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- Jehovah’s Witness Lawsuits – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
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In this podcast, JT discusses the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the latest lawsuits – yes, their day of reckoning has come – the lawsuits are flooding in. They can create all the corporations they want, but the Governing body will be held accountable for their actions and the law cometh for them. They are no better […]Support the show
24 min - Jehovah's Witnesses and The Two Witness Rule – Lynn’s Story
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In this episode, Lynn Ragusa shares her personal experience about how she was affected by the two witness rule.
International Rape Crisis Hotlines - http://www.ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html
Barbara Anderson - Watchtower Documents, discusses the Two Witness Rule
https://youtu.be/Q9dCHqEMObo
Former Jehovah’s Witnesses recount years of sex abuse ahead of landmark case (article from NY Post – August 12, 2019)) https://nypost.com/2019/08/12/former-jehovahs-witnesses-recount-years-of-sex-abuse-ahead-of-landmark-case/
The child victim’s act (article from NY Post – February 14, 2019) https://nypost.com/2019/02/14/cuomo-signs-law-allowing-child-sex-abuse-victims-to-sue-as-adults/
Mark Albert, Chief National Investigative Correspondent
Silent No More: The Survivors (video – part one) https://www.kcra.com/article/silent-no-more-part-1-the-survivors/28659357
Silent No More: The Survivors (video – part two) TV: https://www.kcra.com/article/silent-no-more-part-2-the-verdicts/28660625
Legal floodgates to open Wednesday as child sexual abuse victims, many after decades, get long-awaited day in court (article from the NY Daily News dated August 11, 2019) http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-child-victims-act-lawsuits-20190811-gvqqq4wfqzdyhbkowenk6gao7q-story.html
Zalkin's press conference (Facebook video) https://www.facebook.com/FOX5Vegas/videos/2401724586765655/Support the show
18 min - Jehovah’s Witnesses: Vow of Poverty (Former Bethelite Tells His Story)
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Former Jehovah's Witness elder/bethelite is discussing his own personal experience about what he knows about the practices and policies of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society.
This video discusses the vow of poverty and how it affects those in full-time service and the impact it has for many individuals that live in areas and what happens when they do not pay into social security.
Is there anything wrong with taking a vow of poverty? No! However, the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society is guilty of hypocrisy for condemning other religious denominations for instituting such an arrangement. Why? Because when they discovered they could take certain tax breaks for doing the same thing, they decided to set up their own vow of poverty system - Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses
Unfortunately, such vows did not benefit the Bethelites and other individuals in full-time service. In fact, when it was convenient, the Watchtower dismissed thousands of Bethelites from their assignments. Many of them were released after serving upwards of 30+ years at Bethel.
One couple was so excited about being accepted to Bethel and after selling their home, donated the money from the sale of their home to the Watchtower Society. Sadly, they were part of the massive layoff of 1,000+ Bethelites.
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25 min - Jehovah’s Witnesses: Stop Begging for my Assets!
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Former Jehovah's Witness elder/bethelite is discussing his own personal experience about what he knows about the practices and policies of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society.
It's all about the money. The Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society is at it again. This time they are interested in your travel reward points.
While there is nothing wrong with donating your points, the Watchtower Society is being hypocritical because they have long condemned other organizations for doing the same thing.
First, they were coming at the children trying to get them to give up their ice cream money and now they are begging for your travel reward points.
In this podcast, JT & Lady Cee presents a skit on what could happen in many Jehovah's Witness households once the idea of donating travel rewards becomes popular within the community.
JW Video: https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/LatestVideos/pub-mwbv_201907_4_VIDEOSupport the show
11 min - Jehovah’s Witnesses: Three Signs that Exhibit they are Collective Narcissists
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Former Jehovah's Witness elder/bethelite is discussing his own personal experience about what he knows about the practices and policies of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society.
In this video, JT & Lady Cee join their voices with Arc Ripley of Arglue to Collaborate on the topic of Jehovah's Witnesses and Collective Narcissism.
We discuss the top three things that identify the Jehovah's Witnesses as collective narcissists:
1) Persecution Complex
2) Belief that they are the only true religion
3) They believe they are the center of attention
Arc is a fellow YouTuber from a different community that focuses a lot of videos on the topic of Narcissism. He is not affiliated with Jehovah's Witnesses thus offers an outsiders perspective on the traits of Narcissistic traits.
Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self image and attributes. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.
Collective narcissism (or group narcissism) extends the concept of individual narcissism onto the social level of self. It is a tendency to exaggerate the positive image and importance of a group the individual belongs to – i.e. the ingroup.Support the show
29 min - JT Life at Bethel Part 5 - G-Jobbing at Bethel
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Former Jehovah's Witness elder/bethelite is discussing his own personal experience about what he knows about the practices and policies of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society.
In the fifth installment of life at Bethel with JT, he talks about G-Jobbing and how everyone at Bethel was not broke. A lot of the brothers that work in the trades had the opportunity to make money on the side by doing construction jobs at Kingdom Hall's and the homes of the local friends in the congregation (roofing, laying tile, dry wall, installing carpet, etc.). Others had the opportunity to work as wedding photographers and waiter's at weddings. And for those individuals that had a skill in cutting hair, they were able to earn a few extra bucks working as a barber to those brothers needing a haircut much sooner than the three weeks allowed at Bethel.
For those brothers that had a skill in computer programming, they took their talent to Wall Street and held jobs over there after hours. The opportunities were endless.
Of course, all good things must come to an end! And so it did when the issue of tax reporting became a serious issue when Bethelites started receiving 1099's and were reportedly not filing the extra cash earned on their taxes. Yikes!Support the show
17 min - JT and Public Talks – Life at Bethel Part 4 (Jehovah’s Witnesses)
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This video is a continuation of JT’s life at Bethel. He discusses Public Talks and his role as the speaker coordinator in his congregation. The presiding overseer in his congregation specifically asked him not to coordinate speakers from other Kingdom Hall’s using what he termed a whole sale bargain where if they had 11 speakers, […]Support the show
24 min - JT and the Congregation – Life at Bethel
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This podcast goes into more details about my Bethel experience by discussing what it was like meeting the friends in my congregation. I discuss: Congregation assignments Meeting the friends Surviving Bethel and receiving assistance from the older friends Learning and understanding the culture at Bethel for compensating those providing transportation Determining whether to bring car […]Support the show
18 min - JT’s First Day at Bethel – the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society Headquarters
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This podcast goes into more details about my Bethel experience by discussing what it was like on my first day. I discuss: Advice from the elders prior to leaving Reporting to the Bethel Office Hanging out with fellow Bethelites The importance of having a mentor The impact of having the right social circles can […]Support the show
19 min - JT Goes to Bethel – Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society Headquarters
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This podcast is the beginning of a series where JT chronicles his life at Bethel. He provides an in-depth account about the good, bad and ugly pertaining to Bethel’s culture, rules, institutional living, and the impact it has on the lives of Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world. In this podcast, he discusses those that influenced […]Support the show
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About Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses-Critical Thinkers » Critical Thought Podcast
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The Critical Thought encourages you to think critically about the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. As former members and teachers in this group, we have inside knowledge to help raise…
public awareness. We understand the psychological tactics the organization uses to attract new members.
Our goal isn't to attack the religion, but to share what we've learned about how the group operates. We want to expose the false teachings they use to control their followers. Many members carry a heavy burden of shame, fear, and guilt, struggling to keep up with the group's expectations. Some want to leave but stay out of fear of losing family and friends, pretending to be committed when they're not.
Through our platform, we hope to help anyone feeling trapped by the group's impossible standards or prevent others from joining. We aim to support educators, mend broken family relationships, and motivate people to pursue their education. If we can help even one person, we consider that a success.