"Apostates often became such because they underwent a process of socialization within the anti-cult community and ideology and because of the activism they demonstrate in fighting the movements they left behind. These factors are in themselves obviously relevant in terms of bias and prejudice. To accept that the version told by apostates about a new religious movement is “the truth” would be like judging the moral status of a divorced person based only on the testimony of an angry ex-spouse, or basing one’s understanding of the Catholic Church solely on the testimony of former priests who have reasons to resent it."
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"Jehovah’s Witnesses: “White Zone” or Free Zone?", Bitter Winter (February 15, 2025)
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