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  1. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    When you are brought up in a religion from a very young age (I was 7 when my mother joined) you just accept that that's how things should be, although I will say that from the time that I was a young teenager there were discrepancies between what was taught and what I knew to be true about the...
  2. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Oh, the stories we could share!! The "friends" we had originally rented the house to did more damage than I like to remember. They had asked at one point if they could put in a dog door in the small tool room attached to the garage. We thought that they would put in a legitimate dog door...
  3. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    It's good to meet you as well. I know very little about the Baha'i faith, so I really cannot comment on whether or not the members are subject to control. However, the leaders of the JWs "counsel" them on almost everything...how to dress, what to read, what movies to see, with whom they should...
  4. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    The term "cult" does tend to get some very negative reactions. A term that is probably more applicable would be "high-control religion." I think that the meaning is much clearer and harder to dismiss when applied to a group such as the JWs and other similar groups that use control mechanisms...
  5. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    I can empathize with this. When we moved to our current home, we didn't have time to sell our previous house, so we decided to rent it to a couple who, we thought, we our friends. They ended up causing a huge amount of damage to the house when they moved out and also didn't pay several months'...
  6. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    No, JWs would never get involved in any sort of interfaith projects. Anything involving "interfaith" would mean that they, the true Christians, were joining together with those who serve Satan (albeit unconsciously.) JWs are taught that the best "charity" they could ever perform is by preaching...
  7. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    An ex's fury? Could you please give examples of how you, personally have been on the receiving end of such "fury"? Methinks you are exaggerating, or perhaps, outright lying. Now this is definitely an outright lie. When I first became inactive and was no longer attending the Kingdom Hall...
  8. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    I re-read that paragraph again, and you are correct...she was referring to ex-JWs considering JWs to be monsters and not the other way around. I misunderstood it, I think, simply because I don't know of any ex-JWs who view individual JWs in that way. I know that I certainly don't. However...
  9. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    I was quoting from this paragraph that Deeje posted wherein it certainly does appear that she was referring to ex-JWs as monsters. Perhaps I misunderstood?
  10. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Sadly, even though I am neither disfellowshipped nor disassociated, the majority of JWs still shun me as well as members of my family. Fortunately, my mother understood why I left, and she didn't shun me, but JW cousins and the majority of JW "friends" refuse to speak to me unless I agree to go...
  11. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Could you list some of those "half truths" and "out of context" quotes? Thanks. Um...no, you don't. Never were there Biblical guidelines that stated that those who were removed from the congregation for repeated unrepentant sinning had to be shunned. Congregation members were urged not to...
  12. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    There is most definitely a sense of superiority within the JW organization. After all, JWs "know" that they are "God's chosen people" and they "know" that they are destined for Paradise while any "worldlings" who reject them are destined for death. It's not so much that people in the world are...
  13. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Just had to come back to this for a second. First of all, I don't know of any ex-JWs who attack "their former congregation members." Perhaps there are a few, but I, personally, don't know of any who would do this. Generally, those who have escaped the JW organization tend to view those still...
  14. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Thank you for being willing to keep an open mind on the matter. In my case, treatment of those disfellowshipped is not the issue. I was never disfellowshipped, nor did I disassociate myself. As I briefly mentioned previously, there were things that I saw being practiced within the...
  15. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Sorry, Deeje, but this post was hilarious and yet definitely expected. I wondered how long it would take you before you went on the attack. Of course, you would NEVER respond to me directly...you don't want to sully your "Christian" patina, but having the truth about the "truth" being openly...
  16. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Unless things have radically changed (which is often the case in the JW religion, with one "truth" being discarded as "false" and replaced with a new "truth") JWs do not consider themselves to be part of Christendom. They consider themselves to be the only true Christians, with every other...
  17. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Nowhere do the scriptures indicate that this "faithful and discreet slave" should be a group of men in New York who self-appointed themselves to that position. Amazingly, however, JWs just accept these men and believe everything they say without question.
  18. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    She is definitely being diplomatic. JWs generally are diplomatic when trying to convince others that the JW religion is the "truth" and that it would be in the person's best interests to join the group. After spending decades as a JW and knowing exactly what JWs believe, I no longer feel that...
  19. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    Hmmm...I'm just a bit surprised that Deeje didn't jump right in and let you know what JWs believe about the League of Nations and the United Nations. Rather than considering these organizations a step in the right direction, JWs believe that the UN has put itself in place of God's Kingdom and...
  20. RedhorseWoman

    Who Has the truth? Who Will Bring World Peace?

    It was definitely difficult to leave the JWs, and, as a matter of fact, it took me years to totally break free. There were things that I saw within the organization that didn't gibe with what they taught, but I initially blamed myself for having the wrong attitude and tried to "adjust my...
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