Tarot cards

I Had a Tarot Reading

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FOR ANYONE UNFAMILIAR WITH TAROT, it’s what’s known as “cartomancy” whereby readers use cards to gain insight into the past, present or future. Different readers work in different ways, but generally speaking they will draw cards, or get you to

A New Direction—Moving on From ex-JW Content Creation

A New Direction—Moving On From ex-JW Content Creation

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ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING my podcast and social media will no doubt be aware that I was a Jehovah’s Witness for over 50 years. During that time, I served as a pioneer, a ministerial servant, and an elder. I

Mouth zipped

Jehovah’s Witnesses: I Will Not Be Silenced

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ONE THING JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES CAN’T STAND is when one of their members leaves their organisation or is disfellowshipped, and then proceeds to say negative things about it, for example on social media. Jehovah’s Witnesses really do have a sense of

Sin

A Former Jehovah’s Witness On the Subject of Sin

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A “SIN” IS THAT WHICH, according to a particular religion is morally wrong by their god. This is often determined by a holy book which is said to express the thoughts of the god in question. Since I no longer

Jeremiah 25:12

One Scripture That Proves Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Not Chosen By God in 1919

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JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES CLAIM TO BE GOD’S CHOSEN RELIGION. This claim is based entirely on what they believe happened in 1914-19. This is when they say God chose them to be his people on earth and rejected all other religions as

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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FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING MY STORY, you’ll know that my JW daughters are now living with their maternal grandparents, also Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I’ve had absolutely no say in the matter. When I was disfellowshipped in 2019, my wife forced me

Butterfly

If You Love Them Let Them Go

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 074 HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. So, if you’ve been watching my podcast, you will know that I was disfellowshipped from Jehovah’s Witnesses back in 2019

Who do I think I am?

Who Do I Think I Am?

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 069 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 69 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon and today I’m going to be answering the question everyone’s been asking—well, at least everyone I used to know as

Thinking

How to Stop Thinking Like a Jehovah’s Witness — Part 2

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Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 065 HELLO AND WELCOME TO ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. In the first part of this podcast, we looked at two types of thinking in detail, conscious and subconscious thinking. To recap: 1. Conscious