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Did You Feel That You Were Being Controlled WHILE You Were A Witness?
by minimus ini never fully realized it until i was just about out.
i adopted the attitude that “if mother says so, mother knows best!”.
it took me a long time to conclude they were actually a cult.
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New Episode - V - Shunning In A Racist Family Cult
by dubstepped inthis episode features a fascinating interview with someone that was raised in a racist family cult.
it was very small, just 14 people or so in actuality, but the teachings of the leader were found online and attracted a lot of alt-right and neo-nazi supporters that were drawn to it.
this is a look into the literal life cycle of a cult.
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"Follow the Money"
by Gayle inhttps://www.metro.us/entertainment/tv/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3.
this season 3 about scientology by leah is to "follow the money.
" it will be interesting on how she goes about this.
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The gullibility has no bounds with these people
by nowwhat? intalking to a couple old friends and like many are not too pleased with the k.h.
selloffs and being squeezed into another hall.
" oh well the organization needs the funds to build all the k.h's in africa where all the growth is".
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One day convention and..
by zeb inmy wife went off to.. and returned without being cranky this is unusual..and gave me a strange look or two.. most unusual.. i can only hope she has heard something that has caused her to realize that i may be onto something..one can only hope..
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Toxic Christianity - Clergy abuse of women - An ABC (Aust) story
by fulltimestudent inthis is a feature story today on the australian government owned abc media site:.
"women who were married to abusive priests are for the first time revealing their experiences of sexual assault, control and fear.
they say the church has known for decades that some clergy abuse their wives but has done very little to fix the ongoing problem.".
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Serious Problems Between Elders
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara inever encountered or eyewitnessed problems escalating, arguements and rows between elders right at the kh anyone?.
one such experience was just before the meeting was about to start,we heard raised voices from the second room between two elders.
a minute later two other elders went into the room and we could all hear that they were trying to cool the situation down with whatever was going on in there.
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Just reflecting on how oblivious I was to WT
by joe134cd ini’m just sitting by the beach and i was thinking at just how oblivious i was to the religion that i followed.
i have mentioned this in past posts and am using this experience as an example not so much to demonstrate what happened but more of my reaction to it:.
there was a kh in my local area that 5 years previous had internal renovations done it.
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Need help locating Watchtower Letter
by vienne insome time ago the wt sent out a letter considering how to respond to academic researchers seeking information.
i thought i had a copy but apparently i do not.
can someone help me locate this, please?.
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"The Branch did not approve of us to get a video security system"
by James Jack inthis was the reply i was given by our coordinator at our recent kingdom hall security meeting.. he explained that they aren't allowed to buy any appliances or do any changes to the kingdom hall without branch approval.
"we put in our letter that a video security system could be purchased for around $600 locally and an app could be downloaded for the attendants to monitor the cameras what's going onoutside.
" they said;" such a system would not be needed in our area of the country, if standard protocols of security are followed as outline by the branch.