“Heavens Gate: Cult of Cults” - A Jehovah’s Witness Viewer Response
I used to avoid documentaries about cult-like groups. But as a newly awakening Physically-In-Mentally-Out (PIMO) JW, I gobbled up HBO’s 4-episode documentary in one blissfully bingeful Sunday afternoon.
“A Captive Organization” - The Life of a PIMO Jehovah’s Witness
Because of my upbringing and active membership as one of JWs, the dialogue between Mr. Stewart and Geoffrey Jackson (made available on YouTube) was my first exposure to this unique identifier of WTS. Stewart’s use of “captive organization” was fresh and arresting, bypassing the well-oiled psychological defenses and synaptic potentiation of my cultural theology.
Frankly, it set me back.
1914 & Betrayal — Understanding Religious Trauma Syndrome in Jehovah’s Witnesses
Anger, rage, and enormous betrayal are common experiences for a Jehovah's Witnesses suffering from Religious Trauma Syndrome