In 2009, while the world is celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birth anniversary, US scientists have a unique challenge: to convince 60% of their countrymen that God did not create man. It might seem odd that a country, which has won the maximum number of Nobel prizes, sent a man to the moon, and has the best universities in the world, takes the antediluvian creation myth in the book of Genesis literally.

The following is an article by WPTV (May 30, 2009) outlining the Watchtower’s “The End is Near” campaign. Seemingly capitalizing on the current state of the world’s economy, the 2009 convention series looks like it’s targeting folks who are finding themselves down and out, hopeless and in dispair.  With all due respect, I can’t help but read this and feel like the Witnesses are upping their quota of “crazy talk”.  I’m not one to poke fun at the witnesses and in truth I feel compassion and pity for the spokesperson …

A ‘Witness’ to the future as Watchtower buys land upstate
Original Article at: The Brooklyn Paper
By Evan Gardner
“First came the sell-off, next comes the big move.
After five years of selling off hundreds of millions of dollars in real-estate holdings in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have finally bought something big: 248 acres upstate.
The Promised Land (for Witnesses, at least) has a name: Ramapo, NY.

Yesterday I had a conversation with my Mom on the phone. It’s been a very long time since we last spoke. Every conversation brings mixed feelings. On one hand there is the joy of speaking with someone you miss and care about very deeply, and, on the other hand there is the frustration that comes from our separation.
I know my mother agonizes over ‘losing’ her children (since 2 out of 3 of us have left the religion) and yet she has a firm resolve and stubborn devotion to this organization, …

I clearly remember my days as a bible-thumping Jehovah’s Witness; looking forward to the End of the

I’ve been so moved by all the heartfelt responses I’ve received over the last couple of months; others who have shared their own stories, offered advice from experience, asked questions and have just shared their thoughts with someone who can relate…
I started writing about my experiences as a former Jehovah’s Witness a few months ago. At first no one knew about my blog, no one else read it; it remained a hidden forum for me to vent about my experiences, release long-held frustrations, just express things that I had no …

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Just Move On Already!
…I often hear comments like this. “You should just move on and let the past be the past.” I have to agree that in many cases that is often the very best advice. So why is it that former Jehovah’s Witnesses have such a difficult time moving on with their lives? Why can they never seem to completely let go, even years or decades after they have left the Watchtower …

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 …

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 …

Recently I’ve been posting some videos on YouTube which have received their fair share of criticism from current Jehovah’s Witnesses and Witness defenders. Needless to say it has seemed like a futile debate back and forth with no real winners. Then something interesting happened. I received an email from one such person. This individual turned out to be an active witness, in fact, he is an elder in his congregation.
I began by expressing that I was very much like him at one time too. I was a pioneer, I had …