Not About Religion Magazine and Blog
An intelligent, open-minded discussion of belief and non-belief...for entertainment purposes only.
I walked in with a six-pack. “Oh, yeah,” my mom said. After an hour of chit-chat, potato chips and two MGDs (my parents were still nursing their first), there was a lull in the conversation and I jumped in. “So…I wanted to talk to you guys about religion.” My dad’s eyes somehow perked up and [...]
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Author Tony DuShane, a former Jehovah’s Witness, uses his first novel to spill the beans on what it is truly like to be a young JW. It’s fascinating and scary.
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This is a story about being raised in, and exiting a cult. What’s not to love?
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What if a Jehovah’s Witness became a vampire? This is a theme that Dave Hitt explores in Blood Witness, a horror/comedy novel that he is releasing in weekly podcast installments on BloodWitness.com.
Not About Religion interviews Mr. Hitt about the novel, atheism, and his views on religion.
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On the anniversary of Charles Taze Russell’s 157th birthday, journalist Thomas Solomon explores this influential and controversial Bible student’s life and legacy.
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"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights;"
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"You say that to eat pure things is a cause of religious merit, but the wild beasts and the children of poverty ever feed on these fruits and medicinal herbs; these then ought to gain much religious merit."
