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 […]
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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?
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 […]
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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. How is it that a lesser person in the Kingdom is greater than John? Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught […]
RELIGION SOCIETY ACT: Jehovah’s Witnesses have made changes to their exclusion practices, and believe they may be entitled to state subsidies again. But neither the state nor ex-members are convinced. Rakel Lima Fjelltvedt is a former Jehovah’s Witness. She was excluded from the religious community after she chose to withdraw from it. Today she has […]
On their official website (JW.Org) the Watchtower organization regularly posts articles and videos stating that it is a requirement of God for persons to be members of an organized religion in order to gain salvation. This channel has addressed this topic before. But in their most recent posting the statement is made that some people […]
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 […]