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My 21st Century Apostasy Trial

December 31, 2013January 2, 2014 Cedars 5392 Viewsapostasy trial, apostate, cult, disfellowship, elders, heresy, jehovahs witnesses, john cedars, judicial committee, letter of disassociation, organization, prodigal son, shunning, watchtower

I received the phone call on Friday night. I was expecting it. My mother-in-law had been approached at the kingdom

Cedars' Blog News

Watching the Watchtower over 2013 – the year in review

December 26, 2013December 29, 2013 Cedars 2638 Views2013 review, annual meeting, anthony morris iii, apostate, armageddon, branch closures, brooklyn, brooklyn bethel, candace conti, child abuse, child molestation, cults, david splane, faithful and discreet slave, geoffrey jackson, governing body, guy pierce, Irwin Zalkin, jehovahs witnesses, jw survey, jw.org, new light, new world translation, organization, rick simons, shunning, silver sword, wallkill, warwick, Watch Tower Society, watchtower, youtube

As 2013 winds to a close, we can now pause to reflect on what has proved an eventful year for

Apostates Cedars' Story Life Stories

The Story of Cedars – A Prisoner No More

November 6, 2013December 20, 2015 Cedars 15494 Viewsapostate, armageddon, child abuse, cults, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, john cedars, masturbation, new light, organization, sexual repression, shunning, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

After running JWsurvey for more than two years, the time has finally come to share my story. Why has it

Apostates Shunning

Disfellowshipping and shunning – a not so loving arrangement

November 1, 2013November 2, 2013 Cedars 5330 Viewsbrock talon, disfellowshipping, journey to god's house, shunning

The hurtful practice of disfellowshipping (or shunning) engaged in by Jehovah’s Witnesses has been defended by apologists as a loving

Cedars' Blog Child Indoctrination

Why it is morally wrong for Watchtower to push baptism on children

October 8, 2013July 16, 2014 Cedars 6375 Viewsannual meeting, anthony morris, baptism, child baptism, child indoctrination, david splane, gerrit losch, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, organization, shunning, teenage baptism, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

During my time as a ministerial servant (before becoming an elder) I was asked to study with a boy in

Cedars' Blog Governing Body News

Governing Body on show: God fixed weather to produce “sister proof” new bible

October 6, 2013October 7, 2013 Cedars 4315 Views139th annual meeting, annual meeting, anthony morris iii, faithful and discreet slave, geoffrey jackson, gerrit losch, governing body, guy pierce, jehovahs witnesses, new bible, new light, new understanding, organization, shunning, sister proof, wallkill, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Thinking Witnesses have been left scratching their heads at the strange manner in which the revised New World Translation bible

Cedars' Blog Governing Body News

New English NWT Bible released as Annual Meeting is leaked online

October 5, 2013October 12, 2013 Cedars 7423 Viewsannual meeting, drjohnchrist, faithful and discreet slave, geoffrey jackson, gerrit losch, governing body, gray bible, grey bible, guy pierce, jehovahs witnesses, JW library, jw.org, new bibles, new light, new world translation, organization, reddit, sexist, shunning, sister proof, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Watchtower’s much-anticipated 129th Annual Meeting was held today at the Stanley Theater, New Jersey. In an unprecedented move, the event

Cedars' Blog Survey

2013 Global Survey passes the 1000 mark

August 18, 2013 Cedars 2784 Viewsdisfellowshipped, global survey, governing body, higher education, jehovahs witnesses, jw survey, organization, reinstated, shunning, suicide, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

When this website first launched in October 2011 its primary aim was to gather the thoughts and opinions of the

Cedars' Blog News

“Close ranks against Satan!”: Watchtower prepares Witnesses for 2014 disappointment

August 15, 2013August 28, 2013 Cedars 4738 Views1914, 2014, armageddon, child abuse, close ranks, cults, elders, future of the watchtower society, god's organization, gog of magog, inactive, jehovahs witnesses, king of the north, november 15th 2013, peace and security, shunning, study edition, waiting attitude, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

For decades Witnesses have been taught that 1914 marked the beginning of a “short period of time” before Christ would

Cedars' Blog News Shunning

“Shun your disfellowshipped loved ones!”: Shocking District Convention talk hits YouTube

July 31, 2013July 8, 2018 Cedars 6727 Viewsapostates, cults, disfellowshipping, District Convention, God's Word Is Truth, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, organization, shunning, shunning talk, Steven Bell, wallkill, Watch Tower Society, watchtower, youtube

A talk by a Watchtower representative urging the shunning of relatives is sending shockwaves through the online JW community. Recorded

Apostates Life Stories

Nestor Kuilan – Surviving the Fall from Watchtower’s Trapdoor

June 29, 2013December 20, 2015 Cedars 3958 Views1980, AAWA, apostate, bethel purge, crisis of conscience, disfellowshipping, faithful and discreet slave, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, Nestor Kuilan, organization, raymond franz, shunning, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

“Why would people priding themselves on their high Christian principles pass on such vicious rumors when they had absolutely nothing

Cedars' Blog Child Indoctrination Governing Body

Governing Body’s David Splane says forcing young ones to get baptized is “wise” thing to do

June 5, 2013July 16, 2014 Cedars 4357 Viewsbaptism, baptized, children, david splane, disfellowshipped teenagers, disfellowshipping, governing body, internet, jehovahs witnesses, malmo, nadab and abihu, scandinavian branch, shunning, teenage baptism, watchtower, youtube, zone visit

David Splane, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, has recently completed a Zone Visit to the Scandinavian

Cedars' Blog Shunning

Operation: e-Shunning – AAWA goes after Watchtower over its destructive practice

May 1, 2013June 16, 2013 Cedars 2063 ViewsAAWA, Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses, disfellowshipped family member, disfellowshipping, email shunning, eshunning, jan 15 watchtower, jehovahs witnesses, organization, prodigal son, shunning, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Over the last few weeks volunteers of the newly formed AAWA (recently renamed as Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses)