So I go to The Jehovah's Witness Information Center and find a bunch of links. Some of these links are even 'support for former witnesses'... apparently they need support?
And there is a link named Support Group for Ex Jehovah's Witnesses and under it says "You are not alone...".
The link ostensibly points to http://www.support4xjws.org but clicking the link takes you to an 18+ webcam page.
Bleh.
And there is a link named Support Group for Ex Jehovah's Witnesses and under it says "You are not alone...".
The link ostensibly points to http://www.support4xjws.org but clicking the link takes you to an 18+ webcam page.
Bleh.
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It had just occured to me lately that I don't know anything about JW, but I know some about just about ever other christian denomination.. and most of them I've been to their churches.
But I didn't know anything about JW, which stuck me as odd given that my closest friend from about 6th through 10th grade was a JW and I spent a *lot* of time in her house and around her family.
So I was looking for some information beyond the forbiddance of blood and some vague mention of elders or passing out watchtowers. Most of what I end up getting are lame jokes and very very *very* biased sites, for or against. I'm just pretty obnoxiously curious about religion and spirituality. ::nods::
It's not a *dire* information situation anyway. I'm just curious.
Like I said to a friend last night, it's usually when I stop actively looking for these things (and give up on the idea that it's just a church conspiracy to keep non believers from the truth or .. hehehe.. whatever fiction I'm working under at the time.. ) that they fall into my lap.
But well, I do have questions about this post here...
You went to JW on your own? It wasn't a family thing? How old were you? What was the impetus?
Heh.. and what do you mean by "relatively unbiased" ?
Truth be told... I'd rather get info from someone who's biased FOR instead of AGAINST. I can do my own critical thinking and pull out what I find useful and discard what I don't find useful. It's more difficult to pull out the bare bones from someone who is definitely AGAINST, as personal dislike tends to heavily color what they have to say in a way that makes nigh on impossible to discern the actuality of things.
babble babble more babbling an little more babbling babble.
nothing like a good religious debate.
You're thinking of mormons, I think.
I enjoy them coming around too. But it's because I honestly ejoy reading Watchtower. ::shrug::
It's actually the mormon boys on their mission year that I have a problem with. I've never encountered a pairing who would just take 'no thanks' for an answer, which is a problem I've never had with the jehovah's witnesses.
Everything there is anti-... Which is intersting in its way.. but I've still not found anything that's neither pro nor con and it just.. information.
The anti-sites twist everything to make is sound like a cult and the pro-sites don't say much beyond the word of jesus and walking the right paths and the glory of heaven and all that.
I didn't find the offical JW sites very helpful either.
I dunno.. still looking.