Jerry Bergman
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Would some of us be better off as Witnesses?
by Jerry Bergman ini have often wondered if many people would be better off if they stayed witnesses.
some people i have known have really gone off the deep end after they left the watchtower.
most all of my family have left now (not due to me as i was cut off from them for years) and many others i know who have left are now bitter atheists or have become pagans and worship stones or new ageers playing with crystals.
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Tell about the good JWs
by Skeptic inmost of the jws i met were sincere people.
not perfect, i have my horror stories too, but most were decent people.
i am not discounting the horrible things i hear on this forum.
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I urge You /Theocratic Warfare
by metatron ini strongly urge you to look at and download the document called "lying in court - theocratic warfare strategy" - over at freeminds.org.
this is a lengthy and careful analysis of the watchtower society's practice of .
deliberate lying to the public - and in courtrooms.
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Why Jehovahs Witnesses have mental problems!
by Beans2 in.
this is very interesting,.
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/mental.html.
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Are JW lawyers crooked?
by Jerry Bergman ini have heard much about crooked watchtower lawyers on this site and wondered if anyone had anything to back this up?
i have my own experience (extremely bad) and was wondering about others.
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Lust For Glory Alienating The Majority?
by Englishman inif i had ever been a victim of abuse, and the offence had been perpetrated by a member of the jw religion, then silent lambs would be the best thing ever to appear, both on tv and in person.. if i had a close friend or relative who had gone through the same trauma, then i would feel almost the same emotion.. now i do not know, obviously, what percentage of persons on this site have been victims of abuse by jw's, but my guess is that this percentage is relatively small.
so whilst most of us feel very empathetic to abuse victims, not that great a proportion of us have experienced it personally.. however, i do know that many of us have suffered trauma because of other forms of abuse by this organisation, including disfellowshipping which has caused many to be rejected by their loved ones.
whilst it is not possible to measure this form of abuse against that of child abuse, it is nonetheless a type of abuse that most of us are familiar with on a personal level, it's also a type of abuse that is still going on for many who post here.
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Demon Stories - lets hear them?
by hippikon inthe more i listen to the religion argument the more atheist i become.
their are still some things that are hard to explain and most simply doesnt need explaining who cares?
just because we dont know the explanation doesnt mean there isnt one!.
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JW Author Firpo Carr: What's His Agenda?
by Room 215 ini've only now become aware of the existence of one firpo carr, apparently a liberal jw apologist with several dissenting views and an afro-american jw grievance agenda.
do any of you know where he stands and how he's regarded by jws?
is he a sort of black greg stafford?
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Question for Jerry Bergman
by clash_city_rockers insince i have become a bible christian (reformed presbyterian) i now believe that the scriptures alone are suffesient to counsel.. q: do you hold to a biblical nuthetic counseling ie.
jay adams and his counseling manuals?.
awaiting your answers,.
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Dr Bergman
by YERU2 inhey, can ya point me to statistics of suicide rates amongst witnesses as opposed to the population as a whole?