Topics Started by mrsObfuscate

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'Spotlight' film
by Jordandemm in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
has anyone seen the film dont know if its been discussed on here, im just watching it now with my dad he is an elder, he went to do something else less than a 1/4 way through the film, he doesnt usually do that.

then he questioned why i choose to watch it not suspiciously i think he was just curious.

anyway its a film worth watching, its based on true events about the coverup of child abuse within the catholic church.
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700K+ views Ex-JW schoolgirl exposes organisation
by the girl next door in
1. jw
2. experiences
if only every ex-jw could reach this same audience with videos and other avenues!

but this is truly remarkable.. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ex-jehovahs-witness-schoolgirl-exposes-organisation-as-a-religion-that-destroys-lives-10273064.html.

a schoolgirl who left the jehovah’s witnesses after learning of its alleged failure to protect vulnerable women has blasted the organisation in a powerful speech to her classmates.. holding back tears, she recalled her personal experiences as a member of the church and how she was taught everyone outside the religion, including her father, would be sent to armageddon.
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You must not say Gee, Gee wiz, or Golly
by Truth and Justice in
1. jw
2. friends
before i start my subject post, i like to extend a warm welcome to all the new members that have joined the site.

i just can't keep up with all the new names.

nice to see all of you here.. i haven't posted anything in a while because of work, scheduling and everything else, but i do have some interesting thoughts that i would like to share with all of you in the coming months.
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Books I read when I deprogrammed
by OrphanCrow in
1. jw
2. friends
blondie suggested someone start a thread with a list of books that are valuable to read when exiting the jws.. i will start.. i left the jws way back in the early 70s and didn't actually deprogram until into the 80s.. one of the first books i read was "the orwellian world of jehovah's witnesses" by gary and heather botting.

canadian exjws from calagary.

an excellent book and one that still resonates with young people today.
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How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

"is he 'in the truth'?".

most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.
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How and Why?
by The Rebel in
1. jw
2. friends
a recent thread i read about bethel " sending an old man packing" has bought to my attention it's one of many threads that show the most " loving" organisation in the world is cold and without love.. how can an organisation that is so unloving, have so many kind hearted people as members?.

this is the sincere question that i have not found an answer to.. the rebel..
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New here
by MarkofCane in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.

i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.

i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..
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Time to Spill my Guts
by Hadriel in
1. jw
2. experiences
been lurking around here for several weeks.

posted once or twice but not too much.

i'm a covert fade at the moment.
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Don't fall through the "cracks"
by mrsObfuscate in
1. jw
2. experiences
being able to understand and identify the "cracks" (i.e.

unintended consequences) in the many systems we are surrounded by had a profound influence on my ultimate decision to step away from the org.

i mentioned in my first post there were many nuanced details that added up to help me to finally take the steps i needed to exit, and this was a fairly big one.
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The story of my exit
by mrsObfuscate in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been lurking here for about 6 months, and being the last day of the year, and ready to start the new one afresh, i want to share the story of our exit from the org.

i have found the personal experiences of others of immeasurable value, (and its been a while since a good exit story has been posted) that i hope this can be of benefit to at least someone.. .

my mother became a jehovahs witness when i was about 9 or 10. i remember initially hating all of the new sanctions put on our lives (no birthdays and christmas anymore) but for some reason i soon after joined her in attending the meetings and eventually got baptized at the age of 14. my staunch catholic father converted a couple of years later.