Shunning

Why Disfellowshipping Is Wrong

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Q. Why don’t you record a podcast talking about all the scriptures Jehovah’s Witnesses use relating to disfellowshipping and then explain why shunning is not scriptural? A. Good idea! I have thought about doing this, but my opinion that disfellowshipping

Spoilt teenager

Advice From a “Dead” Father—Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning

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MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS. I’ve not seen her since my marriage to her mother broke up when she was thirteen. After I was forced to leave the family home and subsequently disfellowshipped by Jehovah’s Witnesses, my daughter

ZZephaniah 3:9

“The Change to a Pure Language”—A Letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER I SENT TO THE GOVERNING BODY IN 2005. This time I was suggesting that “the change to a pure language” in Zephaniah 3:9 had not occurred and that it was a future event, post-Armageddon. Less

Heavenly resurrection

“The First Resurrection”—A Letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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IN JUNE 2005, I WROTE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES. At the time, I viewed myself as an “anointed” Christian and, according to the official teaching of the Watch Tower, I believed I was one of

Shunning

How Trauma Causes Reclusiveness

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 090 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 90 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. In this episode, I have an update about my Jehovah’s Witness daughter who I’ve not seen for almost 3 years.

Suicide

I Should Be Dead!—My Experience With Shunning and Suicide

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 063 HELLO AND WELCOME TO ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. This episode discusses the subject of suicide and so listener discretion is advised. Let me say at the outset that I shouldn’t be here.

Reasons

Why I Can’t Be a Jehovah’s Witness

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 060 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 60 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. Am I wrong? Am I so far gone I can no longer see? Has Satan blinded me? (2 Corinthians 4:4) What

Wake up!

My Ex-Wife Finally Woke Up!

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 053 HELLO AND WELCOME TO ONIONUNLIMITED THE PODCAST—I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. Well, what a strange week it’s been. I still can’t believe what I’m about to tell you is true, but here we go.

Parental alienation

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Parental Alienation

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 050 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 50 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon and in this episode, I am going to discuss my personal experience of parental alienation and child abandonment at the hands

Darkness into light

From Darkness into Light—Life After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 031 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 31 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host Daniel Torridon. I’m thinking about how I exited Jehovah’s Witnesses and just how messy it was—and painful—not just for me, but for

Emotions

Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?—Part 4

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 017 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 17 OF ONIONUNLMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. In this final part of Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult? I will be looking at the “E” in the BITE

Open door

What Would It Take for Me to Return to Jehovah’s Witnesses?

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 015 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 15 OF ONIONUNLIMITED–THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. In this short episode, I will answer the question “What would it take for me to return to Jehovah’s Witnesses?”