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  Jehovah's Witnesses' "disfellowshipping" examined in Psychiatric Journal. "How Religious Shunning Ruins Lives".

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if it is illegal for minors to get married, enter into contracts, drink, and smoke, why is it legal for them to enter into lifelong religious contracts they can not break without family shunning and community ostracism????

  how religious shunning ruins lives.

  a form of institutionalized estrangement, shunning hurts health of the excluded.. updated march 27, 2024 |psychology today magazine.

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  What was the strangest situation in your JW Kingdom Hall? Was it weirder than siblings having SEVEN kids together?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is chart-topper: "jehovah's witness whose parents were siblings opens up about their twisted relationship - which saw them having seven children together".

  vanessa, from ohio, appeared on an episode of the we're all insane podcast.

  the 46-year-old explained she is 'one of seven kids born to a brother and sister'.

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  Murderous Jehovah's Witness bludgeoned female customer before leading meeting. Spiritual paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1/31/2024 in the strange but true category.

  confused holy spirit appoints killer servant.

  "" a twisted jehovah's witness bludgeoned a woman he rowed with over incomplete building works to death with a hammer, then merrily whistled as he packed up his tools and went to lead a service at the church where they met.

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  Spiritual Paradise?? (ex)JW Elder to stand trial for multiple rapes over a 10-year period.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  former jehovah's witness elder committed to stand trial accused of sunshine coast rapes, sexual abuse.

  a former jehovah's witness elder has been committed to stand trial for raping and sexually abusing young men on the sunshine coast over a 10-year period.police arrested 62-year-old mooloolaba man peter mitchelson in august 2022 and charged him with more than 50 sexual offences, including 21 counts of rape that allegedly occurred at various locations on the sunshine coast and in brisbane from 2008 to 2018.. the charges relate to five adult male complainants known to mr mitchelson through the jehovah's witness faith.. a committal hearing at maroochydore today heard mr mitchelson allegedly used his seniority as a former congregation elder to coerce the younger men to perform sexual acts for his gratification.. police said the acts were non-consensual and made the alleged victims feel "used, controlled, and lied to".. mr mitchelson was committed to stand trial in the district court on 53 charges, while charges of incest and torture were dismissed due to a lack of evidence.. 'positive affirmations' allegedly escalated.

  the court heard the majority of alleged offending started with mr mitchelson advising alleged victims on how to use '"positive affirmations" to improve their confidence.. police said initial meetings with mr mitchelson involved alleged victims standing in front of a mirror repeating the phrase: "i'm strong.

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  Spiritual Paradise? Jehovah's Witness cons JW seniors out of life savings.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  3/28/2024 central california coast.

  found guilty of $1.2 million scam targeting seniors.

  ex-insurance agent brett e. lovett convicted of fraud, elder abuse, grand theft, and money laundering".

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  How many different "rules" do Jehovah's Witnesses have to obey? Can you count them?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all the big changes for jws since this last fall brought me back to this site, and got me and the wife talking.

  just how many things were we not allowed to do growing up as jehovah's witnesses?

  we were so used to all the rules, customs, and traditions, that we became used to them.. one site i found claims there are 141 unique rules!!

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  Former Jehovah's Witness youth lifts the veil on JW mental child abuse. NOT on JW.org.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have personally seen witness families kick 15-year-old jw kids out of the home and into the street in california.

  interesting read in daily mail.

  former jehovah's witness lifts the lid on the brutal isolation he faced as a child being cut off from the real world - revealing how children are regularly shunned by their own families and thrown out of their homes if they 'stop believing'.

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  NOT on JW.org.: Author Jodie Chapman on growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  does anything sound familiar?

  ‘fiction opened my eyes’: author jodie chapman on growing up as a jehovah’s witness.

  this article is more than 1 month old.

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  Not on JW.org, A THIRD Bomb found at an Austrian Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  attacks in the usa, germany, india, and now austria.

  is it becoming more dangerous to attend jw meetings?

  explosive device found at jehovah's witness meeting in austria.

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  Will Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses suffer the same fate as the Catholic Church?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  northern california, 4/2/2024.

  "sacramento catholic diocese files for bankruptcy reorganization in wake of abuse lawsuits".

  https://www.yahoo.com/news/sacramento-catholic-diocese-files-bankruptcy-160421282.html.

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