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  Index of acronyms : help for new forumers

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am finding a whole lot of acronyms that are really foreign to me and i now have an appreciation for what cult language sounds like to non-culters.

  wondering please if you can post your definitions so i can get up to speed.

  otherwise, as an indoctrinated ex-culter, i am inclined to create my own new light and swiftly it will be gospel.

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  WTF do you mean?
  
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  Do you have a JW hero?

  by Island Man in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i say jw hero i mean a jw who courageously did what was right despite the indoctrination and peer pressure to conform to cultishness.

  i have an unknown jw hero that i've never met but only heard of from an experience relayed to me about an incident at a jw funeral.. i was told that at a jw funeral internment, a non-jw put a wreath in the shape of a cross on the grave.

  shortly thereafter a jw elder came up and removed the wreath.

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  Ray Franz.

  Barbara Anderson.

  Bill Bowen.

  Jim Penton.

  Randall Watters.

  And the tens of thousands that have left, who are somewhat anonymous.
  
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  How do you feel about exJW's who resist our efforts to effect change?

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've met a few.

  i'm not talking about the jw who, whether df'd or not, falls off the radar and just gets on with living a normal life - good luck to them and may there be many more!.

  i mean the former jehovah's witness who is now enjoying all the benefits of a cult free life thanks to the efforts of many bloggers, posters and activists, but is critical of the efforts of someone close them to free more jws.

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  First off - I would like to express appreciation for using "effect" instead of "affect" as I believe that English is not your first language (many of which would have posted the reverse).

  That having been said, I posted, mostly tongue in cheek, this post on reddit:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3c586t/disappointment_over_the_exjw_member_numbers/

  So, yes, those who make the effort, may hopefully make their way out of the WT maze.

  However, everyone must input into the equation that WT members have been subjected to decades of mind control, and family pressure.

  Dismissing this control and pressure is hardly an overnight decision.
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  Candace Conti Settles

  by Nitty-Gritty in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

  but it's all quiet here.

  are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?

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  Annual JW Pride Day

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would be jw's reaction if the governing body, in all seriousness, announced a new jw pride day to be celebrated in the congregation every year?.

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  Various cities are "installing" Pride Flag crosswalks.

  Wonder how this would look?

  
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  Annual JW Pride Day

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would be jw's reaction if the governing body, in all seriousness, announced a new jw pride day to be celebrated in the congregation every year?.

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  Could there be a parade?
  
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  Cult Parents

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  saw a similar one on reddit.. this in from tumblr ex-mormon.. .

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  berrygerry

  Saw a similar one on reddit.

  This in from tumblr ex-Mormon.

  
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  Could this happen to you?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was a jw who was a born in and faded about 10 years ago near a congregation i attended.

  he never married or had children and was in his late 30's.

  his parents shun him for the most part but then he had a major stroke.

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  But she is not the same person and has a limited mental capacity.

  (Or critical thinking capacity.)
  

  The necessary quality to become and remain a Dub.
  
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  Candace settled and she deserves the peace.

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

  but it's all quiet here.

  are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?".

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  She and her team have blazed a trail others can follow.

  An irRegular Pioneer.
  
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  Candace Conti Settles

  by Nitty-Gritty in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

  but it's all quiet here.

  are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?

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  *%#?!. When my child was molested, the elders not only told me to be quiet about it so as not to upset the congregation !!! but told me not to let anyone see that I was upset !!!

  I met an ex-Dub couple today - RP's - recently df'd for apostasy, and a third who was from the States.

  The American's sister and cousin were molested by Dubs.

  The couple both had siblings that were molested by Dubs.

  The male became MS, and was told by the BOE, so-and-so is a pedo, so-and-so is a pedo - 4 known pedos in their KH.

  I had been wondering if this was contained to the US, but it is obviously global (I'm in Canada).

  Anyone defending this corporation is as guilty as the corporation is.