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  Doctor Who: Massive Slump in UK Viewing Figures

  by snugglebunny in

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  2. friends

  could this be because - *gasp* - because this whole transgender scene is a big turn off?.

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  Not according to Variety...

  https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-return-2020-strong-us-ratings-1203085568/
  
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  Watchtower hires Satanism author & Dracular society member Massimo Introvigne to defend them in Dutch CSA

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi guys...well watchtower gets wackier and wackier!.

  so watchtower has hired the author of several books on satanism & self proclaimed 'vampire' society member(!

  ) vlad...i mean massimo introvigne to defend them against a report by two academics recommending the dutch govt investigate jws.

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  So basically cults and sects need CESNUR

  thus anyone who uses them is admitting to being one or the other even if they say they are not.

  strange bedfellows indeed!
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  I don't want to be a Jehovah's Witness anymore, but I'm scared of losing my family- Story On Australia's ABC

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the abc is a government owned media group, and today's web-page included this story:.

  its formatted as answers to specific questions, and in response to the question, "why did you stop believing" comes a story we hear much too often.. the special thing about the story this time is that likely millions of australian will read her story.. https://www.abc.net.au/life/i-dont-want-to-be-a-jehovahs-witness-anymore-or-lose-my-family/11885098.

  the article also reminds us that australians are giving up on religion in increasing numbers.. quote: "it seems australians are increasingly giving up on god — or at least religion.. on the last census in 2016, nearly a third of australians (30 per cent) reported they had 'no religion' — the highest number of people ever to do so, and up 11 per cent on 2006.".

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  And... why is this no surprise?

  In this first instalment of a three-part series, we hear from Julia*, a woman who grew up Jehovah's Witness.
  

  Trigger warning: This story contains details of sexual assault.

  
  

  Why did you stop believing?
  

  I was raped at 14 by someone high up in the religion. I had very repressed memories from it, which only came out a few years ago after my kids were born.

  I went to the elders and told them everything. And he got protected by them.

  My husband had helped me complain, but after that he said, "The elders have dealt with it, just leave it at that."

  
  

  I told my husband I don't believe anymore which caused us to separate at one point. We're back together again because he wants to try for the kids. But he doesn't feel he can love someone who doesn't believe in the religion.

  He says God comes before marriage… I'm not a priority.

  He actually refuses to have sex with me if I'm not doing the right thing via the religion. He withholds intimacy.
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  Watch Tower's Popularity

  by dydeonwl in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower has been named as world's most published and circulated magazine in us.

  amazing.

  source:.

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  And i'll wager the numbers come straight from the WT as a source.... No doubt they count every copy printed rather than 'placed'.

  Even if every magazine went into the trash i bet the boasted numbers wouldn't drop
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  Engaged and having a baby, I’m not JW fiancé is

  by Viarayne in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i’m not interested in becoming a jehovah’s witness but have nothing against people who are, or whatever religion someone chooses to follow for that matter.

  i am here because i have some questions regarding my family and i. .

  my fiancé stopped going to church prior to us meeting.

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  I know of a girl who married an ex JW. Then she got pregnant and he got reinstated so he could see his family. Now her child is dying from a blood disease and guess who can't have a transfusion?

  Guess she will also see her child die...

  Give him the ring back and walk away. It will not end well.
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  Need some advice, my gf just tried to commit suicide (very long post)

  by Jayk in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  sorry for the grammar and spelling errors if any..(me 29 raised in the org) (gf 25 not raised) just left her at the hospital with (call her sara).. sara had just ingested half a bottle of her antidepressant pill and half a bottle of melatonin.

  this took place after a discussion we where having about a recent event that took place.

  long story short, sara told me she slept with my best friend/coworker(call him tim) after a argument we had, the morning after it supposedly happened.. i was pretty torn but i was maintaining and i even thought sara was lying because tim was such a good friend.

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  An opinion: Walk away from Sara. She has her family and doctor who know her and to support her. Not your monkey, not your circus. Hard but true.

  BUT

  get thyself to a therapist experienced with people leaving cults. Get your self the help YOU need to build a great life. Then when you are in that good place, love will find you.
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  My "shameless" relationship with my ex wife

  by Jayk in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i've thought about keeping this to myself but i'm still confused on what i should do.. my ex wife(never been a jw) and myself(raised in the org till 16)have been reconnecting these past few weeks.

  we been divorced for almost 10 years, we got married when we where pretty young, and it didnt last long.. fast forward 10 years, her and i have been reconnecting and things are getting semi serious.. she got remarried, divorced again, and recently broke up with her gf.

  so in the past 10 years she has only been with 3 people (including myself) and here comes me "a sucker with no self esteem".

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  See a therapist if you have serious intent to pursue this course.

  as for an opinion, walk away. No good comes from revisiting the past.

  You want to go slow, she won't. even if she says she will. You will get drawn into the drama life she has created. How will you both deal with the Bi side of her? An open relationship? or do you expect her to be monogamous?

  It is very tempting to go back to familiarity rather than be alone or pursue someone else. All good relationships require some 'maintenance work' but shouldn't require major repairs under the hood just to get it started.
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  My interview on BBC threw JWs in shock

  by Alex Bogdanov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had an interview on bbc one.

  before i write about it and the jws, just a quick reminder.

  since my book was published two years ago, jws avoid me even though i am not disfellowshipped.

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  The best example I ever set for my kids was to live a happy life.

  Their mother on the other hand has almost literally flushed her life down the toilet.

  so much for the happiest people on earth...
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  My wife and I have begun our fade

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven’t posted in awhile.

  my wife asked me after the year 2000 came and went without fanfare(because the wt organization said all the “new world” would be here within this 20th century would end), “ what would it take for you to leave the truth?”.

  my reply was “ if i turn 60 in this “system of things”.

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  I just need to come to grips that I am mortal and this will all end for me one day and that is what sucks!

  Perhaps this may help James... You have always been mortal even as a JW.

  AT any time past you could have died from illness or accident. It could have all ended already, even IF you were to attain a resurrection later. And then, according to WT you would still be mortal. Eternal life is not immortality. The eternal life was at 'jehovahs' kindness and well, could be snuffed out anytime especially in that first 1000 years if you somehow failed to please the governing body....
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  Jehovah's Witnesses commission secret report highly critical of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on 14 november 2018, australian-based barristers david bennett ac, qc and james gibson presented to watchtower australia and the jehovah’s witnesses organisation their commissioned review and opinion on the findings and recommendations of the royal commission into the institutional responses to child sexual abuse as it related to jehovah’s witnesses.. .

  the review entitled “review of the commission’s investigation into jehovah’s witnesses and its ensuing reports” was divided into four parts, as follows:.

  part one considered the history and powers of royal commissions in general.. .

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  I am asking literally, what was the point? It’s not rhetorical. If the report is internal, not for outside readership, and confirms Watchtower’s own opinions, then what was the point of it? I am curious.

  Me too.

  Was this commissioned report by a cult friendly old fart (I really don't give two squats about his age or status) part of some official rebuttal/appeal before the Royal Commission gets to bitch slap the WT into the level of submission expected by all the other institutions OR just the WT applying a soothing salve of 'that wasn't fair' to their bruised ego?

  Is the Royal Commission getting ready to hand out punishments and enforcements? OR is it all over... move along, nothing to see here?