Posts by Borges

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An apostate goes public

by Borges in

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friends

i mentioned in a thread some weeks ago ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244078/1/first-public-talk-as-an-apostate ), that i was invited to give a talk at a symposium about cults.

this will take place at the first weekend in may.. i'm going to talk about the difficulties you have to face when leaving the jw.

yesterday i've got an another invitation to speak to a senior year class in a middle school.

Borges

Thank you! Appreciate your comments!

Blind_Of_Lies - No, not in the U.S. I'm from Germany.

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An apostate goes public

by Borges in

jw
friends

i mentioned in a thread some weeks ago ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244078/1/first-public-talk-as-an-apostate ), that i was invited to give a talk at a symposium about cults.

this will take place at the first weekend in may.. i'm going to talk about the difficulties you have to face when leaving the jw.

yesterday i've got an another invitation to speak to a senior year class in a middle school.

Borges

I mentioned in a thread some weeks ago ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244078/1/First-public-talk-as-an-apostate ), that I was invited to give a talk at a symposium about cults. This will take place at the first weekend in May.

I'm going to talk about the difficulties you have to face when leaving the jw.

Yesterday I've got an another invitation to speak to a senior year class in a middle school. It'll be one hour of information about jw and cults in general followed by two hours for questions and discussion.

It is very exciting to get the opportunity to speak to an audience about what you've expierenced while beeing in the cult, and what happened when you left.

When you leave the jw after more than forty years like I did, you have to invent yourself anew. You have to find new goals and you have to make the decision if you want to leave all the cult bs behind or make something usefull out of what you've experienced. It seems to me, at least at the moment, that the best for me is to stand up and speak out. Not only at the internet, but in real life to real people.

Just wanted to share this.

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Can you do me a favor?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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friends

today i added a translation feature to my blog page.

it would be very helpful if readers of various languages could take a look at this feature and let me know whether it helps or not.

what i need is some idea of how well the translator works and whether the translation renders the essence of the english.

Borges

The german translation is awful. Not even one correct sentence. Almost impossible to understand anything, even if you have a jw background. And no fun reading it at all.

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Did reading Jwfacts help you? Please take a moment to say thanks..

by The Quiet One in

it seems as though so many of the stories of people who are now mentally free that i read on here involved reading jwfacts.com at some point along the way.. he basically saved my sanity (questionable, i know!

), and was never as sensational and garish as other sites which immediately scared me away.

why not take a minute out of your day to say thanks for any difference that jwfacts made to your life, and tell us what it was that helped you?...

Borges

Great site. Next to Alan Feuerbachers articles jwfacts opened my eyes completely regarding the WTS and the believe in which I was born, raised and stayed for four decades. I can hardly express all my gratitude for Pauls great work. Thank you very much!

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How many ways....

by Lady Lee in

... can you name that the wts hurts people?.

two big ones for me:.

it pushes people to the edge and when they commit suicide they say: "well he wasn't really a jw anyways soit has nothing to do with us".. it pushes people so much to do more and more and more that they get depressed, and physically sick.

Borges

The WTS force the R & F to trust them ( “It is vital that we recognize the faithful slave. Our spiritual health and our relationship with God depend on this channel.”), but on the other hand they are deliberately lying and misrepresenting facts.

This kind of dishonesty and insincertity is hurting the same way like for example to be betrayed by your partner or a trusted friend.

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AAWA is here!! (The Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists)

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcic4g5tulw.

http://www.jwactivists.org.

facebook the association of anti-watchtower activists.

Borges

punkofnice -

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AAWA is here!! (The Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists)

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcic4g5tulw.

http://www.jwactivists.org.

facebook the association of anti-watchtower activists.

Borges

I like the name because it is a honest one. It describes perfectly the goal of the association - beeing active against the watchtower and its harmfull policies. I dont see this association as a haven for those seeking tranquility after cruising the stormy waters of the cult. It is a battleship, heading out to confront the opponent in open water.

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