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  Some apostates are sociopaths

  by myusername in

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  2. experiences

  that is a controversial title to this post.

  i think most apostates are kind-hearted people who want to warn others about this organization and help others get out of it.

  however, some jws are sociopaths.

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  Was anyone basically 'imprisoned' as a teen by JW parents?

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  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so in my mid teens i finally refused to stop all jw activity naively thinking i may be able to live a more normal life.

  (i was already taken out of school at 14.

  ) after this i wasn't allowed to go outside even a few feet in front of the door by myself.

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  untitled

  by myusername in

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  2. experiences

  this is just my personal opinion and maybe there's a grain of truth in it.

  it's my opinion that many ex-jws focus too much on how corrupt the religion is.

  it is corrup but there are always going to be organizations like that.

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  Does anyone else have parents who were only JWs until you became an adult?

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  2. experiences

  my parents joined when i was born and left when i became an adult.

  they're very controlling people.

  i recommend the book 'if you had controlling parents' because i think people raised as jws will relate to it.

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  Can't believe people who were JWs with me as children are still in the religon.

  by myusername in

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  2. experiences

  so through the internet it's possible to see what people are doing from childhood without actually interacting.

  i really imagined the majority people i knew who were born into the religon about the same time i was would have left when they matured and hopefully developed some logic???.

  so do they really believe everything they were taught as children or are they just stuck and don't know how to leave?

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  Did your parents make you tell people (at xmas time) that you got gifts throughout the year

  by myusername in

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  2. experiences

  i see people saying this online.

  my parents made us tell people tha we got gifts throughout the year and that we probably got more presents than kids get on birthdays and christmas.

  however, it was a complete lie.

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  JWs pretended to be someone else at my door.

  by myusername in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is probably in the wrong section, but i couldn't decide where to put it.

  i was raised a jw and i still suffer effects from that kind of upbringing.. anyway, they said they were local community volunteers and they wanted to give me something related to the community.

  i didn't open the door but they put a jw tract through it.. i don't think it's right to be so devious about recruitment.

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