Criminal Justice, Government Bill proposed in response to InvestigateWest article makes no exemptions for allegations shared during confessions Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Spokane’s South Hill. Wilson Criscione/InvestigateWest By Wilson Criscione Apr 16, 2025 After a third consecutive year of raw, emotional debate over religious freedom and child safety, the Washington Legislature has passed […]
Month: April 2025
Men came from Jerusalem to Antioch as if they were envoys of the apostles and tried to impose themselves and their consciences on others. They might have meant well, but it was because of them that the issue of circumcision of the Gentiles arose. These Judaizers wished to govern over the individual Christians and congregations […]
The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses claims to follow the pattern set by first century Christians. Often they point to the account in Acts chapter 15 when the issue arose over whether or not gentile Christians needed to be circumcised as proof. But just what evidence is there that the apostles consistently provided spiritual food, […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught that God has always used only one true organization. And in order to gain his approval a person needed to identify that organization and align himself with it. At the same time they teach that for 1,900 years since the first century to the twentieth century there was no visible organization […]
Article from Fædrelandsvennen. The congregation Samfundet and other religious groups that want to exercise negative social control can rejoice in the victory of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Court of Appeal. The losers in the case are some children who live with deep fear of internal punitive processes that are “very unpleasant”, “burdensome” and “humiliating”. Has […]
In obedience to Jesus’ command, Christians should gather together on the evening of the Memorial to reflect with deep appreciation on God’s loving provision of the ransom; and that it has opened for us the way to everlasting life. But should we do this by merely passing the bread and the wine? When Jesus said: […]