Comprehensive answers to FAQ's about the Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses
The organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses say that disfellowshipping is a form of discipline based on the bible. We need to understand how the scriptures they use would have been applied in the time that they were written. We also have to make sure that they are being used in the right context and that they…
“He took my childhood away” and “I learned how to be a big person immediately” are some of the shocking statements Holly made in a recent story by The Fifth Estate. For years and from as early as the age of three, Holly Brewer was sexually abused by her Jehovah’s Witness stepfather, Paul Berry who…
When the disciples asked Jesus for a sign to forewarn them of when the end would come, what were the first words out of his mouth? “Lookout that nobody misleads you” Matthew 24:5. This shows that Jesus knew that fear and uncertainty about the future would make us easy victims, so the first thing that…
This will be one of many articles where I will be dissecting important scriptures to determine the accuracy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses New World Translation Bible. The New World Translation Bible is inaccurate according to respected Bible scholars such as Jason David BeDuhn and Dr. Julius R. Mantey, who called the Jehovah’s Witnesses Bible “a…
I was reading an article on the JW.ORG Faq, and came across the article “Is the New World Translation Accurate?” I noticed that they published a list of “non-Witness scholars” that have made positive comments on the organization’s New World Translation of the Bible. Jehovah’s Witnesses very quickly reject any scholar who doesn’t share their…
In this article I want to use the BITE model which was developed by Steven Hassan, an American mental health counselor who has dedicated his study of mind control to help poeple identify mind control teqniques used by many cults. Mind control is often thought of as a mysterious and vague process that cannot be…
Sure, bad association does spoil useful habits, and the bible does say that we should limit our association with people who blatantly and continuingly practice sin. But some organizations use this principle as a weapon, and this severe form of shunning can be extremely dangerous to a person’s mental health. Many who have been shunned…
This is just a thought for an article I would like to develop on this blog. I would like to ask and explore the following question: Is it possible that for many members of the organization, the Governing Body has put themselves in the place of God? Let me explain. If someone accuses a member…
Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Christians cannot accept a blood transfusion based on scriptures that explain that we are supposed to abstain from blood. The Bible is clearly referring to the practice of eating blood, a dietary restriction that is widely accepted by all modern-day Christians as well as Jews. Jesus also taught a “principle of…
In 1920 in the book bublished by the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society, Millions Now Living Will Never Die, the earthly resurrection of “the faithful ones of old” was predicted. In 1920 another prediction was made in the book “Millions Now Living Will Never Die” that there would be an Earthly resurrection of “the faithful…
