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Phelicity Sneesby: The story Watchtower didn’t tell you

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 Covert Fade 7868 Viewscharity, charity commission, child baptism, February JW Broadcasting, gofundme, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, Phelicity Sneesby;, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” -Mark Twain February’s edition

Cedars' Blog News Survey

The 2016 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses is launched!

February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 Cedars 5508 Views2015 global survey, blood transfusions, child abuse, jehovahs witnesses, organization, shunning, suicide, watchtower

You will all be pleased to know that the 2016 Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses was launched this weekend, and

Doomsday Predictions Publications The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Watchtower, genocide, and armageddon

January 22, 2016 Covert Fade 12505 Viewsarmageddon, doomsday, doomsday cult, ethics, Genocide, Hutu, ISIS, Islamic State, tony morris, Tutsi, watchtower

When I was a Jehovah’s Witness, I didn’t like to talk about Armageddon. Don’t get me wrong, I loved to talk

Cedars' Blog Downsizing Publications

Watchtower’s ‘new light’ scrapheap: The ever-decreasing shelf life of ‘spiritual food’

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016 Cedars 7978 Viewscreation book, daniel book, discontinued, downsizing, governing body, insight books, jehovahs witnesses, jeremiah book, literature, new light, organization, out of print, publications, reasoning book, revelation climax book, spiritual food, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

The last time I ever set foot in the kingdom hall of an English-speaking congregation was in 2012. It was

Governing Body Shunning The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Shunning – a toxic practice in which EVERYONE ultimately loses

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 James Strait 6156 Viewsangus stewart, australian royal commission, cruelty, disfellowshipping, geoffrey jackson, jehovahs witnesses, playing the victim, senior council, shunning, watchtower

My fellow JWsurvey team members have written extensively on the Australian Royal Commission and Geoffrey Jackson’s testimony in particular. But

Child Abuse History and scandals News

Philadelphia Judges criticize Watchtower court tactics as “abusive.”

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Covert Fade 5177 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, jehovahs witnesses, pennsylvania, philadelphia, reveal, Stephanie Fessler, trey bundy, watchtower, york county

It seems that one can hardly swing a dead Seven Headed Wild Beast on the internet these days without hitting

Mental health Support The Friday Column

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

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Jeni 9355 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

Cedars' Blog Child Abuse Undue influence

Spotlight: The movie every Jehovah’s Witness simply MUST watch

January 7, 2016 Cedars 6299 Viewsalex gibney, candace conti, child abuse, child molestation, cults, going clear, Irwin Zalkin, jehovahs witnesses, mark ruffalo, michael keaton, rick simons, spotlight, tom mccarthy, watchtower

Last night my wife and I were able to watch an exceptional movie – one of those rare cinematic experiences

Cedars' Blog News

Does Jehovah control the weather?

January 5, 2016January 6, 2016 Cedars 6844 Viewsdisaster, divine intervention, geoffrey jackson, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, organization, Philippines, Travis Brooks, Typhoon Haiyan, watchtower, weather, yap

“How many of our brothers have been affected?” During my years as a Jehovah’s Witness, that was usually the first

Child Abuse News

Jehovah’s Witness guilty of strangling children for sexual gratification

January 3, 2016 Karen Morgan 5114 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, ian pheasey, jehovahs witnesses, karen morgan, strangulation, warwick, watchtower

Once again, Jehovah’s Witnesses hit the headlines regarding the covering up of child sex abuse. This most recent case concerns

Governing Body History and scandals JW.org The Friday Column

How the Watchtower Stole Christmas

December 31, 2015January 20, 2016 Mark O'Donnell 5930 Viewschristmas, golden age, governing body, grinch, jehovahs witnesses, joseph rutherford, organization, robert barber, watchtower

In 1957, the acclaimed children’s author Dr. Seuss penned an instant classic, a beloved tale of a grumpy green monster

History and scandals The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Everyone makes mistakes – except Watchtower

December 18, 2015 Covert Fade 5931 Viewsapostle peter, beth sarim, child abuse, jehovahs witnesses, jonah, mistakes, organ transplants, the friday column, watchtower

Everyone makes mistakes. The Bible characters certainly did. Think of the Apostle Peter, denying Jesus three times on the night

Child Abuse Mental health News The Friday Column

Royal Commission findings: Jehovah’s Witness elders left abuse survivors “silenced and unsupported”

December 14, 2015December 31, 2015 Covert Fade 6426 Viewsaustralian royal commission, bcb, bcg, child abuse, child molestation, jehovahs witnesses, max horley, ron de rooy, royal commission, two witness rule, watchtower

The previous two articles in this series have discussed Watchtower policy and scriptural debate. However, this is not some theoretical