Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.(2 Corinthians 5:20 NASB) We are Christ’s ambassadors. God is using us to speak to you: we beg you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, receive the […]
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Understanding the Norway Supreme Court’s Decision on Religious Freedom, the Limits of Legal Reasoning, and the Human Impact Behind It It’s a simple question—but not an easy one, especially when freedom exists on paper yet feels far more complicated in real life. Recent legal decisions have brought that question into sharper focus—not just in terms […]
What happens when someone chooses to change their religion? Jehovah’s Witnesses often point to the Bible to defend a clear and important principle:Each person has the responsibility to seek truth—and to follow it wherever it leads. But how does that principle work in practice… especially when someone chooses to leave? The Principle of Religious Freedom […]
Vart Land Sondre Bjordal April 30, 2026 The State Took Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Supreme Court. Now the Judgment Has Been Delivered JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: The country’s highest court has decided whether the state can deny the religious community state funding and registration as a religious community. FINALLY DECIDED: The case between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state was […]
Apr 21, 2026 | 22:11 in Society Photo: YIANNIS PAPAGIANOPOULOS//EUROKINISSI Nothing prevents someone from referring to themselves as a “victim” of Jehovah’s Witnesses or even describing the organisation as a “destructive cult,” a Spanish court has ruled in the name of freedom of expression, in a rare decision affecting a powerful religious movement that frequently files […]
by CPG Recently the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses reviewed their position on the use of a person’s own stored blood in medical and surgical care. The result was a significant update: such use is now a matter of personal conscience. That decision will undoubtedly save lives. Witnesses facing surgery can now make use of […]
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Abortion vs Blood Transfusion
It is well known that Jehovah’s Witnesses would refuse a blood transfusion even in an emergency situation and they were told that their life depended on it. Failure to do so would result in being shunned by members of the religion. However, did you know that a pregnant witness mother if faced with an emergency […]
The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses recently announced a “clarification” allowing individual members to decide whether their own blood may be removed, stored and later returned to the patient’s body during medical treatment. Previously. Storing your own blood was prohibited. There was nothing unclear or ambiguous about it. It plainly stated that the practice of […]
Few modern religious positions have generated as much ethical and theological discussion as the refusal of blood transfusions among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Physicians face a special challenge in treating Jehovah’s Witnesses. Members of this faith have deep religious convictions against accepting homologous or autologous whole blood, packed RBCs [red blood cells], WBCs [white blood cells], or […]
THE DECISION OF THE COUNTY GOVERNOR TO DENY JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR 2021 Translated by Rolf J. Furuli, Stavern, Norway March 27, 2022 DEFINITIONS OF NORWEGIAN WORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS Forskrift: A legally binding set of rules that must be sanctioned by law. Lov: A law that is passed by the National Assembly. Trossamfunn: A […]