The Friday Column: Doctrine and loyalty is paramount to the Governing Body, whatever the cost
When I was a very young boy, my grandfather died. I don’t know much about his life, aside from the
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Shunning
The Friday Column: Why Speak Out?
Oftentimes, when speaking to friends and acquaintances I am asked, “Why? Why do you care what the Witnesses do? Why
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Following the “Return to Jehovah” release, is the net closing on inactive ones?
A leaked Watchtower letter in Polish addressed to all elders in Poland has asked for details of Witnesses who have
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Divide and conquer: Why Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot be called a “family friendly” faith
They are a familiar sight walking through residential areas, all dressed up with their Bibles and literature. Eagerly, they go
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2015 convention interviewer praises parents who shunned their kid
It is a predicament that all too many visitors to this website, myself included, find themselves in: believing Jehovah’s Witness
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Did Jehovah’s Witness shunning drive young Brit towards Islamic extremist radicalization?
UK newspapers are reporting that a young British man, who has been found guilty of plotting to behead a soldier,
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“Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones as though they have been slain by Jehovah, and don’t mourn them!”
In what should surely rank among some of the most grotesque propaganda ever to be churned out by Watchtower’s writing
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If shunning loved ones is scriptural, why does Watchtower publicly deny the practice?
Watchtower representative Veikko Leinonen recently made an appearance on Finnish television in which he essentially denied that Jehovah’s Witness parents
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Finnish NGO urges governmental investigation into Watchtower’s judicial policies
A Finnish non-governmental organization (NGO) has issued a report to the country’s Ministry of Justice calling for an investigation into
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A Life Lost and a Life Found
What if you were born in a prison camp, and enslavement and control were all you knew in life? What
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What can we all do to help?
It’s only through happenstance that I came to be an admin here at JWsurvey, but it was an opportunity I
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Disfellowshipping and shunning – a not so loving arrangement
The hurtful practice of disfellowshipping (or shunning) engaged in by Jehovah’s Witnesses has been defended by apologists as a loving
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“Shun your disfellowshipped loved ones!”: Shocking District Convention talk hits YouTube
A talk by a Watchtower representative urging the shunning of relatives is sending shockwaves through the online JW community. Recorded
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