I finished watching this today. (My wife stayed home from the meeting Sunday so out of respect for her feelings I had to put it on hold.). Wow! Very well done. Very emotional. I thought the title fit. It certainly means so much more to those associated with JW's. Realistically a believing JW could watch but most wouldn't as it presents a fair story from both sides. I think if my wife watched it she would agree with the JW viewpoint.
wannabefree
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Apostasy Movie - Available on Amazon Prime Video (plus Review)
by Simon inin case anyone is looking for a way to watch it, it's on amazon prime video.. (apologies if it's already been mentioned).
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Apostasy Movie - Available on Amazon Prime Video (plus Review)
by Simon inin case anyone is looking for a way to watch it, it's on amazon prime video.. (apologies if it's already been mentioned).
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wannabefree
I found the movie Apostasy on Amazon Prime today. I figured it probably had been addressed here ... And so it has. I just wanted to bump this for those who might have missed it like me.
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Foreign holidays now expicitly forbidden too
by George One Time inhttps://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-celebrate-holidays/.
mostly we read about the regular holidays in the western world.
now the other ones are also named, because some witnesses could be in doubt .
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wannabefree
I'm glad this wasn't studied recently as my active JW wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren are joining us at my mother's home for Thanksgiving today. 😀Shhhhh, don't tell.
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Leah Remini Redux, Tonight Again in Prime Time
by Room 215 inremini's program will be shown again tonight in the u.s. at 8:00 pm eastern time on a & e
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Reassigned, ...to complete erasure from memory and near poverty.
by Lostandfound ina complete scandal is the reassignment to nothing of the thousands (?
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out on the street atfter decades of unpaid service in very many cases.
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wannabefree
I would think if there was a class action lawsuit about using these people up and dumping then with nothing, Watchtower would be forced to do something, but the majority of discarded lifetime volunteers have too much to lose and probably still think it's God's Organization. Between a rock and a hard place to be sure.
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I just watched the final video from this years convention. OMG!!!
by NikL ini am shaking all over right now.
i think it's worse that the bunker video.. i used to think there was no way that these people would actually "drink the cool aid" if you get my drift, but seeing this video i am now not sure it could never happen.. having a wife who i love dearly trapped in this cult is really freaking me out right now...
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wannabefree
Mind controlling ass hats! I remember dramas and sound dramas that built up that fear and urgency. Now they have video for even more effective emotional manipulation. Same old same old but in new shiny wrappers.
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Publisher ID: leaked video clip 3 of 4
by Fay Dehr in"if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” ― george orwell, 1984 this video is leaked in interest of human dignity; you deserve to know who is keeping personal data and how they plan to expand their nets.
open to your comments... https://youtu.be/6hew6q7g1qs
[videos 1 to 4 leaked as own posts, with specific comments for each video].
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wannabefree
This should eliminate old brothers accidentally scheduling apostates to give public talks in their congregation.
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Why do so many that leave wind up coming back?!
by nowwhat? ini have seen so many that have left.
and their life turned into a dumpster fire.
most do not live the average life of living in suburbs, raising a family.
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wannabefree
I could see myself going back.
I can't help but think there are a fair amount of JW's there that go along for the ride.
I have no intention of going back.
In my situation, my wife and I have very little social life. At my age, and perhaps partly due to my rural location, there aren't many social opportunities for a married man to form friendships with others that my wife refuses to be a part of.
If I went back to the Kingdom Hall and played up the repentence, I'd have an instant, fairly large group of "friends". Sure, to a degree they are conditional, but aren't all friendships conditional on some level? I had very good friends that I enjoyed activities with that included my wife.
No, my life is not a 'dumpster fire', I have no intentions of going back, especially since I still have a young child, but I can understand the draw.
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My JW niece is getting married ... typical JW drama
by wannabefree inwe received an invitation in the mail yesterday for my jw niece's wedding.. i am posting this just to add for any lurkers to see typical jw practices.. 1st - and perfectly understandable for anybody who is or was a jw.
i'm not invited.
:) hey, i'm really not complaining about that.
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wannabefree
jp1692 - no, it's a pattern with her, we had a discussion about the invitation ... I brought it up ... she felt it was rude too and had come to that before we talked about it, her reply was basically, to paraphrase "what do you expect, consider the source, it's my brother" ... it's more a marriage problem than anything else and I just don't see much of a point
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Oregon: JW sexual abuse suspect arrested
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.kptv.com/story/37498850/sheriff-jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-in-clackamas-co. .
sheriff: jehovah's witness sexual abuse suspect arrested in clackamas co.. posted: feb 13, 2018 5:39 pm cstupdated: feb 13, 2018 6:21 pm cst.
by fox 12 staff.
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wannabefree
Liz, I can't imagine what you went through. You are so brave.
I have a close personal friend that was brought up in a JW household and was sexually abused from the age of 4 or 5 until around 12 by her older brother. She didn't tell her parents until she was in her late 30's, so it wasn't a JW cover-up. Her parents chose not to believe her. JW's sure do have a messed up way of dealing with these things.