Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jehovah's Witnesses are often disregarded as a doomsday cult on the extreme fringe, but their beliefs are actually more mainstream than we'd like to think.

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-Books-

Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses, Third Edition (2015) by M. James Penton
amzn.to/3wokPs6

'Knock Knock' Who's There?: 'The Truth' About Jehovah's Witnesses (2016) by Anthony James
amzn.to/3hj4q43

Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life (2019) by Amber Scorah
amzn.to/3AvX18S

How to Escape from Jehovah's Witnesses (2018) by Lloyd Evans
amzn.to/3hBX7Dh

-Podcasts-

Awake! and Unafraid: Support for JW's and ex JW's, and Aid Moving Forward (2020)
open.spotify.com/show/1sWduCb4jjP63O3mds79xk

-Documentaries-

Witnesses of Jehovah (1986) - imdb.com/title/tt1791688
Independent Lens (2007) S8E25 "Knocking" - imdb.com/title/tt1428223
Cults and Extreme Belief (2018) S1E2 "Jehovah's Witnesses" - amzn.to/3yvChMX
The Witnesses (2020) - oxygen.com/the-witnesses/season-1/the-watchtower
Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath (2018) Season 3 Special "The Jehovah's Witnesses" - amzn.to/3xkQcFn

-Youtube Channels and Videos-

Lloyd Evans - youtube.com/c/LloydEvans
youtu.be/A51lFpNLmko
youtu.be/Yc3GaW8BvhA
youtu.be/NlAn1n0bZxw
youtu.be/3zA_UfHhQPw
youtu.be/GNRTXsdiIzc
youtu.be/HQurwG_gEAU

Telltale - youtube.com/c/TelltaleAtheist
youtu.be/tpMjgarN7VQ
youtu.be/XK13ZJOOAc4
youtu.be/uJjmIcm94GY
youtu.be/Hm2INWMyv7A
youtu.be/bASgP_SDU9g
youtu.be/m7T2fliH8go
youtu.be/Y0Bav86HSto
youtu.be/IuiKbn1m6sc
youtu.be/YSTmGN4ND2w

Ex-Jehovah's Witness Visits JW World Headquarters - youtu.be/3305c_CF6IM
How I Left the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Pursue Filmmaking - youtu.be/tpMjgarN7VQ
becoming fools | a visit from some JWs [cc] - youtu.be/EWeHB4qM1Hg
Why I Left Jehovah's Witnesses - Former Elder / Pioneer - youtu.be/r7tNNo8EzfQ

-Movies-

Apostasy (2018) - amzn.to/3ytn3YS
The Children Act (2018) - amzn.to/3hywn6K
La Ragazza del Mondo / Worldly Girl (2016) - imdb.com/title/tt5917958

-Websites-

jwfacts.com
anointedjw.org/ma-who-should-partake
jw-branchoffices.blogspot.com/p/jehovahs-witnesses-warwick-tuxedo.html
chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-ecc-holocaust-exhibit-st-1101-20191031-ohfstvka75gx3egv2b5bsg4wey-story.html
latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-07-me-1060-story.html
google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1N4j4e0Id2n-4iPW9adznwOiZGTY&ll=44.67416902869636%2C-88.25177424534392&z=4
web.archive.org/web/20160130062242/http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/Defining-Evangelicalism/How-Many-Are-There
jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php#L6
ad1914.com/2018/05/29/history-of-the-change-of-606-to-607-b-c-in-watchtower-chronology
jwfacts.com/watchtower/celebrations.php
jwfacts.com/watchtower/generation.php#2010
wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1970123#h=26
wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101990083

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Produced with the Assistance of Rozarah
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Researched with the assistance of JessPSettle
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