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		<title>When Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Try Reasoning With Us To Get Us Back In The Kingdom Hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses have over most ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses? A written narrative for almost any question you can think of, that&#8217;s what. Thanks to the Society&#8217;s narrative, Witnesses don&#8217;t have to think about their answers when a mean old apostate raises objections about the Society&#8217;s teachings. They can just quote the Watchtower&#8217;s narrative without using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humanize Yourself In Four Steps When Evangelists Objectify You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know one thing that many atheists and ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses have in common? Dealing with aggressive evangelists who objectify us (or who want us to play our assigned role in their idealized conversion scenario). Whether they realize it or not, many evangelists tend to pigeonhole others into categories that are easy for them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How And Why Doubting Witnesses Can Fade From The Watchtower Society: Bigger, Better, And Uncut!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witness readers know that I have written some articles for Austin Cline&#8217;s About Atheism &#38; Agnosticism web site. One of the more popular ones is called Jehovah&#8217;s Witness To Atheist: How Doubting Witnesses Can Fade, Avoid Shunning &#8211; Advice for Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses on Fading from the Watchtower Society. That article was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice For Ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses: How To Handle It When Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Confront You In Public Places</title>
		<link>http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/jehovahwitnessconfrontpublic-26.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You glance down at those fresh chocolate covered doughnuts in the Bakery isle and begin to lick your lips. Then you feel something tug at your arm and you turn around in surprise. &#8220;You know those are no good for you,&#8221; the man tells you with a chuckle. Your heart sinks at his words. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Really Just a Bunch Of No Good Apostates? Here Are 5 Ways We Can Prove The Watchtower Society Wrong.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses (or Exxers) have noticed the Watchtower Society&#8217;s talent for hyperbole. The Society often depicts &#8220;worldly people&#8221; as bad associates who choose to dwell in a Satanic world of robbery, lies, and murder. While Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses are portrayed as good, steadfast, and honest to a fault, always struggling to save an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is It So Hard For Ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses To Stand Up To The Watchtower Society&#8217;s Faithful?</title>
		<link>http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/why-its-hard-for-ex-jehovahs-witnesses-to-stand-up-to-the-watchtower-societys-loyal-follower-530.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses know how hard it is to stand up for themselves when Witness friends and family come a-calling. Our brains seem to shut down and go all blinky when the questions and accusations fly. So we just stand there and wait for the Witnesses to leave us alone. Then, as we watch them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 More Reasons Why I Don&#8217;t Like It When Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Preach At Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post, I gave you five reasons why I don&#8217;t like it when Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses preach at me. Note that this was more than just a list of gripes. This was a list of major no-nos for any Jehovah&#8217;s Witness who wanted to talk religion with me. But you didn&#8217;t really think there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Why I Don&#8217;t Like It When Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Preach At Me</title>
		<link>http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/why-i-dont-like-it-when-jehovahs-witnesses-preach-at-me-63.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses are trying to get past that whole Watchtower thing, it can be helpful to codify their problems with the Society by making a list. This helps them understand their experiences in a simple, straight forward way. Understanding (hopefully) allows them to move on with their lives instead of creating their own &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice For Ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses: Why Some Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Are Abusive Toward Ex-Witnesses &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/abusivejehovahswitnessespt3-31.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But Tough Love Isn&#8217;t The Same Thing As Abuse! I realize that some readers will never be convinced that Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses are mistreating former members, even ones who behave just as I have described. Many who believe the Watchtower Society is the one and only &#8220;True Religion&#8221; will accuse ex-Witnesses of being overly sensitive or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice For Ex-Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses: Why Some Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Are Abusive Toward Ex-Witnesses &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/abusivejehovahswitnessespt2-30.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But Aren&#8217;t These &#8220;Abusive&#8221; Witnesses Simply Trying To Correct Wayward Members? When Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses in good standing approach former believers about a loss of faith in &#8220;The Truth,&#8221; they often start out with a friendly, conversational tone. But things tend to get out of control when the Witness starts building a case to win over [...]]]></description>
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