Free Minds - Watchers Of The WatchTower World (Jehovah Witnesses) - Website Of Many Ex Jehovah Witnesses Sharing Their Insights

Free Minds - Watchers Of The WatchTower World (Jehovah Witnesses)
Website Of Many Ex Jehovah Witnesses Sharing Their Insights
Free Minds

Free Minds, Inc. is a non-profit organization keeping a critical eye on the Watchtower (Jehovah's Witnesses). We are not affiliated with any religious organization

True Stories from the Watchtower World

[These personal stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many have become born-again Christians, some have not. Some will in the future, some most likely will not. Our point is not to judge the lives of these ones, but to share the struggle in exiting the Watchtower and getting one's life back together. It is our prayer that all will do that.]

also see Old-Timers in the JW work now tell their stories

or click on the red dot for:

button.gif (924 bytes) To Whom It May Concern by Roger Sereny (NEW 10/11/07)
button.gif (924 bytes) My Flight in and out of the Watchtower by Jeff Kline (NEW 3/27/07)
button.gif (924 bytes) Eight Years After - Deleted Looks Back (NEW 12/26/06)
button.gif (924 bytes) Do I Disassociate or Not? (NEW 12/17/06)
button.gif (924 bytes) I just found your site for the first time (NEW 12/20/05)
button.gif (924 bytes) Growing up as a transsexual in the Jehovah's Witness Organization (NEW 12/07/05)
button.gif (924 bytes) "The Dilemma of One Young Witness Growing Up in the Faith (NEW 7/26/05)
button.gif (924 bytes) "Staying Alive Until 1975" My Story of Growing Up Jehovah Witness With Severe Ulcerative Colitis (NEW 5/7/05)
button.gif (924 bytes) My Life in Jehovah's Service (NEW 8/4/04) also Composed Music by Terry
button.gif (924 bytes) Bethel, the Truth, and Pleasing Your Parents (NEW 6/29/04)
button.gif (924 bytes) Growing up as a gay Jehovah's Witness (Josh in Australia)
button.gif (924 bytes) Felix and the Precious Jewel
button.gif (924 bytes) Cynthia Hampton's testimony (Christian)
button.gif (924 bytes) Stan Covell's Testimony (Christian)
button.gif (924 bytes) Fear Mom and Give her the Glory
button.gif (924 bytes) The Blown-Up Witness
button.gif (924 bytes) From A Cleverly Invented Story to the Greatest True Story Ever Told
button.gif (924 bytes) The Lone Traveler's Story
button.gif (924 bytes) A Letter to my ex-Girlfriend's Parents
button.gif (924 bytes) Between love and "me" (elder about raising kids currently)
button.gif (924 bytes) To the Edge of Death and Back
button.gif (924 bytes) Aaron Newton: Living a New Life
button.gif (924 bytes) A Family Divided but not Conquered
button.gif (924 bytes) Why I Was Never Baptized
button.gif (924 bytes) The Story of Anthony Walker
button.gif (924 bytes) A Letter to my JW Wife (Spanish version here)
button.gif (924 bytes) Ex-Witness discovers musical talents
button.gif (924 bytes) Christmas Surprise 99 by the Elders
button.gif (924 bytes) Doll Breaks Up Relationship with Witness Girl
button.gif (924 bytes) My Life as a Jehovah's Witness
button.gif (924 bytes) Getting Along as a Blind Person
button.gif (924 bytes) Guide dog refused entrance to Kingdom Hall
button.gif (924 bytes) A Young Woman Finds Happiness
button.gif (924 bytes) A Touching Love Story by Vito and Annette Potenzieri
button.gif (924 bytes) Thirty-Five Years in the Watchtower by Burt Noyes
button.gif (924 bytes) Active mom quits after 48 years of door-to-door!
button.gif (924 bytes) Disassociation Letter after 40 Years of Motherhood
button.gif (924 bytes) A Few Men in Brooklyn

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Archived Stories
Trevor Roberts: An Ex-Jehovah's Witness exhorts JWs to keep "worldly" friends
Claire and George Weissman (40 Years in the Watchtower)
Gary Busselman's Story (author of Armageddon Okies)
Luckiest Boy In the World
Randy Watters' Story (Bethel experience)

Archived Stories in print for sale
(one of the best gifts you can give to one who is struggling)
Letters to the Editor (Book One-1983 to 1989)
Letters to the Editor (Book Two-1989 up to 1995)
Letters to the Editor (Book Three-1996 to 1999)

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DISCLAIMER

Note: Updated Wednesday 17th June 2009 8.00pm Sydney Time. Love For Life does not support harm doing in any shape or form. However, we are supporters of free speech and post articles, documentaries, etc, that represent a wide cross section of ideas. See the Love For Life extensive research library where over 6000 documents, articles and videos are posted: http://loveforlife.com.au/issues. We clearly see the evidence of the destruction to MAN and the earth that has been caused by ALL religions over the centuries and are therefore not supporters of religions, cults, sects or any group that demands conformity of thought, speech or action, or has rules, regulations or rituals that must be followed. Religions, nationalities and cultural "identities" are formed as a result of the brainwashing we receive from childhood. They are part of the tactics the Establishment uses to keep us all divided from one another and fighting one another.

All religions promote discrimination and division, leading to hatred and even violence and murder. None of them have yet to produce a remedy to all the suffering, poverty, unhappiness and discrimination in the world. If any religion truly had the remedy to all the suffering on earth, there would no longer be any suffering. What have Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, atheism and the New Age done to end the suffering in the world?

The Love For Life website has information from all sides on many subjects, whether about Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Law, health, psychology, mind control, vaccination, aspartame, MSG, Chemtrails etc. There are over 6000 articles, documentaries etc on the website and they are so diverse that we are sure that everyone would be able to find something they loved and something they hated, if they took the time to search. If we removed all the articles hated by everyone, there would probably be nothing left! We are not anti anyone but freedom of speech is freedom of speech and no one should condemn the work of another without taking the time to research the subject themselves. Yes, there are articles by those who have a less-than-rosy-viewpoint of Judaism, but there are also articles on the dark side of Tibetan Buddhism (and it is very dark) for those who are interested in the truth: Tibet - Buddhism - Dalai Lama: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/6271 Should the authors of these articles be abused and imprisoned for daring to challenge the widely conceived reputation of Buddhism as being the religion of peace and love and that of the Dalai Lama as a saint, or should those interested be allowed to study the work and come to their own conclusions? The same applies to all the articles, documentaries, etc, about Christianity, Islam, Freemasonry, New World Order, etc.

The Love for Life website also shows how the Rule of Law, the Bar, the Government, the Monarchy, the system of commerce, the local, national and multi/trans-national private corporations, all the courses and careers on offer from our universities, all the educators, scientists, academics and experts, the aristocrats and the Establishment bloodlines have also done NOTHING to end the suffering in the world. The website maps the insanity of a world where there is no help for those in need, just as there was no help available for us when we were victims of terrible bank fraud: http://loveforlife.com.au/court_case (orchestrated, condoned and protected by an international crime syndicate/terrorist organisation of judges, barristers, registrars, lawyers, politicians, banksters, big business representatives, media moguls and other lackeys who, all together, put up a wall of silence despite our trying many, many avenues. After the family home was stolen and business destroyed we were left close to poverty and destitution caring for 4 young daughters. Three years later not much has changed regardless of all our efforts. Where were all the followers of all the religions to help us? Or do we have to be members of those religions to receive help from others involved in them?

We have been accused of being anti - Jewish because we had posted an excerpt from James von Brun's book: Kill the Best Gentiles! http://loveforlife.com.au/node/6054 in which he blames Jews for the problems of the world. Obviously this is not our view because of what we have stated above. We do not hate anyone, whatever religion they follow. We are always open to talk to any religious leader or politician and meet with any judge, member of the Bar, experts, academics, educators etc to share the remedy we offer that heals all the divisions between MAN and MAN, and MAN and the EARTH.

Today, a representative of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies is threatening to close the website down, because they have decided it is anti - Jewish and that we promote racism. What has the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies done to end the suffering in the world? Can they show that they are concerned with the suffering of ALL men, women and children AND ARE SEEN TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT or are they only concerned with Jewish affairs? If so, they, along with all the other religions that only care for their own, are part of the problem, not part of the solution. The man who rang Arthur today was only concerned with Jewish affairs; he was not interested in our intentions or in anybody else, just as most Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Catholics, etc, are only interested in their own. While we separate ourselves into groups, dividing ourselves from others with rules, regulations, rituals, procedures and conditions, we will never solve our problems.

No matter what we in the Western World Civilisation of Commerce have been promised by our politicians, religious leaders, scientists, educators, philosophers, etc, for the past two hundred years, all we have seen is ever-increasing destruction of men, women and children and the earth. None of the so-called experts and leaders we have been taught to rely on are coming up with a solution and none of them are taking full-responsibility for the fact that they can't handle the problem. All religious books talk about end times full of destruction and suffering but why do we have to follow this program when there is an alternative to hatred, mayhem and death? Why are our leaders following the program of destruction and death rather than exploring the alternatives? It seems that any mainstream politician, priest or academic are only interested in supporting the RULES OF THE DIVIDE, that maintain the haves and the have nots. For 200+ years, 99% of the world population have been so trained to pass on their responsibility for themselves, others and the earth, that the 1% of the population that make up the leaders of the rest of us are making all the decisions leading to the destruction of all of us and the earth. Let's not forget the education system that brainwashes the 99% of the population that we are free and have equal rights while, in fact, we are feathering the nests of those at the top.

At the root of all our problems is self-centredness, an unwillingness nurtured by the Establishment that keeps us concerned only with our own needs rather than the needs of others around us and the Earth. Instead of creating and releasing acts of love for those around us as gifts to benefit them and the earth, we take, take and take, until there is nothing left. The whole point of the Love for Life website is to show people the root of all our problems and to share the remedy. The extensive research library is there to attract browsers and to provide access to information not available through mainstream channels. If the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies can, after careful examination of our work, prove that anything we are saying is wrong, we will be happy to accept their proof. If they cannot, and they are still insistent on closing the website down, they will be showing themselves to be traitors to MAN because they are not interested in pursuing any avenue that can end the suffering in the world.

All religions, corporations and organisations that support and maintain the Western World Civilisation of Commerce are part of the problem because our civilisation is a world of haves and have nots, racism, violence, hatred, poverty, sickness, discrimination, abuse, starvation, homelessness, corruption, collusion, vindictiveness, social unrest, arrogance, ignorance, fear, war and chaos. While we support civilisation, we support death and destruction because ALL civilisations that have ever existed are apocalyptic by design.

If we truly want peace on earth and freedom for all, we have to let go of all that which keeps us divided, and come together as MAN, conscious living co-creators of creation. The Love For Life website offers a remedy to the problems we all face in the form of DO NO HARM COMMUNITIES: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/3641 For more details see here: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/6511 and here: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/3385 - We also highly recommend that everyone read the brilliant Russian books called The Ringing Cedars: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/1125 - The Love For Life homepage/front-page also provides lots of inspiring remedy based information: http://loveforlife.com.au - If you want to be kept up to date with our work please register to the Love For Life mailing list here: http://loveforlife.com.au/campaign_list We usually send two postings per month. Presently there are over 5000 registrations reaching over 200,000 readers globally. The website now receives over 2 million strikes per month with June 2009 heading close to (or over) 3 million strikes.

Conscious Love Always
Arthur and Fiona Cristian
Love For Life
17th June 2009