By Hans Christian Bergsjo Thursday February 13, 2025 TRIAL Jehovah’s Witnesses vs the State Borgarting Court of Appeal Thursday is the second to last day of the trial between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state Jehovah’s Witnesses attorney Anders Stray Ryssdal continued his argument reiterating that neither psychological violence nor negative social control are legal terms. […]
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Operation Spotlight
Thanks to the efforts of exJW activist and YouTuber Jimmy Bell, Monica Kincaid, Jon Leger of exJW Analyzer, Jay Henschel, Ruby Quinn, Shelley Dean Braeioux who testified at the Australian Royal Commission as BCG and later went on to earn a batchelor’s degree in law, a petition has been put together and will be mailed […]
A public access reveals that convicted pedophiles may well be a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In return, parents in the affected congregations must apparently warn their children and not leave them alone with the local pedophile Of Alberte Linde • Nicklas Calvert Are you Jehovah’s Witness? Or do you have input on the subject? Then […]
Jan. 28, 2025 at 7:32 pm By Shauna Sowersby Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — When there is suspicion of child abuse or neglect, state law requires certain professions, like teachers and social and health care workers, to report it to authorities. While most states include clergy on the list of mandated reporters, Washington is […]
https://www.vl.no/religion/2025/01/23/jehovas-vitner-far-ikke-innhente-internasjonale-eksperter-til-rettssak COURT: When Jehovah’s Witnesses meet the state in the appeal case regarding state subsidies, they want two international experts to be called as expert witnesses. Both the state and the Court of Appeal say no. – Worrying, says the religious community. Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed a lawsuit after the authorities decided to deprive them […]
by Madaleine Rubin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 20, 2025 A 46-year-old man was found guilty in Butler County common pleas court last week of rape, indecent assault and corruption of minors – the latest verdict in a six-year, ongoing investigation of widespread sexual abuse in Jehovah’s Witness congregations across Pennsylvania. Shaun Sheffer, who was accused of […]
In their meetings Jehovah’s Witnesses are regularly taught to give consideration to pre-Christian servants of God, viewing them as examples of faith to imitate. However, as in many areas, the ones responsible for teaching these very lessons, the governing body, do not apply them to themselves. This video highlights an ongoing opportunity for the leadership […]
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Ephesians 4:8 Gifts In Men?
by Bobcat For it says: “When he ascended on high he carried away captives; he gave gifts in men.” (Ephesians 4:8 New World Translation) New International Version This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” New Living Translation That is why the Scriptures […]
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Matthew 11:11
Truly I say to you, among those born of women, there has not been raised up anyone greater than John the Baptist, but a lesser person in the Kingdom of the heavens is greater than he is. (Matthew 11:11) How is it that a lesser person in the Kingdom is greater than John? Jehovah’s Witnesses […]