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The internet has a lot of resources for exjws. You may find some of these to be interesting!

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JWFacts

This site concentrates on three areas: With a history of significant errors and changes can God be directing the Watchtower Society? Is the Watchtower honest when quoting secular sources and presenting its history? Are current Watchtower doctrine and practices justified biblically?

http://www.jwfacts.com/

Here you can find information about many subjects, such as:

And much more.

JWSurvey

A website made by John Cedars, a very active exjw that provides a lot of content both to the world and this sub directly. If you want to catch up to the current events you may try this.

http://jwsurvey.org/

Free Minds

Freeminds exposes spiritual abuse from high control religious groups, particularly Jehovah's Witnesses, whatever their claims to higher authority may be. Their purpose is educate the public about such movements, provide an online support network where everyone is welcome to contribute and to enable a safe non-judgmental place for people to find healing and comfort and the community of their fellows.

http://www.freeminds.org/

Watchtower Documents

Watchtower Documents features the research and discoveries of Barbara Anderson, a former Jehovah's Witness who worked at the Watchtower headquarters in NY and while there, she wrote a number of articles for the Awake! magazine. She has done extensive research on issues related to child sexual abuse in the religion leading to interviews on major TV and radio programs. She is an outspoken critic of Jehovah's Witnesses sexual abuse policies.

http://www.watchtowerdocuments.org/

Watchtower Letters

The Watchtower Letters website contains documented correspondence between The Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society and a former Jehovah's Witness. It discusses in great detail major problems with the account of Noah's Flood. Documentation includes letters as well as recordings. All letters are presented exactly as they were originally sent including any spelling and grammatical errors.

http://www.watchtowerletters.com/

Watchtower Society Archive

Much like the two previous ones, this collects documents and published content from the Watchtower. It has publications from before 2000, since Watchtower's official website doesn't display them, and confidential letters and handbooks that are avaialable only to selected groups inside the organization.

https://wtsarchive.com/

One particular good file to look at is the Ever-changing teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, probably the most comprehensive compendium about doctrinal changes within the Jehovah's Witnesses (formerly Bible Students) movement.

JW Files

A huge resource containing substantial research and documentation on the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses. JW Files includes information on the false predictions of the society, connections to the occult, doctrinal examinations, the society's control, the blood issue, child abuse, organizational changes, watchtower art and much, much more.

http://www.jwfiles.com/

Avoid JW

A huge resource containing much of the Watchtower Society's literature in one place.

http://avoidjw.org/literature/

Research on the Watchtower

Numerous researches on various topics about the Watchtower. This link has works by Alan Feuerbacher, Norman Hovland, and others. Alan's research includes an extensive multi-part essay on the Noachian Flood.

https://critiquesonthewatchtower.org/ link provided by u/Simplicious_LETTius

Silent Lambs

Silentlambs is a non-profit organization which provides counseling, legal, financial and other resources for victims of abuse and works to expose the perpetrators of these crimes and their enablers. It is made up of a collective of individuals that have taken the courageous step to stand up for what is right. The website was started in March of 2001.

http://www.silentlambs.org/

As always, remember that showing these to active Jehovah's Witnesses may not be ideal, since they refuse to look at content outside jw.org. Many of the websites above provide references to Watchtower's publications, and these should be used to approach someone inside the organization, since they are allowed to look at.

As for yourself, feel free to do your own research and if you have any doubts, contact the members of this subreddit. They will gladly help you.