Topics Started by cog_survivor

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses know what happened to them in 1954?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
1954: the year jehovah's witnesses stopped worshiping jesus christ.

watchtower charter: http://www.jehovah.net.au/books/1945_cha..._wtbts.pdf.

did you know that from 1879 until 1954 the writings of c.t.russell, j.f.rutherford, nathan knorr and the watchtower's own charter all agreed that jesus christ was worthy of worship?.
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Movie - Paradise Recovered- cult exiting focused
by cog_survivor in
1. jw
2. friends
dogpatch posted a couple of years ago about this movie.

i've been following the news on it ever since it was made known to be in production.. the woman who wrote the script for it is a worldwide church of god survivor like myself.

she wanted to show people what it can be like for people who were abused and kicked to the curb by an abusive church and the struggles they have to go through to learn to think for themselves.. their motto is, "we're not anti-religion, just anti cruelty".
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My Family Study
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
as i have posted before i am working to help get my wife out of the jws so we can leave together.

i have been trying to think of ways to open her mind and get her to think critically and use her mind.

i dont want to bring lots of facts and reasoning to her attention if her mind is not yet ready for it.
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Penn State Decision and Will It Impact Anything Within WTBTS
by harleybear in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was thrilled to hear of the rulings handed down at penn state.

although they did not receive the official "death sentence" it was pretty impressive.

now comes the question.
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Local cult exiting groups - a wish
by cog_survivor in
1. jw
2. friends
reading some of the exit/fader stories my heart breaks.. i wish there were some kind of local support groups for people who want help in leaving behind their cult lives.

living in the heart of the midwest, there really isn't anyone to turn to.

i would have loved to meet with others in a safe enviroment to work through some of the issues.. all the implanted fears make people scared to turn to other religious organizations.
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Similarities and differences: JWs & WWCG
by cog_survivor in
1. jw
2. friends
some folks expressed curiosity about the doctrines of the worldwide church of god and how they were similar to jws.

so heres the down and dirties of what i think we had similar.

1. armegeddon - yep we referred to it as the great tribulation followed by the day of the lord.
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untitled
by Band on the Run in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm anglican now.

overall, i love it but sometimes i want a rule/doctrine.

the witnesses were always so empahtic that bethel leaders knew all, down to what type of pots to use.
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Worldwide Church of God collapse
by cog_survivor in
1. jw
2. friends
on my introduction post a few people expressed interest in how the worldwide church of god (wwcg) imploded.

i think maybe in hopes something similar will happen with the jws.

i think the jws will also eventually experience a meltdown but probably not in the same way since the power structure was a bit different.
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Books or exercises to learn critical thinking
by Captain Obvious in
1. jw
2. friends
i was sitting at the meeting this morning (yes, still keeping up appearances), listening to the speaker and trying to understand his lack of logic.

his talk was about education.

he seemed all over the place, not really making proper points.
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Newbie - Not ex-JW
by cog_survivor in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been lurking on the forum for over a year now.

i'm not an ex jw but have some weird connections to the group none the less.. i was raised in the worldwide church of god.

a lot in common with jws.