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A Life-Threatening Upbringing

A Life-Threatening Upbringing

by AJWRB Staff | | Experiences, Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Reform, Stories

By Beninu Andersen I am a 4th generation Jehovah’s Witness who disassociated 18 years ago in 2001. My father was a major figure in the organization—a computer science professor who developed software for translating the New World Translation into Danish and...
Former HLC Chairman’s Confession: A Victim Can Become Guilty of Harming Others

Former HLC Chairman’s Confession: A Victim Can Become Guilty of Harming Others

by AJWRB Staff | | Articles, Children, Experiences, Reform, Stories

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...
Control and Repression – The Ray Hemming Story

Control and Repression – The Ray Hemming Story

by Lee Elder | | Experiences, History

If there’s one thing that people identify Jehovah’s Witnesses with, it’s their refusal of blood transfusions. I know it was a doctrine that I once believed was right for me and my family. If a medical emergency had arisen, a blood transfusion would not have been...

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