How do control and repression affect individuals within the Jehovah’s Witness community? Let’s hear Ray Hemming’s story. December 28, 2023 by Scott Douglas Jacobsen By Ray Hemming If there’s one thing that people identify Jehovah’s Witnesses with, it’s their refusal of blood transfusions. I know it was a doctrine that I once believed was right for me […]
Month: December 2023
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“But of That Day and Hour”
“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36 NWT) Other translations of the Bible render this verse as follows: New International Version“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only […]
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A Failure to Show Love of Neighbor!
When asked what the greatest commandment in the Mosaic Law was, Jesus responded by saying that it was to love God with one’s whole heart, mind, soul and strength. But second to this was to love one’s neighbor as oneself. However, when it comes to protecting children from dangerous sexual predators, the Watchtower society is […]
Both the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) and Jehovah’s Witnesses claim to be restored church of Jesus Christ, the only true Christian religion on Earth today. To support their exclusive claims they both appeal to the words of the apostle Peter in John 6:68 in response to a teaching of […]
By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen December 4, 2023 HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting had been director of the Risk Management Division at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for around 15 years when a 31-year-old church member told him that her father, a former bishop, had sexually abused her when she […]
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Do You Have the Facts?
Jehovah’s Witnesses are convinced that, out of all religions on earth, they alone have the truth. But how much do they really know about the origins of their religion? This video examines the claim, that only the early Bible students understood the alleged biblical significance of the date 1914 and how the leadership conceals from […]