I think this would be great. One aspect of leaving the WT that I find is really difficult for some is personal accountability and agency - especially as it relates to family members that are shunning. The tendency is to absolve family members of the horrible things they are doing.
MeanMrMustard
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New JW.Watch Website - Plans, Ideas & Submissions
by Simon ini want to create a new site to help people leaving the wts.. the idea is that it will be curated content of articles and videos on specific subjects such as how to fade, how to handle family, personal experiences of leaving, mistakes to avoid, plus practical life matters impacted by the wts such as how to create or rebuild a career, planning for retirement, getting counselling, making friends etc.... the idea is that it should be lots of voices to share the love and promote lots of people's channels so it becomes a more effective resource (hopefully there will always be something informative and appealing to the people visiting).. if you have a youtube channel that you would like featured, or maybe have some specific video or series that would suit, i'd be happy to include them.. likewise, if you have a subject you'd like to write about and can share some practical knowledge and guidance on, or have a life-story you'd like to share because your experience could benefit others, please let me know.. i bought a domain and setup some placeholder content:.
https://jw.watch.
please message me or post here if you have any questions or ideas..
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The Sanitizing of David
by Doug Mason inthe bible depicts king david as a deeply flawed, unsavory character, the perpetrator of evil acts including: murder, insurrection, adultery, banditry, and extortion.
the sanitizing of david’s character during the following centuries and millennia created an image that idolizes him as the paragon of virtue, closely associated with the promised messiah.
my study identifies the davidic sanitizing process.. https://www.academia.edu/s/390a7ba170?source=link .
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MeanMrMustard
The Bible depicts King David as a deeply flawed, unsavory character, the perpetrator of evil acts...
Well, to be fair, the Bible does the same for God himself. He's been whitewashed/sanitized too.
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My story
by PimoElder inhi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.
as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .
i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.
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MeanMrMustard
the thing is I do quite like all the good things about the Borg and I like the meetings lots of good people there
If you don't mind - What do you think is 'good' about the 'Borg'?
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How far do we get away from 1914
by PimoElder inhow far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
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I agree, they could ditch 1914, but that seems very unlikely. It's more probable that they would attempt to come up with some new interpretation of things.
I can say this, my PIMI father in law, when confronted, was fine devaluing 1914, putting it to the side, and falling back on "it's a good way to live", "there are a lot of well meaning people", "it's a great comminuty" type of argument.
If they were going to attempt a removal of 1914, they would have to do it over a long period of time. De-emphasize it, start to make it a minor point, so that it wouldn't be such a shock.
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Encouraged to do something = forced/intimidated
by neat blue dog inin a recent article there was this experience from el salvador:.
"during the meeting, brother baltasar perla, sr., who later became a member of the branch committee, asked all the elders present to give him their government-issued identity cards.
he then informed the elders that their names and addresses would be included in a written request to the government for legal recognition... then explained to us that since our names and addresses would be in that document, if the authorities ever wanted to ban our work, we would be the first ones they would come after and the first ones to be thrown in jail.
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MeanMrMustard
Just because the elders in the OP didn't dare to oppose, doesn't mean they didn't have a choice.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Who says the Pandemic didn't wake up a lot of people!
by pistolpete inthere are actually tons of these experiences.
i wanted to post this one because it involved all the family of born in jws.. post;.
all my freakn dreams came true.
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We need to promote the idea that people make deliberate choices based on rational decisions.
And this applies to the people who do the rejecting. We might be tempted to put it all on the shoulders of the WT. But the parents that reject their own children have made a deliberate choice too, and they shouldn't be let off for it.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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I am going through a traumatizing experience, I am seeing a psychiatrist over this.
Later, Lloyd on a couch:
Lloyd: "Dr, this the most traumatizing experience I've ever gone through and, I don't know how to deal with it."
Dr: "Maybe it's time to take a break, perhaps pursue other things."
Lloyd: But I've spent all this time building a platform, and they are taking it all away."
Dr: "Well, you did fuck some girls in Thailand over Christmas, so... there's that."
Lloyd: "You don't see why I'm troubled?!!"
Dr: "Oh, I do. But you are objectively in the wrong here."
Lloyd: "I'll have to add you to the suit!"
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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@KimSilvio: You mentioned in the interview, and even earlier, that you had no idea that this forum existed. Also you said that you've been out for about 4 years. Is it safe to say that a lot of his followers leave the religion and jump to his community, never really having a look around?
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Does he really have a sex problem ?
by ozziepost inlike many, i’ve been bemused at lloyd evan’s excuses/reasons for his lusting after prostitutes.
apparently, as he claims in his disastrous video, he blames his wife for being inadequate between the sheets.. could the real answer to his ‘problem’ be closer to home?.
perhaps if he consulted a medical person or even a sex therapist he may learn his “problem” is not down to the borg at all, it may simply be caused by his weight i.e.
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Well, what does it mean when he says that, from the beginning, he was "sexually incompatible" with his wife?
"Sexually incompatible"? It sounds like a nice way of saying he's into some crazy shit, and she's not. You know, the kind of freak-flag stuff that prostitutes would be able to do for him. The kind of crazy stuff a man might be into when it's just impossible to have any measure of mastery over his penis.