Dec
15
Just in time for the holidays! Don’t waste time trying to write a reasonable, nuanced missive to explain your position and how you feel. Who ever does more than skim your letters anyway?
The dysfunctional family letter generator is very humorous, especially if you’ve had a few “rough patches” with nuclear family, extended family, half-family, step-family, [...]
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 [...]
Nov
04
From the “Ask a Former JW” mailbag…
I’ve been reading your dialogue with JWs. I have no advice, though I have experience being married to a JW.
I have been told I have a distorted view of the Bible, that I am part of the great (?) Babylon. My parents haven’t seen my son in 1 year [...]
Feb
04
What do you get when you pour very hot water down a rabbithole?
Hot cross bun(ny)s!
One a penny two a penny - Hot cross buns!
It’s official - the memes of repression in the name of freedom and diversity have travelled to the U.K. Or have they?
For fear of offending the religious minorities at The [...]
Jul
23
This short article by Victoria Cater gives another common example of what the Watchtower Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) does to families. This is typical of the kinds of situations I remember and hear about from people who write to me for advice.
The first claim - that her father was kicked out for not giving [...]
