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Friday, February 26th, 2010NOTE: After a couple of blizzards during the move, we have finally gotten out of our old place. Thankfully, none of my in-laws came right out and suggested that Jehovah was against the move. (That would not have gone over well with me.) The computer is running now, so off we go!
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News and Links for Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Witness account
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Tom Blackwell: A Witness account – Holy Post
The boy was just five years old and desperately ill, but as he crouched in the back seat of Donna Ryder's car, he became more fugitive than cancer patient.
Police in New Brunswick were already out looking for the child when, according to Ms. Ryder, she hid him and [...]
News And Links For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: NOTE TO OPPOSERS!
Thursday, September 10th, 2009On the front page of Jehovah’s Witness News, I found this:
…NOTE TO OPPOSERS:
Jehovah’s Witnesses represent individuals
from all walks of life around the world who
have voluntarily left the churches of Christendom,
Judaism, Islam, and virtually all other religions,
despite the sometimes intense criticism from friends
and family or even physical persecution
(often the [...]
News and Links for Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: RAF veteran shot dead lover’s Jehovah’s Witness father in revenge for banning ‘forbidden affair’
Saturday, August 15th, 2009RAF veteran shot dead lover’s Jehovah’s Witness father in revenge for banning ‘forbidden affair’
An RAF veteran shot dead his girlfriend’s Jehovah’s Witness father in revenge for ending the couple’s ‘ forbidden’ love affair.
Let me say it now before someone cries foul: no, most Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t shoot people as a general rule. Still, it [...]
Harassment By Evangelicals Lit My Path To Atheism
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Just a quick link before I head off to work. I submitted an article to Ex-Christrian.net entitled Harassment By Evangelicals Lit My Path To Atheism and it appears there today. Some of the links were added by the folks over there in case you’re wondering.
Check it out at the link.
News and Links for Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Does Prince’s Religion Forbid Necessary Hip Replacement?
Saturday, June 27th, 2009Does Prince’s Religion Forbid Necessary Hip Replacement?
But the real buzz on Prince is that his much reported hip problems of the past have now turned into need for a double hip replacement. Unfortunately, thanks to his practice as a Jehovah’s Witness, Prince still refuses surgery. JW’s don’t believe in blood transfusions. “He’s in a [...]
News and Links For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Confrontational proselytizing has its followers – and its critics
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Confrontational proselytizing has its followers – and its critics | church, face, witnessing – Top Stories – Colorado Springs Gazette, CO
Confrontational proselytizing, critics say, is no longer appropriate or effective in this age of heightened suspicion toward strangers and greater acceptance in America of other faiths besides Christianity as viable religious paths.
Indeed, the Jehovah’s Witnesses [...]