A Former Jehovah’s Witness Reflects On Leaving Her Faith

A Former Jehovah’s Witness Reflects On Leaving Her Faith

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Amber Scorah was a third generation Jehovah’s Witness raised to believe that the Armageddon was imminent. As a teenager she was shunned from her religious community for having sex with her boyfriend. Scorah went on to marry an elder in the church, and she and her husband traveled to China as missionaries. But gradually doubt began to set in. Scorah speaks with Terry Gross about her decision to leave her marriage and her religion and start over. Her memoir is ‘Leaving the Witness.’

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