Tag Archives: Jehovah’s Witnesses

Paradise Hopelessness

A typ­i­cal pre­sen­ta­tion used in the door to door min­istry of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses starts with “Have you ever wanted to live in a par­adise on earth? A world of beauty, with plenty of good food to eat, no pol­lu­tion, and abun­dant hous­ing for all?” When we found a hear­ing ear we pre­sented a …

April 11, 2010 – 8:09 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses | Tagged , , | Comments (6)

Forbidden to Pray? Jehovah’s Witnesses and Prayer

I was sit­ting in front of a reli­gious tri­bunal that was ren­der­ing their ver­dict against me.  They stated their deci­sion to dis­fel­low­ship me from the con­gre­ga­tion on the grounds of apos­tasy, or devi­a­tion from offi­cial doc­trine of the Watch­tower reli­gion. Their deci­sion meant that I would be shunned, com­pletely cut off from my friends and …

March 21, 2010 – 4:07 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses | Tagged , , , , | Comments (4)

Review — The Coldest Hour (Is Just Before The Dawn) by Akai

A look at the The Cold­est Hour Is Before the Dawn by Akai. It is a dis­ser­ta­tion eval­u­at­ing the music album an artis­tic, reli­gious state­ment of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses. It exam­ines the views of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses toward the world around them as well as their own hopes and fears. Com­par­i­son are drawn between this view­point and what is offered by Jesus.

February 24, 2010 – 11:45 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Book Review — I’m Perfect, You’re Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing

The extended three day week­end of decid­edly unso­cial, social oblig­a­tions pro­vided me with the lux­ury of being able to lounge around and read Kyria Abraham’s humor­ous mem­oir, “I’m Per­fect, You’re Doomed, Tales of a Jehovah’s Wit­ness Upbring­ing.”
When it comes to talk­ing about her life, Kyria is a very good story teller, par­tic­u­larly adept at find­ing the lighter …

July 10, 2009 – 7:47 am | By Anthony | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (5)