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  What was it like being a JW in the 1960's and 1970's

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  this is obviously a question for the older generation.

  i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.

  was the society as strict as it is today?.

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  carla

  Tell a jw who joined later about these stories and they will not believe it! Even if they ask the older ones in the cong about these sorts of stories the older ones deny or have forgotten. My jw does not believe ANY negative stories about being a jw. He believes these stories are the anomalies and "merely overzealous individual nut job parents like you could have in any religion".

  Or, ask an older jw about such things and they go off on a tangent about how they personally knew Franz or Knorr and fondly remember being a child when they came to visit............. weird, they think namedropping men like this is a good thing? anyway that was a rare experience I had with an elder once. One of my very rare interactions years ago. Ugh, I shudder to even think of that day. The only humorous thing about that day was when I spread out all my apostate books & stuff on the kh library table and it wouldn't all fit!
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  J.W.'s shut their minds to this teaching

  by The Searcher in

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  one of the "elephants in the room" which j.w.

  's will not and cannot question or discuss, is the org's dogma that a person's own death wipes out their sins!..

  when active, i asked two c.o.

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  carla

  Yes, I think they are taught that in the bs class! Perhaps an ex jw can enlighten us on this. Oh, never mind, as a regular poster likes to say, let's review, it's a cult.
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  J.W.'s shut their minds to this teaching

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the "elephants in the room" which j.w.

  's will not and cannot question or discuss, is the org's dogma that a person's own death wipes out their sins!..

  when active, i asked two c.o.

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  carla

  Years ago I asked my jw about this very thing! he was flummoxed by the question. I asked, "if you believe that YOUR death absolves you of sin then why do you need Jesus at all? why did He need to die upon the cross?" (nevermind the cross/stake issue here for the moment) His answer was full of umm's and mumbling and then he came up with, "Jesus is our King!" as if that answered the question. Then naturally he attempted to change the subject to, "it wasn't a cross blah, blah, blah....." and never got around to actually answering the original question. sigh.
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  Amazing YouTuber talking to JWs

  by Listener in

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  i recently came across a female youtuber called "bridget azaz".

  she has made a number of youtubes recording discussions that she has had with a number of jws.

  she does an excellant job and i thought i would make mention of her here.there appears to be another youtube site that either she or someone else has created with a couple of her interviews which have been touched up from the originals on her 'bridget azaz' site.this is one of them and i think you will enjoy it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkescwpafmu&feature=em-subs_digest.

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  carla

  She did an awesome job!

  I wish my jw would knock on her door.
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  JW Victims

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  check the jw victims site, new inquiry in uk.

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  Your opinion is watchtower extremist?

  by poopie in

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  court gave 4 reasons you agree disagree.

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  carla

  Yes.

  So many good posts here today!
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  Do You Miss The "Red Dot"?

  by minimus in

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  lol ...if you are new here, you might not understand the question..

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  carla

  Yes, I liked the red dot!
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  Could a petition to make shunning illegal work?

  by aboveusonlysky in

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  we're currently watching leah remini's series about scientology and the main thing she seems to focus on is the shunning policies of the scientology organization which let's face it are very similar to jw procedure.. i was wondering with all that's in the media recently about bullying could a petition be put together to get the goverment to consider making religiously mandated shunning illegal?

  has such a thing been tried before?.

  https://petition.parliament.uk/help says the following - .

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  carla

  While you cannot regulate love, a petition could bring the policy of shunning by jw's to the public's attention. Make it very public. Not sure how UK laws work concerning human rights etc...
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  Anyone know what the special talk is this weekend?

  by charity7 in

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  non jw so thank you for bearing with me.

  do special talks happen with individual congregations or is it throughout?

  i was told by my husband that i had to go with him and the rest of his family to the special talk that was happening this weekend.

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  carla

  Thanks Skepsis, I had forgotten this tradition after their annual reject Jesus memorial. Must be a senior moment?
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  1 Timothy 2 says to "Pray for Kings and those in high postitons". Why don't JWs do that?

  by NikL in

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  2. beliefs

  surely the jaydubs have read these scriptures.. it seems pretty plain even in their own bible.. 2 first of all, then, i urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made concerning all sorts of men, 2 concerning kings and all those who are in high positions, so that we may go on leading a calm and quiet life with complete godly devotion and seriousness.+ 3 this is fine and acceptable in the sight of our savior, god,+ 4 whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved+ and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.

  5 for there is one god,+ and one mediator+ between god and men,+ a man, christ jesus,+ 6 who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all —this is what is to be witnessed to in its own due time.. .

  i looked up the word "intercession" and it is defined as.... intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others.. i looked for reference to this passage in the jw library and the article i found put the emphasis on "living a quiet calm life with seriousness and godly devotion".

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  carla

  I have asked my jw in the past if he prays for our leaders (President, congress, senate, local govt, etc..) using Romans 13:1-

  Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.-NIV

  and the 1 Tim. 2 scripture as quoted above (not from a wt bible, naturally)

  His response? anger. I was surprised at that time he didn't pull out the gb blah, blah, blah. Though when he first joined the gb were not the rock stars they are today. His response was surprising to me and I think he had some cognitive dissonance going on therefore he could only respond with anger.