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My parents sent the elders after me

by atacrossroads in

jw
friends

i stopped regulary attending meetings and going in field service in january.

the elders have left me alone for the most part i think because of my jw husband.

last week my parents came over and told me i needed to come back to meetings.

Oubliette Great detailed reply good for me to revisit!

Because this is a cult and if I tell you what I really think and how I really feel you'll throw the religious equivalent of a temper tantrum and disfellowship me and then everyone I know will shun me. Duh!

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My parents sent the elders after me

by atacrossroads in

jw
friends

i stopped regulary attending meetings and going in field service in january.

the elders have left me alone for the most part i think because of my jw husband.

last week my parents came over and told me i needed to come back to meetings.

Been there done that!! all that emotional blackmail. Really hard when I realized that black and white thinking is so entrenched my "anointed parent" loved me on the condition that I was either a witness or demonized.....fast forward as far as I can tell not demonized, marriage intact. Does any "loving" god or family really want us to sit and pretend to worship him in a kingdom hall or anywhere??? Be happy, be whole. I have never bothered to disassociate myself. its none of there business who I speak to or what I do....remember WT works because its a high control cult....don't' play the game....

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On shunning

by paranoia agent in

here is something interesting that pertains to the action of shunning.

the book called extreme was written by psychologists.. 1.

possum

Oubliette
JW elders, even if well-intentioned, usually make a bad situation worse.

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.” The Shadow Dragons by James A. Owen

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Dead Relative Due To Blood Policy?

by AlanF in

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i'd like to hear comments from anyone who had a relative die because of the watchtower society's misguided policy on blood transfusions.. alanf

possum

I am still shocked that I actually took medical advice putting the wellbeing of my family/children from a publishing organisation and elders who the Royal Commission showed "can't remember anything". oh dear!

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Blondie's Comments - WT propaganda - Worst living conditions in world history

by berrygerry in

paragraph 13. .

ever since [ 1914 ], mankind has experienced the truthfulness of these inspired words: woe for the earth and for the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.. i cannot believe how dubs allow themselves to be convinced that the world is getting worse and worse each year.. poverty -.

http://ourworldindata.org/data/growth-and-distribution-of-prosperity/world-poverty/.

possum

So good to be away from all that doom and gloom!!! This information is from JW.FACTS:

Despite a lack of reliable scientific studies, there is consistent indication of high levels of mental illness amongst Jehovah's Witnesses. There are a number of reasons why this could be the case - isolation from general society, an unrealistic view of the world and the destructive nature of the threat of disfellowshipping. Total reliance on a leadership that claim angelic direction, yet have a string of failed prophecies and doctrines, leads members to fear the religion may be wrong but fear leaving, leading to cognitive dissonance. Those that do leave are often inadequately prepared for life and lack a support group that would normally be developed in a healthy upbringing. Additionally, people with mental illness can be attracted to religious groups and the loving brotherhood that they promise.

And they wonder why????

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