If you want to fade, you have to keep playing their game. We chose to disassociate, game over. It's a matter of choosing the consequences you can live with. We could live with shunning more than having people watch our every move and hiding our lives. We wanted to be authentic and free. It came with a price though and isn't a decision to take lightly. There's no easy way to leave a cult. That's part of what makes it a cult.
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Difficulty fading out
by Emily1987 inthis is my first post on here so i apologize that it is like an essay!.
my husband and i are currently 'fading out' of the truth.
we stopped preaching in may 2016 and limited meeting attendance in january 2017 and stopped completely in june 2017. my main reason for this was my whole life i have been doing things to please others, even getting baptized to please my mum.
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new light a tenent of Branch Davidians
by recovering inwow i came across this recently.
the branch davidians are/where a cult lead by david koresh.
they believed themselves to be living in a time when biblical prophecies of a final divine judgment were coming to pass as a prelude to christ's second coming.
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dubstepped
Ah, guess you're not a podcast person. Podcasts are free audio programs that you can download and listen to from places like iTunes. Zealot is one show that presents a humorous look at different cults around the world, one at a time. They just did one on the BD, so I thought maybe you were a listener too. There are podcasts about just about anything.
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what is the sales technique here?
by Kevin McFree injw's will never knock on your door and say, "hi, we are here to convert you".
speaking to a reporter recently a jw media rep at hq said " our main purpose going door to door is not to convert but to share bible truths with people".
does anyone know the sales techniques involved here?
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dubstepped
It's called more cheese, less whiskers. The cat that wants to attract a mouse has to put more cheese out there, to distract the mouse from seeing the whiskers of the cat lying in wait.
Ultimately though, that's how humans work. Humans have to typically be persuaded to do anything, including things that are good for us. The direct approach rarely works in any capacity.
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Secret sex in the Org
by pomo6780 in2 pioneers of the opposite sex.
the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.
both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.
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dubstepped
Our congregation was absolutely scarred by something that happened before we became dubs. Married elder, a very charismatic guy, was also a pioneer and worked out in service with a certain pioneer sister too much, and bow chicka wow wow. Both are dfed and henceforth brothers and sisters pretty much never went out in car groups together. As young people we brothers never even talked to the young sisters. We were practically segregated along gender lines. Stuff still happened at times, but they had that congregation locked down and everyone was even more suspicious of each other than in regular JW paranoia.
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So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today
by pale.emperor inwe all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.
he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.
he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.
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dubstepped
I'm so sorry. My heart breaks reading this, and at the same time I want to throttle your family members and those HLC guys. Fuck Jehovah's Witnesses, bunch of cruel and heartless bastards. Your brother deserves better. So do you.
Hit me up through messenger if you need to chat. This turns my stomach. I'm here to listen.
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new light a tenent of Branch Davidians
by recovering inwow i came across this recently.
the branch davidians are/where a cult lead by david koresh.
they believed themselves to be living in a time when biblical prophecies of a final divine judgment were coming to pass as a prelude to christ's second coming.
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dubstepped
Did you stumble on the "new light" reference to them while listening to the "Zealot" podcast? I just heard it there. Heard also about their link to the Seventh Day Adventists. They sure churn out some bat shit crazy cults. I enjoy that podcast though.
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Super Bowl public witnessing campaign Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
by wifibandit indear friends,.
the 2018 super bowl is an event that will attract the attention of millions of people, and will draw guests from around the world.
it is being held in minneapolis, minnesota this february 4th.
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dubstepped
Sounds like a great opportunity for a protest of JWs then. An opportunity, if done well, to inform the public in a classy way about JW practices.
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143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song
by pale.emperor inquite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.
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@cofty - I believe "The Inside Story" is an actual JW talk show. Kind of like Ellen without humor or homosexuality or anything actually happy or real. Just another part of JW Broadcasting.
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No more talk about the Org. regarding Sexual abuse on this site ....what happened ???
by tor1500 inthe other day on this site, a lot of topics about the org.
and sexual abuse...now when i come on this site...crickets... what happened ?
it seems everyone is being exposed except the org...oh yes it's mentioned here and there but then it fades away...many celebrities are being exposed....& gov't officials and even our president, but not the org...ummmm.... thoughts ?.
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dubstepped
It's a ridiculous assertion that just because it's not discussed 24/7/365 that anyone has forgot or moved on, an unrealistic expectation. To assert that maybe we just don't care is next level ridiculous. Nobody is prevented from speaking up here and there just isn't always something new to talk about for many of us.
I will be looking forward to your continued coverage of it. Time to meet your own expectations that you're holding everyone else to.
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"The Satanic Panic!"
by stuckinarut2 inthis thread is inspired by the great thread pale.emperor recently featured here on the forum about the things our overzealous parents banned while we were young.. seth andrews (a former fundamentalist christian broadcaster - now host of 'the thinkingathiest') just released this great talk!
so many things he speaks of will sound familiar!
we were not the only strange religion it seems..... enjoy!.
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I listen to his podcast. That talk was great! Showed me that other nutters out there were reading Satan into things too, not just JWs.