Topics Started by Alex Bogdanov

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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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link to DUTCH REPORT about jw.org culture and abuse investigation ordered by the Dutch government
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
here the link to the investigation report of the university of utrecht about the dutch jw.org culture and abuse, ordered by the dutch governement.

report is written in dutch.. https://issuu.com/dvhn/docs/3010_volledige_tekst_tcm28-426036.

g..
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Do You Believe In Polls?
by minimus in
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2. friends
when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

i think polls can be and often are skewered.

i don’t trust them..
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2019-2049
by Alex Bogdanov in
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2. friends
"people who were born in 1914 will see the armageddon" i heard it so many times.. "alex you left!

you are making a mistake.

the armageddon is nearly here" i heard it so many times.. it is 2019. no sign of the end.. i can make the same post in 2029 and 2039 and 2049. sadly in 2049 there will be crazy jws telling me the end is tomorrow.
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Saying hello again
by EdenOne in
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2. friends
just saying i’m still alive and greeting everyone, veterans and newcomers to this forum.. 2018 was a year with a lot of turmoil in my life; me and my wife separated, then reunited months later, and spent the second half of the year healing the emotional wounds from that episode.

that, along with a record year in terms of my business meant that choices had to be made regarding my time, and i decided to focus on my marriage instead of other endeavours.

it seemed to have paid off.
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Russian gunman raised in JW family
by Alex Bogdanov in
1. jw
2. friends
the link bellow is sort of ok. i could not find a decent article in english language about this, but russian media is exploding.

2 days ago a teenager killed 19 people and injured dozens and committed suicide.

he was raised in a jw family.
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Id like to share a story
by scruffmcbuff in
1. jw
2. experiences
as i spend more time here, things id forgotten come back, mostly bad and some i plan to share eventually.. but this one is happy, one of a sunday talk by a new elder from nigeria in our hall.

i remember the intro word for word.

id like to share it with you.. "brothers, sisters, newly interested ones.
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Changing Name from Jehovahs witnesses to governing body followers?
by LovingLifeNow in
1. jw
2. friends
first off, they are not changing there name.

but i was thinking this morning that it wouldnt be that far fetched to do so.

i mean they could use the spin, " we have so much new light and the times are so close, that we need to be obedient to the fds," there have been many changes in the organization so we don't want to be associated with the old name, but again more then ever we need to be obedient" .
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Since freeing myself from Religion I've been trying to free myself from Government as much as possible also
by StoneWall in
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2. friends
i love freedom.

more than money,vacations material possessions etc.to be free of religion has been such a liberating experience.

i have to agree with one thing that j.rutherford (second president of the wt) said about religion being a snare and a racket.
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My New Found Patriotism
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm not entirely sure where this has come from, but these past few months i've found myself gradually becoming more and more involved politically and identifying myself differently.

we all remember what it was like as jws, no political involvement whatsoever, no national pride, no singing the national anthem or saluting the flag etc.

the watchtower literature always shown artists renditions of nationalism or politics like this:.