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  Things society interferes with

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just lying here thinking about mind control and thought it'd write a list just to see how much the wts does try to control every aspect of people's lives.

  some of the things i've come up with are:.

  xmas,.

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  Jrjw

  Yes writing what they don't get involved in would have been a shorter list but seeing how long the list is shows me how much they control people without them realising. It's true that no one would join if they saw this list while they were studying
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  Things society interferes with

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just lying here thinking about mind control and thought it'd write a list just to see how much the wts does try to control every aspect of people's lives.

  some of the things i've come up with are:.

  xmas,.

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  Jrjw

  I was just lying here thinking about mind control and thought it'd write a list just to see how much the wts does try to control every aspect of people's lives. Some of the things I've come up with are:

  Xmas,

  Birthdays,

  Mothers day

  Fathers day,

  Easter

  Valentine's day,

  New year

  tv

  Organ transplant and donation

  Blood transfusion and donation

  Gambling -Lottery, Bingo

  Arcades

  Having Dream catchers and Wind chimes

  School clubs, discos, trips, assemblies, r.e

  Salute flag

  National anthem

  Music

  Amount of leisure time

  Friend's

  Clothing

  Drinking,

  Intimacy

  Raising kids,

  Submission,

  Headship

  Donating money

  Health care

  Disfellowshiping

  Control of research and reading material

  Ministry,

  Prayer ,

  Gatherings,

  Opposite sex - betting alone with them, not talking to the same person to often in case an attraction develops

  Work

  Education

  Was kind of shocked. I'm sure there'll be more to add to this list
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  aspects of shunning

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many members on here have been shunned.

  we know whats its like--and the effect it has had on our lives.

  but what about those of us who practiced shunning before--when we were members of the watchtower cult ?.

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  Jrjw

  In 2007 I bumped into a brother that I knew really well before he got disfellowshiped and I saw him in the shops one day and when we caught eye contact I could see the pain In his eyes and the expression on his face and i wanted to go and give him a big hug but I was with a really fanatic jw sister so i just smiled at him when she was distracted. I felt pain having to ignore him. He said the whole year he was disfellowshiped was the most miserable and lonely year of his life and he was pleased when he got reinstated
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  Friends

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi does anyone have any ideas of good places for me to make non jw friends when i move coz need to replace all my jw friends for my kids and i ready for becoming inactive.

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  Jrjw

  They do go to school lol
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  Disgusted

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've on my been on this forum for a few weeks but the more i'm learning the more ill its making me feel that i believed the wts.

  my 12yr old today said i've made her miss out on having a normal childhood and i felt sick when she said it coz i know it's true.

  i've been telling my dad today the things i've learned that wts had lied about and about the child abuse and he's disgusted too especially coz he's missed out on 12 years of being able to celebrate birthdays with us.

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  Jrjw

  Thanks everyone all I can do is focus on making her teenage years better and letting my young son have good times
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  Disgusted

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've on my been on this forum for a few weeks but the more i'm learning the more ill its making me feel that i believed the wts.

  my 12yr old today said i've made her miss out on having a normal childhood and i felt sick when she said it coz i know it's true.

  i've been telling my dad today the things i've learned that wts had lied about and about the child abuse and he's disgusted too especially coz he's missed out on 12 years of being able to celebrate birthdays with us.

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  Jrjw

  Its horrible felling betrayed by the society I so strongly believed in at one point, can't get my head around it at moment coz the lies I'm learning they told are all new to me
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  Friends

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi does anyone have any ideas of good places for me to make non jw friends when i move coz need to replace all my jw friends for my kids and i ready for becoming inactive.

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  Jrjw

  Hi does anyone have any ideas of good places for me to make non jw friends when I move coz need to replace all my jw friends for my kids and I ready for becoming inactive
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  Meat Eating

  by Fisherman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most hard to swallow meat and fish (that i was aware of) that i have ever eaten is rabbit, but also deer, octopus and eel sushi.. how about your meat eatings?

  what have you eaten that is interesting?.

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  Jrjw

  Something my daughter made at school and I didn't have a clue what it was and had to pretend it was the nicest thing I've ever tasted 😊
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  Disgusted

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've on my been on this forum for a few weeks but the more i'm learning the more ill its making me feel that i believed the wts.

  my 12yr old today said i've made her miss out on having a normal childhood and i felt sick when she said it coz i know it's true.

  i've been telling my dad today the things i've learned that wts had lied about and about the child abuse and he's disgusted too especially coz he's missed out on 12 years of being able to celebrate birthdays with us.

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  Jrjw

  I was 22 so I had a happy free childhood too and I've always felt cruel not being able to give my kids the same coz the wts/GB says so
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  Birthdays are Evil - so they said

  by EverApostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last week i celebrated my birthday.

  accepted well wishes from people near and far.

  had been happily accepting wishes from people since i quit the cult.. as a jw, (brainwashed ) belief that birthdays are evil was the stupidest belief i had in all my life.. when in, i had a hard time to explain to people that i don’t celebrate birthdays.

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  Jrjw

  I felt stupid explaining to my family when I became a witness why we don't do birthdays coz it didn't make sense to me. I found out recently i could have celebrated it all these years coz it's not even a disfellowshipable offense. I'd have just kept it quiet