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  Alternate Activities

  by Shawn in

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  2. experiences

  can anyone suggest alternative activities that are group oriented that are allowed by jws and not considered "worldy"?

  i am not sure where the line is in regards to right or worng here, if there is a line.

  i am trying to get my friend into a group function other than the jws.

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  Would anyone have a Kingdom Ministry handbook handy

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  2. beliefs

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  i was looking for the checklist of things the jw is supposed to work on to improve their communication skills.. if not i will check it out when i get home..

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  Help me out with a list of loaded language JW buzz words

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am preparing a summary of methods to use to build rapport with the jw cult member.

  the summary will attempt to follow the methods used in the strategic interactive approach, which is described in steven hassan's book, releasing the bonds.. one of the things a person who has a loved one in a cult has to do is understand the loaded language.

  as we all know the jw have just such lexicon of buzzwords.

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  Ruined marriages

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just wish to know does the wts have a deliberate policy of splitting married couples if one of the spouses leaves the org even if adultery is not involved?

  do they at least indirectly encourage this to happen?

  and if yes is this a fairly recent policy?

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  If there's some good in the Watchtower, why leave it?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the post about crisis of conscience in which the poster said he knows there's some bad in the watchtower (as brought out in coc), but there's some good in it too got me to wondering about people that stay for the good in it.. the united states makes some decisions as a country that i don't agree with, perhaps even object strongly to.

  but i don't disavow my citizenship.

  it's mostly a good place to live, so i stay.. if you want to live in a way that utterly conflicts with the watchtower -- homosexual, multiple sex partners, smoking, whatever -- then you have reason to leave.

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  Does anyone know a good exit counselor in the Chicago area?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone have any experience using exit counselors?

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  New UBM (UnBelieving Mate) tip of the day: Build Trust With Cult Idenity

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey all.. any who have read my posts know that i am using steven hassan's, releasing the bonds to help me free my wife from the borg.

  one of the most important steps for a loved one of a cult member is to build trust with their loved ones cult identity.

  i have found it difficult at times to keep bringing up the org to my wife all the time.. i came up with a new angle.

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  How should God conclude this current sytem of things?

  by cheeseman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as a kind of follow up to disciples post.

  god cocked up, didn't deal with the sitch at the time.

  now we have this mess...so how does he fix it given the current state of things?.

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  Making contact with family

  by Crumpet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may know that my parents and whole family do not have any contact with me, apart from my dad who has provided his mobile number for "family business/emergencies".

  i never try to contact them anymore after a negative experience after being beaten up trying to break up a streetfight last november when i called my dad and he hung up as soon as he realised it was me crying on the other end.. .

  anyway - i decided that just because they want to forget about me i don't have to be the same anymore and i wanted them to know how happy i was.

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  1975 True Believers -- 201 (part two)

  by JAVA in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in "1975 believer -- 101" at http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/88161/1.ashx we discussed how a jehovah's witness with a conviction is a hard person to change despite overwhelming evidence that the conviction is wrong.

  this new thread introduces conditions under which we can expect to observe increased fervor following the disconfirmation of a belief.

  there are five conditions the true believer class needs to increase activity, even when others within the movement decrease involvement.

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