A Glossary of Cult Terms and Expressions
Armageddon FatigueNoun: An event which creates unnecessary expectation believing it portends the onset of the Great Tribulation. Example: “There was no soya milk at the store today. Do you think it’s started?” Triple ‘A’ ClubAlternative title: Available after Armageddon Expression: A belief that one will wait for marriage until after Armageddon. Popular in congregations with […]
The Disfellowshipping Paradox
This event really happened. As unlikely as it seems, it highlights how heavily flawed the society’s amateur court arrangement truly is. The dialogue is a matter of licence but the subject and outcome are quite true. Brother Richey Robert’s judicial hearing. Brother Roberts is sat before the elders at his judicial hearing. His father is […]
If Tony Morris wrote the Day’s Text
Tony Morris became clearly exasperated at parents calling Watchtower out over graphic scenes of violence in Bible dramas. His defence was to insist that, as inspired scripture, it was entirely legitimate to portray these scenes. Tony Morris has now written two daily texts with no holds barred. Sunday, May 8 There she lusted after her […]
Sonnet 18 – Shakespeare’s The Lost Poem
Sonnet 18 One of Shakespeare’s lost pieces of work, written after being offered the Ye Lookout Turret and Arouse Thyself! magazines on a street corner. Shall I compare thee to another sect?Thou art more culty and more desperate.Old light is not the truth we would expect,Your teachings are both false and out of date.The apostates […]
Thursday Night – Best Night Ever!
Thursday Night – Best Night Ever! It’s six thirty and the meeting starts in an hour. Jay, who’s five, is running through the house semi-naked shouting out for clothes. My wife looks at me.“Can you?”I’m still looking at dear Chrissie who’s sat, fully togged up for the meeting, disconsolate. Earlier that evening she passed me […]
Jenny Küttim was brainwashed by Jehovah’s Witnesses – She managed to leave the sect
At just six years old, Jenny Küttim was so radicalized in Jehovah’s Witnesses that she knocked on doors to recruit new members. After being hospitalized, her path out of the sect began in her early teens – and now the digging journalist is releasing a book about her upbringing and the secrets that Jehovah’s Witnesses […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses loses appeal in Norway
The State Administrator reminded Jehovah’s Witnesses that this denial of State funding is in no way, prejudicial to their freedom of religion and assembly nor does it limit their ability to practice their religion. Jehovah’s Witnesses were also reminded that the ECHR has stated that access to financial support does not affect the individual’s right […]
CSA Survivor Petitions Scottish Parliament Committee
By Angela Cousins, Scotland I am a survivor of child sexual abuse. Like so many others, when I reported to my church leaders that I was abused, I was failed by people within my church. When the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) began its inquiry into Child protection in religious organisations and settings, […]
Extract from the Book of Memos
From: God To: Satan Date: Tuesday, the breezy part of the day, March 20th, 3996 BCEOkay – you ruined everything for the human race. You’ve really messed up. I have not only cursed them, but cursed the snake as well. From: Satan To: God Date: Wednesday morning, March 21th, 3996 BCEYou cursed the snake? Mate! I […]