A Happy Father’s Day
I was not raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was divorced in my early 20’s and had a little son when I met Barry, my husband of 33 years. He was disfellowshipped when I met him. He told me about the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. After a short time, his mother and his best friend’s wife started to […]
The Generation Game
Jehovah’s Witnesses firmly believe that in 1914 Jesus set up his invisible Kingdom to rule mankind. Read The Gentile Times to understand how they reached the year/date of 1914 for the establishment of God’s Kingdom. Since 1914, they have been fervently preaching door-to-door, on the streets and on-line a message that “very soon” God is […]
Everything I Believed Was Wrong
The following was a letter sent by an ex-Jehovah’s Witness to three elders who presided over the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses that he attended from child-hood into adult-hood. I’m not sure why I’ve waited this long to send a message your way, but I guess I’ll get right down to it. All three of […]
Influencing A Grandchild’s Career Path?
David and Gwen Cartwright are two elderly Jehovah’s Witnesses from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Their life story is told in the March 15 2015 Study Edition of the Watchtower, under the heading, We Found A More Rewarding Career. A synopsis of David & Gwen’s life story Both David & Gwen were born in the mid-1940’s. The […]
A Response to Grandad
The following transcript is taken from Facebook. It is a brief conversation via Private Message between a child and grandad. The grandad and his wife have shunned this child’s parents for at least two years. This has had more of a negative impact than even the grandfather can imagine. The child’s response is heartbreaking. Grandad: […]
Are Birthdays OK?
Magyarul olvasni. Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses forbid birthday celebrations? Questions From Readers section in The Watchtower magazine dated October 15, 1998, page 30 poses this question: Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses observe wedding anniversaries. A birthday is an anniversary of when you were born. So why celebrate wedding anniversaries and not birthday anniversaries? The article starts by saying the […]
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Quote or Misquote?
JW.org is notorious for misquoting scientists to promote their Creationist views. In JW.org’s The Watchtower magazine June 1st 2015, they extensively quote the views of scientists. Some they name; some they do not. Below are a selection of those quotes or possible misquotes from The Watchtower article, How Science Affects Your Life, followed by the full quote as found […]
Salvation: Unknown
The 15 July 2015 Study Edition of the Watchtower, has a study article entitled, “Your Deliverance is Getting Near”! The article begins by asking the reader to imagine they live in 66 A.D. when the Jews revolt against Rome to assert their independence. It describes the Romans surrounding Jerusalem and that the reader manages to […]
Who are the New Pharisees?
When Jesus came to earth in the first century, the Pharisees had already become an influential sect of Judaism some 150 years earlier. What sort of persons were the Pharisees? The gospels give a clear description of what the Pharisees were like. They prided themselves on being righteous (self-righteous) and looked down on the common people. (Luke […]