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  Are You Raising An Introvert?

  by darth frosty in

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  its not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.

  it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.

  this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .

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  Vidiot

  https://introvertspring.com/introverts-come-out-shell/
  
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  Are You Raising An Introvert?

  by darth frosty in

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  its not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.

  it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.

  this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .

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  Vidiot

  I like this nugget:

  “People always tell introverts to be more talkative and leave their comfort zones, yet no one tells extroverts to shut up and make the zone comfortable.”
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  Open Letter to the New Zealand Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry - Part 1

  by jwleaks in

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  an open letter from stakeholders, survivors, and their advocates.

  1 october 2023. to the new zealand abuse in care royal commission of inquiry and the new zealand attorney-general, the honourable david parker:.

  firstly, thank you for the time and effort the royal commission has expended in its impartial investigation and examination into historical abuse and neglect in state care, and in the care of faith-based institutions in new zealand.. secondly, thank you for your understanding, acknowledgement, and your response to the harm abuse and neglect causes to individuals, families, and communities; and your efforts to ensure lessons are learned for the future.. we were disappointed that the jehovah’s witnesses are seeking a judicial review and high court declaration in relation to being the subject of any review by the abuse in care commission of inquiry.

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  Vidiot

  This is significant…

  …the Org is spending time and money trying to get a government-appointed agency to reverse investigative findings made seven years ago.

  When they’d get publicly embarrassed back in the day, their typical MO was to just clam up and wait for it all to blow over and fade into the past.

  Asking “WTF’s changed?” would not be unreasonable.
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  Balancing Values:Truth and or Unity

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  here is an apostate elder's honest testimony.. https://youtu.be/epmbbou4nve?si=lzhgmnbyyryurayx.

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  Vidiot

  Pointing out how wrong everybody else is whilst refusing to even acknowledge how wrong you might be (and threatening action if and when anyone else does it) is fundamentally dishonest and under-handed.

  The moment you use unethical methods in your efforts to claim the moral high ground, you forfeit the moral high ground.

  No matter who you are.
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  Cult or High Control Group?

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i see this phrase a lot: "the indication of a cult is what happens when you leave.

  " i'm not sure where that originated, but it is a faulty categorization.

  "cult" is almost always used in a derogatory way.

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  Vidiot

  Waco, the Hare Krishnas, and Heaven’s Gate have pretty much defined what a “cult” looks like in the public eye. Polite, well-dressed door-knockers get an easy pass.

  Up till now, anyway.

  I prefer the term “authoritarian high-control group”.

  It’s a bit wordy, but IMO, break it down into its component parts and I think even the most die-hard JW loyalist would have trouble refuting the label.

  I could be wrong.
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  Judicial Committees are Sentencing Committees

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  this video starts slow, but is worth the watch.

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  https://www.youtube.com/live/oo6tyxodkvk?si=oduof8kkvjypkoyh.

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  Vidiot

  I’ve said this before, but…

  …reading XJW material on the Net doesn’t turn you “apostate”.

  It just helps you realize you already are one.
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  Judicial Committees are Sentencing Committees

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  this video starts slow, but is worth the watch.

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  https://www.youtube.com/live/oo6tyxodkvk?si=oduof8kkvjypkoyh.

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  Vidiot

  Re. EasyPrompt’s post…

  Distill it down, and - basically - thinking the Governing Body is wrong about something constitutes “apostasy”.

  Which is insane.

  Anyone remember Letto the Clown’s little nugget?

  ”…That little baby is an enemy of God…”

  By the aforementioned logic, a rank-and-file JW just privately disagreeing with that statement (let alone calling it out as the weirdest, most batshit thing ever said), makes them - in the WT’s eyes - worse than a rapist, child molester, or serial killer.
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  Judicial Committees are Sentencing Committees

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  this video starts slow, but is worth the watch.

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  https://www.youtube.com/live/oo6tyxodkvk?si=oduof8kkvjypkoyh.

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  Vidiot

  Hmm. Okay.
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  Judicial Committees are Sentencing Committees

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this video starts slow, but is worth the watch.

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  https://www.youtube.com/live/oo6tyxodkvk?si=oduof8kkvjypkoyh.

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  Vidiot

  Drearyweather - “…a judicial committee is formed even if a person has not shared apostate thoughts with anyone, but just has it in his mind. This is incorrect.”

  Funny.

  This subject has been discussed here before, and it actually sounds right.

  If they become aware of “apostate” thinking, they’ll check from time to time to see if they persist, even if you don’t talk about them to anyone, and will keep “counselling” you until you change your mind.

  If you don’t, they’ll initiate a JC.

  Maybe you’re using an older copy of the Shepherding book.

  
  
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  One day Jehovah's Witnesses will Educate themselves on Child sex abuse, just don't know when.

  by was a new boy in

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  public information department us branch office must be pulling their hair out by now.. .

  opinion.

  decision by jehovah’s witnesses church in springfield failed the community (editorial).

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  Vidiot

  I think the (real) world is finally starting to figure out that sex offenders don’t/can’t reform…

  …repentance or forgiveness notwithstanding.

  A comparison I once heard of was to alcoholism…

  …sober or otherwise, an alcoholic never stops being one, and the danger-slash-temptation is always there.