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  An Atheist Visits A Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

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  http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.

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  Londo111

  I’ve seen nothing in this discussion that is about convincing anyone to dislike, mistrust, or condemn an entire group of people (Jehovah’s Witnesses). I personally love Jehovah’s Witnesses and want to see them live the best life possible. I wish them the best!

  It is the leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses that is the problem, the source of the teachings and practices and deceit. And it has led to many serious issues that both Jehovah’s Witnesses and those on the outside need to be aware of. For instance, google Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Australian Royal Commission.

  Every group has some painful experiences, but it is a matter of proportion and degree. The Jehovah’s Witnesses organization (not the people), the Church of Scientology (not the people), the Moonies, the LDS church, and so forth have a magnitude of pain not found in mainstream religion.

  In any of these groups: where there is smoke, there is fire. Do not hate the people in these groups, but people need to be aware of the organizations themselves. There are many victims and their stories should not be invalidated.
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  An Atheist Visits A Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.

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  Londo111

  Unfortunately, my experience is all too common and this forum is full of like stories from all geographic locations.

  It depends how you leave. Obviously, those who are disfellowshipped or who disassociate, they will face shunning from friends and family (not living in the same home). Not so much as a hello or an email. Some who have formally disassociated have expressed regret doing so later.

  However many on this forum have opted for gradually fading and distancing themselves from the organization. If JWs believe you are merely inactive, family relations can continue. Of course, you simply never speak about your doubts (or certainties) or research about the organization and never be seen breaking Watchtower rules (like celebrating holidays). This is what I tried to do.

  Even faded people do face cooling of relationships from friends and sometimes family. And there is a constant pressure to “return to Jehovah”, that is the organization. You constantly have to watch out not to say the wrong thing or be caught doing something a JW cannot do (like a birthday, Christmas, attending a church).

  But then, what do you do if a family member point blank asks, “Are you an apostate? Do you believe the Governing Body is the Faithful and Discreet slave?” You might try to word things in a non-threatening way and establish some common ground. But it comes a time when you have to choose to be honest or dishonest.

  If a family member is perceived as “apostate”, they can easily be cut off. “Spiritually stoned” as it were. Even in the same household, people have found themselves kicked out of their own home, divorces have occurred, jobs lost.

  There is nothing a non-JW can do to convince a JW to associate with a “mentally-diseased” apostate, even family.
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  An Atheist Visits A Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.

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  Londo111

  I definitely agree 100% about being kind and compassionate and helping one another, especially to JWs who are captive to their indoctrination. I detest belligerance, animosity, and condescension as well.

  Of course, because I do not share my parent's views, I have not heard from them in months. It was a subject I didn't even want to bring up with them...I thought I had an "understanding" not to bring it up. If you read the emails I had from my father, you would have seen the belligerence, animosity, and condescension JWs have toward former members. I have not had the stomach yet to share them on this forum.

  But I don't blame my parents...they are doing as they have been indoctrinated to do. I was once in the same place mentally.
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  An Atheist Visits A Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.

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  Londo111

  Nerd in the Brain,

  I am hoping my message via your site to you was reasonable. If you stick around and read people's experiences, I think you can understand why some people are very hurt and might lash out, sometimes in ways that are not optimal.

  As a potential convert (from their view), they are going to be extra nice to you. Ask your friend this, "Do you ever count your time when you spend time with me? How many hours do you report?" Hopefully they will be honest, but sometimes a JW will slip into theocratic warfare mode and not give a straight answer.
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  Church of Scientology banned in Moscow

  by EdenOne in

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  it's not only jw's that get banned in moscow ... the church of scientology too, deemed a "cult" and banned.. eden.

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  Londo111

  That cannot be true...only JWs are being persecuted! :)
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  An Atheist Visits A Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.

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  Londo111

  Alas comments are closed. I sent a message to the writer.
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  Golden Age Quotes--You have to see it to believe it.

  by blondie in

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  question: will husband and wife live together after the resurrection is completed, if both are in harmony with god?.

  answer: the scriptures do not reveal what the relationship of men and women will be after the resurrection is completed.

  the most that we know is that there will be no children born during the last 100 years of the millennium (isa.

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  Londo111

  Bruce Jenner went the other way!
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  Who would you vote for Today?

  by James Mixon in

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  d. trump or h. clinton and why.. i would vote for gun slinging trump..

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  Londo111

  Sanders!
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  Looking for a certain image

  by magotan in

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  hey, i'm looking for a certain image.

  it's one of the more dopey series of images from about five years ago.

  about a "sister" who goes off the rails and she gets counseled and she's dressing all "immodestly" which is really just a streak of color in her hair.

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  Londo111

  I think that is in the Jeremiah book.
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  What is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  what is the monthly stipend that the bethelites receive every month?

  does any one has an actual number?

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  Londo111

  And can someone tell Johnny the Bethelite?