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  I THINK I'M HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

  by MarchOn in

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  o.k, now that i have your attention, things are getting very ugly in here, uglier than usual.

  it is really starting to bum some people out, including me.

  so with that in mind, i thought it would be nice to start a thread about something that feels good.

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  Lady Lee

  A few years ago I was sick at home with a really bad case of bronchitis. My girl friend's husband rang my doorbell and when I open the door - feeling like real crap and looking close to death the sweetheart was standing there holding out a bag of juice and Tylenol and some food.

  This couple who were so generous of spirit and support wqere the ones who helped me on my search of freedom of the WTS. They asked a few discrete questions and I did the research. They listened and supported me. They stood on each side of me and helped me walk into a church and let me cry my sorrow onto their shoulder's

  They taught me what being a true Christian is all about. And they never preached to me - not one word

  They helped to heal my soul
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  Education Survey

  by larc in

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  education was strongly discouraged among the witnesses.

  i am curious as to how many of you went on for further education and in what fields.

  i will go ahead and list the ones i already know.. larc - advanced degrees in organizational psychology.

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  Lady Lee

  Can't believe I missed this the last couple of times it was around

  I dropped out of HS after Grade 10.

  When I left the borg (33 yrs old) I realized I better learn something so tried a couple of college course and wow I passed them. So... I enrolled full-time in a Social Counseling Diploma Program for Porfessionals and specialized in individual counseling in physical and sexual abuse issues. Graduated with Honors - a real shocker for someone who was always told I was too dumb to amount to anything.

  Then went off to University to study psychology and loved the psych but hated what they wanted me to become so switched to Applied Social Science and again was able to specialize in abuse issues but this time on individual and group counseling.

  And I am considering going back for a Master's in Social Work? (maybe) with a specialization in cultic groups and abuse issues. Still thinking about it.
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  Where is the proof Jehovahs people abuse children?

  by Bleep in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is what this "special topic" describes with deadly false propaganda.. "a person might ask why we would single out the witnesses in this matter.

  as with other fundamentalist cults, the watchtower goes by the bible advice only when it comes to exposing crimes regarding children or anyone else, that there must be two or more witnesses to a crime.

  since abuse and molestation are rarely seen by anyone other than the perpetrator and the victim (and the victim will rarely testify against himself), perhaps hundreds or thousands of cases have gone unpunished, and the perpetrator has not been brought to the police, and the congregation has not been told.

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  Lady Lee

  Stop the insanity

  Stop feeding this troll - or very very sick demented person

  As a survivor of the abuse this one seems to condone I ask each one of you to protest Bleep's posting on this topic by NOT POSTING HERE. If you have to make a comment please find another way. This has got to be the stupidest thread I have seen here at JWD. There is NO reasoning with this person so why try?

  Thank you

  Lady Lee
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  Mind Control Techniques and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of the original research on mind control comes from studies done not on religious groups but rather on chinese re-education techniques used on dissident chinese and political prisoners during the 1950s.

  robert j. lifton wrote "thought reform and the psychology of totalism" (1961; new york: w. w. norton).

  he was studying the process and effects of mind control techniques on individuals.

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  Lady Lee

  An abbreviated version is on my website under Personal Profile. But there are several bits and pieces scattered around here at

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=17137&site=3

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=27530&site=3

  and here

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=28482&site=3

  There is some repititon but each has a different piece of the story
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  Cognitive Dissonance 101, Bethel Style

  by Room 215 in

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  do you remember these two gems of spiritual insight?

  ``at times explanations given by jehovah's visible organization have shown adjustments, seemingly to previous points of view.

  but this has not actually been the case.

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  Lady Lee

  I am so glad I finally came in here to take a look. This one is priceless
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  Are you more interested now?

  by In_between_days in

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  2. friends

  i may be alone here, but are you more interested in jw docrines, change of docrines, watchtowers, km's and othe jw publications now that you are an ex member as opposed to when you were a witness?.

  i realised this the other day, when i was cleaning out a wardrobe and there was a "knowledge" book, i got so excited and read the whole thing, looking up scriptures as i went when they were quoted.

  (this was accompanied by a soundtrack of consistant scoffs, snorts and "what the hells".?").

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  Lady Lee

  Interesting point.

  While I would not (could not) sit down and read a whole JW book like I did in the past my enthusiasm is defintely greater. I use them for reference now.
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  Mind Control Techniques and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of the original research on mind control comes from studies done not on religious groups but rather on chinese re-education techniques used on dissident chinese and political prisoners during the 1950s.

  robert j. lifton wrote "thought reform and the psychology of totalism" (1961; new york: w. w. norton).

  he was studying the process and effects of mind control techniques on individuals.

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  Lady Lee

  Thank you bas_ass.unfortunately way too true
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  Where is the proof Jehovahs people abuse children?

  by Bleep in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is what this "special topic" describes with deadly false propaganda.. "a person might ask why we would single out the witnesses in this matter.

  as with other fundamentalist cults, the watchtower goes by the bible advice only when it comes to exposing crimes regarding children or anyone else, that there must be two or more witnesses to a crime.

  since abuse and molestation are rarely seen by anyone other than the perpetrator and the victim (and the victim will rarely testify against himself), perhaps hundreds or thousands of cases have gone unpunished, and the perpetrator has not been brought to the police, and the congregation has not been told.

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  Lady Lee

  SYN Excellent post. Thank You
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  Cassiline

  by Windchaser in

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  i just spoke with cassi on the phone and she is doing very well and may get to go home today!

  she wanted me to tell you all hello and how much she appreciates your concern.

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  Lady Lee

  Please give her my love

  Lady lee
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  Update on Mom

  by Mulan in

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  2. friends

  yesterday, before we went to dinner at mak and sabine's, a friend called me from the kh to warn me they had mom on the phone link for the meeting (their meeting is at 4pm).

  i went downstairs to see what she was up to, since i had taken the phones out, to stop her from calling everyone in town to complain about the 'abuse she was suffering' at the hands of her daughter (me).

  she was standing over the speaker phone (i had taken the hand set off), and she was furiously pushing buttons, and sobbing.

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  Lady Lee

  Wrong or not you will have to let her go. The only option would be the evaluation of incompetency

  (((HUGS)))