When Torah escaped from the Amish, she vowed that one day she would utilize her experiences to give back to her fellow Amish by creating a bridge that would help Amish youth/adults who don't wish to practice the Amish religion to more easily and successfully transition into mainstream America. Now that she graduated from Columbia, that 'one day' has come. Project Amish, the bridge, is only in the idea phase but Torah will develop it over the next 12 months in conjunction with writing a

The Watchtower Society teaches that very shortly billions of humans will be killed at God's war of Armageddon. Only Jehovah's Witnesses will be saved, surviving to live forever on a cleansed planet earth. It is common for fundamental religions to teach that only they know truth and hence only they are worthy of salvation. The reason for this site is to make it as simple as possible to determine if Jehovah's Witnesses have 'the truth'. I have tried to be accurate in everything contained here. Ple

I am a moderator on www.richarddawkins.net/forum, and a volunteer for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Recently I attended the American Atheist Conference 2008 the Atheist Alliance International Conference of 2007. I am also a writer for Ask The Atheists. My user name on both is Homo economicus (a homage to both economics and biology) but my real name is John Sargeant. My childhood experiences in the Jehovah’s Witnesses has made me particularly concerned about the labell

This is the final continuation of Part 1, where Torah Bontrager — who escaped the Old Order Amish culture to attend Columbia University — explained common misconceptions and myths about the Amish, as well as the pros and cons of being raised in this alternative American culture. Here we chronicle the actual escape… This two-part piece is not intended to generalize all Amish. It is a chronicle of one person’s experiences with the common constraints and abuses of the Old Order Amish, leading to

Ex-Scientology Kids Home Who We Are: Ex-Scientology kids is designed, owned, and operated by three young women who grew up in Scientology, and later left the Church. We feel that growing up in the Scientology environment is a unique experience that's almost impossible to comprehend unless you've lived it yourself. For what it's worth, we offer non-judgmental support for those who are still in Scientology, discussion and debate for those who've already left, and a plethora of easy-to-underst

The mission of this site is to promote a deeper, more accurate understanding of cults and the effects of cults. This is accomplished through the research of Dr. Janja Lalich, founder and developer of CultResearch.org. Dr. Lalich is: * A world-renowned expert in cultic studies * Professor of sociology at California State University, Chico * Author and coauthor of critically acclaimed books on cults * Avid contributor to the field of cultic studies through her research, p