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  How many JWs would Disassociate if their were no family sanctions?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  i think the swamp would empty overnight .

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  Most would at least mentally disconnect and become "less active" if there were no forms of punishment or judgement for doing so.
  
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  Is there Some YouTube shenanigans going on?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. scandals

  i won't name the youtube channels yet but i noticed something while listening to them.

  both channels were christian in there title both had a married couple that had both woke up and left.

  both first started waking by up when the man out in service came a cross a wonderful christian family and they explained their lives followers of christ and doing missionary work etc.. both couples wanted to pray for or with the jws at their door but it didn't happen.

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  can we have a link?
  
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  Far and away the best video I have seen explaining cults

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  this 5 minute ted video perfectly explains what a cult it.

  it does not mention jws, but perfectly aligns with them.

  it is put in a manner that would make some understand why jws are considered a cult.

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  Very good video indeed!
  
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  Do WT Publications Make Us Feel Unworthy, Unlovable and Helpless?

  by jp1692 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is my contention that the wtbts, (as do all high-control, authoritarian cults), deliberately cultivates dysfunctional beliefs among its members.

  in particular, the most destructive of these beliefs are those that undermine one's feelings of self-worth.

  for a research project i am doing, i am looking for direct quotes from wt publications that seem to be specifically designed to manipulate the readers into feeling: unworthy, unlovable, inadequate and/or helpless.

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  As has been often said, there is that classic "cake tin" illustration that the society has well used.

  We are like cakes that come out of a dented cake tin. With built in "dents" that only God can restore etc...blah blah.

  That is bound to produce a feeling of worthlessness.
  
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  Ex-JW meet-up in the Austin/San Marcos/New Braunfels/San Antonio area

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my daughter and i are ex-jws, and we live halfway between new braunfels and san marcos, which is halfway between austin and san antonio.

  we are interested in meeting up with any ex-jws in this area.. please feel free to contact me by email at [email protected] .

  roger kirkpatrick.

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  stuckinarut2

  Welcome to this wonderful forum community!

  It is great to have you here.
  
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  Letter to my JW elder brother

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i sent the following letter to my older brother, a jw elder in grand prairie, texas, who actively shuns me since i left the religion for conscientious reasons two years ago.. may 11, 2017. dear ronnie,.

  in the opening scenes of the movie gone with the wind, a field worker hollers out, “”quttin’ time!” big sam protests, saying, “i’s da fo’man on tara.

  i sez when it’s quittin’ time.

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  Fantastic!

  Wonderfully reasoned and well written!

  Thanks for sharing. No doubt many here will be inspired by the content.

  We wish you well.
  
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  JW Cart encounter

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i've seen very few carts in western australia.

  the only one i have seen is near the front entrance of the perth royal hospital and on the several occasions that i have seen it, they are there all day, at least during the week.

  i've stopped and had long conversations twice now and both times when i have approached them they've told me to take whatever publications interest me and then we've started talking.this last visit i brought up the royal commission.

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  Well said Diog!
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  UK: JW - One Born Every Minute (TV)

  by darkspilver in

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  2. medical

  fyi.

  this is the tv 'critics' choice' for this evening.

  from the daily mail:.

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  Can't see it from this part of the world.

  What was it about?
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  London fire..

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  i bleed for the poor souls caught in that.

  no sprinkler system in that domestic building..!.

  tragically the govts various of london learned nothing during the world war..

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  The outpouring of community support from people of all backgrounds, races, religions etc is wonderful!

  How all these "worldly" people can be so loving is mind blowing! Witnesses tell us that no one in the world is selfless.

  I bet the only thing witnesses will do is set up a literature cart nearby!
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  JW Cart encounter

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i've seen very few carts in western australia.

  the only one i have seen is near the front entrance of the perth royal hospital and on the several occasions that i have seen it, they are there all day, at least during the week.

  i've stopped and had long conversations twice now and both times when i have approached them they've told me to take whatever publications interest me and then we've started talking.this last visit i brought up the royal commission.

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  We have now heard several witnesses, including parents say that line about how "the witnesses were the best there at the ARC"

  We simply act shocked and say "what? Where on earth did you hear that? They were categorically condemned as being far from that!"

  But, as usual, the society has done a great job of re-writing history and the facts to all witnesses!