GERMANY: First Her Faith, then Her Previous Life Lost
After questioning the teachings, a woman shares the difficulty of moving on as a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses Originally published on Niederrhein Nachrichten by Lorelies Christian on February 24, 2021 For me as an NN editor, letters to the editor based on reporting are nothing unusual. But then came a reaction that touched me very much: […]
GERMANY: Sophie Jones’ Life after Jehovah’s Witnesses
Hailing from Leipzig, at only 18 years of age, Sophie Jones first had to learn how to lead a self-determined life after leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Today she supports an association that helps sect dropouts and takes part in the Miss Germany election. “What do I want from life? Do I want everything to be prescribed […]
Robert Luccioni: Lies & Misrepresentation
The following is an open letter that was sent via email to Robert Luccioni on December 8, 2020. It was in response to a video he appeared in on jw.org entitled, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core (2 Tim. 3:13). We recommend you watch this video in full before reading the open letter. Also available in Dutch, […]
Keep Your Path Clean
When Jehovah’s Witness get the privilege of serving at the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Bethel), they must sit through a video entitled ‘Keep Your Path Clean’. There is one video that is specifically created for men and a separate video for women. Ralph Walls of the Personnel Committee presents the video for the ladies, […]
Wait on Jehovah
André was a zealous Jehovah’s Witness for over 30 years. He was married to a wonderful sister and they had three children together. However, things started to change for André. He was beginning to have doubts. His relationship with Jehovah was beginning to wane. Eventually he, along with his wife and children, stopped attending meetings. […]
The Two Witness Rule – an open letter
The ‘Two Witness Rule’ used by Jehovah’s Witnesses’ elders in their judicial committees with regard to accusations of child sexual abuse must be abandoned and disavowed. It has allowed sexual predators to escape justice. Some have attacked multiple victims. No matter how credible the accusation, within the Jehovah’s Witnesses there has to be either a […]
20 Years in the World
I recently found the sub-Reddit EXJW and noticed that most people are dealing with a relatively recent change. I haven’t yet seen someone give a perspective from a couple of decades out, so I put together my no-holds-barred 20+ year retrospective as an adult out in the world. Maybe you’ll find something useful here. Maybe […]
The Two Witness Principle
The ‘Two Witness Principle’ used by Jehovah’s Witness elders in their judicial committees with regard to accusations of child sexual abuse must be abandoned and disavowed. It has allowed sexual predators to escape justice. Some have attacked multiple victims. No matter how credible the accusation, within the Jehovah’s Witnesses there has to be either a […]
The Apocryphal Hypocrisy
If there is one thing Jehovah’s Witnesses have emphasized over and over again about the Bible, it is the notion that Apocryphal books of the Bible are not to be read, believed or referenced. …Which is why I was utterly shocked to find that the March 2018 Study edition of The Watchtower uses the Acts […]