Posts by Whynot

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My failed attempts to help my brainwashed family

by Addison0998 in

first of all i just want to say a quick thank you to all of you who’s been listening to my story and my little rants and dilemmas lol.

this website has helped me so much to not feel alone and to keep me from feeling like i’m going crazy.

anyways, i’m defenitly going to try much harder from this point on to play the part until i move out after this summer.

Whynot

For almost 2 decades I stayed in even though I knew about the incorrect prophecies and other incorrect teachings. I spoke to an elder about my doubts and he told me to "wait on Jehovah" to clarify things. He also asked me "where would you go?" So I stayed and even defended the incorrect teachings. I would compare it to being in an abusive relationship. Most people stay because they think things will get better and have nowhere else to go.

It took me a long time to decide all of this was wrong and I wasn't going to put up with it anymore.

Be patient with your family. It takes some faithful JWs years to wake up. You want to give this information in tiny amounts and in a joking way. Make it humorous. You can joke about Rutherford and Beth Sarim, what a silly man poor thing hahaha.

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Not posted for a year because mum died did not want blood.

by Witness 007 in

i posted here weekly until a year ago when my mum died of a mild form of lukemia which is easy to treat with 2 blood tranfusions a month.

you can live to 100 with treatment, but no my mum chose to die a faithful witness after 2 years of chemo and hell for her family and doctors.

her chemo doctor cried when she only had weeks left to live knowing that she could be saved with one bag of blood!

Whynot

I'm so sorry for your loss. Big hugs to you. My grandma died of the same. She had leukemia about 1 year after getting baptized. It's something that is hard to talk about especially when your entire fam is in the WT.

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A & E Cults-Barbara Anderson

by Joyzabel in

16 years ago dateline's report on jw's and child abuse was aired may 28, 2002, a tuesday night and tonight a&e aired on may 29, 2018, tuesday night!.

i can't help but think how barbara has tirelessly worked to expose the child abuse issue within the watchtower/jw.org and is still working to not only expose the problem but to help change the laws in the usa to help protect children.

she has a wealth of information gathered for over 20 years on how the governing body protects the pedophile and not help the victims .

Whynot

I missed it! How can I see a replay? Maybe YouTube?

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What exactly is an Apostafest?

by Whynot in

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i read a few threads on apostafests but i don't really understand what they are or what happens.

are they family friendly?

is it a party or support group meet-up?.

Whynot

I read a few threads on Apostafests but I don't really understand what they are or what happens.

Are they family friendly? Is it a party or support group meet-up?

10

The glass prison

by Normalfulla in

cognitive dissonance.

a term i came to learn about after waking up as i'm sure many of us here did.

i was thinking of how this condition is similar to the proverbial glass prison, how jw are unknowingly confined by the walls of their belief while observing life around them but are truly captives to a concept as ray put it.. .

Whynot

We get manipulated into believing that we're a part of something bigger than ourselves and we have "the truth". I remember telling myself this repeatedly each time I was faced with beliefs or situations that were hard to swallow. It's a willingness to ignore logic. I'm glad I finally decided I wasn't going to do that anymore.

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Dutch government look for possibility to revoke JW charity status (=tax breaks) after JW refuse independent investigation re. abuse

by Anders Andersen in

well, the title says it all.

the dutch government will look into the possibility to revoke the charity status of jw after they refused to cooperate in the child abuse scandal.. the government urged the jw to start an independent investigation into the jw child abuse issues, and after some stalling the jw flatout refused.

unfortunately the government can't really force them.. the chance that the charity status is actually revoked is very small as there appears to be no legal basis to do so, but right now the government and house of representatives are very annoyed with jw.. and in the meantime the da will continue their investigation based on the victims officially reporting abuse to the police..

Whynot

It makes me sick that they refuse to cooperate with authorities over child sexual abuse. They make up all these rules for the members but somehow these don't apply to them. I just don't understand how they can justify this.

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Yoga Sutras Of Pantanjali (1600 Years Ago)

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i know a lot of people might not want anything to do with any religion and i can sympathize, the bible an ancient collection of books compiled by the catholic church authorities and the some what restricted version by protestant movement we have the less voluminous of collected "holy" books call the king james.

which i think we have a lot to learn from them if we look at them from a more psychological point of view and not force them to be literally understood.. i think it is the same with these sutras, what is it telling us about the mind?

what can we expect from certain meditative practices.

Whynot

Oh wow! Brokeback I had no idea that it actually had a positive effect.

Like I said I'm taking babysteps with meditation. I know this may sound strange but I mix my prayers to Jehovah in Jesus' name with meditation. I really, really enjoy it so far. I haven't regressesed to a past life but a name and certain foreign music kept playing in my head yesterday all day lol. The name is Yashi Noel. Never heard that name in my life and actually I don't even know if it's a place or name for something else. I have seen beautiful things though. Baby steps. I'm very new to this and still a little nervous about it.

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Upcoming Newsweek article on the JWs?

by Whynot in

i haven't confirmed whether it's true.

someone shared this on social media https://www.instagram.com/p/bjfidvsjvlo/.

the cover won't be released in the usa instead bernie will be on the cover.

Whynot

Found it!

http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-939860

I'm a bit disappointed. I was hoping it would talk more about the sex abuse scandal but they barely mentioned it

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The Psychology Of Self Transformation (after leaving the Watchtower Corporation)

by Brokeback Watchtower in

being in a mind control cult and having been indoctrinated for many years severely suppresses what we really are or realizing our full potential, it causes one to lose track of him/herself.

being told what to hate, who to shun, to please the corporation sock puppet jehovah can really cause one to put many of ones natural desires and talents in ones shadow, this can lead to depression because we are living the our life with the uniform cult personality.

maturing in this type of cult indoctrination will usually lead to all types of psychic suffering because we are not living true to our dna but a much more inferior cult made personality.

Whynot

Wow! What an amazing video! I'm saving it. Very inspirational! ♡♡♡♡♡

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Yoga Sutras Of Pantanjali (1600 Years Ago)

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i know a lot of people might not want anything to do with any religion and i can sympathize, the bible an ancient collection of books compiled by the catholic church authorities and the some what restricted version by protestant movement we have the less voluminous of collected "holy" books call the king james.

which i think we have a lot to learn from them if we look at them from a more psychological point of view and not force them to be literally understood.. i think it is the same with these sutras, what is it telling us about the mind?

what can we expect from certain meditative practices.

Whynot

I have read about this before but when it comes to meditation I prefer to use Brian Weiss' method. With his method, the experience is healing and positive. I wouldn't want to do a type of meditation that could be harmful or scary. That poor guy...it must have been terrifying for him.