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  Day 4 Looks to Be Live at Any Moment - Link...and Upcoming Witness List!

  by LostGeneration in

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

  anyone know who this monty baker is?

  i'm sure this guy will be able to tell the rc how things work behind the scenes without all the evasiveness, being that he is an "apostate".

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  The live feed has not been working at all for me since the beginning of today's session. I hope someone is recording this and can post a link.

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  Grandchildren pay for the sins of their parents.

  by Bonsai in

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  2. beliefs

  my wife's mother just related to us an interview she heard during the recent three day convention that she just had to share with us.

  a brother and his wife have, for over 20 years, shunned their daughter because she ran off and eloped with a worldly guy.

  while openly sobbing, he related how difficult it has been to shun his daughter and avoid unnecessary contact with her and her family.

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  My in-laws have shunned my husband for over 30 years. They have shunned our children since they left the organization, and they have made it exceedingly clear that their brand new baby grandson "has nothing to do with them." They don't even want to see photos. They will get their wish.
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  If disfellowshipping so important why is it not mentioned one time in the bible teach book

  by poopie in

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  if it is what page.

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  It's called "deceptive recruiting", a method employed by cults to hide their true practices until it's too late.
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  Witnesses and anxiety disorder

  by mana11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i saw this on a public user group for jw's .

  the librarian [email protected].

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  LisaRose
  Sail away, I'm sorry you suffered for so long. I hope you find peace and healing now that you are out.
  My daughter was about eight years old when the yearbook with all the concentration camp stories came out. she was obsessed with fears about being put in one, it was a rough year.

  LisaRose, I hope your daughter is doing better now. It's terribly hard to get those images out of a child's mind. Yes, 'Do More' is the JW mantra. I used to feel totally beat up and defeated after every, and I mean every assembly and convention. Nothing was ever good enough. I still struggle with that too.
  

  I practice and teach basic tai chi and meditation. It has been a life changing process. Sailing is great for the nerves and for confidence building too!
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

  1. forum
  2. links

  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  steve2
  

  Sail Away, I so hear what you're saying. By posting here you are giving yourself excellent evidence that you're doing your best to make sense of what you went through and, when you're ready, to gain a healing perspective on what you went through.

  It took me a long time and there are still times when it all comes back - but those times are fewer, less intense and don't last as long.

  Steve, thank you for your kind words of encouragement. I have done a lot of work since I left and have come to accept things as they were then and as they are now. I've been through all the stages of grief several times. The intensity of my emotions while watching this film shook me up, but as you said, it didn't last long. Identifying with that little boy was painful. His mother emotionally abused him. I blamed myself. I accepted The Lie when I was nine years old. No one else in my family became a JW. I essentially did this mind f**k to myself. It doesn't help to blame a nine year old little girl who only wanted the happy family life she was promised.
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  Witnesses and anxiety disorder

  by mana11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i saw this on a public user group for jw's .

  the librarian [email protected].

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  As a teen I had recurring nightmares about Armegedon and being imprisoned and tortured in a concentration camp. Being raised as a JW in the late '60s and early '70s was brutal. As an adult, I suffered from severe, recurrent clinical depression for decades and was diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the early '90s. By the time I walked away in 2011, I had been through an out-patient hospitalization and was still suffering from panic attacks. PTSD never goes away, but I am off all medications now and am no longer depressed. The JW belief system is toxic in so many ways. It was not the sole cause of my anxiety disorders and depression, but played a major role in them.
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  Im ready to leave

  by SpunkedTeen in

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  2. friends

  i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

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  Please listen to the advice you have been given. If you are not baptized, don't take that step. If you are, don't say anything yet. In order to avoid being shunned by your mom when you leave home, you need to learn about how to leave the organization slowly. It is called fading. You can't just come out and tell her you are ready to leave. She will very likely feel obligated to notify the elders, and things can get ugly really quickly. Stop and take a deep breath. You are young. Armegedon is not coming soon. Jehovah's Witnesses have been saying that for over 100 years. It is a lie. Keep reading and posting. Start developing your exit strategy.
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

  1. forum
  2. links

  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  The fear and anxiety I felt going to the door as a child who believed that so many people (including non-believing family and friends) were going to be killed at Armageddon is still stored in my physical body. This short film made me physically sick. My heart breaks for the little children.
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  News from Warwick

  by Sour Grapes in

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  warwick update .

  safety

  safety is a 'culture'!

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  UPDATE
  We are at the very peak of activity & personnel right now with 3800 workers! 2 Cor 4:8. This pace is unsustainable for an indefinite period of time! From here things will begin to taper off. During August the work by all major outside contractors will be finished. In September the # of Volunteer Workers needed will begin to decline.

  Not sure what the source of this update is, but I see this as a great opportunity to hide a large number of layoffs in the near future.

  
  
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  Can someone explain to me ......

  by notoneoftheboys in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was never told before i got baptised that i would loose my family if i got disfellowshipped.. no one told me i would get disfellowshipped if i had a blood transfusion.

  no one told me that the gb was all powerful and tolerate no dissention.

  that if i spoke to a d/f person i would get disfellowshipped.. no one told me in my marriage bed there were rules if broken d/f shipping resulted.. i was told my brothers would die or care for me.

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  notoneoftheboys, I am not shocked that you didn't know such things. I could have written this post. I started studying when I was nine years old in 1969. I was told that if a family member was DF'd I could still have a family relationship with them, just not talk about "spiritual matters". The entire focus was on the end coming in 1975. There was no discussion of dissension, only the wonderful "Truth" we were learning and how important the preaching work was-- Millions were going to die. It was our job to warn them. Of course my pioneer bible conductor didn't talk about sex other than to say that pre-marital sex was forbidden. I was a child. The rules about sexual relations in marriage came later. My husband and I bristled at them, but obeyed blindly. Disassociation for talking with a DF'd person came later. I was not baptised into an organization. They even changed that vow.

  I'm sorry you feel so betrayed. The pain will ease in time.