by Webmaster | Oct 27, 2019 | Articles, Experiences, Watchtower
By Tami Davis on September 29, 2019 Before telling you my story, you should know that I was born to Jehovah’s Witness parents and baptized at twelve-years of age. Like all Witnesses, I was well-versed in the No-Blood doctrine. My parents had practice sessions...
by Webmaster | Jul 18, 2018 | Experiences, Reform
Shortly after I was born, my parents decided to become Jehovah’s Witnesses. My dad was an elder, and everyone in our family pioneered during the summer while I was growing up. I was baptized in 1986 at thirteen years of age, in Ogden, Utah. We were the picture-perfect...
by Webmaster | Jun 20, 2018 | Children, Experiences, Reform
This article borrows from chapter seven of “Acquiring Freedom From Fundamentalist Religious Thinking” written by Dieter Parczany (under his pen name Peter Porjohn). The author is a member of the leadership team of AJWRB. It is not easy for me to write my...
by Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. - Licensed Psychotherapist (retired) | May 2, 2018 | Medical Professionals, Medicine, Science
Abstract When obtaining informed consent from a Jehovah’s Witness for treatments involving blood products, incongruent, inconsistent and uninformed behavior may be observed. This article provides background on why this population may refuse treatment and suggests...
by Lee Elder | Oct 6, 2017 | Children, Experiences, Watchtower
Featured on the cover of the May 22, 1994 Awake! magazine are the photos of 26 children, with the caption: “Youths Who Put God First.” Inside the magazine proclaims: “In former times thousands of youths died for putting God first. They are still doing it, only today...
by Webmaster | Dec 17, 2016 | Watchtower
This document is available as a brochure that can be downloaded and printed for distribution to others. Many Jehovah’s Witnesses sincerely believe that it is a gross sin to accept a blood transfusion, since the Bible states that we must “abstain from...
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