This is my first international interview for the podcast.  Growing up poor in Liverpool, Mark and his family were Jehovah’s Witnesses.  This interview is a great conversation about his life growing up, what he went through, and the really unique way that he was outed that shook up his life.  We talk about beliefs and his studies of the books that were left out of the Bible as most know it.  At the end there’s a pleasant surprise about someone in his family.  Mark has a great attitude about everything that happened and he’s now trying to help others.

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Mark has his own YouTube channel here.

He is also quite active on Quora.

Mark chose the song Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye to represent his journey.

Here are some resources that were mentioned in this episode:

jehovahs-witness.com is a great forum to for those that are doubting, leaving, or have left.  Both Mark and I are members.

Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz is THE book for anyone leaving.

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

JWFacts.com is an amazing resource that highlights the truth about “The Truth” from their own written word.

John Cedars channel on YouTube has great videos on the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Book of Thomas (among others) can be found here.

Oh, and below is my favorite verse from the Book of Thomas.  I told you I’d include it, and I also promised that it was amazing, so I hope you enjoy.  Remember, Thomas, like the other Gospel writers, was writing about the life and experiences that he had with Jesus.  I wonder why this one wasn’t included in the finished Bible…..

“(114) Simon Peter said to him, “Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life.” Jesus said, “I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven.””