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Written by besty
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Sunday, 11 April 2010 10:04 |
 I understand that Jehovah’s Witnesses may be individually moral and good, although knowingly religiously misguided by their leaders. Collectively,however, they are part of a destructive high control group that has cost many thousands of innocent children’s lives (blood), and destroyed the innocence of tens of thousands more (child abuse). I came to this understanding after granting myself permission to break their rules on researching Jehovah’s Witness history, beliefs, practices and scandals. I believe they are just another Adventist offshoot despite their special pleading of uniqueness.
As long as they dictate shunning of former members and inasmuch as that directly affects me and my children I will continue to be somewhat personally defined as an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. The leadership and my brother made it impossible for me to leave quietly with my dignity intact and so I will continue to harbour a certain degree of resentment about my loss of family, friends and reputation. |
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Written by besty
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Friday, 09 April 2010 13:26 |
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We were given 3 optional dates to attend a JC comprised of 4 elders - they were having the meetings whether we attended or not. We would have been DF'd in absentia if we hadn't shown up.
I did show up for the last of the 3 dates. My wife, Sam, didn't attend any of them. The JC was an argument from start to finish and I stood up and walked out after about an hour. (One of the elders who had been on a visibly short fuse all the way through told me to sit down as they hadn't finished - I told him he obviously wasn't very good at listening - "I'm leaving")
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Written by besty
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 08:16 |
Jehovah's Witnesses are experts at deploying double standards in any given interaction at the edge of their bubble. Inside the cult bubble all is well at the center of the spiritual paradise. Interactions between true believers tend to go smoothly as everyone is playing by the same rules. Arguably a cult, high control group "club with rules" indicator in itself.
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Written by besty
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Saturday, 09 May 2009 12:07 |
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I'm in the middle of an email discussion with a few JW's about the import of the following statement from the new July 2009 Awake! ""God allows each person the freedom to choose how he or she will respond. No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family."" |
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Written by Besty
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 21:58 |
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If I start a conversation with God, does that make him real?
If I think I'm special, does that make it so?
If I want to be chosen, could I be? |
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Written by Besty
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 17:14 |
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I was baptized in 1986 age 16 on the 'invitation' of my father. Yes - unluckily I committed myself to the spirit-directed organization just one year after the revised baptism question deftly substituted the Watchtower Society for the Holy Spirit. I always felt gently pressured and subtly coerced into baptism by peer pressure, family expectation and the complete absence of any other world view. And yet clearly it was something I 'volunteered' for. And a few weeks ago I read the most eloquent explanation for what high control groups are doing to children. |
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Written by Besty
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Monday, 23 March 2009 13:07 |
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The Watchtower Society fought many court battles to establish the rights of their members to actively publish and proselytize their message, which is ultimately a 'multiplying ministry' seeking to recruit new members.
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Written by Besty
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 18:50 |
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The relaunch of the new freeminds website gave me pause for thought. I've been involved with Randy and others over the past few months trying to give birth to a website - grown men feeling all the emotion and pain of childbirth - no really. But seeing the results makes it all worthwhile, and now the infant website needs its first innoculation. But this ain't no ordinary infant. |
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Written by Besty
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 11:16 |
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A survey this week by Gallup on the eve of Charles Darwins' 200 birthday draws some interesting correlations between adult Americans education, religiosity and knowledge of Darwins' Theory. Being raised as a Jehovah's Witness meant my knowledge of Darwin was absorbed through the filter of the Creation Book |
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Written by Besty
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Thursday, 05 February 2009 19:22 |
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This phrase was kinda popular when I started to waken up from the cult sleep I had been in. The phrase circulated the Internet community quicker than a laughing baby could perform the evolution of dance. Mainly cuz there was only a few people on the interwebs in those days. The phrase speaks to total assimilation by the conquering forces, even though they mistranslated the killer ending to great humorous effect. And that for me is the Watchtower Society - they desire total assimilation, mess up the ending and it all ends up as a universal joke - everybody is in on the joke except them.
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