What’s in a Name?
One morning at Bethel in 1989, after the usual text discussion before breakfast, there was an announcement to the staff
Secrets & Scandals, Shunning
Doctrines & Policies
Child Sex Abuse, Doctrines & Policies, History & Leaders, Shunning
Examining Apocalyptic Convictions
If you were once a Jehovah’s Witness, are you now concerned about worsening world conditions being a sign that soon
Doctrines & Policies
A Scathing Review of Awake! “Creation” Article
Alan Feuerbacher, a long-time observer and critic of the Watchtower, has written a scathing critique of the Watchtower’s published view
Child Sex Abuse, Shunning, Watchtower
Opening Pandora’s Box—Secrets of Pedophilia in the Jehovah’s Witness Religion
[The following is a lecture, based on her own research, given by Barbara on June 17, 2009 in Vatican City,
Doctrines & Policies
Separating the Sheep from the Goats
Round about mid-1995, and after I’d been out of Bethel for 2 1/2 years, I was chatting on the phone
Blood Policy, Shunning
Deadly Theology
Of all of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ peculiar ideology that attracts the most attention is their controversial and inconsistent prohibition of transfusions
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
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
Doctrines & Policies
End of the World in 6000 Years – Part 6
Being wrong did not stop prognostication during the nineteenth and twentieth-century from continuing. Calculation methods changed. Scriptural interpretations were reexamined.