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  I need some help

  by Akid48 in

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  well let me start with my age is 13 and i have been thinking about this jw thing and i need help i just dont know if i want to be one any more.. the help i need is some one to send me some links to places i can research i just dont know if i want to study with a jw any more..

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  never a jw

  Just to give you a hint at how bad this is, go to the library and get the book 1984 by George Orwell. It's not anti JW's per se, but it's the best book to describe totalitarian governments, high mind control groups and cults. The reason I suggest the book is because you will run into these type of groups time and again. JW's are not the only one, they just happen to be one of the worst ones among the big ones. The book is rather short and easy to read. And it won't get you in trouble. Usually is read and analyzed in high schools in the U.S. Get an early peek. You will do very well in life if you steer away from these groups.
  
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  I need some help

  by Akid48 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well let me start with my age is 13 and i have been thinking about this jw thing and i need help i just dont know if i want to be one any more.. the help i need is some one to send me some links to places i can research i just dont know if i want to study with a jw any more..

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  never a jw

  Whatever you do, DO NOT, Do NOT get baptized. It's a very serious decision with enormous repercussions. In the case of JW's is far more serious than deciding to marry someone. At least you can put an end to marriage with divorce, and if there's no children you move on. But you can't divorce the JW's without paying a huge price that in many cases chases you to the tomb.

  I liked JW's for 20 some years until I did my research (I am married to a JW). I still love the brothers and sisters, but my opinion is entirely the opposite when I think of the religion and its leaders. I absolutely hate those despicable people.

  My son was exactly your age when I did my research. I immediately pulled him out cold turkey after few days of research. He is happy now looking at the future as an open universe of choices. Hadn't I pulled him out, he would have had one choice only: be a drone and a slave of the Watchtower for a lifetime.

  Pretend, stall, lie. Do anything, but never acquiesce to baptism pressures.
  
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  UK Charity Commision reports on Moston, Manchester Congregation.

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/investigation-leads-to-improvements-in-safeguarding-at-jehovahs-witnesses-charity.

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  "It is the inquiry’s view that the charity’s trustees did not cooperate openly and transparently with the Commission. "

  Openness and transparency are not part of the JW's dictionary.
  
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  What in the flying F....????

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.facebook.com/tupuebloesmipueblojehova/videos/578539175868967/?hc_ref=arrvbqq6myd5outlusr6zufmvffwsvr_duxl_fdriuhhniiuesiylhi43gybtziknxwthis video gave me cancer..

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  never a jw

  Women dancing with other women!

  I see that all the time in the parties of Hispanics. What do you do in a religion where most men are AWOL.?

  Did I see uniforms like the scientologists?
  
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  I went Elder Hunting yesterday!

  by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  win my first post i introduced you to tweedle dee and tweedle dum, ( surprise elders visit ).

  well last sunday night i got phone call from t- dum, he informed me that t-dee was listening in, no doubt practicing his short hand.

  t-dum went on to say how he was concerned that we were making the biggest mistake of our lives, yada yada.

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  TPTT,

  Almost perfect. Step it up a notch and you will be featured in the 2018 JW convention as the poster child of angry mentally diseased apostate. Good job!
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  Am I selfish?

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
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  tonight i had an argument with both my parents.

  my parents are aware of my feelings towards the organization, and it saddens them because i am their first born son.

  they had high expectations of me, my father dreamt of him and i serving together as elders.

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  Selfish? what's wrong with that? It's your life and you may have only one shot at it. Your parents made their choices, now it's your turn. Your parents are unfair and manipulative.
  
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  Hi from England

  by victimofdeceit in

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  recently quit being a jw because i realised that beyond armageddon i was going to be ruled by people who cover up child abuse, not telling the congregations by their letter where the money they donated in the box is going towards paying compensation for legal battles which they caused, and also i was bullied by elders and discriminated against for being homosexual, even though i am not practicing it.

  it wasn't until i threatened legal action for a breach of confidence that the elders were deleted.

  so through the media and my own personal experience, i realised that they were no different to corrupt businesses in the world.

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  never a jw

  Welcome from the U.S. What a problem you have in front of you. What are you going to do with all the freed time that used to be spent in service, preparing for meeting, going to meeting, being in meetings, conventions, dressing for meetings? Use it wisely. Don't join another cult.
  
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  Ran into my brother at a concert; first time I've seen him in years......

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i went to a concert on friday night.

  there was a friend of ours there doing security, and she happens to be an exjw too.

  she sent me a message on messenger to inform me that my brother and his wife were at the show, not knowing that i'd be there too.

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  never a jw

  "With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion" Steven Weinberg

  Your brother and sister-in-law did not commit an evil act, but the quote still fits. Their natural goodness was suppressed once religion dogma entered their heads.
  
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  Dunkirk.

  by zeb in

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  i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

  do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

  (not for kids).

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  Excellent movie by itself, but I always appreciate the reminders of the high cost of peace and how fragile it is.
  
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  Call for investigation into JW child abuse in the Netherlands

  by Anders Andersen in

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  2. scandals

  after yesterday's newspaper articles about how jw (mis)handle child abuse cases, today the newspaper reports that both members of the national house of representatives, and the national commissioner on human trafficking and sexual violence against children are petitioning the minister / secretary of state to launch an investigation into jw and other closed religious communities.. the newspaper article (in dutch).

  the newspaper also published the personal story of a victim, and how he fought for justice within jw to no avail.this story is from my home town (just few years before i move there), different congregation in the same hall..

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  never a jw

  Thank you Anders and Redpill. Translation and commentary are appreciated

  Oh. I almost forgot. Thank you for the language lesson. I went back and I was able to recognize "Jehovah" at least three times. The "witnesses" part not so well. But it's a start