Author Archives: Jonathan Nance

According to an unscientific Twitter poll I saw, only about 14% of ex-JWs still consider themselves Christian. Well over 80% were in the agnostic/athiest camp. That makes sense in a way. I mean, if your taught your whole life that you have the one true religion and everyone else is false and easily refutable with […]

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 […]