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On May 10, 1962, my first day at Bethel, I was told that I would need to attend the Monday night study of the Watchtower, if I wanted to have a successful career at Bethel. My first Monday-night meeting occurred …
Richard E. Kelly
There are few ex-JW activists who are more focused than Lee Elder. His website and message about Watchtower’s flawed blood transfusion policy has always been spot-on and well researched. In fact his, ajwrb.org (Advocates for Jehovah’s Witness Reform on Blood) …
One of the most competent educators on violent extremism in the world today is Sweden’s Robert Örell. He is definitely receiving well-deserved attention for not only what he knows, but how he is helping to reclaim the lives of thousands …
By Richard E. Kelly Finding and claiming one’s repressed authentic identity will not be easy for most adults who were raised as children by Jehovah’s Witness parents. First, there’s familial undue influence—close family members trying to reshape the child’s personality—and …
By Richard E. Kelly In Robert Jay Lifton’s groundbreaking book, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, Lifton describes the eight methods of control that unethical pseudo-religious groups use to psychologically manipulate the minds of their members. In 1961, Lifton used …
By Rick Gonzalez This is a picture of my dad eating a meal. He had just made lunch for me, but couldn’t eat it with me. I had to eat it at another table with my then four-year-old son while …
Since its start-up in March 2013, AAWA’s mission has been: To educate non-Jehovah’s Witnesses (those who are not JWs and not ex-JWs) around the world about Watchtower abuses. By working behind the scenes, we have seen steady progress from our …
Richard Kelly’s review of Jon Atack’s new book opening minds: the secret world of manipulation, undue influence and brainwashing How would I describe Jon Atack’s most recent book, Opening Minds:…? I could start with “totally engaging, thought-provoking, damning, and scary …