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In the September 2026 JW Broadcasting episode, Paul Gillies gave a talk entitled “Reject the Teachings of Apostates”. The presentation is clearly designed to instill fear into Jehovah’s Witnesses, keeping them from listening to any valid criticism of the organization.
The talk is structured less as an invitation to test claims than as a warning system designed to make exposure to outside criticism itself appear spiritually dangerous. It contains several recognizable reasoning problems—especially circular reasoning, poisoning the well, guilt by association, overgeneralization, and emotionally loaded fear appeals.