Awake! Magazine: A Quiet Death to a False Hope

Awake! Magazine A Quiet death to a false hope

Has the Awake! magazine been killed and burried in a shallow grave of false hope? Jehovah’s Witnesses have not published an Awake! magazine since March 2022. There has been no announcement from the World Headquarters in New York that the publication has ceased production. Yet, no edition has yet been released since March 2023. The […]

The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life

The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life

The publication The Truth that leads to Eternal Life was first published in 1968 by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Inside the cover, they include the following dedication: Dedicated to the GodWho Is Gracious toAll Those Who SeekHis Life-giving Truth The first edition of the book had an initial print run of 10,000,000 copies. When it was revised […]

You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth

You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth

Download 1982 Edition Download 1989 Edition In 1982 the Jehovah’s Witnesses released a publication entitled You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. For the next thirteen (13) years this book was used to start bible studies with prospective members. However, 7 years after it’s first release, some revisions to the publication were made. What […]

To Whom the Work is Entrusted

To Whom the Work is Entrusted

To Whom the Work Is Entrusted is an 8 page pamphlet published in 1919 by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. You may have heard of this pamphlet because it has been quoted from in recent times within some of the publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In a footnote on page 62 of the Jehovah’s Witness […]

NORWAY: Did Jehovah’s Witnesses Lie About Their Stance on Neutrality?

Did Jehovah's Witnesses Lie about their Stance on Neutrality?

Jehovah’s Witnesses receive NOK 14 million ($1.5 million) from the Norwegian government each year. In 2019 the religious group risked losing it all because of their treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses who publicly vote during elections. They wrote a letter to the Norwegian government explaining their stance on disfellowshipping and shunning. Below is a translation. Did Jehovah’s Witnesses […]

Italy: Daughters Shun Jehovah’s Witness Mother for accepting Blood Transfusion

Daughters shun Jehovah's Witness mother who accepted a blood transfusion

Originally posted on Repubblica.it – Napoli. From Salerno, the woman appeals to the girls she has not seen for three weeks: “Understand my pain, call me”. “These two teddy bears were my little girls’, now I only have them”. Grazia di Nicola, 48, of Colliano in the province of Salerno, looks with nostalgia at her […]

‘Parallel legal community’ at odds with religious freedom

Parallel legal community at odds with religious freedom

Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup The recognized religious community of Jehovah’s Witnesses has an internal set of rules where religious leaders can judge on everything from smoking to killing. In Denmark, there are 173 congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses, each led by a religious body – a so-called Body of Elders. […]

The Two Witness Principle

The Two Witness Principle

The ‘Two Witness Principle’ used by Jehovah’s Witness elders in their judicial committees with regard to accusations of child sexual abuse must be abandoned and disavowed. It has allowed sexual predators to escape justice. Some have attacked multiple victims. No matter how credible the accusation, within the Jehovah’s Witnesses there has to be either a […]

Christmas, Its Origin and Purpose

Christmas, Its Origin and Purpose

Why do Jehovah’s Witnesses not celebrate Christmas? The complete answer lies in a talk that I, Richard H. Barber, gave on December 12, 1928. The talk was subsequently published in The Golden Age Volume 10 No. 241 dated December 12, 1928. Most Jehovah’s Witnesses living today would not have read or heard my talk. Yet, it’s this […]