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  List of things banned to JWs

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  my wife is involved with jws, and i want to find out what they believe, things they do or will not do, that i can present to her in the hope that it will convince her that the jw lifestyle is not for her.

  i found out a few things already, like blood and yoga which i told her about, but she was unphased.

  ("i've never needed a transfusion before anyway, and besides, they told me that doctors have blood substitute now".

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  goldie

  There is something else you could point out to your wife... One of the WTS's biggest protectors is the apostate literature blockaid. Anything that is not seen in their perspective automatically becomes apostate literature. Even their own literature. That is why their own literature that is in the Kingdom hall library only dates back to a particular year. I am think the 60's, but it has been a while since I touched on the actual cut off year. The reason is their own history. Most JW's don't know the history of the religion, as far as where the original teachings came from and how they have developed since the 1800's. Think about it, their own history is filtered to them. Dig into the history and it will make your wife's stomach turn. As a witness I was told not to research outside of the current literature. I would like to point out the notion of "TRUTH". If truth is truley important, get books and documents on it and point it out to your wife. A significant amount of books that document an abundant amount of disheartening evidence of one of the greatest scandles is out there. If she comes back from talking with a JW about not reading or reviewing any of it and says it is apostate literature. I like to point out what apostate means, "One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause." If a person is going to dedicate their LIFE to this organization (by the list above, you would think someone would weigh it carfully) one should be sure that the TRUTH is being taught. There are a lot of good people who are convinced that this is God's ONE true religion, but they also don't know beyond what they are taught at the Kingdom Hall. They are willing to die for what they believe. There is a very high suicide rate, if that gives an idea of how far the teachings go. A good website to help get started is http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm I am sure there are even better sites, but I just found this one and thought it might help. I would get started right away if I were you ;) Good luck
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  JW family

  by goldie in

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  2. bible

  has anyone attempted to pull out a jw family member?

  especially a jw who was raised in the oganization!

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  goldie

  Has anyone attempted to pull out a JW family member? Especially a JW who was raised in the oganization!!