Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 33 minutes ago
SHAYNE MECHEN is a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, born into the group and eventually becoming an elder, before deciding to leave.
Shayne is now an activist speaking out against high-control groups such as the JWs and an advocate for support and therapy for those affected by their experiences.
0:00 START
01:45 Being a JW
09:06 Marriage & Leaving
13:21 Aftermath
23:32 New Zealand Royal Commission
34:39 Speaking Out
LINKS FOR SHAYNE MECHEN
Shayne Mechen Facebook: facebook.com/shayne.mechen
JWS For Justice:
JW’s for Justice jws4justice.co.nz
Twitter/X: https://x.com/jws4justice
Facebook: facebook.com/jws4justice
Life After JWs:
Life After JW.org facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064428266550
X: https://x.com/AfterWs
Freedom From Religion Foundation: ffrf.org
Anke Richter: ankerichter.net
FOOTAGE:
DRONE FLIGHT OVER PALMERSTON NORTH CITY via paraskevakis
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
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SHAYNE MECHEN is a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, born into the group and eventually becoming an elder, before deciding to leave.
Shayne is now an activist speaking out against high-control groups such as the JWs and an advocate for support and therapy for those affected by their experiences.
0:00 START
01:45 Being a JW
09:06 Marriage & Leaving
13:21 Aftermath
23:32 New Zealand Royal Commission
34:39 Speaking Out
LINKS FOR SHAYNE MECHEN
Shayne Mechen Facebook: facebook.com/shayne.mechen
JWS For Justice:
JW’s for Justice jws4justice.co.nz
Twitter/X: https://x.com/jws4justice
Facebook: facebook.com/jws4justice
Life After JWs:
Life After JW.org facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064428266550
X: https://x.com/AfterWs
Freedom From Religion Foundation: ffrf.org
Anke Richter: ankerichter.net
FOOTAGE:
DRONE FLIGHT OVER PALMERSTON NORTH CITY via paraskevakis
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
**********
TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
The Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel has been online since 2015 and has been featured on Reggie Yates' Extreme UK for BBC 3 Television. Would you like to help support Talk Beliefs or perhaps tell your own story in an interview? Channel inquiries & direct messages: unchainedmind1@gmail.com
Talk Beliefs - In Association with Evolution Soup (Sister Channel).
Follow @TalkBeliefs on Twitter!
Join the Talk Beliefs Facebook Group bit.ly/2fCRLLF
Follow the Talk Beliefs Facebook Page: fb.me/talkbeliefs
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/talkbeliefs
Instagram: instagram.com/talkbeliefs
Tik Tok: @talkbeliefs
Would you like to become a supporter of the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel? Click HERE ow.ly/vn2v30fVYBx
Talk Beliefs Logo Animation by Zaraza Iulian bit.ly/2ytX4Vt
Royalty Free Music via Purple Planet: purple-planet.com
*****
Thinking about leaving your religion? Need to talk?
Recovering From Religion - Find a worldwide support group:
recoveringfromreligion.org
*****
"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
Evolution Soup - The World of Evolution
YouTube: goo.gl/X19xK6
Podcast: evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: instagram.com/evolution_soup
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup
**********
DISCLAIMER:
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
#atheism #science #reason #humanism #christianity #evolution #creation #creationism #belief #secular #mormon #freethinker #darwin #humanist #cult #cults #atheist #humanist #mormon #religion #bookofmormon #jehovah #harekrishna #scientology #leahremini #scientologyandtheaftermath #secularism #dawkins #beliefs #creationist #paleo #cultsandextremebeliefs #paleoanthrology #exjw #exmormon #exchristian #exscientologist
