By Caroline Teinum Gilje and Julian Mellingsæter March 14, 2025 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been denied state subsidies for the years 2021 to 2024, and have also been denied registration of the religious community. Now the Borgarting Court of Appeal has ruled on whether the decisions are valid under the Religious Communities Act. This was the […]
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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 […]
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?
Article contributed 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) The English Standard Version reads: Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” A search on Biblehub.com […]
All of Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught that the best way to understand the scriptures is to consider the context. Yet, in order to arrive at the current interpretation of Jesus words in Matthew 24:34 regarding “this generation”, David Splane abandons this principle and makes a deliberate choice of his own in order to adjust the […]
Governing body helper Ralph Walls gives a talk discussing the importance of having on the complete suit of armor mentioned by the apostle Paul in Ephesians chapter 6. However, instead of concentrating on our hope of salvation which comes from God, he says putting on the helmet is equivalent to applying counsel from the faithful […]
Morten Dahlin emphasizes that Jehovah’s Witnesses must behave properly and follow Danish law’ by Alberte Linde Ekstra Bladet uncovers the finances of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the people behind, the rules and the life of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It comes after the organization presented their members in March with a number of new rules that have resulted in […]
In order to support their claim of serving as God’s sole channel of communication on earth today, the governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses points to Jesus words in Matthew 24:45-47. They claim that Jesus promised that in the future, he would appoint a faithful and discreet slave or governing body to explain the Bible for […]