Cowboys Armageddon and The Truth

<p><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>A lively affectionate autobiography with messages of inspiration and acceptance.</strong><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> -Kirkus Reviews</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>An inspiring depiction of human endurance and the heart-healing balms of generosity and kindness.</strong><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> -Jeff Mann author of </span><em style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Purgatory</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>When Scott Terry was ten he embraced the Jehovah's Witness faith and their prediction that the world would soon end. As an adolescent he prepared for Armageddon and prayed for God to strip away his growing attraction to other young men. By adulthood Terry found himself no longer believing in the promised apocalypse. Over time he left the Witness religion and became a cowboy riding bulls in the rodeo. He overcame the hurdles of parental abuse religious extremism and homophobia and learned that Truth is a concept of honesty rather than false righteousness.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Cowboys Armageddon and The Truth: How a Gay Child was Saved from Religion</em><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> offers an illuminating glimpse into a child's sequestered world of abuse homophobia and religious extremism. Scott Terry's memoir is a compelling poignant and occasionally humorous look into the Jehovah's Witness faith-a religion that refers to itself as The Truth-and a brave account of Terry's successful escape from a troubled past.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>A powerful story not only of dealing with and escaping from abuse but also about coming to terms with being gay in an atmosphere that regarded it as both unnatural and sinful.</strong><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> - Brady Clemens GLBTRT of the American Library Association</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>A whiplash piece of literary reporting about a family of children growing up poor and religiously abused in the rural West and one child miraculously finding himself in spite of everything. I was riveted.</strong><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> -Patricia Nell Warren </span><em style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>New York Times </em><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Bestselling Author of </span><em style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>The Front Runner</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Advocate magazine Top 20 Must-Read Books</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Nominated for the </span><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Over The Rainbow Book List</strong><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)> by the American Library Association in July 2012</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Best LGBT Debut and Best LGBT Non-Fiction of 2013 by </span><strong style=color: rgba(23 23 23 1)>Rainbow Book Awards Elisa Reviews</strong></p>