Posts by 4JWY

The 1975 Yearbook is a pretty interesting one to keep - all about Russell and Rutherford and the beginning days of the cult. I weeded through all my dad's pubs and wish now I would have saved them for an Atheist Bonfire I recently saw advertised!

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jws are craziest

by cuddlepie in

got this from wwww.watchtower-observer.org so true is freaky.

however, in his adams versus god, melbourne broadcaster phillip adams said in 1985 that, according to us studies, "jehovah's witnesses are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals than the general population".

"according to an article in the british journal of psychiatry," he said, "they are three times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and four times more likely to be paranoid schizophrenics.

4JWY

Paranoia will destroy ya ~ it has worked through the WTS's indoctrination of beliefs with huge numbers of folks unfortunately.

To all who have freed themselves of the influence and are still with us, I wish you peaceful days.

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What Are You READING?

by patio34 in

okay, it seems it's high time we had another thread like this!.

for serious reading, i have exceptions to the rulers by amy goodman (goes great with fahrenheit 911!

)the curse of adam by bryan skyles (i think) (it predicts the extinction of males.

4JWY

Some "light" reading to make you heavy!

I bought myself a book of "1001 Cookie Recipes" with 1001 full color photographs - 1 of each type of cookie.

As I leafed through it, I realized I've made like three types of cookies in my whole life: peanut butter, choc. chip, and oatmeal.

This book has every type of cookie pictured that I have ever seen at every holiday time in bakeries, at work, stores - that I would never buy thinking that it was a "bad" cookie! My son's looking forward to me making a new cookie each week until the day I die.

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Questions about Jehovahs Witness???

by JDWEEE in

charles taze russell, founded the jw in the 1860's.

which is based on his own interpretations of the bible.

he had no theology education, and did not know the greek, and hebrew language.. question: how can an average man, with "no" education, interpret the bible correctly?.

4JWY

JDWEE:

Asked all those same questions myself during my whole life growing up as a JW -

please steer clear - it's all bogus!

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Can anyone help me? Loved one being torn away

by heart broken in

jw
friends

i am not going to divulge any names or contact details as i do not what this being taken much further.. i will cut to the chase, i have fallen in love with a jehova's witness.

i am not a jehova's witness... can you see where this is going?

i have been told that her being in love with me is strictly against jw "policy"... now, i have been scowering the net for days now, becomming increasingly insomniate and i have to admit, i have found nothing to support this warning.

4JWY

Yes, it's "strictly against JW policy" as you have heard. It's a long, pot hole filled road that you will be traveling down if you decide to stay in this relationship. People here speak from years of experience in seeing these relationships begin, struggle, destroy lives, and end - many have been in one. I'm thinking more and more lately that it really is cruel for a JW to allow these relationships to develop unless they are ready, willing, and able to make a complete split from the fanatacism of the cult.

All the best to you in investigating and decision making,

4JWY

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JWs--cult or am i just bitter?

by sinamongurl in

after reading many experiences and comments on the board, i have begun to have questions.

questions that i really didnt know i until i read them.

as a recently df'd person, i am still struggling with whether jws are really a cult or is it just that im bitter for being torn away from the only thing that i knew, where i had friends that i thought loved me.

4JWY

sinamongurl ~

It is a process and a new journey that you have begun. All kinds of thoughts and feelings will be racing through your mind for awhile - no one should ever say how you should or shouldn't feel - you are you - and the way you feel IS you and it's okay, bitter, angry, sad, whatever. We've all shared those feelings on discovering what we truly have been a part of, many for our entire lives. Allow yourself to experience the emotions and continue to look into things as you are. Read and read some more - my husband and I haven't stopped talking for over a year now - throwing all the issues around and back and forth. We have been very happy to have the help of all those on this board too. The wide range of personalities, experiences, knowledge and thoughts shared has been wonderful.

Life is beautiful and now you have the opportunity to truly live it!

4JWY

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Will I die at Armageddon?

by sinamongurl in

jw
friends

the anwser is: know one really knows but jehovah.. i have been df'd for 3 years now.

i still struggle with: "should i go back cuz i dont want to die" .

but then its not really for the "right" reason.

4JWY

Welcome to the forum !

JW's are a cult and one of the signs of a cult is that it uses fear, guilt, and shame to keep it's members in bondage. You could greatly benefit from reading about the tactics cults use.

The book by Steven Hassan - "Combatting Cult Mind Control" was very helpful to my family and I as we left JW's after more than 40 years. Also, "Captive Hearts, Captive Minds, Freedom & Recovery from Cults and Abusive Relationships", by Madeleine Tobias was excellent.

My JW dad lived in such fear of the "end times" - Armageddon - that he chose not to stick around to see what the outcome would be. When an organization has so deeply instilled this fear into it's members, it can be deadly and some do need to seek professional help to deal with this.

Wishing you peace,

4JWY