Topics Started by cultBgone

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Petition to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse - sorry if this has already been posted
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://www.fb.me/whitehousepetition.

http://wh.gov/ipvie.

saw this posted to exjw on reddit but didn't locate it here in a few different searches.
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Anonymous posted RC account about JW sex abuse on their site!
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
sorry if this has already been posted but the fact that it's at the top of anonymous' "rights" section stopped me cold.

kudos to whichever exjw posted this!

http://anonhq.com/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-in-hot-seat-for-abuse/.
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Washington Post in US: Jehovah's Witnesses Face Child Sex Abuse Investigation in Australia
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it's finally hit mainstream media in the us!

let's hope some savvy investigative journalists see a pulitzer for opening up this story to cover the us and worldwide cases.. jehovahs-witnesses-face-child-sex-abuse-investigation-in-australia/2015/08/14/.

everyone who is able should hurry up and post comments on their website as the pro-jw forces have rallied and are trying to squash this as libel.
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Do US JWs Still Knock on Doors?
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this may sound like a silly question, but do jws even door-knock any more?

the few i know only speak of "manning the cart" at some public location, and because they get defensive if i even ask an innocent question like this i thought i'd ask it on the forum.

thanks!.
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JW Volunteer Who Died Translating Sign Language - How was he not missed for 48 hours??
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this may have been discussed before, but this article just now popped up in my online search for "jw news": .

man at jehovah's witness facility died of natural causes.

does it not seem really, really strange that he would not have been missed all day saturday and sunday?
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Tragedy and God's Will
by cultBgone in
1. social
2. current
it's utterly amazing to me how religious belief in an omnipotent deity shapes some people's thinking.. one woman whose family missed the air asia flight which crashed stated that it was god's will to give her father hepatitis so that she canceled her family's vacation trip on that flight.

she says she believes god saved her family and protected them.

however, she later mourns the fact that she lost friends on the flight...so does she believe god deliberately planned for them to die?
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Did you AWAKEN from the JWs by yourself?
by cultBgone in
1. jw
2. friends
i was thinking about how so many posters here on jwn are frustrated and frantic to help their loved ones get away from the brainwashing of jws, and how much advice is given about how to help family members and loved ones.

i considered my own leaving and that it was internal turmoil based on the teachings getting weirder and child abuse issues, to name just a few, and it made me wonder:.

did you self-awaken or were you assisted by the gentle proddings of a friend or family member?
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What are the Core Teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently someone asked me to define what core teachings have such a hold on jdubs that they have trouble breaking free.

trying to single out the driving force that keeps them in the borg, this is what popped into my head:.

obviously there are lots and lots of wacky things the jdubs teach/believe/pretend to believe.
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City of Houston Demands Pastors Turn Over Gay-Bashing Sermons
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has anyone else seen this, or did i just miss the posting?.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/14/city-houston-demands-pastors-turn-over-sermons/.

here's the opening paragraph:.
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WARNING - DON'T SIGN IN TO JW LANGUAGE APP
by cultBgone in
1. jw
2. friends
unless you are willing to have all your movements tracked on the internet and your files opened to the watchtower, don't sign in.

here's what will happen:.

to install the app - you will give the jw-app access to:.