re: Leah Remini going in dry on the Jehovah's Witnesses.

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Their beliefs are a little weird but to lump them in with Scientologists is just plain dishonest

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No it isn't. Not at all.

Didn't pay them much mind until I worked with a dude that was a JW. One day he mentioned that his son's birthday was coming up and he had a big decision to make. He said that if his son chose not to be in the church, he was going to kick him out the house, disown him, and never speak to him again.

I asked him, that if he was walking down the street and came upon his son, he'd just ignore him? And he said that was exactly what he'd do. That was right when I first had internet access, and I did a lot of research on it and ended up going off on the dude. Pissed him right off when I pointed out the facts that made it a scam and a cult and all the bullshite that's gone on within it and how the small cabal in New York that controls the religion conveniently changes their rules as need be, like where they increased the number of allowable witness and things like that.

It's a total mind control cult that deserves all the ridicule it can get.

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Just cause she’s a gullible, weak minded, follower who got duped by Scientology doesn’t mean every religion is bad.

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She was raised in it from childhood, and unlike many, had the strength of mind and character to throw it off as an adult.

Ignorant people make the dumbest assumptions.

I'm watching now and apparently you can be disfellowshipped (shunned) and kicked out for something like having pre-marital sex. Well, WTF? Prince was a big time Jehovah's Witness and he used to bang all kinds of chicks in the 80's. How come he wasn't kicked out? I guess he was the Tom Cruise of JWs.

Anything that makes you go door knocking is bad news. I think you have to tithe much more that most religions too.

I heard that JW keeps records of your finances so they know if you are giving the proper percentage.

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did she quit going after the Church of Scientology?

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nope. new season Nov. 27

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I don't know about the other two, but this is absolutely false to lump mormons into that thinking. They don't teach that at all for someone getting out of line. There is no shunning either.

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Are you kidding? It happens all the time - especially in Utah. You say something publicly that is negative about church leadership and there's a great chance you are getting excommunicated.

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Jehovah's Witnesses have the courage and conviction to knock on the doors of strangers to try and talk with them about their faith. I fundamentally disagree with what they preach, but I respect the hell out of their commitment.

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This right here.

Mormans are just as bad

Jehovah’s Witness
Scientologist
Morman
Christian scientist


Weirdos

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No doubt. Like you said, it takes balls to be those people and they generally don't hurt anyone so I don't have any beef with them.

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Years pass living in a neighbor hood, my neighbors across the street were JW's. The husband worked at the same place I did and they knew that I worked shift hours.

Needless to say, they had their group of JW's come to my house many times in the day always when I was coming off a dog shift. After about the 5th time, I answer the front door in my birthday suit. Told them never ever step back on my place again. Hey, it worked.

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I don't know about the other two, but this is absolutely false to lump mormons into that thinking. They don't teach that at all for someone getting out of line. There is no shunning either.

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there are some great docs about fundamentalist Mormon groups kicking out members (almost always young males). Sons of Perdition is probably the best. these guys have no concept of the real world and are forced to start living in it. they're called the Lost Boys

it's often more the fundies in compounds where polygamy is popular, b/c the old, powerful men steal all the women. young men with no hopes of ever having a relationship are a major issue b/c they become violent (because their life has no meaning, in terms of evolution)

i had a really good friend growing up who was Mormon and there were excommunication threats, and they weren't in a fundie cult (obviously b/c they were in southj LA)