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Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses-Critical Thinkers » Critical Thought Podcast JT & Lady Cee
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.4 • 172 Ratings
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As we present the facts about our personal experience with the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society (the "Society"), we challenge individuals to use critical thinking when examining the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, the group that follows the leadership of the Society. We encourage you to do research and not blindly accept everything the Society tells you. Learn about the history of this organization so you can make informed decisions that are in your own best interests.
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Why Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Celebrate Mother's Day
Links to References Gregorian Calendar https://www.thecenterforruleoflaw.org/rule-of-law-blog/october-4-1582-the-gregorian-calendar-is-introduced-by-pope-gregory-xiii Golden Age (aka Awake! Magazine) March 13, 1935 March 27, 1935 April 10, 1935 calendar [photo] 1935 yearbook page 168 Calendar - Tool of Satan March 1st 1935 page 80 https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g20030922/The-Pi%C3%B1ata-An-Ancient-Tradition/ Support the show
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Struggles of Jehovah's Witness Youths - Should I Regular Pioneer After High School
In this podcast, Ryan shares his experience on what it was like making choices as a young person graduating from high school. Unfortunately, the advice given by the elders in the congregation left him feeling helpless and hopeless when they begin encouraging him to regular pioneer. After taking the advice of the elders, Ryan chose to regular pioneer but quickly realized that he was unable to pay his bills. He was just struggling to survive. Fortunately, Ryan woke up and began to reexamine his situation. Perhaps you have had a similar experience where you gave up dreams, goals and aspirations to please the brothers in your local congregation. This happens all too many times where young people make decisions that drastically affect their ability to take care of their material needs much later in life. And, as Ryan discusses in this video, he was struggling to make ends meet every day. We hope this presentation will help you to think about your own career choices as you begin to navigate the waters in the "real world".Support the show
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How the Elders Defend the Governing Body When Things Go Wrong
Six Things Elders should never include on reports as it relates to the Watchtower judicial process: These are instructions that are generally given to the elders during the Kingdom Ministry Schools. Avoid: 1. Mentioning anything alluding to or naming one of the Society’s attorneys. 2. Mentioning the Legal Department 3. Making comments referring to receiving direction from the Society 4. Making comments mentioning anyone other than the committee itself as a possible influence in the decision reached 5. Making comments that might suggest to someone with a critical eye that the committee did not reach its decision on its own but, instead, somehow yielded to the influence of an outside party 6. Mentioning comments indicating that the elders mishandled the case or committed any error in the investigation or the judicial committee process. Join us behind the scenes on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/exjwcriticalthinker Support the show
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The Memorial: Governing Body vs. Faithful & Discreet Slave
The Jehovah's Witnesses & the Memorial What happens after the festivities of passing the bread and the wine? How many people will partake this year? Support the show
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Life at Bethel - Jehovah's Witness Voting Members
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Eva's Story - My Family Survived the Holocaust
Eva is from upstate New York and one of eight siblings. She was a fifth generation Jehovah's Witness and her parents and grand parents her Holocaust survivors. All her siblings are still active in the organization. Eva has over twenty years’ experience in accounting and has decades of experience in investigating retail financial fraud and management. Eva is an advocate for individuals struggling with leaving high control religions and supporting their efforts to rejoin society. Eva has a commitment in life to be a compassionate Christian and have love for all individuals. WITNESSING FREEDOM https://witnessingfreedom.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindertransport_%E2%80%93_The_Arrival https://kindertransport-memorial.org/ https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/the-holocaust/kindertransport-refugees/ RECOVERING FROM SPIRITUAL ABUSE David Henke https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Abuse-Recovery-Workbook-educational-ebook/dp/B09CF1FK4R Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued https://www.amazon.com/Nicky-Vera-Holocaust-Children-Rescued/dp/1324015748 Join us behind the scenes on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/exjwcriticalthinker Check out our videos on why we left the Why We Left the Jehovah's Witnesses https://youtu.be/rqYUCV4FHI4 https://youtu.be/bLaSB9P2MEE Visit us on the Web at http://www.exjwcriticalthinker.com SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube http://bit.ly/2p9RTSC Subscribe to Our Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ex-jehovahs-witnesses-critical-thinkers-critical-thought/id967813520 Follow us on: Twitter https://twitter.com/ExJWsThink Instagram https://www.instagram.com/exjwcriticalthinker/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Ex-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Critical-Thinkers-529293183758131/ Check out our t-shirt designs: https://exjwcriticalthinker.myspreadshop.com/all How to Contact Us We appreciate hearing from our viewers; however, we do not have enough staff or resources to communicate with everyone. We rarely check messages in our social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), therefore, if you want to reach us, email us directly at the email address listed below: ✰✰ EMAIL: jtladycee@gmail.comSupport the show
Customer Reviews
Critical Thinking is NOT encouraged
Any group that tells you NOT to look to outside sources for ideas or research on any subject, or who tells you not to seek secondary or higher education, is manipulating you into staying malleable for further brain washing. The next suggestion the JW’s have for you, instead of going to college, is to just work a part-time job and spend the rest of your time making more JW disciples and getting people to convert to their doctrine. Members are striped of their autonomy and not allowed critical thinking or personal choice. They are programmed to obey and report back on other JWs. It keeps you in a constant state of fear from even being yourself around people. You develop “imposter syndrome” and lead a double life because you have to in order to survive. I know this because I was born into the JW cult. At age 5, I knew I wanted out. I also knew I had 13 more years to have to hide my true thoughts and feelings from my family that I was not a believer because they had already dumped off my oldest sister out of the house when she was 16 and I was 2. They claimed my sister worshiped Satan and was a lesbian which was enough for my delusional mother to send my oldest sister out of our home. The reality was my sister was smoking cigarettes and wanting to go out with her friends from school instead of the approved JWs. I spent my entire childhood knowing all my friends and family would be torn away and shun me when i finally broke from their cult at 18. It was extremely traumatic and it still affects me now at 50 years old. Thanks for letting me know there are others who have survived escaping this dangerous group. They need to be exposed.
Thank you- bless you
I’m a third generation JW, and left when I was 19 after living in foster care because of the abuse of my Elder Father. I knew I made the right decision when I had my son. And I knew that I couldn’t subject my child to the abuses of my own childhood. Thank you!!!
Love it
Great Podcast. I can relate to just about every single topic. This show is the realest. JT sounds just like the elders which makes it so much easier on the ears when he critiques the cult. Haha, if that doesn’t make me brainwashed!!!