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The Friday Column: Questions Young People Ask – Answers That Don’t Work

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Jeni 6559 Viewsanswers that work, chaperone, child indoctrination, dating, domestic violence, eating disorders, homosexuality, jehovahs witnesses, masturbation, substance abuse, suicide, watchtower, young people ask, ypa book

Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness is an experience that has shaped me in innumerable ways. To be fair, Watchtower’s influence

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Witness couple and two young children found dead in shocking ‘murder suicide’

January 18, 2014March 23, 2015 Cedars 5184 Viewsdomestic violence, Irmo, jehovahs witnesses, Kia Miller, murder suicide, nervous breakdown, organization, Rachel Hinson, Sheddrick Miller, South Carolina, suicide, watchtower

A congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Carolina has been rocked by the apparent murder-suicide of a Witness family of

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Danmera Dinglebum – Why did it take so long?

February 11, 2013February 23, 2013 Cedars 2677 Viewsapostate, armageddon, child abuse, danmera dinglebum, disfellowshipping, domestic abuse, domestic violence, god's organization, internet, jehovahs witnesses, mickey hudson, organization, shunning, sparlock, teenage baptism, Watch Tower Society, watchtower, youtube

When you meet someone with a name like Danmera Dinglebum, you know there must be a juicy story to be

Cedars' Blog Domestic Abuse

“Won Without a Word” – At What Cost?

December 11, 2011September 16, 2012 Cedars 3967 Viewsdomestic abuse, domestic violence, governing body, help for women, jehovahs witnesses, jw divorce, jw marriage, refuge, spousal abuse, violent husband, watchtower, women, won without a word

Watchtower publications define the role of a Christian wife who finds herself married to a husband who does not share her faith. The scripture they use advises women in such situations that they can win over their husbands “without a word,” or by letting their actions rather than their words give evidence that faith can make one a better person.