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  JW Children in Meetings

  by blue_summmer20 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi my first post.. for the people that grew up in the religon, do you have any memory of being spanked for not sitting still in the meeting?

  i see kids acting like kids but the parents take them out and spank them for something like not sitting still.

  some of my worst memories are my father taking me out for a beating with a belt or his hand.

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  The disclipline ensures that the child will be successfully indocrinated with the Jw nonsense.
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  Did you ever go through a period of obsession with all things WT related upon your awakening?

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a firm believer that the wts was god's chosen organization, i didn't really research too much.

  never gave much thought to other opinions.

  if the insight book said so, than it was factual.

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  yes I was obessed mostly because I wanted to see the truth for what it is.
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  Did You Experience THIS When You Were Awakening From Mind Control?

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in december, when i awakened from the wt mind control - i would wake up for several weeks in the middle of the night thinking "what are you doing?

  you know the witnesses have the truth".

  every day or so these thoughts would return.

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  I used to feel this way but as time went on. I started feeling it less and less. I feel like a new person compared to 2008.
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  By what age can a child be indoctrinated?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my step daughter went to the memorial, which is her first meeting in many months.

  a 7 year old girl came up to her and asked if she is baptised and when will she get baptised.. my sister has a 4 year old daughter.

  when she was introduced to another 4 year old one question she asked was "does he love jehovah.".

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  This is true children believe anything at a young age and should be taught to question.To me everything now a days is just one big lie.

  http://youtu.be/NoadP9M50WEto
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  Is flirting just harmless fun ?

  by caliber in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  on some base level, flirting is not destructive.

  in fact, it may be a perfectly natural and healthy way for two people to interact.

  yet, as the level of involvement in flirting increases, the emotional stakes rise for the two involved parties and the uninvolved member of the relationship.

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  I do sometimes but if you are comfortable around members of the opposite sex then you are fine.
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  Don Cornelius Dead

  by doinmypart in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  don cornelius, of soul train, was found dead this morning apparent suicide.

  sad.

  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-dead-in-apparent-suicide.html.

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  RIP
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  I think a lot of older (maybe younger ones) JW's are going to attempt/commit suicide....(READ)

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been in lurkmode lately, but with the news that i heard about don cornelius dying, it had me thinking...as this world goes on, and people are coping with this world...i think a lot jw's are going to realize that the end of the world isnt coming...there gonna become more despert, the realities of having to work, pay off debts, etc.

  a lot of jw's are going to realize that no magical sky daddy is come and 'take away there problems' and i think the more that they start to realize this, they get older, and there gonna start hating the reality that they have to face.

  i had a good friend who's father-in- law (who was a ministrial servant) who had bipolar disorder, killed himself in his car back in 2007. it was sad.

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  This is so true. As we are now into 2012 I see former jw's I used to know and they look so depressed. Many have a look of lost hopeless in their eyes.I suspect the older ones are going to be more prone to suicide becuase they would have invested more time into the Jw's.
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  "Politics is doo-doo" (a rant)

  by logansrun in

  1. social
  2. current

  folks, after many an argument on-line about politics on this forum i have come to the conclusion that politics is $hit.

  bush lies.

  so does kerry.

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  politics in this country is just broken and cannot be fixed.
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  What Was The Final Straw That Made You Leave The Organisation?

  by SpannerintheWorks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a faithful and zealous witness, nothing can question your faith.

  but one day, something does!

  you begin to have doubts.

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  The lies and hyprocrisy and the feeling of arrogance within the hall. These people make themselves to think they were better then anybody else.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT "Neutral'

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when a debate arises between a witness and a non-witness, "neutrality" is often used as the trump card, a final.

  argument that can't be overcome: "we're the only group that is neutral in worldly affairs", they say.. but are jehovah's witnesses really neutral?.

  consider that witnesses will teach the following:.

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  They view politicians as corrupt so in many ways they are not neutral.Many watch the news which also does not make you neutral because many do have thoughts on certain issues.