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The Friday Column: Are you still in the cage?

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Covert Fade 4799 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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Watchtower’s advice on mental health: A tale of two religions

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 James Strait 5991 Viewsapostates, awake, clincal psychology, elders, elders book, elders training video, jehovahs witnesses, mental health, mental illness, mentally diseased, mind control, psychiatry, psychology, religion, shepherd the flock of god, therapy, undue in, unethical recruitment, watchtower

In 2011, Watchtower published a study article in which God was referred to as “the Great Physician.” The magazine gave

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A Life Lost and a Life Found

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 James Strait 5593 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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