Posts by breakfast of champions

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15 Year Old Mormon Girl Tortured For Being Gay

by cofty in

alex cooper, a former mormon, offers a terrifying account of being held hostage for eight months in an unlicensed “residential treatment program” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across utah.. at the mormon run “treatment center” alex was physically and verbally abused.

many days she was forced to stand facing a wall wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks.

she developed sores on her shoulders and cramps in her back.

breakfast of champions

For some reason the link you provided is broken. . . . I'll try to google it.

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Jehovah's Witnesses - Emotional Blackmail - Fear Obligation Guilt

by JT-LadyC in

after leaving the jehovah’s witness religion, we had the opportunity to read emotional blackmail by susan forward, ph.d. we could relate to the stories she discusses in the book and could make a direct correlation to our lives as jehovah’s witnesses.

while the experiences are somewhat different from what we encountered in our personal lives, we could readily comprehend how individuals use emotional blackmail to make others develop fear, obligation and guilt in order to manipulate them into furthering their own agenda.this podcast explains in great detail how jehovah’s witnesses live in the fog.

no one can dispute these comments as every current and former witness is most familiar with the culture of the organization!this podcast references the experience of a sister that lived in an iron lung and her experience was used as a tool to measure the faith of jehovah’s witnesses with otherwise good health that did not live up to the daily demands of the watchtower.

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Great video!

Ordered the book from my library.

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After leaving what did you Major in?

by Luther bertrand in

i am curious if my observations are correct.

i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.

i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.

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My dream is to create a scholarship funded in large part by exjws for exjws. and create online resources so that those who are fading can get some help.

Love this idea!

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Long time lurker, first time poster ...

by LettMorrisSplaneit in

i finally had the guts to create a profile to be able to post.

i've been lurking for a few months and have read all your experiences and comments dutifully.

you have been a great help in my process of waking up from this cult posing as the one true religion.

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Welcome!

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After leaving what did you Major in?

by Luther bertrand in

i am curious if my observations are correct.

i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.

i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.

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Majoring in linguistics and computer science.

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Hiererchy among elders --so says Kenneth Flodin

by wannaexit in

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friends

there has always been a hierarchy among elders.

now it's been validated by kenneth flodin in this talk about the word "princes".

so not any elder can be a prince in the new order.

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So. . . . .

Using Flodin's "garlic bread" analysis of human spirituality, would a "prince" be a thick slice of "Texas toast"?

Or perhaps a really nice Jewish Rye with butter?

Cinnamon rasin loaf?

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I no longer feel smart as a JW, I feel dumb...

by thedepressedsoul in

i don't want anyone to take this the wrong way but i use to at least feel smart as a jw.

when i went to thursday night meetings, i at least felt like i was a student, that i was learning how to speak publicly, i could prepare my own comments, i could answer points that i learned from the weekly bible reading.

i even feel like an "idiot" studying for the meetings.

breakfast of champions

I can appreciate the rant!

My wife feels similarly as you. Everything presented at the meetings is simplistic and dumbed down.

But I think you should feel smart, just for the fact you know this stuff is dumb! Others think it's thre greatest thing since sliced bread. . . .

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JWs win 2015 Bronze Telly Award in the “Online Video News Feature”

by OrphanCrow in

jworg is carrying a "news" article concerning their recent win of a telly award.. i don't need to add to the jworg website hits, so here is the award listed on the telly award website:.

https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=jehovah%27s&event=16&category=3&award=b.

2015 online video bronze winners.

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Ok . . .

So I glanced at this thread briefly this afternoon. . .

WTF?

So, really now:

What would be the response if I shared News Update: Jehovah's Witnesses Moving Forward on my FB account with the caption "Watch this Telly-Award-winning piece featuring Donald Trump's son-in-law"?

Oh the cognitive dissonance . . . .. .

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