Topics Started by Check_Your_Premises

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Calling all "unbelieving mates", AKA husbands and wives of cult members
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey all.

any who have been reading my recent posts, know that they chronicle my unsuccesful attempts to prevent my wife's baptism.. it is unfortunate and clear to me that there is nothing i can do untill i really understand the problem.

i am currently reading steven hassan's, releasing the bonds.
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Wife joining, but I don't want the kids to get all brainwashed
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife is joining.

she feels that the choice is between nothing and god, and that the only way to have a relationship with god is through these people.

i have accepted that.
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My wife is joining, how do I keep her from leaving me?
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife is getting baptized on the 19th.

there is nothing i can do or say to stop it.

we have 3 children, and i am from a broken home, so i can't imagine divorcing.
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Does the WTS's past matter?
by M.J. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know, i'd jump into this topic by saying, "heck yeah.

they're the ones saying they've been appointed by god based on what they were doing back around 1914-1919.

" but i'm trying to help someone out who has reached a roadblock with his wife.
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My wife is getting baptized on the 19th!
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife is getting baptized on the 19th.. i wrote her a letter today.

basically i asked her why she isn't coming to me to find out my concerns.

i am the person who has the most invested in her.
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Steven Hassan: questions to ask any group to determine if they are a cult
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
does anyone know where i could find this list of questions?
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Are any aware of similarities between JW's and the Mad Scientologists
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was just curious if any here had familiarity with both cults.

my wife is involved with the jw's, and my sister used to be a scientologist.

i was telling my sister about the various, dubious aspects of the jw religion, and she just couldn't stop laughing at the remarkable similarities.. for example, they don't have meetings all week, they have "classes".. if you miss the classes, you will get phone calls to see if "everything is ok".. if you fall out of favor with the organization, you may be "declared" (this is the same as df).
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Hate leaving my family behind.
by Big Dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after lurking about for a while i finally decided to join the board.

i have never done anything like this and was amazed at how stressful it was to sign up and press the return key to join up and actually post something.

just a quick bio: 41 year old lawyer who was raised a jw but had the good sense to never get baptized.
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Where are JW's most vulnerable?
by PopeOfEruke in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what's the more effective method to try to open the dormant organ most jw's have as a brain?

is it tackling them on biblical issues and inconsistencies, for instance the "great crowd" dilemma from revelation, or the isaiah "new world" problem recently posted by leolaia?

is it the blood issue, either based on a scriptural attack or else a humanistic "value-of-life" approach?
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"What would happen to a jw, if proved gb was not given special authority?"
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i posed this question to my tbjw (true believer jehovah's witness) wife:.

"what if it was proved to you without a doubt (i conceded that this was not possible) that the gb had no special mandate or guidance from hs?

what if they were just like anyone else who reads the bible alot?