I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness

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A captivating, richly layered text that dismantles any reductive ideas readers may hold about indoctrination, departures, comings-out, and the practice of memoir-writing itself. Despite its earlier description as being "beyond question", the "generation of 1914" teaching was discarded in 1995.

That all that some expect to see in 1925 may not transpire that year will not alter the date one whit more than in the other cases.Noting the date marked so prominently, it is very easy for the finite mind to conclude that all the work to be done must center about it, and thus many are inclined to anticipate more than has been really foretold. Yes, these essays are memoiric and cover various different points in Cox’s life, these, to me, felt more concerned with ideas and some reflection rather than I guess more traditional memoir storytelling. Our eyes of understanding should discern clearly the Battle of the Great Day of God Almighty now in progress. By leaning into the academic, the personal, the political, the emotional, while offering personal reflection and a critique of an expansive religious institution, the connective tissue gets a bit lost here. A special edition of the first volume of Studies in the Scriptures was also published, which was re-titled The Divine Plan of the Ages and the Corroborative Testimony of the Great Pyramid.

Overall I appreciated learning about this very homophobic religion and the author's bravery in turning his back on his upbringing.I recently had the opportunity to read "I Felt The End Before It Came" by Daniel Allen Cox, and it was a truly eye-opening memoir of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness. I think we are all aware of the refusal of blood transfusions ( which Daniel's mom experienced and almost lost her life) but did you know they are encouraged not to go to college? The author was a self proclaimed “JehoHomo” brought up as JW but eventually disassociated after a casual comment about how handsome a female friends boyfriend is. They believe that the end of the world is near so it makes no sense to waste time and money on an education.