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Marking – a loving provision?

July 7, 2021July 8, 2021 Grant Davis 2164 Viewscongregation, jehovah, jehovahs witnesses

The well-worn phrases which suggest that Jehovah will bless the efforts of devout witnesses don’t bear scrutiny. Dig deep and

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How do I become Independent?

June 3, 2021June 24, 2021 Paige Lundie 4096 Viewsadulting, budgeting, exit plan, jehovah, mental health, money, support, tips

The idea of becoming independent is both exciting and terrifying when you’re first starting out. Depending on your situation, your

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Life and Love After Watchtower: Breaking Free from Cycles of Emotional Abuse

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 Cedars 5300 Viewsabusive partners, control, cults, emotional abuse, influence, jehovah, jehovahs witnesses, narcissists, watchtower, women

I recently had the pleasure of joining a Facebook support group for ex-Jehovah’s Witness women. Reading through the posts, I

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Reclaimed Voices: The Making Of a Documentary

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Cedars 3316 Viewschild abuse, child safeguarding, documentary, film, jehovah, jehovahs witnesses, Netherlands, Reclaimed Voices

I have made hundreds of videos in my nine years of activism, but I consider none as important as the

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Did Watchtower fake a 1958 speech for propaganda purposes?

August 28, 2016August 29, 2016 Cedars 2793 Views1958 convention, assembly, communism, divine will, dobychin, jehovah, jehovahs witnesses, july 2016, JW Broadcasting, persecution, recording, russia, rutimann, samuel herd, tape, watchtower

[Update: Since writing this article, it is clear that Watchtower did NOT fake the recording referred to. Here is my apology.]

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Jehovah and Watchtower – are they now to be thought of as one and the same?

July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 Cedars 4136 Viewsgod's organization, jehovah, jehovahs witnesses, november 15 2013 watchtower, october 15 2014 watchtower, organization, seven shepherds eight dukes, strategic or human standpoint, watchtower

Last year saw the publishing of a bizarre “Seven Shepherds, Eight Dukes” Watchtower article in which Jehovah’s Witnesses were told

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A Life Lost and a Life Found

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 James Strait 3271 Viewsapostasy, apostate, chaperone, child abuse, depression, elders, emotional blackmail, jehovah, jehovahs witness dating, jehovahs witnesses, religion, shunning, suicide, therapy, watchtower

What if you were born in a prison camp, and enslavement and control were all you knew in life? What

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