants:.
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sparrowdown
Jws are deceived deceivers.
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"We are confident Jehovah will bless this new arrangement and provision!"
by nowwhat? inso let me get this straight, emphasis on cart witnessing and jw.org website with their flashy videos and such has brought in about 680 new publishers in the united states?
out of which 600 are probably children?!
well that certainly speaks for itself!
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sparrowdown
So will the new 2018 programming include "Public Talks" I wonder hmmm... ?
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Will the Watchtower Corporation continue to lie and deceive just to sustain itself into the future ?
by Finkelstein inthe wts has been selling and promoting christ's return and the end times since the late 1800's, right through all of the 20th century and still continues today on the same core doctrinal premise.. 1914 was set as a year of christ taking position upon his heavenly throne followed by choosing the wts as his earthly guided organization in 1919 according to the wts.
leaders at that time.. the actual truth is that the wts is a publishing house and it was inherently pressed to make up doctrines which would gravitate attention to its published goods, accurate and honest bible interpretation was a second lesser concern.. the original heads of this religious publishing house (c t russell) first proclaimed that christ had returned in 1874 and 1914 was going to be the year jesus was going to cleanse the earth of all wickedness etc.
this was obviously a false doctrine tainted with ignorance and a bit of commercialization in reality.. so the question remains what will the wts do in the future, what will the wts do as far as doctrines to allure the general public at large ?
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sparrowdown
Corporations do what they have to survive.
Something to keep in mind: It's not "lying" if you are a religion.