Posts by Incognito

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Season 1 Episode 1 A&E Cults and Extreme Belief (Video)

by TerryWalstrom in

https://www.aetv.com/shows/cults-and-extreme-belief/season-1it will post soon on site..

Incognito

There are numerous reasons to obscure the identity of persons in the photos. A few quickly come to mind:

privacy - the person hasn't given their consent to having their image used in the production.
the person is not relevant to the story being presented.

As far as those few expressing disappointment with the episode, consider only 1 year ago, many here were asking about methods that could be used to result in an expose being made about JWs. Now there has been this A&E production and Leah Remini is also anticipated to produce at least one episode with JWs as the subject.

People who constantly complain about being too cold, shouldn't be so quick to complain about it being too hot when the weather turns warm. (it's a Canadian thing )

If you wish there to be additional episodes on JWs, suggest writing to A&E, Elizabeth Vargas or Leah Remini with your suggestions. There are no guarantees but the people involved in these productions, probably want viewer feedback and an indication of what viewers wish to see and are willing to invest their time to watch.

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

jw
friends

i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Incognito

I suspect the JW episode will be posted to YT as there is already an episode regarding Sean Moon which I'm not aware of having been broadcast yet.

I found this comment on one of the YT pages titled "Bonus footage/highlights JW episode of 'Cults & Extreme Belief':

"BTW, Zeb Leatherman put it on his FB page if you don't get the A & E channel or if it's not on YouTube yet."

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

jw
friends

i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Incognito

This clip whereby Elizabeth Vargas is interviewed about the series, she describes each episode will be from the perspective of one member who recently extricated themself from the group being discussed. There is probably enough information for any of those groups being investigated, to fill numerous hours of programming.

Romy was likely chosen as her child molestation situation would probably have broader interest to the general viewing public whereas an in-depth on shunning or loses due to blood doctrine may have lesser interest.

Having gone from NO programs about JWs now to this one plus anticipating the Leah Remini episode yet to come I think is positive and more than any of us hoped for when watching Leah's show last year.

Perhaps if a significant number write in appreciation to A&E for this episode, might cause them to consider producing a further episode from a different perspective.

Elizabeth Vargas clip

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

jw
friends

i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Incognito

LV101,

Each 1hr episode focuses on a different cult/extreme. This premiered yesterday and I expect each episode will eventually also be viewable on the A&E website.

Episode 1 subject was NXIVM

Episode 2 subject is JW's.

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

jw
friends

i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Incognito

This series premiered on Monday May 28, hosted by journalist Elizabeth Vargas. NXIVM was featured in the initial episode. While I had expected this to be a weekly series, during Monday's program, upcoming episode promos were shown with JW's indicated as scheduled for tonight (Tuesday). The A&E website confirmed the episode on Tuesday.

The trailer clearly shows Barbara Anderson being interviewed.

Here's a link to info on Reddit: Reddit link

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

jw
friends

i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Incognito

I haven't seen this posted.

Tuesday May 29, 2018 @ 10PM (New York Time Zone)

Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

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Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

by berrygerry in

posted here:.

https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

biggest changes:.

Incognito

Strange, although my phone and computer show the entire spreadsheet, my tablet does not. The tablet only shows 'Revenue 4500' downward. If you are reviewing the spreadsheet on a tablet or phone, you may wish to confirm you are viewing the entire thing. Column C should be headed "2009".

I agree with JeffT as anyone can create a spreadsheet and show any numbers. There is nothing to substantiate this as being created by WT Canada and there are no notes to define what is included in the figures on each line.

Even if this spreadsheet is authentic, WT has created a number of corporations over the years so this spreadsheet likely pertains to only one. While we continue to refer to it as Watchtower, we might be astounded at how many corporations are registered separately, at arm's length from WT, for the benefit of protection of assets. I have seen prior documents online which suggest WT (referring to the head) play a shell game with assets, donating them among various benefactor corporations, all under arm's length control of WT.

While line #4870 refers to Education and Training for Staff and Volunteers, there is no similar line indicating expenses paid for employee or volunteer stipends so as to identify and compare those expenses specifically.

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Suicide note from pedophile elder's victim..

by QuestioningEverything in

years ago at the kh my aunt attended, there was an elder from a prominent jw family who was accused of sexual conduct with several young men in the hall.

he was an unmarried guy in his 30's who wore a terrible hair piece/toupee.

his sister once told me he was waiting for the new system to marry so he could have a perfect wife--isn't that funny?.

Incognito

Thank you for the clarification. The elder being accused of sexual conduct with several underage 'boys' is now clear.

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Suicide note from pedophile elder's victim..

by QuestioningEverything in

years ago at the kh my aunt attended, there was an elder from a prominent jw family who was accused of sexual conduct with several young men in the hall.

he was an unmarried guy in his 30's who wore a terrible hair piece/toupee.

his sister once told me he was waiting for the new system to marry so he could have a perfect wife--isn't that funny?.

Incognito

elder from a prominent JW family who was accused of sexual conduct with several young men in the hall.
the pedophile elder

In questioning everything, this thread requires some clarification.

The pedophile word would mean the victims were children yet in the OP, the targets are only referred to as young 'MEN', thereby suggesting they were not children but were above the age of consent when the incidents occurred. Please clarify so that we are not making assumptions.

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Struggling to Live a Lie

by Addison0998 in

jw
friends

it’s been very difficult, much more than i first anticipated to live a lie, (be pimo and a regular active member) i still live with my parents but i plan on moving out at the end of the year, so i really need to keep it together.

but i think people are starting to get suspicious that something is up.

i’ve stopped commenting, going on service all the time, talking at the door, and occasionally voicing something, such as a question that no one has a good answer for, that makes people think, but ahah, thinking is dangerous and wrong so that is suspicious of course.

Incognito

If you expect your siblings and parents will treat you badly if you were to DA, then by you not DA'ing is showing them more consideration and love than you expect to receive from them.

If you can no longer tolerate conditional ~~love~~ acceptance by your family, or if they wouldn't treat you badly if you did DA, then there would likely be little to lose by DA'ing and so there would probably be little hesitation in doing so. Each of our circumstances is unique so how we choose to leave the Org needs to be appropriate according to our individual circumstances and what we are willing to continue to tolerate.

In consideration of the circumstances you have shared with us, I would suggest not being too quick to DA. Once a person announces they have DA'd, that is not something that can be easily taken back whereas if you fade, you then continue to have the option to DA in the future.