Posts by Mickey mouse

54

The Watchtower is not invincible

by Coded Logic in

despite claims to the contrary, there's no guarantee the watchtower will be around in a few decades time.

and it seems to me there's ever mounting evidence that the opposite may well be true.

but it's not just that recruitment is down and their defectors are up.

Mickey mouse

I think some ex-JWs need the Watchtower to be invincible. It gives them something to direct their anger and resentment at.

8

Is Stefan Molyneux a dangerous cult leader

by slimboyfat in

a guy on youtube who got popular spouting ideas on social and political issues, molyneux gained additional notoriety when he started encouraging people to cut off their natural families.

some followers took his advice seriously, and mums crying about the consequences have gone to the media to tell their story.

it's interesting how this resembles and also differs from jw shunning.

Mickey mouse

I've met Barbara Weed a couple of times. How sad to lose a child that way 😞

34

Do most ex JW's go politically left?

by Lightgrowsbrighter in

i've found it interesting that- imho- most of the politically vocal ex-jw's at this website seem to lean left.

i'm personally pretty centered- right on some issues, left on others, but overall have a pretty cynical view of all political/religious leaders.

i find it somewhat ironic that people who leave such a dogmatic group like the witnesses become so politically dogmatic.

Mickey mouse

The older I get the more I think that there's a middle ground in most things and I don't like extremes of anything.

155

Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.