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Next Entries »Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Why Some Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Abusive Toward Ex-Witnesses – Part 2
Sunday, June 1st, 2008But Aren’t These “Abusive” Witnesses Simply Trying To Correct Wayward Members? When Jehovah’s Witnesses in good standing approach former believers about a loss of faith in “The Truth,” 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 [...]
Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Why Some Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Abusive Toward Ex-Witnesses – Part 1
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Introduction Before I give anyone the wrong impression, I want to acknowledge that not all Jehovah’s Witnesses are openly abusive toward former members. Still, ex-Witnesses are generally frowned upon by believers who see them as “bad associates” to be avoided. Since Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they have the one and only “True Religion,” rejection of [...]
Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: When Jehovah’s Witnesses Attack!
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Many ex-Witnesses have to deal with Witness relatives or friends who go all preachy on them from time to time. The evangelist may not notice it, but these little “conversations” (their word) tend to get ugly and abusive pretty quickly. They always seem to deteriorate from, “I want to convince you to come back to [...]
Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: “The Society Has Gotten Us Both Through The Tough Times. You Owe Them Your Loyalty!”
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Is it my imagination, or do most Jehovah’s Witnesses seem determined to bring ex-Witnesses back to the Kingdom Hall by shaming us to death? A lot of their standard “attacks” are mostly emotional, and one that I’ve heard from a lot of ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses is the lovable old chestnut you see in the title. Here [...]
Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: How To Handle It When They Try To Convert You
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Or How To Make Them Go Away Without That Proud Grin On Their Face … Or Killing Anybody Either Yeah, I know the drill. We’ve all been there. It doesn’t matter if it’s only been days since you missed your last meeting or decades. There’s always one more person who drops by, probably unannounced, because [...]
Advice For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Why Do Witness Friends And Family Act So Weird Now That You’ve Left The Watchtower Society?
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Things have been strained between you and your mom lately, haven’t they? (Just nod, okay?) Yeah, after years of skulking around and trying not to doze off at the meetings, you finally did it. You, a once loyal Jehovah’s Witness, stopped going to the Kingdom Hall and haven’t shown your face there since. Weeks have [...]
“Don’t You Feel Guilty Leaving Jehovah God After All He’s Done For You?!?”
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Or As I Like To Call It, “Guilt Much?” Few former Jehovah’s Witnesses have managed to sneak out of their Kingdom Halls (or even stomped out biting and scratching all the way!) without being asked a question like this several hundred times–give or take. It’s one of those guilt-inducing questions, the kind that bullies and [...]
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