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  An opportunity for AAWA leaders

  by besty in

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  2. friends

  it be nice to see you guys post on jwn now and again - keep this community up to speed with what you are doing maybe?

  all we have seen is the controversies - it would be great to know what else is going on.. as far as i know aawa leadership are not banned from jwn.. or should i not hold my breath?.

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  happy@last

  I would agree, someone posted on here a great video they had done, I would never have known about it otherwise.
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  Ive just had a "Ooooooh sh@t" moment

  by DS211 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  im reading steven hassans "combatting cult mind control" and ive just had an "oooooooh sh@t" moment.

  so ive been learning about the differences between mind control abd brainwashing and also how much the wt correlates with these things.

  now according to festinger, whom hassan quotes a lot, cognitive dissonance (three componants to mind control) requires only a change to behavior, thought, or emotions and the other two will follow suit.

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  happy@last

  I had a few such moments reading that book, a must read if you have any doubts about whether it's a cult or not.
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  No one in JW religion has a title that elevates them above others! I did not know this fact!

  by Faithful Witness in

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  2. beliefs

  from jw.org (while waiting for new bible to download, i clicked on the link for "christian," which asks the following question...).

  "are we christians?

  we are christians, for the following reasons.

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  happy@last

  SFPW - I'm assuming you are being satirical about no elder or CO being able to tell you what to do? If not I wonder what would happen if this month you don't turn in your report, or tell the CO you visit websites frequented by disfellowshipped people. How long will it be before you are told to obey the rules of the governing body or you are out?
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  How many have read 'Crisis of Conscience'?

  by tornapart in

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  for me it was the book!

  it opened my eyes.

  i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.

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  happy@last

  I read it also.
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  Celebrate my first post of many :)

  by Mellow in

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  2. friends

  hi everyone, my name is mellow (some names have been changed) lol.

  as no doubt many of you were, i was born in.

  i am now in my mid 20s living in a jehovah's witness household.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, enjoy the journey. You'll get lots of support here.
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  Hi

  by LucidChimp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for a year or two now (since i stumbled across ttatt and was stumbled by it), i even started an account some while back and asked a couple of questions.. but i never actually stood up and said hi... so hi, my name's jon and i'm a dubaholic.. .

  i was "born in" in the 80s - and grew up on a liquid diet of cheap suits and revelation book pictures (i mean really, group after group just staring at the pictures while not listening, i must have spent more time staring at those pictures than i have any work of art in my life, literally hours at each lurid picture).

  i "left" in my teens, but apparently lacking any kind of actual sense, returned to studying with a childhood friend from the congregation in my twenties (although i was never baptised, my entire small family were dubs, so i saw more witnesses than "worldly people" on a regular basis.. they love bombed my arse for years!)..

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  happy@last

  Welcome from Scotland, loved the intro, glad you were never dunked.
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  Video on child abuse

  by TTATT in

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  2. child-abuse

  very strong video on child abuse in the wt.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohaln1qhi90.

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  happy@last

  Excellent video, spot on I'd say.
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  Happy Birthday,Cedars

  by Bangalore in

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  happy birthday,cedars.have a great day.. .

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  bangalore.

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  happy@last

  Happy Birthday
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  Why I can never escape abuse

  by KariOtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been abused in some way or another my entire life.

  my dad started molesting me when i was 3 years old.

  he physically molested me until i was 16 and we moved into a new house where i had a lock on my door.

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  happy@last

  What an amazing and strong person you are to have survived. Enjoy every day of your freedom.
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  Crap....help please

  by DS211 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so tonight my wife looked iver the wt for tomorrow.

  she said what she got out of it was that apostates are negative murmurers who can cause you to question jehovah and his earthly org and that it reminded her of the negativity caused when i told her i read ray franz's book.

  she said it caused me to question service, family worship night, and praying together.

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  happy@last

  The first thing to go off course in my house was family study, I used the Bible only and made relevant application without any other book and gradually introduced subtleties. It helped the kids, their mum still goes but says she no longer believes the same.