Brainwashing

What Watchtower Wrote—Cults & Brainwashing

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“[They] seek to fill our minds with the thoughts and promises of men… [they] brainwash everyone into conformity… rinsing from the mind any thoughts that contradict their message. If they can deluge the mind continually other thoughts… will be crowded

Serpent

What Watchtower Wrote—Challenging Falsehood

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“When persons are in great danger from a source that they do not suspect or are being misled by those they consider their friends, is it an unkindness to warn them? They may prefer not to believe the warning. They

Religion

What Watchtower Wrote—Changing Your Religion

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“Most stay with the religion in which they were reared, very often being afraid to make a change even if dissatisfied… The person who makes a change may become the object of popular hatred…” — Watchtower May 15, 1959 p.

1975

What Watchtower Wrote—1975

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“…six thousand years… will end in 1975… and the seventh period… will begin in the fall of 1975… It would not be by mere chance… for the [millennial] reign of Jesus Christ… to run parallel with… the seventh millennium…” —

Judge Rutherford

What Watchtower Wrote—1925

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“Since other Scriptures definitely fix the fact that there will be a resurrection of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other faithful ones of old, and that these will have the first favor, we may expect 1925 to witness the return of

Chart of the Ages

What Watchtower Wrote—1914

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“The year AD 1878… clearly marks the time for the… assuming of power as King of kings” — The Time Is At Hand, 1911 p. 239 “Proof conclusive that millions now living will never die… the old world ended and began

The End

What Watchtower Wrote—False Prophets

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“When the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word is not fulfilled or does not come true, then Jehovah did not speak that word. The prophet spoke it presumptuously. You should not fear him.” — Deuteronomy 18:22

Baptism

The Rise and Fall of a Jehovah’s Witness—Part 1

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I WAS BORN TO PARENTS WHO WERE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES. They had themselves been raised by Witness parents, so I’m colloquially known as a “third-generation born-in”. So my family goes way back in Jehovah’s Witnesses. My grandfather on my father’s side

Podcast

Why I Started a Podcast

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WHY DID I START THE ONIONUNLIMITED PODCAST? Well, it’s simple really. I have a story to tell, and I think it will benefit others. It’s a story of religion and abuse. Sadly, for so many people, those two things seem