Jehovah’s Witnesses Obstruct Truth-Seeking
Jehovah’s Witnesses are discouraged from doing extensive personal research into their modern-day history. Such action can cause a truth-seeking Witness
History & Leaders, Research
Rutherford
Child Sex Abuse, History & Leaders, Research
Watch Tower or Watchtower – Which Is It?
Ever wonder why the name, Watchtower, (one word) is sometimes written, Watch Tower, (two words)? Does it matter? What are
Secrets & Scandals, Shunning
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
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
History & Leaders
Heir to Coca-Cola fortune was a Jehovah’s Witness
An heir to the Coca-Cola fortune, was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. According to William P. Heath, Jr.’s testimony at the
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
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