Posts by elder-schmelder

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Disassociation Letter

by dontplaceliterature in

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friends

have any of you who formally diassociated yourself from jehovah's witness by letter sent anything in writing to the entire congregation?

would it be considered bad form to send a letter to friends in the congregation regarding your decision and the reasons for it, before/after/simultaneously you send a letter to the boe?.

i think i would feel compelled to, out of acknowledgement that most of them would not speak to me after "the big announcement.

I can't decide if it would be better for me to send a letter or not also. I want to just to end it, but I dont want to lose all contact with my partents and my inlaws. I think that I have to just keep fading.

32

Watch "Dr. Phil" on Wednesday

by JimmyPage in

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friends

subject of the show: "is this a cult?".

i hope they do a good job, my wife watches him every day.. hope steve hassan is a guest..

elder-schmelder

I think that they all apply.

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Watch "Dr. Phil" on Wednesday

by JimmyPage in

jw
friends

subject of the show: "is this a cult?".

i hope they do a good job, my wife watches him every day.. hope steve hassan is a guest..

elder-schmelder

Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group or leader.

Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.
No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement.
Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.
There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.
Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.
There are records, books, news articles, or television programs that document the abuses of the group/leader.
Followers feel they can never be "good enough".
The group/leader is always right.
The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.

elder-schmelder

64

Why I Eventually Left

by itscrap&theyknowit! in

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friends

i am new to this but, for years, i was already out.

don't know where to start.

as i have read the many posting, i'm not alone in my feelings.

elder-schmelder

Welcome and Sorry :(

elder-schmelder

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Favorite cartoons and cartoon characters

by littlerockguy in

i love cartoons but i'm not much into the ones on tv today, except south park.

my favorites are the looney tunes characters, pink panther and some of the hanna barbera characters like snagglepuss, droopy, etc.. here is an old pink panther episode from 1965 that cracks me up.

what are some of your favorites?.