Posts by LongHairGal

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Coercion at its worst: religious mandated shunning

by Yomama in

jw
friends

by patrick haeck any comments on article?.

LongHairGal

HOPELESS1:

Thanks! Did you see the decision made by Norway against the JW religion?

It’s a step in the right direction and hopefully it will alert the world about the religion’s shunning practices among other things they hide from the public! Maybe people here with relatives stuck in the religion might see a little relief in the shunning?? One can always hope.

Thankfully, I have no family there and this religion can ‘shove it’. May the phony facade they present to the unsuspecting public be stripped away. The world deserves to know what really happens inside this religion once somebody is in. 👍🏻

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What is your IQ? Does it Matter?

by Sea Breeze in

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friends

i had an aunt that had rheumatic fever as a child and only had an iq the high 70's.

but, absolutely no one was able to bs her on an emotional level.

she had an uncanny ability to see through people's bs.

LongHairGal

I don’t think it matters. I was told when I was small that I had a high IQ. Never got a number though. I also believe it might change (maybe for the worse) over time. 🤣

It is interesting about all the infamous people with high IQs who did very bad things. In the long run, I don’t think it means anything in a person’s life.

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It begins norway no money for wt because of shunning

by Yomama in

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friends

organized shunning will stop when money stops.

LongHairGal

Everybody:

I was on Reddit reading this and I have to say it’s a step in the right direction. Hooray for Norway!

What I like best is this will highlight all that is bad about the JW religion even to those who might not even be interested. This would get them curious.

I like that it was brought out that what they teach the public is not what’s in their literature (or words to that effect). I always hated this about the religion. They keep hidden what they REALLY are.

I’m so glad I’m Out and never had any family there. Sorry for all the ex-JWs with family stuck in the black hole there who are shunning them! 😔. Maybe this will let up a bit? Who knows?

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Coercion at its worst: religious mandated shunning

by Yomama in

jw
friends

by patrick haeck any comments on article?.

LongHairGal

MEAN MR. MUSTARD:

Good post. I really don’t see HOW anybody can stop people from shunning.

I know there’s a lot of emotion tied up with this. I agree with you that when JWs shun somebody they either do so because they agree with the religion OR they are too cowardly to oppose it because they are worried about how people in the religion will view them! These idiots are paranoid about how they appear. In fact, I would say this is part of the religion: the visuals of how things ‘look’. It’s all about optics.

I really do feel the only way legally the JWs can be forced to change their behavior regarding shunning is IF a minor is being harmed or being cast out of their house, etc. Other than that, if adults are involved and shunning other adults (even if they are relatives) then Nobody can do anything about it!

You cannot force people to associate or socialize with other adults they do not wish to or compel people to talk to any adult they don’t want to in a social or personal setting. The only way this will all end is if the JW religion dies out..Anybody who thinks otherwise is beating their head against a wall.

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Does anything about your religion trouble you as a Jehovah’s Witness or is it all good?

by Vanderhoven7 in

can you add to this:.

"does anything about your religion trouble you as a jehovah’s witness or is it all good?

some of the things that would trouble me if i were a jehovah’s witness would include:.

LongHairGal

OVERRATED:

Be very glad you did not do this!

There is nothing sadder than an over fifty person trying to get a job for the first time in their life. And we are talking about today in an economy that is ruined and after several decades of sending jobs overseas - not to mention age discrimination they will face. This isn’t the 1970s when there were jobs aplenty! Hell no, those days are gone. The fired bethelites are facing just about the worst work environment.

I’m SO glad I’m not around there to hear hard-luck stories and appeals for money.

Even though I feel somewhat sorry for these older bethelites who are let go - I also know they made callous, ignorant remarks like ‘not spiritual’ or ‘materialistic’ about people in congregations who worked full-time. I was one such person who was criticized.

So, the way I see it, some of them richly deserve to know what it is like to have to work at an actual job and earn their pay..like the rest of the people in the world! ..Good luck to them. This is a far better sentiment than anything I would have ever gotten from them!

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Does anything about your religion trouble you as a Jehovah’s Witness or is it all good?

by Vanderhoven7 in

can you add to this:.

"does anything about your religion trouble you as a jehovah’s witness or is it all good?

some of the things that would trouble me if i were a jehovah’s witness would include:.

LongHairGal

VANDERHOVEN7:

I’m glad you brought this out above: “..exempt from receiving social security which they don’t find out until they are ousted from their assignments”.

Too many JWs are ignorant about this. Somebody has to pay into SS in order for somebody to receive it.

JWs in bethel were young, naive and felt protected and didn’t have the foggiest notion what SS was..That is, until they got kicked out at an older age! That term of being ‘reassigned’ as pioneers in the field is just to cushion the blow. These people have to learn to make their own way in the wicked old world at a considerably older age than their so-called worldly non-JW counterparts who learn this routinely when they are eighteen or so.

God help people in congregations where these ex-bethelites are sent because they’ll be hit up for money to give these people. Glad I am NOT around this!

I just read a post on Reddit that alluded to there being some lawsuits against the religion for older bethelites being let go with no money. I hadn’t read this before. If so, I’m glad some were smart enough to do it. I’m sure they know it might mean being disfellowshipped, but so what?

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Biblical Anachronisms in JW Literature

by neat blue dog in

in a recent post ffghost made a comment about how they're always inserting modern concepts into biblical narratives to make it relatable to jw's organization.

here are some that come to mind:.

- the capitalized term "governing body" when referring to the older men in jerusalem (really just another group of christians that paul outspokenly disagreed with and didn't look to for approval).

LongHairGal

NEAT BLUE DOG:

Yes, I agree about the anachronisms in their literature. They want people to believe they are directly connected or ‘descended’ from people and situations in ancient bible times.

I had a similar pet peeve back when I was in. Some fool would refer to the artwork in one of the books or magazines as if it were an actual photograph taken in the first century! This made me very angry. Didn’t know they had cameras or video recorders back then!

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The Governing Body KNEW CSA was happening at Bethel

by Newly Enlightened in

https://youtu.be/btryr_z7elg.

LongHairGal

HAPPY DAD:

I believe it means Child Sexual Abuse.

I am in agreement with you about the annoying use of abbreviations everywhere as if everybody knows what is being referred to.🙄

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Newly wed--todays WT

by road to nowhere in

since i am still "in" i "studied".

it takes all of 3 minutes to skim the article.

points;.

LongHairGal

GREAT TEACHER:

I wasn’t the one who downvoted your comment and I can see the point that in many cases it’s cheaper to buy, if a person can. At this point in my life, though, buying something isn’t for me.

But, getting to the important point. I would pay NO attention to those who live a cloistered life inside some religion giving their childish opinions on things they know nothing about.. They are totally removed from reality about life, finances or anything.. The only way they will find out these gritty realities is if they are let-go in the next batch of downsizing!

I’m glad I’m out of the idiot JW religion for many years.. I pray nobody is foolish enough to make life-altering decisions based on what’s printed in those rags! 👎

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Does anything about your religion trouble you as a Jehovah’s Witness or is it all good?

by Vanderhoven7 in

can you add to this:.

"does anything about your religion trouble you as a jehovah’s witness or is it all good?

some of the things that would trouble me if i were a jehovah’s witness would include:.

LongHairGal

OVERRATED:

It is SO true about them not wanting anybody to ask questions.

When a person is new in the religion some issue or teaching will always come up that will make a person ask a question.

I remember asking questions and getting inadequate answers along the lines of ‘waiting on Jehovah’ to either fix things, clarify things, etc.. I knew the answers I got were BS and got the sense that they hate thinkers! Too many questions and you will be on their radar.. Even writing to the ‘society’ as it was called proved to be a waste of time. I wrote a few times. I was still a ‘believer’ at that point and I consider that my questions were sincere. I received only one of what I considered to be an intelligent response that indicated that somebody at least read my letter!.. The others were a waste of time as I got laughable cliche responses which did not even address or downright ignored my questions. I knew then it was a waste of time and effort and I never bothered again.