The Dark Side of Jehovah’s Witnesses:  My Husband Refused to Let Me DIE Despite Blood Doctrine

The Dark Side of Jehovah’s Witnesses: My Husband Refused to Let Me DIE Despite Blood Doctrine

As a 4th generation Jehovah’s Witness, Alissa Watson followed the path laid out before her and married young at a month past 19. Against the recommendation of the doomsday cult, she had chiIdren. During the birth of her first chiId, a pool of lost blood scared her husband into looking into the doctrine of blood transfusions being a punishable sin. Unwilling to lose the life of his wife or baby during the next delivery, he confessed to his wife that he would not be following the blood doctrine if it came down to it. Alissa agreed, but had no idea it had sent her husband down a slow and secret path of deconstruction, until she confronted him about his absence in the church. Research of rampant CSA coverups, a wishy-washy governing body leader under oath and more left her shocked. Their exit out of the religion was messy and hurtful, leaving behind their entire family who refused to even look at them due to the strict practice of shunning.


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Why I Left the Jehovah's Witnesses: The Truth Behind My Exit


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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:27 What it was like growing up as a Jehovah's Witness (pressures & disfellowshipping)

00:11:07 Why Alissa wanted to be homeschooled

00:13:16 Alissa meets her husband at 17 and doubles down on the religion

00:16:14 Dating as a Jehovah's Witness

00:18:33 The pressures of being a teenage girl having to get married

00:23:52 Alissa gets engaged, sins and thinks Satan is attacking her relationship

00:26:51 Jehovah's Witnesses discourage having chiIdren

00:30:43 The "no blood" rule causing a scare during birth

00:37:23 Alissa's husband starts secretly deconstructing

00:40:47 Was Alissa's husband filled with Satan??

00:42:47 Why Alissa's testimony crumbled overnight

00:47:59 What it was like when Alissa and her family were shunned

00:57:31 Setting boundaries and making mental health a priority

01:06:09 Why Alissa decided to start speaking out on social media

01:14:53 How Alissa's life has changed for the better

01:18:34 Linda, Listen

01:20:40 Find and support Alissa!

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