Topics Started by TJ Curioso

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Interviewed in a magazine of great circulation and in the radio in Portugal
by TJ Curioso in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
translation:"inside the "destructive sect".

antónio madaleno was a religious leader in jehovah's witnesses.

on the eve of a demonstration of strength of the organization, which in the next three days promises to fill the estádio da luz in an international congress, this former leader characterizes it as "a group of high control" and tells us his personal drama to get rid of it.".
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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..
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The realization of a dream – Record a song CD | António Madaleno
by TJ Curioso in
1. social
2. entertainment
the realization of a dream .

who knows me knows that i have always loved to sing.

since i was a child, my love for singing and music made me always hum and accompany songs on radio and tv.
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EX-JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGY!
by TJ Curioso in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ex-jehovah's witnesses participate in this study of psychology!.

dear friends,.

for some time now i have had the desire to conduct a study of jehovah's witnesses, a religious movement i have known for 30 years.. for this to be possible, i enrolled in a phd in psychology at the university of algarve and applied for an unpaid leave for an indefinite period.. the subject of the investigation revolves around so-called psychological abuse (or psychological manipulation) in a group, motives for the departure of jehovah's witnesses and possible consequences of this disfigurement in people's lives.
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May 2019 child abuse WT
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the new study edition watchtower is up, and most of it is devoted to child abuse damage control.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2019/.
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Events leading to my decision to disassociate
by Roger Kirkpatrick in
1. jw
2. experiences
following is a summary of events leading up to my decision to disassociate from jehovah's witnesses and the unforeseen results of that decision.. a young man named joel engardio produced a documentary about jehovah's witnesses called "knocking" which aired nationally on pbs.

i purchased the dvd from joel before it was even released and we exchanged emails.

joel had been raised by his jw mother and had been active in jw activities during his adolescence, but he was never baptized as a jw.
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Commuter Bethelite video
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those who missed last weeks clam meeting, there was a video played that was amazing ... however not in good way.. we are all aware how thousands of full time bethelites world wide got the boot and put out onto the street.

some having giving most of their lives to the organization, but often with no real way to support themselves other than to depend on the generosity of others.

so when this video talked about how special it would be for those who could step up and become a commuter bethelite, it made me think how calculating the governing body must be.
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DECEMBER 2018 WATCHTOWER STUDY ARTICLE...Many loyal Christians have remained with an unbelieving mate under very trying circumstances.
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
december 2018 study article :.

honor “what god has yoked together”.

17 admittedly, there have been instances where an “unbelieving husband” seems to prove that he is not “agreeable to staying with her.” he might be extremely physically abusive, even to the point that she feels that her health or life is in danger.
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PORTUGAL: In-depth news investigation about Jehovah's Witnesses and shunning
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"observador" the leading online daily newspaper in portugal, published today an in-depth investigation about the practice of shunning by the jehovah's witnesses.. starting with the ongoing petition that i have submitted to collect signatures, the investigative reporter tânia pereirinha details how the branch is organized, who is who in the local branch office, the history of the organization, the pedophilia scandals, interviews lawmakers and the person responsible for the overseeing of the law of religious freedom, and the focuses on four life stories of people who were shunned.

one of those stories is of our very own tj curioso, who posts in this forum.. https://observador.pt/especiais/eles-mataram-me-em-vida-o-inferno-nas-testemunhas-de-jeova/.

"they killed me while i was still living - the hell of jehovah's witnesses" is the name of the article.
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My Dissociation letter
by TJ Curioso in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?