Surviving Paradise

We can give you 144,000 reasons why overlapping generations aren't a thing. A weekly podcast where we laugh, cry and give insights into the world of Jehovah's Witnesses. Hosted by a former elder and includes guests that have beards, as well as beautiful women that finally have a voice... minus a head covering.

Hosted ByStacey Baumann

A look into life as a Jehovah’s Witness, as seen from the eyes of a former elder, raised in the ‘religion’ and growing up through their ever changing beliefs and culture from the 1970’s through the 2000’s. We laugh… we cry… but we stay informed and entertained.


All Episodes

Universal Sovereignty: Jehovah Can’t Handle a Bully

When challenged by a bully…. his own 'son'… Jehovah decided to 'take the challenge' and let the bully torture all of his children to get a point across. Let's...

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Surviving Paradise
Universal Sovereignty: Jehovah Can't Handle a Bully
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Witnesses: NEVER Confess Your Sins to the Elders: How & Why to Avoid!

Witnesses are taught that they must confess their sins to the elders to be forgiven. But that is NOT necessary. There is the mother of all 'loopholes' in print,...

Surviving Paradise
Surviving Paradise
Witnesses: NEVER Confess Your Sins to the Elders: How & Why to Avoid!
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“Going Beyond What is Written” – Jesus Needs the Governing Body?

Jehovah and Jesus aren’t ‘detail’ guys. They need eight guys in upstate New York to talk to mankind for them. Despite the Bible saying it alone makes us ‘fully...

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Surviving Paradise
"Going Beyond What is Written" - Jesus Needs the Governing Body?
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Disfellowshipping & Jehovah’s Witnesses Part II: Pain & Misery Since 1952

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses have millions believing that shunning is a ‘loving arrangement.” Disfellowshipping isn’t taught in the Bible or by Jesus Christ in the Gospels. We...

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Surviving Paradise
Disfellowshipping & Jehovah's Witnesses Part II: Pain & Misery Since 1952
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Disfellowshipping & Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Timeline to Pain & Tragedy

Jehovah’s Witnesses are shunned by everyone they love, including family and friends, if three guys in the B School consider them unrepentant after committing a serious sin. No love,...

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Surviving Paradise
Disfellowshipping & Jehovah's Witnesses: A Timeline to Pain & Tragedy
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Jehovah’s Witnesses & Sex Part II: An “Oral” History of What Married People Can Do in the Bedroom

Without any foundation or instruction from the Bible they alone claim to understand, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses have a lot to say on how MARRIED people make...

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Surviving Paradise
Jehovah's Witnesses & Sex Part II: An "Oral" History of What Married People Can Do in the Bedroom
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Jehovah’s Witnesses & Sex: The Governing Body is in Your Bedroom

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses are eager to control every aspect of a person’s entire life… including sex. How do they manage to find themselves in the beds...

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Surviving Paradise
Jehovah's Witnesses & Sex: The Governing Body is in Your Bedroom
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Jehovah’s Witnesses on Higher Education: Over One Hundred Years of Keeping People Dumbed Down

Jehovah’s Witnesses face a steady stream of subtle…and not so subtle propaganda against pursuing higher education.  The Governing Body targets young Jehovah’s Witnesses with an ongoing guilt trip for...

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Surviving Paradise
Jehovah's Witnesses on Higher Education: Over One Hundred Years of Keeping People Dumbed Down
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Jehovah’s Witnesses & The Chosen Path of Ignorance

What shocks YOU the most about Jehovah’s Witnesses? I’m often asked that question. The answer probably differs for everyone, but let’s take a look at how millions of people...

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Surviving Paradise
Jehovah's Witnesses & The Chosen Path of Ignorance
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