Governing Body

The Future of Jehovah’s Witnesses—Will the Organisation Endure Another Century?

October 19, 2023   Articles

IN THE EVER-CHANGING LANDSCAPE of religious beliefs and practices, it’s natural to wonder about the future of various religious organisations, including Jehovah’s Witnesses. With their distinctive door-to-door evangelism, strict doctrinal beliefs, and distinct way of life, the question arises: Will

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

February 7, 2023   Articles

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

Why the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses Needs World War III

January 30, 2023   Articles

THE GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES IS IN A REAL PICKLE. It’s dug itself into a massive hole. The digging started way back when Charles Taze Russell started teaching that Christ’s invisible “presence” had begun in 1874 and prophesied that

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

January 7, 2023   Articles

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

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

January 7, 2023   Articles

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

A Thought Experiment for Jehovah’s Witnesses

December 28, 2022   Articles

I KNOW THAT JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES listen to my podcasts and read my blog, albeit secretly, so if you’re a Jehovah’s Witness this one is especially for you. I’ll start by asking you a question: Do you care whether what you’re

Why You Should Leave Jehovah’s Witnesses—Child Sexual Abuse

January 26, 2022   Articles

GROWING UP AS A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS in the 1970s and 1980s, child sexual abuse within the religion of my birth was never something I heard about, although I was abused at school by a teacher now long since dead. I

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

November 3, 2021   Articles

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?”

10 Years of Cognitive Dissonance—My Last Stand as a Jehovah’s Witness

October 26, 2021   Articles

Transcript of OnionUnlimited podcast episode 007 HELLO AND WELCOME TO EPISODE 7 OF ONIONUNLIMITED—THE PODCAST. I’m your host, Daniel Torridon. Last time I told you how in 2005 I ended up partaking of the memorial emblems as one of the “anointed”,

The Truth That Set Me Free—From Anointed Jehovah’s Witness to Apostate

October 25, 2021   Articles

I WAS IN MY LATE TWENTIES when I began engaging in some really deep Bible study. I’d even read the entire Bible in 49 days! As I did I noticed a number of things that didn’t seem to fit with