The Anointed Covert Apostate
Apostates are persons Jehovah’s Witnesses believe are ones who abandon or desert worship and service of God. They believe apostasy includes those who believe in God but reject Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society / JW.org as being’s “God’s Organization”. Terry E. Walstrom’s story describes an Apostate who does not fit Jehovah’s Witnesses’ description. Yet, this Apostate was highly regarded […]
Deaf, Abused & Shunned
This is the true story of Jayne Foreman. She is a deaf woman who was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. From the age of 8, I was brought up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Back then, I could never understand Jehovah’s Witnesses. This was because I was deaf. And I was in a congregation where there was no interpreter. […]
Shane Green: Disassociation Letter
Shane Green disassociated himself from the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses 03 September, 2015. He wrote a letter to the Body of Elders at his local congregation. This letter outlines some of the many reasons why he wanted to disassociate. For the most part, it seems, his conscience was bothered by the fact that the religion he […]
And What Happened Next Was Simply Unbelievable!
I always sit in the same spot, just outside Starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space. I say “always,” but not today. Somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in “my” favorite spot! So, I took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on […]
Meeting the Mormons
The local Starbucks has been quite a nexus for encounters with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was strolling outside the coffee shop to take a phone call from a friend of mine when I ran across four guys talking. Two were pretty obviously young Mormon missionary guys and the other two probably Pioneer type Dubs. As I passed […]
Escaping Hell
I was less than two years of age when my mother became involved with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I saw my mother get baptized when I was two years old. She always told me that from that point on, I wanted to get baptized. Thinking back now, I’m sure that I just wanted to go swimming. After all, […]
A Happy Father’s Day
I was not raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was divorced in my early 20’s and had a little son when I met Barry, my husband of 33 years. He was disfellowshipped when I met him. He told me about the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. After a short time, his mother and his best friend’s wife started to […]
Everything I Believed Was Wrong
The following was a letter sent by an ex-Jehovah’s Witness to three elders who presided over the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses that he attended from child-hood into adult-hood. I’m not sure why I’ve waited this long to send a message your way, but I guess I’ll get right down to it. All three of […]
Influencing A Grandchild’s Career Path?
David and Gwen Cartwright are two elderly Jehovah’s Witnesses from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Their life story is told in the March 15 2015 Study Edition of the Watchtower, under the heading, We Found A More Rewarding Career. A synopsis of David & Gwen’s life story Both David & Gwen were born in the mid-1940’s. The […]