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  Did being raised a Jehovah's Witnesses result in psychological damage? An interesting read in the New York Times.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  interesting read in the new york times book review.

  food for thought on a subject 3rd gen and i have discussed between ourselves and with our daughter.

  in our case, the answer is yes.

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  Interesting read in the New York Times book review. Food for thought on a subject 3rd Gen and I have discussed between ourselves and with our daughter. In our case, the answer is yes. Talking with other Ex-JWs on the phone and in-person...the answer is yes. What about you? Quote: "But the stunted psychology of those raised in extreme religion is another problem altogether. For these children, there is no obvious forfeiture of common sense or flight from existential chaos that informs adult conversion. Rather, they experience a totalizing indoctrination that so severely limits the formation of an adult psychology that many don’t ever achieve maturity in the way secular society conceives of it, a state of empowered capability that permits complex life choices, a state in which contradictory ideas can be held in tension without psychic recoil. Instead, the fundamentalist child, raised on fear and limitation, lives a life of diminished options, constrained by strict dualisms: black and white, good and bad, God and Satan, and (perhaps most alarmingly for the broader culture) us and them." end quote.

  Bamm.

  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/books/review/leaving-the-witness-amber-scorah.html
  
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  Disfellowshipped

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my judicial committee was set for monday.

  the message says to call back asap and that he loves me, but he said it like "i love ya, girl" he never has said that to me like that.

  so, i call back and he says i have been a hard person to get a hold of and that confused me because i had not received any calls from him.

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  Wow. So sorry for the mental abuse you have endured. I am surprised they went after you after so many years. Very unusual to pursue a non-member after so many years. The elders must not have been afraid of a defamation lawsuit or other fall-out.

  I read your last thread. Were you ever baptized?

  I hope you continue to get professional counseling, do some reading on Cult mid control, and keep a journal. Perhaps write letters to your mom whether you send them or not. Four dads (and breakups) would be hard on any kid. Your mom may be an abuse victim herself.

  Work to get it out of your system so the toxins do not infect your marriage and kids.

  Hugs from the Mrs and me.
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  It’s Your Last Meal...What Would It Be??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m watching a restaurant tv show and i’m getting hungry 🐷...i think i would enjoy a prime rib end cut with buttered baked potato and definitely a greek salad with plenty of feta as the first course..

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  Last meal, so who cares what the Doc says. :) House of Prime Rib in San Francisco. Prime Rib, end cut, with Garlic Mashed potatoes, asparagus, and a Lobster tail. It HAS been the last meal for many a patron I hear. lol.
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  Is there any appointed one disfellowshiped?

  by Roxie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was wondering... are here people who used to be appointed ones and left the jws?

  if yes: what was the reason you left and do you believe in god now?

  i am just curious.

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  I have known a few "anointed" to be disfellowshipped over the years. One for fornication others for "apostasy" and "rebellion".

  The entire belief system surrounding "anointed" =immediate issues for mentally ill attracted the organizations "love bombing". They believe God has spoken to them directly, therefore, the Elders need to obey them because they are god's spokesman. These people needed medical intervention not disfellowshipping. Exhibit A JW governing body members.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses as medical records employees, and Medical Privacy laws.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this subject has been brought up before.

  the governing body and watchtower have repeatedly encouraged jws to show loyalty to the organization to "keep the congregation clean" by reporting wrongdoing to the elders.. i know directly of two cases.

  two jws working in the records department of our local hospital "outed" 3rd gens 1st husband to the local elders when he and his mistress sought medical treatment together for stds.

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  Actually, 3rd gens ex-hubby got out by TWO JW sisters who worked in that hospital's medical records department. LOL, so I guess there were two witnesses. I was amazed at how many JWs worked in hospitals or contracted to do medical transcription. ( The pay is good, benefits and flexible schedules).
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  Is there anything that can open a JWs whos dyed in the wools mind

  by rockemsockem in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that jw who would still believe if tony morris killed a baby on the roof of wallkill and put it on the internet.

  for those people will there come a time when they will see or do you think someone so deep in a cult will never come to realize its all a lie.

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  Questions help. Like" If you lived in ancient Isreal and the City Elders told you to...(Worship Baal, Molech, Golden Calf...who would you be loyal too?)They were "God's organization..or were they?.... Why are more pages of the bible written about bad kings than good kings..or even the early part of Jesus life? What do think the lesson is??? If blood transfusions are wrong because blood REPRESENTS life....is LIFE or the representation of life more important? So then suicide is OK? Or is suicide wrong? Is God perfect? If he is, then why does he flip flop on:( ). Does god hate lying? Who is the father of the lie? Why does Watchtower teach differently? (Lies=Theocratic strategy)?
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  50 Years since the first moon landing

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in july of 1969, i was 16 years old and was pretty excited by the prospect that the us would shortly land a man on the moon.

  however, i remember, vividly and older brother at the time confidently stating that man would never walk on the moon, quoting psalms 115 - "as for the heavens, they belong to jehovah.

  but the earth he has given to the sons of man.

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  I was sitting in my JW Grandparents living room attempting to watch that historic event, all the while Grandma was upset and saying "he is going to die any minute! The bible says "there will be signs in the heavens and blood on the moon!!!" She seemed sad they didn't die.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses as medical records employees, and Medical Privacy laws.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this subject has been brought up before.

  the governing body and watchtower have repeatedly encouraged jws to show loyalty to the organization to "keep the congregation clean" by reporting wrongdoing to the elders.. i know directly of two cases.

  two jws working in the records department of our local hospital "outed" 3rd gens 1st husband to the local elders when he and his mistress sought medical treatment together for stds.

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  This subject has been brought up before. The Governing Body and Watchtower have repeatedly encouraged JWs to show loyalty to the organization to "keep the Congregation clean" by reporting wrongdoing to the elders.

  I know directly of two cases. Two JWs working in the records department of our local hospital "outed" 3rd Gens 1st husband to the local elders when he and his mistress sought medical treatment together for stds. -She was happy to find out, and both sisters kept their jobs. Hubby #1 got disfellowshiped and she got a divorce.

  The 2cd was a case of a JW working in medical records of a famous SF Bay area teaching hospital who turned in a young JW girl for an abortion. She was outed to my body of elders and disfellowshiped.

  I heard many other cases of inside information and records being shared by JWs with inside information at many types of offices when I worked at Bethel.

  Has anyone heard of more recent cases of "leakers"?

  (The USA regulation regarding medical records is: HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.)
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  JWs just called at my daughter's house and said the end is near because .....

  by Xanthippe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the world is getting worse, for example children are getting more cheeky!.

  proof positive!

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  And rude JWs knock knock knock on my door in the AM without an invitation or appointment!
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  Beards

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i started growing a beard 2 weeks ago and i am making some nice progress.

  it has been noticed by many in my workplace and they give me great compliments.

  my skin would get all bumpy from the constant shaving and i am so glad to be done with that form of cult control.. last year (i was pimo then) i worked in the video department at the regional convention.

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  Balaamsass2

  Grew a beard after getting out of the Borg. Much more comfortable and protects some pre-cancer areas from lots of driving in the sun.

  When I served at Bethel in the 70s my mustache and sideburns drove some brothers nuts. GB Dan Sidlick was my table head on weekends and lived down the hall, he reminded me frequently that I couldn't be a tour guide with my mustache..I laughed and said "that's OK I am too busy to take off to give tours"..I said "I was thinking of getting closer to the bible and not shear my locks and beard anyway" with a grin. His wife snorted her coffee.