Londo111

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  Have you ever read the review of Steven Hassan's books on Cult news.com?

  by Enzo in

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  hi, to everyone my username is enzo, .

  recently a saw a video presented by john cedar presenting steve hassan as a cult expert.. .

  but read this reviews presented on cult news about steve hassan's books, and it's up to you make your own opinion about the video.

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  Enzo: am I attacking you or simply disagreeing with you? If I am indeed attacking you, are you by the same token attacking Steven Hassan?

  You have not addressed any of the questions in my last post. Everyone here has been effected by the Jehovah’s Witness/Watchtower group in some way, shape, or form. You are posting in the “Beliefs, Doctrines, and Practices” section, yet your posts are unrelated. It seems your sole focus for joining has been to pimp a website...and rather than saying, “I found X, Y, Z helpful in coping”, the main promotional thrust has been to discredit others.
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  Have you ever read the review of Steven Hassan's books on Cult news.com?

  by Enzo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, to everyone my username is enzo, .

  recently a saw a video presented by john cedar presenting steve hassan as a cult expert.. .

  but read this reviews presented on cult news about steve hassan's books, and it's up to you make your own opinion about the video.

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  Londo111

  Enzo,

  What is your background? Are you even familiar with Jehovah’s Witnesses? Do you know of the thousands of deaths that have occurred because of adherents being deceived or coerced into not taking blood transfusions? Do you know this includes children? Do you understand that former members face shunning from all their friends and families? Do you understand the pain, the heartache, the broken relationships, the resulting suicides? These are but a few of the many serious issues that this forum contends with.

  Your main issue doesn’t seem JW related, but only to give ad hominem arguments against the efforts of one cult researcher and his books. The posts seem biased and the spelling detracts from the claim of being well-researched. Of course, it is in the vested interest of high control groups to refute any popular research and researchers that expose their authoritarian models.

  As many cults, especially the Watchtower, have a huge legal department, both paid and an army of volunteers, it is no surprise that they can slip and slide through the court system and continue to commit human rights violations.
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  What Happened to the Religion I Left in 1995?

  by JoshJeffries in

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  josh here, new to the board.

  glad to know this site is here.. i would not be writing this if it were not 2014. i was a ministerial servant and regular pioneer who left the jehovahs witnesses back in 1995/96, around that time.

  i left suddenly, didnt fade away, just left when something clicked one day in my head during the morning shower and made me realize this religion wasnt true.

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  Welcome, Josh!

  In some ways, things are just as harsh, if not harsher than they were. But they are really trying to rebrand Watchtower into JW.ORG... I suspect in five years, things will even more radically change.
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  Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?

  by leaving_quietly in

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  i first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.

  i wonder why they felt the need to do this?

  this is just silly for a religious website..

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  Copy of my DA Letter

  by airborne in

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  this is my first time posting here, although i have been a visitor to it for around a year.

  after doing a simple google search under "jehovah'switnesses" over a year ago, i found ttat.

  i was deeply unhappy with the congregation and decided to educate myself, and boy what an education i have gotten so far.

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  Welcome to JWN!

  What made you opt for DAing over fading?
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses THAT Bad?

  by minimus in

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  i'm not fond of any religious fanatic.

  islamic fundies can be downright crazy.

  mormonism seems silly to me.

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  That's true. Are we talking Jehovah's Witnesses the Religion or Jehovah's Witnesses as individuals?

  I would have a difference answer for each.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses THAT Bad?

  by minimus in

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  i'm not fond of any religious fanatic.

  islamic fundies can be downright crazy.

  mormonism seems silly to me.

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  I'm with OneEyedJoe on this one. I couldn't say it any better. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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  Have you ever read the review of Steven Hassan's books on Cult news.com?

  by Enzo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, to everyone my username is enzo, .

  recently a saw a video presented by john cedar presenting steve hassan as a cult expert.. .

  but read this reviews presented on cult news about steve hassan's books, and it's up to you make your own opinion about the video.

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  Londo111

  It has nothing to do with being a minority religion or their doctrine. There are healthy environments and unhealthy environments, both in regard ‘minority’ groups, as well as more popular movements.

  It has to do with certain group’s authoritarian structure: the control of behavior, information, thoughts, and emotions.

  The pain these authoritarian groups cause is very real. The deaths some of these groups cause is very real. In the case of this forum, the premature deaths, including that of children, exceed any other. Stick around and learn from people who have had life experience in these groups, rather than worrying about whose research is better than whose.
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  A scripture that sums up what awake/fading JWs must endure.

  by BU2B in

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  just thought i would share.

  it hit home.. .

  put no trust in a friend, have no confidence in a loved.

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  Sad, but true.
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  Have you had a crisis of concience?

  by new hope and happiness in

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  my little boy has decided he wants to be a vegetarian and has been for over a year now.

  i fully accepted and supported this.. my view however is no matter what you eat or how you eat it ....beings will die for you to eat.. i have noticed where we live we have the terms " free range" and " ecological".

  if affordable i am sure most peoples preferrd option for their own health and the conditions of the animals.. i would say everyone has the right to eat what they want within reason.

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  I went vegetarian for a year for this reason...it wasn’t easy. Maybe in the future I will try again.