There are many, many definitions of the word, "cult". I think that is the biggest problem. Jehovah's Witnesses fit some of those definitions, but not all of them. I definitely think they fit into the category of "high control group". That is not debatable.
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JWs and the idea of a cult
by dabster inas i've been chatting with a jw neighbour he has said, "heck, some people think we are a cult!
" and scoffs at very idea.
how ludicrous (he thinks)!
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Can a marriage between a catholic and a jw work?
by roberto avon inthis topic was posted yesterday on an italian fb page.
i replied that my personal experience was very positive.
of course i have to admit that my.
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RIP: Timothy Campbell
by Wild_Thing inthis is old news, as it happened six or so months ago, but i just found out today.
timothy campbell died of kidney cancer in november of 2013. he started one of the first ex-jw forums, beyondjw.
i met him in person once.
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It was my first forum, too, Snoozy! I remember you well! He helped a lot of people! Hope you are doing well!
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RIP: Timothy Campbell
by Wild_Thing inthis is old news, as it happened six or so months ago, but i just found out today.
timothy campbell died of kidney cancer in november of 2013. he started one of the first ex-jw forums, beyondjw.
i met him in person once.
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This is old news, as it happened six or so months ago, but I just found out today. Timothy Campbell died of kidney cancer in November of 2013. He started one of the first ex-jw forums, BeyondJW. I met him in person once. He was such a nice man. He played a huge role in helping me move on. It makes me regret not keeping in contact with him all these years. He definitely left his footprint on this earth and helped a lot of people. RIP Tim.
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Just wondering ....
by talesin inthere are many new posters here, and i'm very interested to learn why you chose your screen names.. .
one book i read, the mists of avalon, was very important to me.
among the main characters was merlin, who in the book, was called "taliesen".
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Well ... many years ago when I was still a witness, I created the username "Iwannaleave", but then I left. I'm sure you can see the dilemma! So ... I chose a new name! I love the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" and at the time, I felt like a Wild Thing, and I felt like the rest of you were too!
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Are YOU Totally Out Of The JW Mindset?
by minimus indo you no longer think and react like a jw?.
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It look a long time, but I can honestly say I am now totally and completely free of the JW mindset!
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2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come!" District Convention Program
by witnessofjesus in9:30 song no.
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I swear these programs are recycled! The message is so tired ... "My Kingdom is bigger than your Kingdom!" Yawn!
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Has the org changed their position on associating with non-JW family?
by Wild_Thing init would take too long to explain how this conversation came about, but my jw sister recently told me that the organization now teaches that you can (she even suggested that you "should") have a relationship with family members who are not jw.
she didn't specify whether they meant family who were never jws to begin with, or what, but in the context of the conversation we were talking about family members raised as jws but then left (not disfellowshipped or formally disassociated ... just left).. she said they even had a talk about it at the convention this summer, and had an experience of someone who reconnected with family after 10 years.
she said they said you should have a relationship with them, even if they never become witnesses.
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It would take too long to explain how this conversation came about, but my JW sister recently told me that the organization now teaches that you can (she even suggested that you "should") have a relationship with family members who are not JW. She didn't specify whether they meant family who were never JWs to begin with, or what, but in the context of the conversation we were talking about family members raised as JWs but then left (not disfellowshipped or formally disassociated ... just left).
She said they even had a talk about it at the convention this summer, and had an experience of someone who reconnected with family after 10 years. She said they said you should have a relationship with them, even if they never become witnesses.
To be honest, this totally blew me out of the water. I was baptized when I was ten, and quietly left as a an adult, and my relationship with her and my JW family has been quite compliated over the years, but has been quite good for the past 2 or 3 years. I just always thought they finally came their senses about violating that unspoken rule of shunning non-JW family.
Does anybody have any insight on this? Did anyone here anything about this happening at conventions in your area?
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Toyota accelerator goes wild, kills 4 JW's in field service
by Brocephus ini don't know if any one posted this.
but the four killed were in field service on a sat morning.
there was no way they were driving this fast on a dead end road in a residential neighbrohood.
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I knew the man that died, Monty Hardy, from when I was a JW in Texas. He was a nice man. I think he went to Grapevine or Bedford congregation ... can't remember which. So sad he died while in service to the 'borg'.
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Does anyone find it too painful to read the WTS publications?
by dissed inbeen out 13 years and even for research purposes, i find it way too painful to read this wt stuff.. and why?.
all the painful memories it brings back.
don't misread me, it has nothing to do with a guilty conscience.. it has to do with the real pain, the anger of being ripped off and lied too by the wts, the anger of seing how they have protected child molesters, sacrificed its followers by refusing blood transfusions, the treacherous way we and others were treated by the 'unloving brothers'.
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Does anyone find it too painful to read the WTS publications?
Yes ... it makes me quite nauseous actually.