Deadly Theology
Of all of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ peculiar ideology that attracts the most attention is their controversial and inconsistent prohibition of transfusions […]
Blood Policy, Shunning
Watchtower
Doctrines & Policies, Secrets & Scandals, Shunning
Recruiting the Deaf
The worldwide recruiting attempt of Jehovah’s Witnesses to bring their religious message to the deaf using sign language can be
Child Sex Abuse, Featured News, Video
Megan and Candace – Casualties of Known Molesters
In most child sexual abuse cases the abuser is someone the child knows and trusts – relatives, neighbors, coaches, teachers,
Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
Portuguese Ex-JWs Want to Help Former Faithful
[The following article was forwarded to me from a correspondent in Portugal. The English translation is very rough. Original Portuguese
Doctrines & Policies
Jehovah’s Witnesses View of Charity
As many of you are well aware, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never been known for having a charitable spirit, not even
Doctrines & Policies, History & Leaders
The Watchtower and “Date Setting”
Former Witness and WT critic, Ronald Fry, couldn’t state it any better when he observed: “The pattern or modus operandi
History & Leaders
Watchtower Reworks the 6000-year Formula
One would think that such prophetic failures would bring an end to speculative date-setting, but it did not. The fact
History & Leaders
Rutherford Blames the Bible Students
By the time 1925 rolled in, Rutherford’s backpedaling about his predictions for that year was in high gear when he said in the February 15, 1925 Watch Tower: “No one may safely predict exactly what will take place, even within the next year; but God has given general indications in his Word of many things which are yet to come to pass. He has not specified exactly their chronological order…”
History & Leaders
“Millions Now Living Will Never Die”
Beginning in 1918 and in the early 1920s, the term, “millions now living will never die” was the slogan that
History & Leaders
Joseph F. Rutherford and the 6000-year Theory
How can we be sure Rutherford used the 6,000 year theory? Because of the dozens of times he mentioned it