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

June 1, 2018 Mark O'Donnell 2909 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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The Friday Column: Are you still in the cage?

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Covert Fade 4214 ViewsAlice Cheshire, breaking free, freedom, jehovahs witnesses, mind control, the friday column, therapy, undue influence, watchtower

Growing up within the JW world, particularly as a woman, you got used to boundaries, to barriers, and to being

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The Friday Column: Leave no man behind

May 6, 2016October 2, 2017 Covert Fade 4353 Viewsactivism, freedom, friends, jehovahs witnesses, JWfacts, raymond franz, the friday column, watchtower

I had brothers when I was a Jehovah’s Witness. They were not related to me. We shared no blood. Neither

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“Lord, whom shall we go away to?”

January 14, 2012September 16, 2012 Cedars 3535 Viewsapostate, discouraged, encouragement, faith, freedom, friends, governing body, help, jehovahs witnesses, john 6, loneliness, making friends outside jw, meetings, organization, struggle

“Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life; and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
When Peter spoke the above words, the last thing on his mind was any question of leaving an ‘organization’ of any kind. Jesus, and no human organization, was the one with sayings of everlasting life.