Shunning

Why Disfellowshipping Is Wrong

February 23, 2023   Articles

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

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

January 14, 2023   Articles

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

How Trauma Causes Reclusiveness

September 21, 2022   Articles

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

If You Love Them Let Them Go

August 5, 2022   Articles

IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING MY PODCAST, you will know that I was disfellowshipped from Jehovah’s Witnesses back in 2019 when I left my abusive marriage. It’s a long story, but my JW wife was pissed with me for leaving her

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

June 29, 2022   Articles

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. I don’t mean here delivering this podcast. I mean I shouldn’t be alive. I should be

Why I Can’t Be a Jehovah’s Witness

June 26, 2022   Articles

AM I WRONG? Am I so far gone I can no longer see? Has Satan blinded me? (2 Corinthians 4:4) What if Jehovah’s Witnesses really are “the truth”? What if by rejecting Jehovah’s Witnesses I have rejected a very real

My Ex-Wife Finally Woke Up!

May 16, 2022   Articles

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.

What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Believe?

April 16, 2022   Articles

ON THEIR WEBSITE, JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES have an article entitled What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? It starts out by saying that they “strive to adhere to the form of Christianity that Jesus taught and that his apostles practised.” I find this

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

November 17, 2021   Articles

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

Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?—Part 4

November 5, 2021   Articles

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

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?”

Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?—Part 1

October 30, 2021   Articles

HAVING BEEN A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS, I believe they are a cult. Obviously, Jehovah’s Witnesses will say they are not, but I have good reasons for saying that they are, and in this post, I will address