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  Post Traumatic Apostate Syndrome or (The Little Box of Madness)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what tools does a duped person have?

  intellectual damage is done once you are indoctrinated.. your emotional ties to your "spiritual family" form a bias to free thinking.. .

  why should you make your life better by first making it worse?.

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  The only thing in this world we have complete unquestionable control over is our own mind, and our own thoughts, and how we choose to frame (or think about) things.

  by RunAsFastAsYouCan in

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  2. friends

  the only thing in this world we have complete unquestionable control over is our own mind, and our own thoughts, and how we choose to frame (or think about) things.. and when you throw away all of the layers of constructs.

  religious mores,.

  agendas,.

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  working witnesses

  by jeff spreng in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is kind of sad to here about all the opportunities given to lazy people.

  there are actually hard working talented people out there that would kill for a decent opportunity.

  when i was in grade 1 my teacher actually came to my parents house to try to persuade them to let me go to an advanced class she thought i was a prodigy or something.

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  Is this really a place for Jehovah's Witnesses/Friends

  by jeff spreng in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ask this because i was considering rejoining and the stories i have read only remind me of what was done to me.

  is there any clean place to go where good people and fellowship can be had.

  it sounds like maybe the people here should get together and start there own thing, like the reorganized latter day saints.

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  Do You Consider Yourself An "Apostate"?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't.. i consider myself a truth teller.. the watchtower society appears to be more "apostate" than even "christendom"..

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  Consequences of the cult? FEAR and PASSIVITY - anything else?

  by BluePill2 in

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  2. friends

  depending how long you where a member or if you where a born in, the watchtower leaves certain marks or traces in your mind that you only notice after leaving them for good.. i think this is similar to a big river, with a high level of water that covers the hidden rocks and cliffs.

  once you start lowering the water level, all these rocks come to the surface and suddenly that river is difficult to navigate.. like that river, our minds are flooded with false hope for the future, a naive expectation to have jehovah sort things out for you and lots of fake, conditional love and warmth.

  all these things hide the fact that the same organization also put some heavy rocks into your mind called fear and passivity.

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  Depression, Medication, and Other Grey Areas

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one thing that i have noticed in my dealings with a lot of women in the congregation are deep, intense feelings of insecurity and worthlessness.

  i use the term "worthlessness" very loosely because it can apply to many different situations, in the congregation, in the home, personally, etc.

  over the years, and especially over the past 6 years, i've met sisters from all walks of life.

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  Christians please answer something for me

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  or should i say some things.... reading over another thread and a number of other threads i have to ask, why are we making excuses for jesus / god.. how can you fathom and all powerful god who created the universe and all the laws that govern it was not capable of:.

  1. making sure the proper pronunciation of his name is not available.

  2. that all his teaching are not preserved in an easy to discern manner so that ther is no confusion.

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  SEX ABUSE fugitive case connected to a big-big problem for Watch Tower

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witness fugitive case brings to light a profound problem of sexual abuse.. .

  frederick mclean is one of the most-wanted fugitives in the united states, charged with 17 counts of child sexual abuse in california.

  law enforcement sources say that when a victims family confronted mclean in 2004, he allegedly confessed.

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