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    Explore "exjw" with insightful episodes like "Interview: Keith I Learned the Truth About Jehovah’s Witnesses Surfing Facebook", "How Jehovah's Witnesses View Women. A Case Study in Misogyny and Sexism", "Interview: Waking Up To Watchtower Lies: Story of a Dedicated Pioneer", "Interview: Misty & Craig - Why My Husband Turned Me In To The Elders" and "Exmormonology ~ Anger" from podcasts like ""Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses-Critical Thinkers » Critical Thought Podcast", "Cult Life with Robin Jackson", "Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses-Critical Thinkers » Critical Thought Podcast", "Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses-Critical Thinkers » Critical Thought Podcast" and "Exmormonology"" and more!

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    Interview: Keith I Learned the Truth About Jehovah’s Witnesses Surfing Facebook

    Interview: Keith I Learned the Truth About Jehovah’s Witnesses Surfing Facebook

    In this video podcast, Keith tells his story about how he stumbled on the truth about Jehovah’s Witnesses on Facebook. Doing a simple Google search about a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Melody lead him to the EX-Jehovah’s Witness Critical Thinker Facebook Page. He reached out to express his gratitude and the rest is history. The following […]

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    How Jehovah's Witnesses View Women. A Case Study in Misogyny and Sexism

    How Jehovah's Witnesses View Women. A Case Study in Misogyny and Sexism
    Growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses I've always had a disdain for the misogynistic and sexist nature of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

    They are a patriarchal society where women are to view men as their head and only men can hold positions of responsibility and teaching in the congregation. The head of a wife is her husband, and the spiritual head of a "sister" is a "brother". A female Witness is not to pray in front of a male Witness and must wear a head covering in order to pray in front of an unbaptized man or conduct a meeting in front of other sisters.

    Women have not fared well in many of the world’s religions and societies. And the JW organization is part of this discrimination against women. All leadership roles within Jehovah's Witnesses are filled by men. Women fill only the very bottom position of the organisational hierarchy.

    Misogynistic, sexist and subjective views of women are not without consequence.

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    Interview: Waking Up To Watchtower Lies: Story of a Dedicated Pioneer

    Interview: Waking Up To Watchtower Lies: Story of a Dedicated Pioneer

    In this interview with Goatlike Personality, JT learns a different perspective on racism in European countries and it has nothing to do with the color of your skin. During the discussion, Goatlike talks about why he could have been a PIMO for life, if the brothers would have only helped his wife to appreciate that […]

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    Interview: Misty & Craig - Why My Husband Turned Me In To The Elders

    Interview: Misty & Craig - Why My Husband Turned Me In To The Elders

    In this video podcast, JT & Lady Cee talk with Craig & Misty about how the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society divides families. They discuss the fall out on what happens when Misty chooses to join the group and the affect it has on her relationship with her husband. They also discuss how it affects […]

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    Exmormonology ~ Anger

    Exmormonology ~ Anger

    If you are experiencing a faith/truth/identity crisis in any form, but especially from religious trauma, you have felt anger. This week in Exmormonology I break anger down for you and explain what is going on and why. Next week I will follow up with what is under the anger. To sum it up.....everything. Anger is okay. Anger is telling you there is something wrong. Listen to it, let it be there and know when it is time to do something about it.

    Crusaders: How Vice TV exposed child sex abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses

    Crusaders: How Vice TV exposed child sex abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses
    Vice aired the documentary called Crusaders which examines the secret database of thousands of child sex offenders and how it has impacted the lives of the victims and those who actively speak out about the way these cases were handled by the congregations and the Governing Body at large.

    Those of us who have been Jehovah's Witnesses know how the Watch Tower would consistently publish damning articles about child sexual abuse within the Catholic church and often mention this from the platforms. Well, years after the Catholic Church was found to have harboured and protected child sex abusers while punishing the victims for seeking justice, attention was turned on the Jehovah's Witnesses for doing the exact same thing.

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    Interview: Chef Nellie - Why I Never Fit in at the Kingdom Hall

    Interview: Chef Nellie - Why I Never Fit in at the Kingdom Hall

    In this podcast, Chef Nelly speaks about her life growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the difficulty she had fitting in to the congregation. Being home schooled, beginning with the fourth grade meant being isolated from her peers in a public school setting. Also, being that there were not many kids her age […]

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    Interview: Eric Wilson How I Woke Up from the Jehovah's Witness Faith after serving for 40 Years as an Elder

    Interview: Eric Wilson How I Woke Up from the Jehovah's Witness Faith after serving for 40 Years as an Elder

    To learn more about Eric Wilson, visit his channel using the link below:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1l1Ac6tb16thxKa96Gm7XA

    All of the links associated with the Spanish Victims of Jehovah’s Witnesses can be found in the links of the following video by Eric Wilson.
    Is the Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses actually suing people for feeling victimized?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5pdtV9A14

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    Jehovah's Witnesses and Russia

    Jehovah's Witnesses and Russia
    There are an estimated 175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. They are not recognized as Christian by Orthodox and other Christian traditions, primarily because they do not believe in the Trinity. They also do not salute the flag, bear arms or participate in politics.

    More than 170 Jehovah’s Witnesses have reportedly been imprisoned or put in pre-trial detention in Russia since 2017 for practising their faith. That’s when the Russian Supreme Court labelled Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” group. Witnesses are a religious minority in the country, where the Russian Orthodox Church has the backing of the state.

    Recently a Russian court has handed the country’s longest prison sentence yet to a Jehovah’s Witness.

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    Interview: Nash & Lisa: How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Destroyed My Family

    Interview: Nash & Lisa: How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Destroyed My Family

    In this podcast, Nash relates his personal story about growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The tragic loss of losing a brother to a traffic accident and his father’s near-fatal accident is what brought him to the decision to dedicate his life in baptism to the Watchtower organization. Nash’s world came crumbling down after […]

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    Kwasizabantu Mission Scandal

    Kwasizabantu Mission Scandal
    In September of 2020, a 50-year old Christian mission in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa came under police investigation after allegations of wide-ranging abuse, gross violations of human rights, turning a blind eye to sexual abuse, and alleged money laundering spanning four decades.

    News24 interviewed former members of Kwasizabantu over a period of seven months. As the story unfolded, more and more victims came forward with tales of abuse.

    We look into the history and allegations that the church has been acting like a cult.

    Exodus trailer courtesy of News24. https://youtu.be/puMOos_1EwQ

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    Discussion: Jehovah’s Witnesses - Why No One is Getting Baptized

    Discussion: Jehovah’s Witnesses - Why No One is Getting Baptized

    During the 2020 annual meeting of the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society, David Splane, Governing Body member, clearly explained that the low baptism amongst the Jehovah’s Witness ranks are quite concerning. It is something that has been trending for many years. To increase the baptism numbers the release of a new publication titled “Enjoy Living […]

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    Exmormonology ~ Performance Points and Enoughness

    Exmormonology ~ Performance Points and Enoughness

    This week I want to talk to you about how one measures being enough. Growing up in the mormon church there are a lot of requirements given to us over the course of our lives about how we need to be living. We have to "do" a lot in the church and then we are required to go to worthiness interviews to judge our enoughness. The religious conditioning is playing a hard game my friends, when it comes to your internal belief on feeling like you are enough. Let's dive in and discuss how this effects your belief about yourself in ways you most likely have never thought about. Exmormonology Ep. 55

    Interview: Rashauna - Discovering My Identity After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses

    Interview: Rashauna - Discovering My Identity After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses

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    In this podcast, Rashauna discusses her life in the Jehovah's Witness religion about regaining her identity after leaving the group.

    Rashauna discusses how she was able to regain her identity after leaving the Watchtower. She no longer has to agree with everything someone says or be on the same page with them in terms of acting out to remain part of a group.

    She discusses how therapy has helped her to regain her identity after finding out what she wants to do and discover who she is and what she wants out of life.

    To learn more about how Rashuna woke up and left the Jehovah's Witness religion, here's a link to the interview with her husband: https://youtu.be/on42UtqJZEs.

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    Interview: Life After Watchtower Three Years Later

    Interview: Life After Watchtower Three Years Later

    Lonnie.G a Vegan Chef, Content Creator, Investor, Business Owner, Poet here’s my socials.

    Lonnie's previous interview from 2018 - https://youtu.be/deIwpc8Geko

    Lonnie Gillard appeared on our show three years ago telling his story about waking up and leaving the Jehovah’s Witness religion. He was still living at home with his parents. As a result, his parents no longer allowed him to remain living in their home. He survived by finding online resources and was able to land a place to live at an Airbnb.

    Fortunately, Lonnie was able to find support from his non-Jehovah’s Witness family. While most do not live locally, they still took time to provide him with mental and moral support. He expresses how he is most grateful for them calling him to do telephone check ins, something is not receiving from his parents. 

    Fortunately, Lonnie did not have any extreme circumstances, nor did he ever find himself on the street. He always had a place to lay his head at night. He credits his father for his ability to survive because as he states, “my father said my job is to make sure that you and your siblings are able to stand on your own two feet”. Now that he’s out in the world, he appreciates his home training.

    Looking back, he said, he thought he was the crazy one because he is the only one saying this religion is a cult. But, after learning the truth about the religion, he realizes that he is not alone especially after meeting other former Jehovah’s Witnesses.

    According to Lonnie, life goes on and he’s okay with the notion that the people in his past, including his family no longer want to have anything to do with him. Because he believes that he needs to move on to the next chapter in his life. As he loses all the weight that has been on his shoulders, he can sleep good at night because he knows he’s doing the best that he can do.

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    Interview: Ashli Campbell - Struggles of Jehovah’s Witness Women – in Relationships

    Interview: Ashli Campbell - Struggles of Jehovah’s Witness Women – in Relationships

    Link to Ashli's YouTube Channel
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBlM3DJOyNt3FLT4rN1VHkQ

    In this podcast, Lady Cee chats with Ashli Campbell about her experience growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Ashil talks about what life was like having a father that was not interested in participating in Watchtower activities, but made sure she got involved. It's amazing how he is not willing to make these major sacrifices but has no problems pushing this heavy responsibility on his minor child.

    The sheer frustration of getting baptized at the age of 12 has Ashli up in arms about being a good Jehovah's Witness. She has to live up to the responsibility and living the non-stop lifestyle of a JW begins taking its toll on her. She's looking for a means to escape and in the process makes some weighty decisions that are even more detrimental than remaining home and riding it out until she's old enough to move out and get her own place.

    Ashli drops out of high school in the 10th grade and begins working full time. She looks at this approach as a means to accelerating the process of moving out because it will allow her to save enough money to be on her own. Not long afterwards, Ashli meets a brother through mutual friends and after dating for six months, they get married. At age 18, she's not sure whether or not her situation is better or worse because the only thing she's done is swapped being home with parents that are ensuring she attends weekly meetings at the Kingdom Hall, to a husband that is virtually doing the same thing.

    As the interview progresses, Lady Cee and Ashli speak in-depth about Jehovah's Witness women and their struggles as second class citizens and the difficulty of being free to express oneself in the religion. It's a topic that is not explored enough in this culture because as they both express the importance of having a voice in relationships where both partners should equally strive to please one another instead of one serving the other's needs. 

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    Discussion: Jehovah's Witnesses: Should I Tell My Family The Truth About JW.ORG

    Discussion: Jehovah's Witnesses: Should I Tell My Family The Truth About JW.ORG

          We receive emails from people worldwide asking us if they should tell their family and friends the truth about the Jehovah's Witness religion. After waking up to startling facts about the organization, they, like many Jehovah's Witnesses, are shocked about their findings.
         Many times, people forget about what it was like being one of Jehovah's Witnesses and how they will respond to anything we say negative about the Watchtower Society. Some have gone out on a limb and shared the information they learned online and have experienced a complete shutdown, and were swiftly cut off from their family and friends. They have not counted the cost of their relationship before speaking up and speaking out.
         As minor children still living at home, you must realize that you need financial support from your parents and guardians. Others may be working for a brother or sister in the congregation and need your job to pay your bills. What if you rent a room or an apartment and now have to think about other living accommodations? Your security and well-being are more important than imparting knowledge. Be sure to take care of your well-being before speaking out against the religion.
         Think about the consequences of your actions before divulging too much information about this religion to family and friends. Put the oxygen mask on your face before attempting to help others. You need to ensure you have reached a safe place, and then you can reach back to extend yourself to others.

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