Ousted Members Say Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Policy on Abuse Hides Offenses By Laurie Goodstein Aug. 11, 2002 William Bowen always considered himself a devout Jehovah’s Witness. As a child, he felt it was his duty to go door to door passing out the church’s magazine, The Watchtower. Later, as an elder in his Kentucky congregation, he said […]
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This video contains the first important letter sent to the Watchtower society regarding their reasons for refusing blood transfusions along with their reply.
Getting a full explanation as to why Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions is very complicated. But correspondence between a congregation elder and the Watchtower society helps to reveal some of the reasons and the scriptures they rely on to support those reasons.
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Matthew 10:23
Was Jesus foretelling the extent of the worldwide preaching work? When they persecute you in one city, flee to another; for truly I say to you, you will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives. (Matthew 10:23) Regarding this verse the Watchtower society explains: “It […]
Jehovah’s Witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of Royal Commission of Inquiry 2:31 pm on 4 September 2023 Anusha Bradley, Investigative Reporter @AnushaBradley anusha.bradley@rnz.co.nz The Jehovah’s Witness church has been fighting scrutiny from a national inquiry into the historical abuse of children for three years, court documents show. The church has accused the Royal Commission of […]
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An Apology?
The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses tries to give the impression that they humbly apologize for errors in their biblical understanding. But at the most recent annual meeting in October 2023, governing body member Jeffrey Winder explained that new light comes to them from God. Hence, there is no need for an apology when they […]
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Just Around the Corner!
Would it be loving for a parent to promise his child that a trip to an amusement park was coming soon, knowing that it would not occur in the child’s lifetime? How then could we imagine that God would do such a thing? From the beginning of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1879 […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses like to say that they are in the truth. They even greet each other with expressions such as when did you come into the truth? Or, how long have you been in the truth? Actually, these expressions only replace the word organization with the word truth. But since the teachings of the organization […]
In an attempt to make it appear that apostates are deceitful, Kenneth Flodin in a morning worship talk deceitfully misquotes a Watchtower article.
For decades, the Watchtower organization has interpreted Jesus illustration in Matthew 24:45-47 about a faithful and discreet slave, as a prophecy about a future appointment first of a special group of Christians living since 1919, then as a small group of men serving as a governing body to be his channel of explaining the Bible […]