Nov
11
I am becoming a bit concerned about the safety of former Jehovah’s Witnesses.
When I received this latest email, I asked permission to post it.
Reports of various annoyance activities toward vocal former Jehovah’s Witnesses seems to be increasing. I will try to do a post very soon about how things are heating up in [...]
Jun
24
On the practices and policies of the Watchtower Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt47lPS_QEw
Some background on early JW days - most contemporary JWs are unaware of their own history
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-40YmWfg9sQ
One testimony of what it was like to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H-Y1mSf0xk
On the Street with a Jehovah’s Witness - Gloats Gripes (and Damage Done)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-llW8QUM7g
Jehovah’s Witnesses Should Not Look at this One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biuJ74qu_pc
Jun
12
Two pleasantly plump Jehovah’s Witness women have just departed, their undelivered invitation to the upcoming District Convention in hand.
They were still huffing and puffing a bit from the exertion required to climb the driveway when they rang the bell. For a moment, I was tempted to pretend not to be home. Sigh. Nah. I instructed [...]
Jun
01
It is possible that internal discussion about Watchtower policies has begun, at least among some Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Internal discussion or debate is very rare - those who attempt to initiate such are quickly disfellowshipped so that their “unsheep-like” attitude does not “infect” the congregation. The Watchtower Bible and Tract publishing empire/religious group is totalitarian [...]
Feb
01
Another from the “Ask a Former Jehovah’s Witness” mailbag:
My father was disfellowshipped when he was a teen in the 80’s and because of that he and his father do not speak. Ever. Are there any scriptural sources that I could use when speaking to my grandfather about this that would show this is wrong? When [...]
Jan
30
The transcript of the Jehovah’s Witness gloom and doom sermon I made for the Breaking Down a Watchtower Message to the Great Crowd post has been translated into French at the Viaveritas site. Copernic, Fantasio, and Lucretius have crafted a great post, and it includes serious consideration of some of the points I was [...]
Jan
14
When my friend Janet sent me a link to this piece from a very recent talk (given by James Rayford at a Kingdom Hall in Houston Texas), I actually forced myself to listen to it. I’m going to comment below, so that you can begin to understand what happens to the self-identified “Great Crowd” (who [...]