Author Archives: Jonathan Nance

I knock on the door of my sister’s apartment. My family decided to spend our 2nd ever Christmas with Laura this year. As I wait for her to open the door, I think back to last year when she drove all the way down see my family on the spur of the moment when I […]

Once upon a time, when I was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses I was at a return visit (a JW term referring to a follow up visit after the initial contact) and during the course of the conversation, the householder preceded to read off a bunch of negative things about the Witnesses she had printed off […]

Most people have heard the strange whispers of CT Russel’s fascination with pyramids. He traveled to Egypt and became enamored with them. Using measurements from the Great Pyramid of Giza he proclaimed they were a prophetic sign from God to indicate future events. This post is not about that however. Although weird and eccentric, most […]

This 660 page tome by CT Russel (Actual title, ‘The Battle of Armageddon’), was originally titled, ‘The Day of Vengeance’, and was published in 1897. It was renamed and re-branded when the ‘Millennial Dawn’ series became the ‘Studies in the Scriptures’ series in 1904. My copy is from 1912. How did I get it? It […]

Nadia, This is also in a way your 1st birthday, because its the first one that we are allowed to celebrate now that we are no longer Jehovah’s Witnesses. I want you to know how proud I am of you. You are so smart and caring and sarcastic, its amazing to know you. But that […]

In part 1 of this series I looked at the big claims JWs have about the year 1919 and why it is so important to them. I also discussed the fact that in their literature they seem a bit reluctant to discuss it in greater detail. In this post I will look at the rare […]

If you ask the typical JW what the most important date to them is, you will almost certainly get the answer of 1914. That is the year they claim that Jesus began ruling in heaven as king of God’s Kingdom and the foretold ‘Last Days’ began on Earth (to those counting, that is so far […]

I want to share a letter I wrote to a relative of mine months ago. I argue that rejecting the 607 dating for the destruction of Jerusalem in favor of the archeological and historically correct date of 587 works just fine even within Bible prophecy. My letter starts with me quoting the last line from […]

I wanted to do a short post on verses in the New world translation of the Bible that obscures the idea of Jesus divinity and deity, a key teaching of the Trinity doctrine. This should not be read as an endorsement by me of the official doctrine, only to show that the version of the […]

From time to time while reading an article you will come across a quoted source by another author or expert. Usually to save some space and only provide you with the relevant part of the quote that has a bearing on what is being discussed you will see an ellipses ( … ) to indicate […]

If you have ever tried to stump one of Jehovah’s Witnesses at your doorstep, you might have gotten that common line from them, ‘Let me do some research first then I will get back to you’. For me, I have been told that line by several different family and friends once I started to question […]

This weekend there were 2 very opposite scenarios playing out in my world. On the one hand, I had the joy of having my once-shunned-by-me sister Laura come for the weekend to visit, talk, laugh, and hug. On the other hand, my parents, my brother’s family, my in-laws, and all of my former friends attended […]

‘Isn’t Truth important?’ ‘God is not pleased when we don’t worship him with ‘truth’ or try to mix truth with falsehoods.’ These comments are argued by faithful conservative Christians who feel that any degree deviation from their church’s teaching or any uncertainty over a belief being true or not is an absolute crisis that cannot […]

Perspective! This can be really hard and is something that I failed at miserably when I first spoke about my issues with family and friends. You have to remember that they are just not at the place you are at and to come at them with ideas that are completely alien all at once is […]

There are many disingenuous or outright falsehoods that JWs will tell you about their organization or beliefs. To be fair, they are not taught to think of them as lies so the average Witness will only be parroting something he/she read in a Watchtower and never gave it any more thought. They may sincerely belief […]

My 6 year old son is “graduating” from kindergarten. Can you get a diploma for learning the alphabet and using dull scissors?……Anyway, this brings me back to the last time this occurred, 2 years ago with my daughter. Back then in another life, my mom and in-laws and even a couple of close friends from […]

I guess I owe Governing Body member Anthony Morris III, (AM3 as he is known on the streets, lol) a great deal of thanks because he was in part responsible for me leaving the organization. Here is a quick list of the most awful things he has said for me personally:   – The infamous ‘tight pants’ […]

This parable of Jesus has been used by JWs to show that God has made a definite distinction among people and religious organizations and that you need to be apart of the ‘wheat’ (THEIR organization) in order to be saved. If not, especially if you belong to any other church, then you are in the ‘weeds’ […]

‘When justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaw.  (Mask of Zorro)   (Note: This is an attempted recreation of a previous post that I had written a few months ago that I have since deleted. It was written at the time under a pseudonym and was much different in scope. This was written to […]

This is dedicated to all those who have a mother who love a publishing company over their own child. This won’t be a long post. Just a reminder that the devotion placed upon the Watchtower by members is absolutely misplaced. Case in point: Mother’s Day. While it is well known that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not […]

This is dedicated to my wonderful sister Laura. I grew up with 2 brothers and 1 sister. You see I actually had 2 sisters, but one of them, my sister Laura, was disfellowshipped from my religion when I was very young. As such, she was not apart of my life to any meaningful degree. My […]

It’s been over 8 months since the last time I engaged in the door-to-door ministry. Over 6 months since my last meeting at the Kingdom Hall. And now – 10 days since my official disassociation from the Watchtower organization. Let’s recap: I’ve gained a more profound and deep spirituality that I never had while I […]