OnionUnlimited
Daniel Torridon
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A podcast by Daniel Torridon. OnionUnlimited is where I share my story of healing from religious abuse and trauma and explore my innate creativity and spirituality, seeking truth, peace, and purpose apart from religion. #jw #cult #igotout #exjw
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Jan 15, 2023
Tales From Babylon
In this crossover episode with The Two Tongues Podcast, Chris and I contemplate whether the ancient stories told in the Bible actually originated from Babylon. Is there an intrinsic morality that determines good and evil, or do we create our own? And how real is reality? Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Jan 3, 2023
“Not Many of You Should Become Teachers”
In this episode, I talk about teachers within the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation. What makes a good teacher? Why are some teachers rubbish? And why do I love teaching? Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Dec 27, 2022
A Thought Experiment for Jehovah's Witnesses
Do you care whether what the governing body is teaching you is true or not? Imagine you have a time machine. Travel back with me to 1919, the year the governing body was supposedly appointed by Jesus as the “faithful and discreet slave." Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Dec 27, 2022
What Is Truth?
What is truth? Is it to be found in religion? Are Jehovah's Witnesses "the truth"? And why do I think I've finally found the truth? Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Dec 24, 2022
Mind Offline
In this crossover episode with The Two Tongues Podcast, I explain how my mind reacted to abuse and trauma, and how I eventually found true love and happiness on the other side of the world. Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Dec 24, 2022
Reinstatement—Why So Difficult?
Why is getting reinstated as a Jehovah's Witness so difficult? In this episode, I tell the story of how hard I tried to return to the religion of my birth, and why I eventually walked away. Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Nov 24, 2022
A Brit in Australia
In this episode I update you on my recent travels to Australia, discuss my plans for the future, and ask, “Did I just die and go to heaven?” Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Oct 29, 2022
Am I Happy?—Life After Jehovah’s Witnesses
In this episode, I answer the question, "Am I happy after leaving Jehovah's Witnesses?"
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Oct 29, 2022
Mind, Swedenborg, and the British Accent
Are the brain and the mind the same? Is the sun a portal to God? Do white people contribute to political diversity? Do British people really speak like that? Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Oct 25, 2022
Just DOSsing Around
Is Dustbin Dave dead? Join me for another trip down JW memory lane, plus a computer quiz with my oldest mate, Maf. Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/funky-junk
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Oct 18, 2022
The Emperor's New Clothes
In this episode, I investigate things Jehovah's Witnesses say are invisible and take a look at the Biblical equivalent of Ouija boards and witch-ducking.
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Oct 12, 2022
A Trip Down Memory Lane—1K RAM and a Wonky Piano
Join Maf and me as we chat about retro computers and our mutual love of songwriting.
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Oct 11, 2022
A Trip Down Memory Lane—Old Friends and Fish Tanks
I'm joined by my oldest friend as we discuss memories from our JW childhood.
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Oct 4, 2022
My First Birthday
Join me on my first ever birthday after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses cult.
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Oct 3, 2022
YouTube Comments—October 3, 2022
Join me as I answer your most recent YouTube comments.
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Oct 2, 2022
Should We Forgive Jehovah's Witnesses?
Forgiveness is the gift we give to ourselves. Every misdeed we can forgive will make us feel lighter and will heighten our spirits.
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Oct 1, 2022
A Trip Down Memory Lane—Life as a Young JW
Listen in to this fly-on-the-wall episode where Mariella and I remember things from our childhood as Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Sep 30, 2022
Queue Jumpers and First-time Memorial Partakers
Should queue jumpers be punished? When does ex-JW activism become unhealthy? And what's it like to partake of the memorial emblems for the first time?
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Sep 27, 2022
A New Era and a Very Helpful Public Service Announcement
What should we call the new monarchical era? And why should you think twice before joining Jehovah's Witnesses?
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Sep 20, 2022
How Trauma Causes Reclusiveness
In this episode, I have an update about my Jehovah's Witness daughter who I’ve not seen for almost 3 years. I'll be answering some more of your YouTube comments, and I'll be discussing how I became a recluse.
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Sep 19, 2022
The Queen's Funeral
This episode, aired on the day of the Queen's funeral, finds me reflecting on life and death and asking myself if I will attend the funeral of my JW dad when he dies.
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Sep 15, 2022
The Mandela Effect and the Queen’s Death
In this episode, I’ll be discussing the Mandela Effect and considering what the Queen’s death means—or doesn’t mean—to me personally.
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Sep 2, 2022
Onions, Depression, and Do Not Calls
Why do onions make you cry? Should you worship onions? What's it like living with trauma and depression after leaving a cult? Why do Jehovah's Witnesses preach?
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Aug 30, 2022
Trolls, Tattoos, and Bee Funerals
In this episode, I reply to the best troll comment I've ever received, answer why tattoos survive skin cell death, and discover something interesting about ants and bees.
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Aug 28, 2022
Can an Atheist Be Spiritual?
Join me as I interview ex-JW and atheist, Maryann Lockwood, and discuss whether an atheist can be spiritual.
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Aug 27, 2022
Happy Anniversary—Glad It's Over!
Join me live as I talk about being in an unhappy marriage as a Jehovah's Witness, reply to some more of your YouTube comments, and read some Words of Wisdom from Eckhart Tolle.
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Aug 26, 2022
Finding Your Purpose After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses
How I found my purpose after leaving a high-control cult.
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Aug 26, 2022
Healing After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses—7 Tips for Rebuilding Your Life
7 tips for getting your life back on track after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses cult.
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Aug 26, 2022
YouTube Comments—August 26, 2022
Join me as I reply to some of my YouTube followers.
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Aug 25, 2022
Jehovah's Witnesses—As It Really Is
Join me as I confront a JW apologetic and read a letter describing the true face of the Jehovah's Witnesses cult in Watch Tower language.
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Aug 15, 2022
Me and My Beard—Life as a Hairy Jehovah's Witness
How I fared as a beardy man in a beardophobic cult.
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Aug 14, 2022
Good Vibrations
Join me and Mariella in this 2-hour special as we discuss chakras, crystals, vibrational energy and healing from trauma,
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Aug 13, 2022
The Future of the Gods
One day we will be the people from the Sky, who arrive in our noisy, fire-breathing chariots, in silver skins and glass bubbles, breathing our own, bottled atmospheres and brandishing communication devices that seem the stuff of magic.
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Aug 5, 2022
As Above, So Below—Part 2
Part 2 of my chat with Chris from The Two Tongues Podcast about Hermeticism and the book "The Kybalion".
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Aug 5, 2022
As Above, So Below—Part 1
Join me and Chris from The Two Tongues Podcast as we discuss different planes of existence as well as Hermeticism and the book "The Kybalion" by Three Initiates.
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Aug 5, 2022
If You Love Them Let Them Go
Why I've reluctantly decided to withdraw the Child Arrangement Order requesting the court that I be able to see my 15-year-old JW daughter.
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Jul 31, 2022
Rethinking Space-Time
The following information came to me in a dream. It suggests a way we might rethink our current notion of Space and Time, in particular the dimensionality of Space-Time.
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Jul 28, 2022
The Silence of the Gods
The gods have fallen silent. Perhaps they are dead—they were never immortal—perhaps they went home, or maybe they only ever existed in the thoughts and dreams of Source.
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Jul 27, 2022
Elohim—Who Are They?
Who is this “us” of Genesis 1:26? Jesus? Angels? Or something altogether different? Join me as I explore the hidden story behind the "elohim" of Genesis.
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Jul 18, 2022
Who Is Yahweh?
Is Yahweh of the Old Testament the same God as El and El Elyon? Is there only one "true God" in the Biblical narrative or are there two or more gods vying for the top spot?
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Jul 17, 2022
Who Do I Think I Am?
A message to my Jehovah's Witness family and friends.
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Jul 15, 2022
The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Join me and Chris as we delve into the nature of Self. We ask, "What is the I Am that I am?" and ponder the mysteries of how I Am in the Universe and what happens when I Am Not?
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Jul 13, 2022
Declared Righteous "for Life"—Is it New Light?
There has been some excitement in the ex-JW Twitter community today regarding what one of the speakers at this year's convention said on the subject of righteousness and specifically the anointed being “declared righteous for life”. Is this "new light"? Or is it just "old light" repackaged for a new audience? https://youtu.be/xbYUh0qIRug?t=3540
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Jul 10, 2022
The Serpent Awakens
In this episode, I tell my story of spiritual awakening, ascension, and enlightenment.
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Jul 3, 2022
How to Stop Thinking Like a Jehovah’s Witness — Part 2
Some Jehovah’s Witnesses realise it’s not “the truth” so they fade, or disassociate, but after doing so they continue to think like a Jehovah’s Witness. So the question arises, How can a person who leaves Jehovah's Witnesses stop thinking like a Jehovah’s Witness?
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Jul 2, 2022
Wonder is the Beginning of Wisdom
Join me and Chris as we discuss "God behind the god"—Is God the same as Source? Is Yahweh God? Am I God?
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Jun 29, 2022
I Should Be Dead!—My Experience With Shunning and Suicide
This episode discusses the subject of suicide and so listener discretion is advised.
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Jun 29, 2022
When Did Watch Tower Know About 587 BCE?
At what point did Watch Tower realise its dates no longer matched that of secular historians? And why did they stick with their flawed chronology?
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Jun 27, 2022
We, The Gods
We are the gods—the angels and demons of Scripture and lore. We are the Christs and the Devils. We are Elohim—One with Source—and “reality” depends entirely on how we use our Consciousness.
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Jun 26, 2022
Why I Can’t Be a Jehovah’s Witness
What if Jehovah’s Witnesses really are “the truth”? What if by rejecting Jehovah’s Witnesses I have rejected a very real God, Jehovah, and my only Saviour, Jesus? What if I have sinned against the holy spirit?
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Jun 24, 2022
Should You Worry About Armageddon, Death, and Not Getting a Resurrection?
In 2022 the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses has shifted up a gear in the fear-mongering department. Should you be worried?
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Jun 23, 2022
Source and the Human Experience
All is Mind and Mind is All. Mind is eternal, the Source of everything—the Divine Matrix in which our shared reality exists as a conscious experience.
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Jun 19, 2022
Source, Souls, and a Sprinkle of Time Dilation
In this conversation with Chris and Kyle, we discuss quantum physics and how it relates to our views about Source, angels, incarnation, souls and consciousness.
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Jun 19, 2022
Sex and the Question of Morality
Join me as I ask Chris and Kyle from The Two Tongues Podcast some difficult questions about morality—Is masturbation and pornography wrong? How about homosexuality? What determines whether something is moral or not? Are people born transgender, or is it a lifestyle choice? The following content may be triggering and listener discretion is advised.
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Jun 17, 2022
Tarot Card Readings and Retrocausality
Is it possible to affect the past? If so, how might that affect past predictions of the future?
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Jun 5, 2022
Why Jehovah's Witnesses are not "The Truth"
At the foundation of Jehovah's Witnesses' claim to being the only true religion on earth is their teaching that 1914 was a special year in Bible prophecy. It wasn't.
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May 16, 2022
My Ex-Wife Finally Woke Up!
After all is said and done it seems we’ve ended up on the same page.
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May 12, 2022
How to Stop Thinking Like a Jehovah’s Witness — Part 1
Whether you believe it or not, you operate from a collection of subconscious “programs”, not all of them created by choice.
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Apr 20, 2022
If I Could Turn Back Time
Things I’ve done in my life that I really wish I hadn’t.
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Apr 20, 2022
Jehovah's Witnesses and Parental Alienation
My personal experience of parental alienation and child abandonment at the hands of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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Apr 16, 2022
What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Really Believe?
Having been a Jehovah’s Witness for over 50 years I feel I have an obligation to warn others about what Jehovah’s Witnesses really believe.
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Apr 15, 2022
My First Non-Memorial
It’s memorial night and this will be the first time in 53 years that I’ve not commemorated Jesus’ death. It will also be the first time in 18 years that I‘ve not partaken of the memorial emblems as one of the “anointed”.
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Apr 6, 2022
A Beginner's Guide to the Nature of Reality
In this episode, I discuss the nature of reality and whether the quantum field is actually "God".
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Mar 1, 2022
Trips to Other Dimensions—Part 2
I chat with Chris and Kyle from The Two Tongues Podcast about spiritual ascension after leaving Jehovah's Witnesses, Hinduism and the Upanishads, quantum fields, and the reality of the dream world.
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Mar 1, 2022
Trips to Other Dimensions—Part 1
I chat with Chris and Kyle from The Two Tongues Podcast about where creative inspiration comes from.
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Feb 5, 2022
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
Why I'm choosing to live my life without the ex-JW "community".
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Feb 1, 2022
My Shift to 5D Consciousness
5D consciousness is about living a life of Oneness and Love, but it doesn't happen without growing pains, and usually not without great loss.
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Feb 1, 2022
Should You Worry About Armageddon?
What if the great tribulation and Armageddon really are coming? Where do we stand as ex-Jehovah's Witnesses? Should we return to avoid being killed by Jesus when he comes to execute the wicked?
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Jan 28, 2022
5 Minutes or Less—Intolerance and Cruelty Within Jehovah's Witnesses—Whose Fault?
People tell me it's the JW organisation that's at fault and not individual Jehovah's Witnesses. Are they right?
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Jan 26, 2022
Why You Should Leave Jehovah's Witnesses—Child Sexual Abuse
This episode discusses child sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation. Listener discretion is advised.
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Jan 6, 2022
New Beginnings
2021 saw me walk away from Jehovah's Witnesses for good, declare myself an apostate and a pandeist, go into therapy, get divorced, and finally find love.
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Dec 19, 2021
My Interview on The Two Tongues Podcast
This episode was originally aired on the fantastic Two Tongues podcast. Chris, Kyle, and I discussed God, Consciousness, the Universe, and Pandeism. We even got to grips with the question of evil! Please check out The Two Tongues Podcast for other great episodes. https://open.spotify.com/episode/48x959TT9zKcQhg7yx6umT
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Dec 19, 2021
Who Am I?—A Journey of Self-Awareness
When did my consciousness come online? Why did it go offline for a few years? How did being in a religion affect my spirituality? Do we all share the same consciousness?
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Nov 24, 2021
Why Do People Join a Religion?
Why would a person join a religion that they weren’t born into?
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Nov 24, 2021
Why I Swapped Christianity for Pandeism
Pandeism answers a number of questions I've contemplated for many years and does so in a quite elegant way.
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Nov 23, 2021
The Freedom to Rethink God—My Journey to Pandeism
How I reached the conclusion that God became the Universe.
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Nov 22, 2021
The "Seven Thunders" of Millennial Dawn—Part 4
What do a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon have in common?
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Nov 18, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—Source Consciousness and the Oneness Principle
We are One. The “I Am”. There is only One, one Whole, and that is me, and you, and everyone.
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Nov 17, 2021
From Darkness into Light—Life After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses
I stood in my room shaking my head saying out loud “What the hell just happened?” Suddenly, everything made sense.
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Nov 16, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—Why I Won't Spend the Rest of My Life as an ex-JW
Once I've said my piece, what next?
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Nov 14, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—Why I Don't Miss Meetings
What I do on a Sunday since leaving Jehovah's Witnesses, and why I'm not selfish.
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Nov 14, 2021
Source Consciousness and Our Relationships
That feeling of deep connection, having found one person in 8 billion that you can relate to on all levels, and at an amazing depth, is really quite amazing.
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Nov 12, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—20 Spiritual Questions and Answers
I attempt to answer 20 of the most common spiritual questions I’m asked since leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses—in 5 minutes.
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Nov 12, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—If I Could Turn Back Time
What would I do differently if I had my time over again?
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Nov 11, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—Regrets, I've Had a Few
Sometimes I wish life had a rewind button.
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Nov 11, 2021
The “Seven Thunders” of Millennial Dawn—Part 3
Charles Taze Russell supposedly directed the publication of The Finished Mystery from "beyond the veil", yet it was riddled with false prophecies and dishonest changes after the fact.
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Nov 8, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—The Date(s) of Armageddon
Using nothing but a calculator and a cup of tea, I aim to explain why you can believe Armageddon is coming in 2034. Or 2054. Or 2074.
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Nov 8, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—It's All Bananas!
How do you like your bananas? And is the JW ship sinking?
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Nov 8, 2021
5 Minutes or Less—Introduction
Introducing a new series of super-short episodes.
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Nov 7, 2021
The “Seven Thunders” of Millennial Dawn—Part 2
B H Shadduck's proof that even 93 years ago Watch Tower was a cult, its leader was a false prophet, and its teachings were unscriptural.
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Nov 7, 2021
What Do Apostates Offer in Replacement of “The Truth”?
Why the argument “You tear us down but offer us nothing better” has no relevance.
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Nov 6, 2021
The "Seven Thunders" of Millennial Dawn—Part 1
This 1928 booklet by B H Shadduck was the first written exposé of the Watch Tower to ever utilize their own writings against them.
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Nov 5, 2021
Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?—Part 4
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses employ emotional control on their members?
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Nov 3, 2021
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Cult?—Part 3
Does the Watch Tower organisation employ thought control on its members?
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Nov 3, 2021
What Would It Take for Me to Return to Jehovah's Witnesses?
What would need to change in order for me to return to Jehovah's Witnesses in good conscience?
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Nov 3, 2021
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Cult?—Part 2
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses control information in such a way that it manipulates its members and meets the criteria for a cult?
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Oct 30, 2021
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Cult?—Part 1
Comparing Jehovah's Witnesses to the BITE model. Does the Watch Tower organisation employ behavioural control on their members?
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Oct 29, 2021
First Aid for Bipolar Disorder
This podcast will help you to identify when a person is having a Bipolar episode, whether that be depression, hypomania, or full-blown mania, and help you to help them.
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Oct 28, 2021
Pondering God and the Bible
This time I ponder God, the Bible, religion, and spirituality. Having exited the Jehovah's Witnesses cult I found myself free to decide what I really believed, not just what I was told to believe.
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Oct 28, 2021
Healing and Rebuilding After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses
Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses, healing, and then rebuilding a new life may be the hardest thing you ever do. Here are my top ten tips to finding your way after discovering Jehovah’s Witnesses is not “the truth”.
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Oct 27, 2021
Game Over—How I Finally Walked Away from Jehovah’s Witnesses
Thirty-five years after my baptism as a Jehovah’s Witness, at the age of 52, I sit here knowing for certain that Jehovah’s Witnesses is not “the truth”. Jehovah’s Witnesses is a cult. I am no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I. Am. Free.
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Oct 26, 2021
The End of the World—As I Knew It
How everything finally came crashing down!
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Oct 26, 2021
10 Years of Cognitive Dissonance—My Last Stand as a Jehovah's Witness
I didn't believe Jehovah's Witnesses were "the truth" and I thought the governing body was the antichrist—so why did I go back?
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Oct 25, 2021
The Truth That Set Me Free
How I came to think I was anointed but then got disfellowshipped for apostasy!
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Oct 23, 2021
Rutherford's Bones and the Generation That Would By No Means Pass Away—But Did
1925, 1975, and beyond—Watch Tower continues to get it wrong.
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Oct 22, 2021
The Return of the "Faithful Worthies"
I discover the most ridiculous prediction Watch Tower ever made.
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Oct 21, 2021
Dates, Dates, and More Dates—Was Russell a False Prophet?
I try to get to grips with Russell’s failed predictions and answer the question “Was Charles Taze Russell a false prophet?”
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Oct 19, 2021
The Rise and Fall of a Jehovah's Witness—Part 2
Marrying the wrong person, becoming "born again", and being charged with apostasy—the unexpected life of a Jehovah's Witness.
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Oct 18, 2021
The Rise and Fall of a Jehovah's Witness—Part 1
How I went from a 4-year-old publisher to a 30-something-year-old elder in a congregation ruled by a psychopath.
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Oct 17, 2021
Why I Started an exJW Podcast
I have a story to tell, and I think it will benefit others. It's a story of religion and abuse. It's a story of loss, tremendous loss, and trauma that led me to a place in my life where, at the age of 50, I found myself starting over.
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