Posts by gone for good

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Research Help Needed for University Presentation

by dubstepped in

my wife and i will be presenting in a class at the local university in a couple of weeks.

the class is about social media and psychology.

of course they talk about fake news and propaganda.

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a picture being worth a thousand words...and if you can backdrop your presentation with images...

Many people here simply can't forget the Wts horrible in-house art work they were exposed to as children... worldlies are always hoodlums or sluts, smokers, long hairs, unshaven,

Violence from god always depicted as the earth opening up, fire from the sky, cities collapsing on fire ... one member here still remembers her fear of the drawing of a girl and her bicycle falling into the void ...published when she was herself a girl with a bicycle.

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WT's ICO details have disappeared?

by purrpurr in

the wt used to have a long page on the ico website listing all the data they gathered and what they were going to do with it.

their basic contact listings are there but thats all??.

whats going on??

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ICO?

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Need Help - How do I refute this???

by HappyBlessedFree in

so i was talking with my husband about all the things the organization is doing ie.

hiding pedophiles, lying about what 1914 was etc.

so his response was that the nation of israel had times when they weren’t doing the right thing, but it was still gods chosen organization.. another topic we were talking about was disfellowshipping.

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Spirits, angels, devils and gods always where, and still are only fictional characters of human imaginations.

There is nothing (excepting education) to stop the inventing of a god and declaring some as "chosen people".

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I HATE JW funerals

by jws in

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jw funeral last night.

it was about half an hour from start to finish.

they opened with basic facts about the person.

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It has been said that JWs shoot their wounded, so it's not surprising that their dead are sloughed off exactly like "Old Light"... buried quickly and never to be brought up again.

All the horrible JW funerals are for the very "Millions...who will never die." so really each funeral is a testament to their batshit crazy doctrine and prophecies.

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WT-Closing In On 50 Subpoenas!

by Atlantis in

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friends

more subpoenas have been added.

so the watchtower is getting close to 50. i think there are about 44 of them listed here.

brumley the witchhunter!.

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If all entities self represent that will leave only WT paying legal fees for each and every of 50 proceedures..

The optics would be great! ...locally newsworthy over and over and over..

WT as Goliath and all our friends as mere Davids seeking legal justice through dispersal of vital information warning of charities fraud, failing to report child sexual abuses and destruction of families worldwide by not respecting the rights of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of association wherever JWs little lunatic theocracy enforces its sick parallel justice system.

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Artificial Intelligence and 2019

by fulltimestudent in

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i was intrigued by a forecast made by damo academy, the in-house technology and science research arm of china's, huge e-commerce business,, alibaba.. they seem to be predicting the following technology trends for 2019 and that artificial intelligence would continue to be the ho area of progress.. so what do any techies hanging out here think?

safe predictions?

wild guesses?

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Mr. Conti glazed over climate change pretty fast given that it may well be the trigger to our extinction, and possibly soon.

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Research Opportunity

by researchstudentsophie in

my name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.

the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.

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Earnest -

It isn't "my" source, and I haven't drawn any conclusion from it . It was just one (likely biased) study among many others referenced by JW FACTS, regarding worldwide aberrant mental health statistics of JWs.

A challenge was issued to produce such a statistic and it was produced

Sophie is doing research as a student of Cornell on a topic of great interest to every member of this forum...we who spend hours howling and wailing about how the hypocrisy, dishonesty and dogma of WT continues to ruin so much in so many of our families and friends.

When invited to comment on how this cults insanity affects those in the work force, we shoot the messenger by challenging her affiliations, her motives and even her honesty (yes she really did see a figure as high as "...10 to 16 times...").

With such a welcome It might strike her as obvious that the anxiety, mistrust and paranoia might linger long after escaping the asylum that created it.

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Research Opportunity

by researchstudentsophie in

my name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.

the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.

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JW Facts / Mental illness amongst Jehovah's Witnesses

Less than 30 seconds to find a study Sophie possibly cited. Ohio 1972 to 1976

"The mental illness rate of JWs is approximately 10 to 16 times higher than the rate for the general, nonWitness population... From his intensive interviews with Witness patients and others, Montague concluded that persons who had emotional problems were attracted to the Witnesses, but involvement also caused many of the emotional problems that they suffered. This is evident from the fact that many with problems reported they were far happier after they left.

Inquiring minds are eager to know WHY cults contribute to such high figures .

The first child ever raised full/on JW in our family later became our families first and ever suicide.

We KNOW why the rates are so high so get your asses into gear and give Sophie an earful of how religious abuse and hypocrisy affect the lives of working people.

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Research Opportunity

by researchstudentsophie in

my name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.

the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.

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Sophies research questions exJWs as well, so go for it.

Format is agree/disagree to statements on a scale if 1 to 5 .

Comments pertaining to your responses are invited.

If you were a JW during some or all of your working years you will appreciate the questions asked...

I enjoyed sharing through such a format

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My story

by Leeny in

i came across this website when i was looking for some emotional/mental support lately as i was summoned by elders to explain someone’s report on me saying “i’m promoting homosexuality”.

i’m inactive, not attending meetings or associating with jw outside of my biological family for almost 2 years now.. yes i am gay (you can judge away) and yes it is in a direct contrast to the scriptures, no arguement about it.. i was brought up in a jw family.

my dad is a typical zealot, he literally talks or thinks about the bible 24/7.

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Welcome Leeny -

Fear not - democracy has your back.

Your apostasy is now an established and valued human right called Freedom of Religion.

Your sexual preferences are protected by Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Speech.

Check your countries slate/constitution/charter of democratic rights and freedoms and get on happily with the wonderful life you've longed for...

and NEVER- EVER meet with elders, ayatollahs or "theocratic" kommandants of any stripe!

You are already free!

(You're welcome)

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