I was recently asked a very interesting question by a non Jehovah’s Witness. It seems he has a friend who is either a current Jehovah’s Witness or has just recently left the Society. He asked me:

What helped you leave the Jehovah’s Witness Organization? and
How do you witness to a Jehovah’s Witness? [How do you help someone who has is thinking of or has left the society]

I think this is a question that is asked often, but I’m sure that the answer is different for different people. I wanted to present …

Sometimes the religious bigotry that one encounters day-to-day can seem overwealming. Then one stumbles upon a little gem such as this. YouTube publisher ‘patcondell‘ delights rationally thinking audiences with his video titled: What’s Good About Religion.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. He makes some wonderful points and I am particularly fond of his remark as follows:
“This is supposed to be a positive video and I don’t want to ruin it by dwelling on the negative things, the selective reasoning, the wishful thinking and the shameless abandonment …

This morning I had a phone call from my Dad. This is a pretty unusual circumstance since I have been disfellowshipped for over eight years. My father is an elder in the congregation and has been for as long as I can remember. So why was he calling me and breaking the shunning rule? Well, it wasn’t to see how I was doing; generally speaking. No, he called as an elder to see if I had gone to the memorial yesterday. I guess you could say that he …