Posts by wannaexit

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january 5, 2017. reporter trey bundy discusses his reporting on allegations of sex abuse among jehovah’s witnesses.

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wannaexit

Thanks Barb!! Trey is doing a wonderful job exposing this and doing my part to share that video.

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Cutbacks

by pepperheart in

what other cut backs do you think will be coming or might be coming these next few years for the borg ?.

wannaexit

I would predict that they are going to push more online and less printed and will continue to become more mainstream.

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Life is changing for me: no pioneering, got a job!

by Skepsis in

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a month ago i decided to register in this board.

i had decided to step down pioneering but was frightened about the consequences.

i had finished my university degree some months before (despite disaproval from brothers in my congregation) and i had to choose: continue pioneering and working in jobs with no future or starting a career, working full-time.. i was thinking to postpone the decisiton but... i was fed up with preaching.

wannaexit

Skepsis you are in a great position right now. You have already bucked the trend by getting educated. Don't allow these men to control what you want to do. At the end of the day, they don't really care about you , they only care about serving an organization.

best

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How do you categorise the Society - Cult or High control religion

by UnshackleTheChains in

i have often seen many categorise the organisation in different ways.

some say cult, some say high control religion.

cult or high control religion?.

wannaexit

If its a cult-- its high control. Same thing. Semantics

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Are there any doctrines which all Christian religions follow.

by jwfacts in

i cannot think of a single doctrine that is so clearly laid out in the bible that every christian sect teaches the same point.

are there any doctrine where there is total consensus amongst all christian religions, including jehovah's witnesses?.

wannaexit

I would say that most religions would subscribe to the doing of good and "love your neighbor as yourself".

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JWfacts: Excellent 15 minute video and script presentation - "Growing up a Jehovah's Witness"

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/growing-up-a-jehovahs-witness.php.

"growing up a jehovah's witness" .

following the title, is the statement, .

wannaexit

I saw this a while back. It's an excellent video. I felt as if it captured my personal life as a child of this religion. I was born in 1959. Sometimes I cry for the younger me, indoctrinated to such level

I remember well, the fear I felt going through the paradise book and looking at the pictures of Armageddon.

By the time I was in grade 5, I was discouraged from doing well in school. A sister gave me the advice to only get by at school and not to worry about getting good grades, after all, the end was only a few years away.

I will be saluting 60 years soon....What a waste of a young life.

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In praise of Randall Watters

by nicolaou in

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exjw's of a certain age will remember randy's site well.

freeminds was instrumental in waking me up along with ray franz's books.

if net soup and armageddon okies mean nothing to you you're probably under 30.. whatever caused randy to post what he did recently is something i can only guess at but it won't be what i remember him for.. randy, i wish you well and thank you for all you've done over the years .

wannaexit

Over thirty here and remember the impact that Randy's Freeminds websibe and "net soup" had on me. I have the utmost respect for Randy and all he has done for the ex jw community. That respect has not waned and wish Randy all the best.

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20/20 special about scientology with a representative!

by nonjwspouse in

i just ran across it on abc.

a scientology representative is discussing leah remini and others.

the representative is such a spinner.

wannaexit

For some reason that lawyer reminded me of the infamous "dr. applegate" from the ARC.