{"id":1215,"date":"2006-06-27T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T16:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2006\/06\/27\/losing-my-religion-ex-jw-documentary\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T15:14:43","slug":"losing-my-religion-ex-jw-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2006\/06\/losing-my-religion-ex-jw-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex JW Documentary: Losing My Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trailer for the documentary <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hungrycreature.com\/lmr.html\">Losing My Religion<\/a><\/em> has been released to raise awareness (and funding). I am very pleased to be involved with this project. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hungrycreature.com\/lmr.html\">View the Trailer<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treemedia.com\/team_stephan.htm\">Stephan T. McGuire<\/a> to contribute to this unique film.  Please support this effort if you can. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Losing My Religion: In and Out of the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Organization<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That knock on your door is meant to save your life! Daily, over 6,000,000 Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses are being instructed that very soon, those who do not obey their exact teachings will be ferociously exterminated by God himself in Armageddon at the end of the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcworld\u00e2\u20ac\u2122!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So who are these people? And what is it like to be one of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Losing My Religion is a soul-searching, interview-style film documenting the experiences and exoduses of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses as they leave behind family, friends, their acquired interpretation of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and a very unique \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfundamentalist reality\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Losing their religion, many who leave must undergo an often emotionally agonizing and dramatic transition into the once \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcforbidden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 world.<\/p>\n<p>Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses who \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcawaken\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, who figure things out and leave; who permanently lose their religion, and speak up against the Watchtower Society, are in fact accused of being the absolute worst of all creation. Basically, the Watchtower Society\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stand is: You are either with us or against us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Losing My Religion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A deep conversation and intelligent study is needed on the effects of extreme fundamentalism in the world today. There are currently millions of ex-Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses around the world who struggle with adjustment to their new lives. Billions of other people find their life purposes and identities almost solely through their religions, political persuasions, marriages and\/or other relationships, their corporate careers, nationalism, the military, etc. Upon close examination, most of us are willing to throw out our own personal reasoning capabilities and deny our own personal experiences to be relieved of the oppressive burden of figuring out life ourselves. Why? What is happening?<\/p>\n<p>The interviews in <em>Losing My Religion<\/em> will serve as a metaphor highlighting the disservice of extreme fundamentalist ideology and the triumph of the human spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Losing My Religion will be a powerful journey into the life of the filmmaker, Stephan McGuire as documents the dilemmas of current Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, other ex- Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, solicit the opinions of cult specialists and psychologists who focus on identity and life purpose. So far we have been interviewing ex-Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, and already the dynamics of self-realization being revealed before the camera will make for a psychologically fascinating study. Once film production begins, we will want to document several Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses as they are leaving the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctruth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>With a kaleidoscope of cutting edge style, highly informed specialists and provocative footage, <em>Losing My Religion<\/em> will be an experience of synergized story telling, deep healing and an exploration of our insatiable quest for real truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ex Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses and other experts on Identity and Life Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Jerry Bergman<\/strong>, Human Biologist who has written over forty books including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=9993195286%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/9993195286%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses and the Problem of Mental Illness<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shining Thunder\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Francis<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveministries.org\">Author<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0738829528%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0738829528%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Jehovah Lives in Brooklyn<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Icke<\/strong>, Researcher &#038; Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0953881067%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0953881067%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Infinite Love Is the Only Truth: Everything Else Is Illusion<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brenda Lee<\/strong>, Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1931741654%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1931741654%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Out of the Cocoon<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outofthecocoon.net\/\">Cocoon Newsletter<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Heidi Nordberg<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diane Wilson<\/strong>, Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1573929425%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1573929425%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Awakening of a Jehovah&#8217;s Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exjw.meetup.com\/members\/\">Ex JW Meetup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickross.com\/reference\/jw\/jw80.html\">Rick A Ross Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silentlambs.org\">Silent Lambs<\/a>&#8211; Protecting JW children from abuse<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeminds.org\/\">Watchers of the Watchtower World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gayxjw.org\">A Common Bond<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/watchtower.observer.org\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20040311\/ESSAYS\/10518017\">Dr Jerry Bergman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Wellesley\/8098\/suicidememorial.htm\">A tribute and a memorial<\/a> to Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses who have taken their own lives<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultbuster.info\/default.htm\">Cult Busting information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r.webring.com\/hub?ring=jehovex\">Recovering ex Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses Webring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dannyhaszard.com\/\">Watchtower Whistle Blower<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/WallStreet\/7209\/index3.html\">Lightbearer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Escape from the Watchtower<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/watchtowerexposure\">Watchtower Exposure<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Athens\/Oracle\/3883\/\">Ivor Hope<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Wellesley\/8098\/\">Survivors of Abusive Religions Outreach &#038; Self-help<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/RainForest\/Canopy\/7299\/support\/index.html\">12 Steps of Ex JW Theocratic Addiction and Religious Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.norrisnet.net\/chat\/\">Ex Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses Chat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/users.skynet.be\/awsid\/index.htm\">In Depth Watchtower Survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com\/~Hull_R\/index.html\">Former Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Helping One Another Outside the Watchtower<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypage.uniserve.ca\/~renford\/\">The Truth about Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/jwlinks.html\">JW-related links<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/jwbooks.html\">helpful books<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/forwardexjw.html\">Forward You Ex-JWs<\/a> webring.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a little distancing humor, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/jwhumor.html\">JW jokes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=virushead-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B000FE1RDU%2526tag=virushead-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000FE1RDU%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/B000FE1RDU.01-A320TA6891MKGN._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" alt=\"TSHIRT JEHOVAHS WITNESS BAR CODE\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s Witnesses Organization That knock on your door is meant to save your life! Daily, over 6,000,000 Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses are being instructed that very soon, those&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2006\/06\/losing-my-religion-ex-jw-documentary\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,5,10,2,6,8,14],"tags":[2381,196,2382,2383,2384,2385,323,1996,335,6160,291,2386,2387,354],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armchair-activism","category-culture","category-human-rights","category-jehovahs-witnesses","category-personal","category-religion","category-virus-related","tag-abusive","tag-authoritarian","tag-documentary","tag-ex-jehovahs-witnesses","tag-extreme-fundamentalism","tag-film","tag-god","tag-healing","tag-ideology","tag-jehovahs-witnesses","tag-jws","tag-losing-my-religion","tag-trailer","tag-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}