The writers of the Watchtower magazine have the audacity to group higher education in with detrimental activities such as drug and alcohol abuse. While they don’t overtly state that Jehovah’s Witness youth are forbidden from seeking post-secondary education, they use persuasive metaphors such as the one in this article as a way to discourage the pursuit of education.

This video was brought to my attention by a member posting on the Jehovah’s Witness Recovery Forum. I felt instantly compelled to share it with you. It is a must see….
Instruction Manual for Life

Producer’s Notes:
For those critics who read this video as an ‘attack’, or commentary on one specific religious/political/ideological group, a message: look deeper. For those who accuse this video of using a ‘broad brush’ to condemn one entire population:

What is an apostate?
Dictionary: a person who abandons/renounces a religious

A few years ago I realized that even though I had been out of the Watchtower Society for many years, I was still in many ways thinking like a Jehovah’s Witness. There were issues with which I automatically took a default Watchtower position without ever considering the issue outside of what I had been taught to think.  Mostly these issues were in the arena of politics, morality and human rights.
When I was able to actually realize that I was still thinking in terms of my JW upbringing it made me want …

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled regardless of race,

The year 1914 and the Watchtower’s doctrine on the “Seven Gentile Times” was the really the first issue

In response to the invitation for former Jehovah’s Witnesses to share their stories, I am pleased to present James’ story…
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“I’m actually a 24 yr old that was raised a JW. Since I can remember, this is all that I’ve known. I started the same way as most, a little comment here and there, moving on to publisher, then baptism. I was baptized when I was 13. Also like many, I’ve developed many friendships with people in my age bracket. My story begins with the day that I actually began college.
I’m …

Note: In case there is any confusion for readers, I would just like to point-out/reiterate that the website I refer to in this article is for the purposes of parody. I discuss it because it brings up some very interesting points as you will see.
I recently stumbled upon an article written by a Pastor of the so-called Landover Baptist Church titled:
“Why True Christians Shouldn’t Give a Lick About the Damned Environment“.
I’m obviously aware that such extreme sentiments are not necessarily shared by followers of all religions. And to be …

“Maybe YOU evolved from monkeys… but I certainly didn’t!”

I’m sure that every Atheist has heard that before - and most Creationists have probably said it at one time or another.
First of all, let me say that it’s a common misconception that humans are the direct descendants of apes. Rather, evolution suggests that at some point in our very distant past our species shared a common ancestor.
But back to the point… I never understood why people are often so offended at the thought of having evolved from a lesser form, whether …

Recently I’ve been asked: “What religions did you study?” and  “What made you become an Atheist?” The answers are: many and science, respectively.
Religious Study
I began many years ago by studying and/or looking into several Christian religions: the Catholic Church, the United Church, the Lutheran Church, the Pentecostal Church, to name a few - I really wanted to compare Christianity based on my knowledge and understanding of the bible. I wanted to consider Christian faiths and their individual perspectives. What I found in every case was that there were the typical …