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Deuteronomy 19:15-17

The Two Witness Rule in Israel “No single witness may convict another for any error or any sin that he may commit. On the testimony of two witnesses or on the testimony of three witnesses the matter should be established. 16 If a malicious witness testifies against a man and charges him with some transgression, 17 the […]

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Apostasy

David Splane Says Be Like the Beroeans – Really?

Good associations? What about our brain? Does Jehovah discourage us from using our God given thinking ability? Does he not want us to render him service with our power of reason? (Rom. 12:1) Did he not promise to inscribe his laws on our hearts and minds? (Jer. 31:33; Heb. 10:16) Would it please God if […]

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Apostasy

No One is Strong Enough to Withstand Apostate Ideas

Well, in order to warn against the danger of apostates someone must have listened to what they have said. Or is David Splane just speaking about the results that he has heard about that come to witnesses that listen to any challenge of the religion without knowing himself what that challenge is? Is he including […]

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Examining Scriptures

Romans 16:17,18

Avoid Divisions Now I urge you, brothers, to keep your eye on those who create divisions and causes for stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them. 18 For men of that sort are slaves, not of our Lord Christ, but of their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattering speech […]

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Cults Organized Religion

Four Signs Your Church is Becoming a Cult

by Mark Barnard I was ordained as a minister by a lesser known Christian denomination. Because it is not well known, people occasionally mistook it for a cult! At those uncomfortable moments, I assured them that it is more than 100 years old, founded on a vision for missions and anchored on the authority of God’s […]

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Cults

Be Guided by Facts, Not Personal Preferences

The Sunday morning session of the 2021 “Powerful By Faith” Regional Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses contains a symposium entitled: “Imitate Women of Strong Faith”. The sixth talk in the series by governing body helper Leonard Myers (The Phoenician Woman) contained a video discouraging witnesses from exercising critical thinking by presenting a scene of a newly […]

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1914 607 BCE

Seventy Years – Jerusalem’s Destruction or Babylon’s Dominance?

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Jesus Christ was enthroned invisibly in heaven in the year 1914 and that, shortly after that, in the year 1919, he appointed a “faithful and discreet slave” or governing body to explain the Bible for his followers and direct the preaching of the good news worldwide. These teachings are unique to […]

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Examining Scriptures

Daniel 9:1,2

In the first year of Da·riʹus the son of A·has·u·eʹrus—a descendant of the Medes who had been made king over the kingdom of the Chal·deʹans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, discerned by the books the number of years mentioned in the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet to fulfill the […]

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Understanding Narcissism

I used to think that Narcissism was excessive self-love until I read an analysis of the story by Chuck DeGroat in his book: “When Narcissism Comes to Church” The story goes like this: Young, handsome Narcissus ran free, hunting in the forest, loved and desired by young women. But he would let no one touch […]

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Child Abuse

Did the Watchtower Society Report Abuse Allegations to Australian Authorities?

It has been claimed that the Watchtower organization provided the Australian Royal Commission with 1,006 case files containing allegations of sexual abuse. Of those, 383 had been reported to police at the time they had happened which resulted in 161 convictions.[1] Is this correct? While this is true, an important bit of information has been […]