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The Friday Column: From Self-Injury to Self-Respect: Lisa’s Story

June 1, 2018 Mark O'Donnell 2964 Viewsapostate, child abuse, child indoctrination, freedom, future of the watchtower society, jehovahs witnesses, organization, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

I was born and raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It was an identity that was given to me. Some

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Goodbye Jehovah, Hello Courtroom – Watchtower Brings Lawsuit Against Publishing Company

February 5, 2018February 7, 2018 Mark O'Donnell 6362 Viewsapostate, apostates, child indoctrination, disfellowshipping, god's organization, goodbye jehova, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, misha anouk, Misha Verrolet, organization, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

On December 29th, 2017, Watchtower attorney Armin Pikl filed a lawsuit against Rowohlt Publishing Company, the highly regarded publishing house in Germany

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Results of the 2016 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Chloe 3465 Views2016, apostate, blood transfusions, child abuse, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw survey, Results, shunning, suicide, warwick, watchtower

As I write this article, 2017 is drawing to a close, having witnessed its own fair share of major changes

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News Bulletin: 2017 Film “Apostasy” Premieres in Toronto, Spain, and London

October 1, 2017January 1, 2018 Mark O'Donnell 3519 Viewsapostasy, apostate, apostates, child indoctrination, cults, disfellowshipping, faithful and discreet slave, future of the watchtower society, god's organization, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, jw.org, organization, shunning, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

The beginning of September saw the unveiling of a new film with a unique single-word title: Apostasy. A word which

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2016: The Year In Review – Part Two: Vanishing Books, Blood, Videos, Telly Awards, and Farewell to Brooklyn

January 7, 2017February 5, 2020 Mark O'Donnell 2333 Viewsapostate, apostates, armageddon, blood transfusions, brooklyn, brooklyn bethel, child indoctrination, cults, disfellowshipping, faithful and discreet slave, future of the watchtower society, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, jw survey, jw.org, organization, shunning, undue influence, warwick, Watch Tower Society, watchtower, youtube

In Part One of our 2016 review, we managed to scrape the surface of some of the more significant articles

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2016: The Year In Review – Part One: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Child Abuse

January 1, 2017February 5, 2020 Mark O'Donnell 3326 Views2016, apostate, blood transfusions, branch closures, brooklyn, brooklyn bethel, child abuse, child indoctrination, child molestation, cults, disfellowshipping, downsizing, faithful and discreet slave, future of the watchtower society, god's organization, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, joseph rutherford, JW Broadcasting, jw.org, organization, preaching work, shunning, tony morris, two witness rule, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

As we say goodbye to 2016 and welcome a new year, we reflect on the events which captured our attention

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NEWS BULLETIN: Australian Government Issues Report Condemning Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Sexual Abuse Policies

November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 Mark O'Donnell 4690 Viewsapostate, australian royal commission, candace conti, child abuse, child molestation, cults, geoffrey jackson, governing body, Irwin Zalkin, jehovahs witnesses, jw survey, jw.org, organization, two witness rule, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

The criticisms of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their various regulations, from handling of child abuse matters to the prevention of medically

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News Bulletin: Confidential Watchtower Letter Reveals JW.org Security Issues

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 Covert Fade 6033 Viewsapostate, jw.org

Let me tell you a joke. A new employee starts his first day of work in his new office. After

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The Friday Column: Five ways my life has changed for the better since I left my religion

July 8, 2016July 9, 2016 Cedars 3947 Viewsanxiety, apostate, best life ever, depression, family, happiness, homosexuality, jehovahs witnesses, watchtower

Since deciding to walk away from the Jehovah’s Witness (JW) religion last year, there have been many changes to my

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The Friday Column: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Doubts

June 10, 2016 Covert Fade 2942 Views#worstconventionever, apostate, cults, doubts, faithful and discreet slave, god's organization, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, undue influence, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Like myself, my wife was raised a Jehovah’s Witness and has always loved reading. When she was around 7 years

Apostates Cedars' Blog

The trouble with apostates (and why it shouldn’t put you off being one)

December 2, 2015December 8, 2015 Cedars 6983 Viewsapostate, atheism, christian evangelicals, christian v atheist, evangelical activists, jehovahs witnesses, kim mikey, mike and kim brooks, watchtower

At the beginning of October I produced and participated in a video featuring 62 Jehovah’s Witness apostates from all over

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The silent majority speaks: Results of the 2014 Global Survey now available

September 18, 2015September 23, 2015 Cedars 5133 Views2014 global survey, apostate, child abuse, disfellowshipped, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, jwsurvey results pdf, organization, shunning, watchtower

2014 was a big year for Jehovah’s Witnesses, and not just because it marked 100 years of the “short period

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An apology, and update on what’s in store for JWsurvey

August 29, 2015 Cedars 4157 Viewsapostate, child abuse, chris shelton, daniel genser, geoffrey jackson, jehovahs witnesses, jwsurvey day, karen morgan, louise goode, marc latham, royal commission, watchtower

First off, I need to apologize for being so absent from posting articles over the last few weeks! As some

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