Mentally Diseased Germ

Adam Van Wirdum - who recently appeared on the Four Corners special in Australia: Bearing Witness - sits down to chat with me about his experience as a closeted gay man among Jehovah's Witnesses. After getting married and having children, but still being told he's not doing enough, he finally reaches a breaking point for his faith.



Find Adam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FadetoEx_AdamvW

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/fadetoex



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HELP IS AVAILABLE

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💌 Looking for support? https://jw.support/

🏳‍🌈 LGBTQ National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564

🌈 LGBTQ exJW Subbreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjwLGBT/

💜 Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

🌉 Recovering from Religion: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/



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SOURCES & CREDITS

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🟦 LGBTQ exJW Subbreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjwLGBT/

🟦 Watch the Four Corners special (Bearing Witness): https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/bearing-witness:-exposing-the-secretive-world-of/13541542

🟦 Music provided by: http://www.epidemicsound.com



❓ Learn more about Jehovah's Witnesses: http://www.jwfacts.com



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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL

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MERCH: https://mentally-diseased.myteespring.co/



For one time tips: http://paypal.me/the1germ



Donations go toward offsetting the time and costs that go into production (equipment, subscription fees for software, stock assets, music, hours and hours of work). My videos are frequently flagged by YouTube, which can be devastating for slower creators, so your support is greatly appreciated and helps to keep me going!



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ABOUT & CONTACT

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✍🏻  Contact page: https://www.jeremy-howell.com/



🎞  Check out my other channel, GermTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPH02zjM51WL8x2VXuiiu0g



🐥 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mentallydzd

http://www.twitter.com/the1germ (for everything not exJW)


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Watchtower's advice to gay people struggling with their sexuality is this: Pray it away, devote yourself more to Jehovah, pioneer, go to Bethel, and just... don't do it. Easy, right? Shawn Smith did it all exactly the way he was supposed to. Here's his story. 

FIND SHAWN ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shawnsjournie​ 

LA TIMES Article on Police Entrapment: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-gay-stings-police-20160527-snap-story.html 

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 🟦 Music provided by: http://www.epidemicsound.com 

❓ Learn more about Jehovah's Witnesses: http://www.jwfacts.com

💌 Looking for support? https://jw.support/ 

******************************************** SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ******************************************** 

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mentallydiseased 

MERCH: https://mentally-diseased.myteespring.co/ 

For one time tips: http://paypal.me/the1germ 

Donations go toward offsetting the time and costs that go into production (equipment, subscription fees for software, stock assets, hours and hours of work). My videos are frequently flagged by YouTube, which can be devastating for slower creators, so your support is greatly appreciated and helps to keep me going!

******************************************** ABOUT & CONTACT ******************************************** 

✍🏻  Contact page: https://www.jeremy-howell.com/ 

🎞  Check out my other channel, GermTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPH02zjM51WL8x2VXuiiu0g 

🐥 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mentallydzd http://www.twitter.com/the1germ (for everything not exJW)


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Altworldly was the model of an exemplary youth for Jehovah's Witnesses. A ministerial servant, pioneer, and part of their construction efforts. Now he's writing the *real* answers to FAQs from the JWORG website, and launched a YouTube channel doing introspective, essay-style content. We talk about how that sudden change happened, the challenges of doing it all PIMO, bisexuality, and much more. 

👉 Subscribe to his channel:  @AltWorldly 

👉 Check out his website: https://jwfaq.com/

👉 Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/altworldly

******************************************** SOURCES & CREDITS ******************************************** 

🟦 Music provided by: http://www.epidemicsound.com

❓ Learn more about Jehovah's Witnesses: http://www.jwfacts.com

💌 Looking for support? https://jw.support/

******************************************** SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ********************************************

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mentallydiseased

MERCH: https://mentally-diseased.myteespring.co/

For one time tips: http://paypal.me/the1germ

Donations go toward offsetting the time and costs that go into production (equipment, subscription fees for software, stock assets, hours and hours of work). My videos are frequently flagged by YouTube, which can be devastating for slower creators, so your support is greatly appreciated and helps to keep me going! 

******************************************** ABOUT & CONTACT ********************************************

✍🏻  Contact page: https://www.jeremy-howell.com/ 

🎞  Check out my other channel, GermTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPH02zjM51WL8x2VXuiiu0g 

🐥 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mentallydzd http://www.twitter.com/the1germ (for everything not exJW)


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In 2013, John started a new channel. His plan was to combat "apostate misinformation", and bring Jehovah's Witness propaganda to countries where it is not available. And then... Lloyd Evans found him. 

Seven years later, he's left the Jehovah's Witnesses and started a new channel: JW Review with John Maple. Today, we're chatting about what his experience was as an apologist, how he finally woke up, and what he's doing differently with YouTube on the second time around. 

🍁 Check out John's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeaBopJTa61hSHVzxI-PxjQ

🍁 Find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Maple_007 

Lloyd Evan's rebuttal of his original content: https://youtu.be/TGpk-SwADf0 

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 🟦 Music provided by: http://www.epidemicsound.com  

❓ Learn more about Jehovah's Witnesses: http://www.jwfacts.com

💌 Looking for support? https://jw.support/  

******************************************** SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ******************************************** 

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mentallydiseased  

MERCH: https://mentally-diseased.myteespring.co/  

For one time tips: http://paypal.me/the1germ 

Donations go toward offsetting the time and costs that go into production (equipment, subscription fees for software, stock assets, hours and hours of work). My videos are frequently flagged by YouTube, which can be devastating for slower creators, so your support is greatly appreciated and helps to keep me going! 

******************************************** ABOUT & CONTACT ******************************************** 

✍🏻  Contact page: https://www.jeremy-howell.com/  

🎞  Check out my other channel, GermTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPH02zjM51WL8x2VXuiiu0g  

🐥 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mentallydzd 

http://www.twitter.com/the1germ (for everything not exJW)


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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mentallydiseased/support