I recently had someone I knew who was in a bad spot stay with me. She was a witness. She introduced me to some of her "friends" and she got in trouble for staying with me. None of them would open their doors to her but she got shunned essentially for it. They couldn't be seen talking to her in public. Despite all this, the second she moved out she ran back to the religion with open arms. They really messed with her head.
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no contact with family or JW friends, who are probably your only friends because you aren’t supposed to really socialize out of the religion
That is cult behavior.
They celebrate the deaths of children who refused blood transfusions as martyrs.
Of the “Four Major Cults” (Mormonism, Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Scientists + JW’s) they’re the most culty. Christian Scientists have more word language games/language control, and will also let children day of medical neglect but they don’t really seem to view that as good just a lack of spiritual strength.
JW’s are seriously discouraged from doing things like going to college or getting a meaningful career. You’re not supposed to really care about worldly things, because the world is supposed to end very soon (they’ve made so many failed predictions they stopped putting a number on it. You can get in serious trouble if they know you look at “apostate” material.
Your whole life is supposed to revolve around the church and being “Jehovah’s friend.”
JW is a cult, that is not really something that is disputed.
it sucks because me and my closest friend lost a buddy we lost contact to over the years to them. its super cult behavior
It is a textbook cult.
it’s so fucked up that the Australian government took away benefits over it.
So it was part of their faith until money was involved, got it.
I used to think militaries and religions had the best brainwashing capabilities but that was before Faux News.