The amazing lie transformation, like Saul > Paul - the power of the Bible, changes people - this is what they like. Similar with ex-army guys.
ekruks
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Does being a JW and having a felony up your value in the kingdom hall?
by 2tone inmaybe this has been previously been discussed.
in my area in the us.
it seems that jw men that are felons or have served time seem to have more value.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - A Child's Story.
by Sic Semper Tyrannis inmillions of children have grown up as jehovahs witnesses.
lets start from the very beginning.. i owe my life to jehovahs witnesses.
more important than what he was saying was who he was.
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" I cannot eliminate Jehovah’s Witnesses from my life, as much as I would want to. They are always there, and nearly every personality trait that I carry today has some root in this upbringing. Instead of isolating myself, I’ll embrace it. Ex-JW’s are my people. We don’t all think alike, but we have the same foundations. "
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ekruks
Still don't get the excitement amongst many brothers and sisters when it was annouced about the overlapping generations, as if we are so privileged - God just sent us a present from heaven - the Holy Spirit had been misleading us previously? How is that exciting?
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ekruks
Printing a brochure is no big deal - often seen them at JW funerals, or a flyer with a photo and short life story.
dozy, I get the impression that John Barr was rather shy, well-meaning, but misguided man - as were many of us at times! - and the phrases the "ready to listen to a point of view that differed from his own" and "profound humility" are really meaning that he was walked-over by others. -
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Running a JW website without getting sued
by ekruks inhi guys, i want to setup a unique ex-jw/cult site, and i am wondering how you run this site without getting sued?
last thing i want is to have the stress of a court case that the jw volunteer-lawyers likely will win.
i'd like to keep a rather low profile.
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ekruks
Wasn't a Canadian website shut down following a court case?
watchtower.ca .... or something like that?Would prefer to avoid all the stress of the "inquisition"!
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Education Policy
by Martin Harker ini was raised a catholic until the age of eight which was a normal life.
my mother took everything the jws said literally and this destroyed my schooling and education.. the issue that i have with this religion is that they contradict what they say about education and elders encourage parents to prevent kids from gaining a college or university education as the jw objectives should be the primary goal in life.. they sometimes seemed to encourage education and recently i checked and now they are saying that education leads to alienation and suicide.
they state that university leads to immorality and drug taking.
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ekruks
I think the education policy does help to control people, certainly, but it may not be exactly the reason it came about. I also think it may be to do within:
1. Fear of 'rebellion' - the University life-style is often viewed as such - campuses are home to many grassroots movements, especially in the 1970s, which was a key period to many of the rules we have today. I think many do really belive it's a moral danger, but yes, as you say, poorly-paid jobs are not protection from such. I've worked in shops and offices were the behaviour and pressure to socialise after work was no different to the vices I faced in college.
2. Those who get educated often stop being JWs or just loose interest - get better jobs; perhaps don't feel so depressed with life, even see the light, etc.. As NewChapter mentions, critical thinking.
3. University sets one up for a career - not good for giving lots of hours to ministry, though actually, this may be questionable as many of us struggle to pay the bills and find spare time. The thing is that the Big A is so close, why spend time studying when we need to save lifes? Or at least, that is the mindset.
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Running a JW website without getting sued
by ekruks inhi guys, i want to setup a unique ex-jw/cult site, and i am wondering how you run this site without getting sued?
last thing i want is to have the stress of a court case that the jw volunteer-lawyers likely will win.
i'd like to keep a rather low profile.
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ekruks
Thanks guys
I am not planning anything exactly illegal, such as copyright violation - I am more referring to not getting closed down by the Watchtower, because this site I have in mind would likely be very popular with apostates. Also, I don't fancy another judicial committee - those are stressful, and a waste of time, as well as meaning no further contact with my family!
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JW's and Chronic Fatigue Syndrone!
by cornish inchronic fatigue syndrone, m e, yuppie flu.
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i dont know if anyone else has noticed the alarming number of jws who claim to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrone,i mean hear in cornwall there tend to be several sufferers in every congregation,outside the jws out of the many people i know i dont know anyone,although there are obviosly many outside the jws who suffer this illness,percentage wise it seems that jws have a much,much larger occorance of the illness.. for example my brother in law has not worked and been living on invalidity benefits for more than 10 years since his mid twenties,his brother is also in the same boat, an m.e sufferer.. i wonder if anyone has looked into this a bit more?
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ekruks
Viola - I appreciate people need to joke, but really the comedian speaks as if incredibly narrow-minded - I don't know much of degenerative illnesses, but people with CFS are not praised on a daily basis for their courage, as the she claims of those with the other illnesses she refers to, but usually the opposite. That clip panders to cheap stigmas, fear of what we don't understand.
Actually, the ignorant comedian is correct when she implies the ill are lazy people, as people often make comments similar to her remark, "have the same aches and pains as anyone else" but just moan a lot. The average person doesn't sleep the whole night, work for a few hours, determined to continue and refusing to have this illness, but end up collapsing on the floor, falling asleep on the carpet, to be woken up by someone else who doesn't understand what is wrong.
Band on the Run - Sorry, but I fail to see how you deny that being a JW can trigger stress-related illnesses, while you can write that stress is a cause of FMS. Many members of this forum have commented on how they have faced stress as part of being a JW, such as politics within the congregation or the pressure to give so much in ministry, etc.. with little time for recreation to vent stress and a small circle of friends - it's a recipe for such an illness.
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JW's and Chronic Fatigue Syndrone!
by cornish inchronic fatigue syndrone, m e, yuppie flu.
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i dont know if anyone else has noticed the alarming number of jws who claim to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrone,i mean hear in cornwall there tend to be several sufferers in every congregation,outside the jws out of the many people i know i dont know anyone,although there are obviosly many outside the jws who suffer this illness,percentage wise it seems that jws have a much,much larger occorance of the illness.. for example my brother in law has not worked and been living on invalidity benefits for more than 10 years since his mid twenties,his brother is also in the same boat, an m.e sufferer.. i wonder if anyone has looked into this a bit more?
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ekruks
It's incredible how many JWs I know with stress-related issues; probably most. To be honest, I don't really know many worldly people, but I can't imagine that society at large is so ill, because surely it couldn't function. As for world being dysfunctional, corrupt, etc., well, I can't such much different of the workings of the Watchtower society.
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Running a JW website without getting sued
by ekruks inhi guys, i want to setup a unique ex-jw/cult site, and i am wondering how you run this site without getting sued?
last thing i want is to have the stress of a court case that the jw volunteer-lawyers likely will win.
i'd like to keep a rather low profile.
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ekruks
I don't need an IT company to do any work for me. I just need somewhere I can host without legal complications. Whoever hosts this site must know about these things, because it's still open.