God Crimes
Fighting religious extremism with critical thinking and comedy! Go behind closed doors into the wild world of the Jehovah's Witnesses and similar high control groups. What do they REALLY believe? Should we laugh, cry, or run in fear?? This show actively supports members trying to leave and the ex-JW, ex-Mormon, and ex-high control group community at large.
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Episodes
6 episodes
6 - Life After the Cult. Praying Over Lunchables. Freedom Sundays.
The JW's require A LOT of your time. From field service (knocking on doors), three weekly meetings, endless bible study, and THREE yearly conventions to travel to (say goodbye to your vacation days), it's exhausting and all encompassing. What d...
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5 - The Texasode! JW Museum Tour. We Love Science (and Waffles!).
Howdy! Coming to you straight from Houston, Texas, Danny and Maya talk about their love of museums and learning all about human history and culture. Then we learn about how a Jehovah's Witness tour company destroys all that by talking about the...
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4 - Why Do People Join? Lifelong Loyalty Repaid with Contempt.
We talk about who the JW's target to pull into the group. Usually it is people who are "situationally vulnerable", going through difficult life experiences or who are already vulnerable for various reasons. Don't let this be you or your loved o...
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3 - This Is Paradise! God Loves Bureaucracy. Bacon Trees.
We're heading into the New System of Things (TM)! We find out about all the cool stuff we'll get to do once the bodies are cleared up! Thus begins a thousand years of God's bureaucracy! With lots of... menial labor? Also a big plot twist - the ...
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2 - It's the End of the World! Assassin Angels. Armageddon Diet.
It's the end of the world - and we feel fine! Danny tells us about two times he was sure the end was nigh, and all the miraculous devastation that God is supposed to rain down at the end (that the JW's won't even get to see from their bunkers -...
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1 - Time Travel Water. Owing Honesty.
Welcome to God Crimes! Danny tells us a wild tale of scamming old ladies with water from the past (or the future?!), and we get into some of the dark and weird stories from the world of the Jehovah's Witnesses. It's just the beginning!
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