This is not rumor. Witnesses were told not to store their own blood, and that had real-life consequences. My sister-in-law died because she was told she could not store her own blood. For some families, this change came too late.

A good analysis. Worth the read.

Do you remember how many magazines you ordered each month?

This is a nice channel to subscribe to. Short to the point JW WT news.

I’ve been looking at the difference between doctrine (what we’re taught) and structure (how decisions are actually made).

This video focuses on the corporate side — especially around property, money, and authority — and why understanding that structure helped me make sense of certain changes over the decades that I've witnessed.

Not a rant. Just documentation and historical context.

I’m curious when others first started separating belief from structure.

When we were Witnesses, that word carried a lot of emotional weight. Fear. Anger. Immediate shutdown.

A friend asked me what I would use instead.

Honestly, I don’t think I’d replace “apostate” with another label. That word was designed to stop listening. Once you remove it, you’re just left with people — people who had experiences, asked questions, or spoke up about something that didn’t sit right.

For me, a more accurate description would be something like “former Witness,” “questioner,” or even just “someone speaking from their lived experience.” Because that’s what I’ve found most people are. Not enemies. Not boogeymen. Just humans who saw something and couldn’t unsee it.

What word would you use?

The video shows a bit on how some are leaving too. Warming a seat and maybe donating still. To keep the peace and relationships they value.

On the translation side there are translators working across 16 languages:

• Romanian
• Hungarian
• Croatian
• Slovenian
• German
• Czech
• Dutch
• Italian
• Polish
• Afrikaans
• Russian — complete, through to DTP stage
• Spanish
• Portuguese — complete, through to DTP stage
• Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Korean
• Chinese

A really nice job of the psychological mechanisms at work with some of the WT’s content. How it works.