It’s easy to judge others from a distance, but that rarely helps. People are complicated. Some stay in institutions for reasons that might seem weak, such as fear of shunning or sunk cost fallacy, while others stay because they are trying to do something good.It seems you are combining all christian groups into one big lump. My judgement is specifically for JW's. My judgement is not from a distance, I lived it. Ever hear of the "KISS" acronym Keep It Simple Stupid. I'm sorry, but all the complications you speak of are all just excuses for staying in. That's fine if that's what you want to do, but then don't cry about it.
I was in Rome for 3 days and spent a day at the Vatican and St. Peters Basilica. It is overwhelming and amazing. Go early it gets crowded., everything is crowded over there. If you can take a tour of one of the Catacombs, that was really cool to me. Well, actually the whole area is incredible. The Roman Forum, Castel SantAngelo, Trevi fountain and of course the Colliseum and so many other places to see.
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1/2 of the Jehovah’s witnesses have gone
by hoser inthere are 1/2 of the jehovah’s witnesses that there were 30 years ago in my area.
some have left but i think that many have died and none of their kids stayed being jehovah’s witnesses.
7 congregations have been dissolved over the years.
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Know it’s not true but stay anyway
by Elena inhow many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.
my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.
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The top 10 reasons people stay out of a cult.
1.Succesful (financial, career ect.)
2.Family/friends
3.confident
4.Industrious
5.Selflessness
6.Suspicious
7.Informed
8. Clever/intelligent
9.Independent
10.Unbreakable
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Know it’s not true but stay anyway
by Elena inhow many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.
my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.
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Top 10 reasons people stay in a cult. (not necessarily in order of importance)
1. Sunk cost fallacy
2.Family/friends
3.Fear
4.Lazy
5.Narcissism (special, chosen people)
6.Gullible
7.Willfully ignorant (ignorance is bliss)
8.Stupid
9.Want controlled group think
10. Brainwashed
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1/2 of the Jehovah’s witnesses have gone
by hoser inthere are 1/2 of the jehovah’s witnesses that there were 30 years ago in my area.
some have left but i think that many have died and none of their kids stayed being jehovah’s witnesses.
7 congregations have been dissolved over the years.
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Stephane
There is a profuse amount of information, experiences and history about JW'S that is readily available.
Members still in are there because of either sunk cost fallacy, fear, family ties, stupidity, willfull ignorance, need of a controlled group, narcissistic feelings or some combination of these.
One thing for sure, intelligence is not keeping anyone in.
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Hotel Bossert, a storied hotel on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, was sold
by Balaamsass2 inmemories..... a 1970s-1980s meetup location to grab a ride to local trips on the subway...or a bite on montague st.. brooklyn heights hotel to be turned into homes.
the hotel bossert, a storied hotel on montague street in brooklyn heights, was sold to someraroad, a new york city and nashville-based real estate investment and development firm.. bk reader staffmay 31, 2025 10:00 amjun 2, 2025 9:20 am.
photo: supplied/jim.henderson via wikimedia commonslisten to this article00:01:23. .
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My brother would show us the progress and the renovations on this hotel when we visited. He was on the slave labor demolition crew. He would show us all kinds of secret things at Bethel. I remember being in Fred Franz's office, "DON"T TOUCH ANYTHING' that was soooo special. LOL
He is still going strong as a special pioneer, living on the Watchtower's rations, still fully indoctrinated and loyal to the cult, though they were pretty upset getting kicked out of Bethel with over 30 years there. Love to know his take on this, but I'm a diseased apostate so that's not happening.
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The Governing Body is Restructuring the Org.and encouranging young ones to REACH OUT!
by liam inthe governing body just doesn't let up on encouraging the young children to reach out to do free labor for the organization.
so another generation of young people with ruined lives.
another generation of young people that will get old and wake up in their 50s to realize they were in a religious doomsday cult.. and they are getting rid of some old workers that ran the branches of the organization, and giving them different assignments or maybe they are just sending them home, who knows.
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Marky Mark and the governing body bunch gotta get you a woman.
Marky, boy, is that you?
I thought your post-hangin' days were through
Sunk-in eyes and full of sighs
Tell no lies, you get wise
I tell you now, we're gonna pull you through
There's only one thing left that we can do
[Chorus]
We gotta get you a woman
It's like nothin' else to make you feel sure you're alive
We gotta get you a woman
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new WT rule: no holding hands durning public prayer!
by leftchica inso i just caught a glimpse of this new wt magazine(study edition) of course.. from dec 28th titled.
"what do your prayers say about you".
so now they are focosing on every aspect of our lifes even our actions during prayer.
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Stan
There isn't a man alive that hasn't rubbed one out, including virgin Marky Mark and the governing body bunch, but I'm not including Jesus. I think I just made myself a little sick.
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new WT rule: no holding hands durning public prayer!
by leftchica inso i just caught a glimpse of this new wt magazine(study edition) of course.. from dec 28th titled.
"what do your prayers say about you".
so now they are focosing on every aspect of our lifes even our actions during prayer.
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During a prayer 60 year old GB virgin Mark Anderson did a little peeking.This was during a warm outdoor summer convention. There in front of him was a young physically fit attactive couple.The sister had on a beautiful flowing sundress that complimented her shapely body. The husband was lovingly caressing and patting her lower back during the prayer.
This action and circumstance caused Mark to have unclean thoughts and later that night he rubbed one out. Feeling extreme guilt for this, he had the writing department include this new counsel in the Watchtower in order to keep the congregation clean.
Muslims are way ahead of JW's in keeping unclean thoughts out of men's minds.
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Why Bother?
by LostintheFog1999 inwe who actually look at wt history know that they just changed 1874 to 1914 without a fanfare.
setting up the potential for changing any dates to new dates because "holy spirit" told them to do so.. which makes me ask, why do we bother to watch what they do?
i mean, we don't care having escaped their greedy little claws.
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I like to keep up to date with the org's latest shenanigans.
My main reason to come here is the hope of one day seeing a post about some earth shattering JW news.
My greatest dream is to see the collapse of the cult and then see the looks on PIMI relatives and friends faces. Knowing them they will then proceed to blame me for not informing them about the religion. LOL
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6 billion people to bury who rejected Witnesses
by Witness 007 inso i guess the "paradise" earth is going to be stinky to the point of vomiting with 6 billion dead bodies of not witnesess.
how long would it take to bury these people?
maybe 2 years.
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It's actually 8 billion dead. Just need to stay out of the cities and urban areas. I guess that's why Watchtower always portrays JW's out in the rural areas with baskets of fruit.
This made me think of another point though.
If all the animals and humans are going to be vegetarians in the paradise why does Revelation 19:17-21 say the birds will be called to a great supper and feast on all the dead? Or is it that animals can eat dead flesh, but not kill and then eat flesh. Just more watchtower induced mental gymnastics. LOL