How long did it take for you to feel comfortable asking questions after you left Jehovah's Witnesses? Cue the knee-jerk PIMI reply, “Jehovah’s Witnesses are free to ask questions about any Biblical subject. We also reach out to friends and neighbors to answer their questions about the Bible.” During my 30 years of association with Jehovah’s Witnesses, that was not my experience. In fact, whenever I heard a speaker make a statement from the platform that sounded odder than the

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth." -George Orwell, 1984 Jehovah’s Witness spokesperson standing before a podium dressed in a bespoke suit and displaying a teeny beard: New Light Alert! We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for some late-breaking New Light. As of March of 2026, Jehovah’s Witnesses can use their Bible-trained consciences to decide whether they will allow their own blood to be drawn and stored in advance for medi

I was never a big fan of The Wizard of Oz. The 1939 movie aired on television annually, but I was a GenX kid and a Star Wars fan. To me, the Wizard of Oz scenery seemed rudimentary. And the casting choices were weird. Judy Garland seemed too grown-up (she was actually 17) for the faux childish voice and the little girl’s dress. And the plot had gaps. Did we ever get any background on what made Glinda so good other than her Aryan features? How did Oz even develop? Was it in a

Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments . Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 If your JW marriage was unhappy or riddled with...