What’s a girl got to do to have her house marked with an X on the local territory map of the JWs? For the second time this week, I received a home-delivered invitation to the District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The first was delivered when we weren’t home. The second was delivered this morning by a lone man carrying an uncommonly nice leather valise. I think it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a JW at the door by himself;…
Another Jehovah’s Witness predator convicted. For 20 years, Daniel molested children and his wife knew it was happening. BRUSSELS – Convicted for sordid abuse rape, and crimes against children, Daniel P. and Nadine NR were a married couple and active Jehovah’s Witnesses. Yesterday, Daniel P. was sentenced to six years of hard prison time. His wife Nadine was sentenced to three years probation. Their atrocities against children were of an extreme gravity. For example: molestation of eleven minor children, seven…
A trailer for the documentary Losing My Religion has been released to raise awareness (and funding). I am very pleased to be involved with this project. View the Trailer. Contact Stephan T. McGuire to contribute to this unique film. Please support this effort if you can. Losing My Religion: In and Out of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Organization That knock on your door is meant to save your life! Daily, over 6,000,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses are being instructed that very soon, those…
Oppose the “Flag Anti-desecration” Amendment. First off, notice the language of religion and the sacred here. To “desecrate” is to violate the sacredness of something. To be “anti-desecration” is to be against the violation of the sacred. This assumes that the flag is holy, sacred, sanctified, blessed, consecrated. The American flag should not be made into a golden calf, a graven image; to worship the symbol would be a grave mistake.* Making a “holy” thing of the American flag is…
Items like these show the outer limits and effects of JW family involvement, which includes a rationalization of childbeating (from a common mistranslation and misapplication of a biblical verse that children will become “spoiled” if not physically beaten). Parents, who envision themselves in a power pyramid, will sometimes take out their frustrations on those with less power. It is a chain of domination and submission to authority. Here is one result. Larry Slack has been convicted of flogging his 12-year…
This testimony letter gives a glimpse into some of the recurring issues. Thanks for sending and giving your permission to post, Angela! I was raised by parents who converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses (from the Catholic religion) when I was five years old (I am now 32). My father is an elder and he and my mother are very active. I have six younger brothers and sisters who are all active JW’s. When I was 18, I married a “brother” I…