Back on July 13th this year, I got an email from a former Jehovah's Witness name, Savannah.

I'll share a bit of her story at the end of this episode in the updates.

She told me about how the Jehovah's Witnesses encourage the terrible practices of dyspheloship

and shunning how they destroy families, how they turn a blind eye towards rape and child abuse,

how there is this crazy, too witness rule that allows for so, so much abuse to go unpunished.

I was shocked by what Savannah was writing. I knew almost nothing about Jehovah's Witnesses,

other than that they were mostly known for bothering people by showing up with their door

to spread the good word. Other than that, I had not heard anything negative about them.

So I started googling, looking around, could not believe how many documentaries and exposés

about them there are out there, how many former witness support group websites there are,

how many websites there are devoted to tracking their alleged lies in the various deeds.

So I told Savannah that I hoped I would get to this topic soon, then I put the witness on a

topic list that we keep here for, you know, possible future episodes. And then before I plan to

get to the witnesses, our Patreon space lizard listeners voted this topic in.

And after having finished the research, I'm so glad they did. I hope I have exposed them

properly, Savannah. I feel like I did my best. And now I hope this becomes our most downloaded

episode ever. I want so many others to hear who they really are. What I found blew me away. Oh my

heck. Today we explore the Jehovah's Witnesses. They were born out of the late 19th century Bible

students movement, which was born out of the early 19th century Adventism movement. And they

really can't wait for Armageddon. The main thrust of their belief system is that the end of the

world is imminent and that only Jehovah's Witnesses will be saved. And to be at Jehovah's Witness,

you have to dedicate dozens of hours and months to evangelizing. That's where all the knocking

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