Thankyou for these articles Amazing. You and JanG have been so thoughtful to post this kind of informaiton to help us recover. I really appreciate it all.
Posts by bobsy
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3TAKING OUR LIVES BACK - #2
by Amazing intaking our lives back #2 .
choices of conscience, freedom of thought, common sense, personal taste, individual maturity, accepting consequences of our choices, accountability for actions, personal determination, and the right and need to ask questions, even to question authority are among the cherished features humanity.
when religion, government, business, or other social arrangements interfere with these, they encroach upon our dignity, our self-worth, our most basic rights and the foundation of our existence.. how the wts entrapped us: when someone begins studying with the jws, they are led to understand and believe that religion in general, especially christendom have not properly helped people to understand gods requirements and his expectations to be met in order for us to have a relationship with god and gain his approval.. the process begins with basic issues that are rather obvious to the modern mentality, such as not worshipping idols (a.k.a.
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Are Pedophiles Knocking At Your Door?
by silentlambs inthe following are ads to place in your local paper to help get the word out regarding molestation issues within the watchtower organization.
we ask that you do not add any further information other than what is listed here as we wish the message to be uniform.. any suggestions can be sent to info@silentlambs and will be considered.
1.. are pedophiles knocking on your door?.
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bobsy
We had a sister in our congregation who was molested by an elder. She was only 9 years old when he started to molest her and when she got the courage to speak she was 13 years old. By this time he had actually had intercourse with her and all . They actually blamed her for not speaking up sooner and said that she had consented so they disfellowshipped her The elder was repentent and was removed as an elder, but he is still in the congregation and his wife was told to forgive him for it and stay with him.
And he knocks on doors too
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He ain't Heavy! He's my Brother!
by Jang ini thought the whole article should be posted here and on h20 as a new topic.. .
june 3 2001 at 8:47 am.
i know it wasn't too long ago when you first came to the board to post (although you'd been lurking for quite a long time, right?).
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bobsy
I can understand this and I agree with it all.
I have always like that song too.
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For Christians who want to befriend xJW's
by Jang inover the last 20 years i have seen christians make the same mistakes over and over again.
they think that all they have to do is preach and xjws will respond .... doesn't work!
i have seen very few xjws who have become christians immediately and stayed that way.
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bobsy
There is a Christian lady who lives near me who has been really good to me. She never preaches to me but she has always been there for me even when I was active. When I had my last baby and was sick for a few weeks she would come every day and help me in the home and help care for my other 2 children and cook meals and everything .... not one of the people in my congregation came to help even though they were in my street witnessing. This is what made me realize there was something really wrong. This Christian lady still helps me and has helped me meet other ladies in my area and has taken me to her ceramics club and helped me get a new life. I have known this lady for 5 years now and she is just what I believe a real Christian should be.
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Specific traits of a mature, self-assured person
by Jang inthis is the other half of the information given to me many years ago.
i also lookat this occasionally to assess where i am and remind me to keep going .
specific traits of a mature, self-assured person.
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bobsy
This is really good JanG. I can see a lot of work ahead of me but I know I can make it.
I really appreciate the people on here who have posted this type of information. I didn't know there were so many people who really cared for others outside the organization. I was so blind to all the good in this world.
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Moving on to Personal Responsibility
by Jang inwhen we leave the organization we are beginning to take responsibility for our own lives and not looking to others to make decisions for us.
growing into the person you are meant to be is an interesting and fulfilling journey.
here are some guidelines someone gave me many many years ago which i look at from time to time to see how i am going.. what is accepting personal responsibility?.
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bobsy
Wow .... no wonder you kept this. Thankyou for this one too.
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AFTER A WHILE - Part of Taking Back Your Life
by Jang inamazing started a series on taking back your life and it reminded me of this poem.. .
after a while...... ....you learn the subtle difference.
between holding a hand.
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bobsy
Thankyou to both you and Bugeyeswife. I think both of these poems say so much
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Life Recovery Options
by Jang inlife recovery options.
taking back control of your life by making your own decisions and your own choices is essential to recovery.
there are several things you can do to begin this process.
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bobsy
Thankyou for posting this. I found it very helpful.
Amazing and you have been putting some really helpful advice on here for us all on here. It is very thoughtful of you bot to do this.
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Social Psychology And Group Dynamics
by Jang insocial psychology and group dynamics.
studies have shown that todays cults use a stronger form of control than those of 50 years ago.
the advent of new psychological experiments in the 60s and 70s have produced the modern methods of mind control which are far more sophisticated than the behaviour modification techniques and thought reform developed by the chinese.
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bobsy
I was often told I was in a cult but I never believed it. Now after reading this I think that I was. It is scary to think that they had so much control over me.
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It Hurts!
by Jang infor those who haven't seen this before: this applies to both cults and spiritually abusive systems.. the emotional pain of leaving a cult.
it hurts.
it hurts even more when it is.
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bobsy
This really got to me. I have been feeling like this.
Thankyou very much for this.
bobsy