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  Why the JW org should fail.

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dr margaret t singer, a professor of psychology at berkeley university california has studied the experiences of 700 cult members.

  ''consciously and manipulatively, leaders and their trainers exert a systematic social influence that can produce great behavioral changes,'' said dr. singer.. .

  one of the ways the jw organisation exerts so much influence over its members is because it has created a culture sustained by constant propaganda, which polices itself according to how the leadership has moulded it.

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  Why the JW org should fail.
  

  Thank you for sharing, interesting thoughts. May I inquire, what would it mean to you if it fails? What would it mean to you if it doesn't fail?

  I wonder if one thing or another happening will change your thoughts and feelings towards them, and why if that's the case.

  I ask because I believe that detaching from that organization (TO ME) is not having any changes in any feelings, decisions or anything else for that matter regardless of what their fate is. Big success or big failure coming from that organization don't speak to me one way or another.

  Would it make a difference? Should it? Why?
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  Talked Higher Education with Mrs. OTWO

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i shared a facebook video from newsbroke with my wife.

  you many agree or disagree with the points made in the video.

  please, don't make this about that.

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  Thanks for sharing. I find your stories fascinating.
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  Would You Go To A Memorial Service For A JW )if you were no longer attending the KH)?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.

  so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.

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  ...your thoughts please?
  

  My thoughts are that as much as I can opine on the matter, this is your family, your bonds, your relationship, and people that you love. No other JW or ex-JW can/should tell you what your decision should be.
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  Older JW: not happy

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

  did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

  had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

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  Do you notice the same??
  

  Yes, and it breaks my heart.
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  A Graphic History of the World in Nineteen Minutes

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a great animation, showing the spread of humans across the globe (something like a troublesome rash spreading over your body).

  then, on to the gradual poltiticisation of humanity.

  interesting to watch the animated hi-speed spread of the mongol empire, which scared the sh*t out of europe.. the animation doesn't show religious brands (except islam, which was both a religious brand and a political brand).

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  How cool! Love it. I'm actually going to use if (with permission, of course) for a course I'm designing.
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  Come on, Mainstream Media!

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been sickening to read the most recently leaked documents by faithleaks.

  it makes me so angry because so many of us have experienced first hand the horrible policies of the watchtower on abuse.

  i feel like these documents are finally the smoking gun we have all been hoping to expose the watchtower, and so far, the only mainstream news that i have seen pick it up is newsweek.. what will it take for the mainstream media pick this up and give it the attention it deserves?

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  I'm not so sure that compared to the rest of religions, compared to the rest of things happening that are news on politics, sports and natural disasters, and considering that people care more about who wore what dress at some kind of award ceremony than about children being sexually abused, I doubt that it's going to happen soon.

  I would love to be proven wrong.
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  What Is The Major Reason Jehovah’s Witnesses Exist?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i understand that cults and religious groups will always exist.

  but why do jehovah’s witnesses continue as a religion that people will join?.

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  What Is The Major Reason Jehovah’s Witnesses Exist?
  

  Power over others. I'm quite positive that pretty much every single person in a position of leadership in that organization is a big fat nobody everywhere else.
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  Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?

  by Good JW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?

  when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.

  i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).

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  Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?
  

  Sorry if you are depressed, and I hope that you find your answers if that's what matters to you. To answer your question, no, I don't struggle with that. I have more important things to do in my life than wasting it looking for its "meaning".
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  Watchtower and Awake in the cafeteria of my work place

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  someone at my workplace, i don't know who, is a jw and has been leaving magazines in the cafeteria.

  any suggestion as to what i could do?

  i thought of writing up a note stating: "to whoever is bringing these magazine: jw have broken up my family, please don't bring religion to work.

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  I'm a fadder, so I can't exactly reveal my identity either.
  

  I'm a little aggressive in my approach, and I'm certainly not interested in educating nor saving anyone, and it's been decades since the last time I gave a fuck about what others think of me, so what I have done when that happens is that I leave the magazines in the exact same place... only shredded to the smallest pieces I can shred them.
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  Gave a Nice (anti) Witness Today

  by Phizzy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the door was knocked very quietly, (the bell ignored) .

  two ladies stood there both clutching bibles, a youngish one, early thirties, and an old dear, in her seventies i would guess.. the young one started "we have been asking your neighbours today if they feel there is anywhere to go for reliable guidance ?".

  " but pointing to her silver sword i said " but not there though !".

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  I just hope some of what I said will stick in their minds, you never know.
  

  Thinking about when I was on the other side of the JW nonsense, and thinking about what a whole lot of people here have shared, I bet some of it does stick.