Meeting the Mormons
The local Starbucks has been quite a nexus for encounters with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was strolling outside the coffee shop to take a phone call from a friend of mine when I ran across four guys talking. Two were pretty obviously young Mormon missionary guys and the other two probably Pioneer type Dubs. As I passed […]
Escaping Hell
I was less than two years of age when my mother became involved with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I saw my mother get baptized when I was two years old. She always told me that from that point on, I wanted to get baptized. Thinking back now, I’m sure that I just wanted to go swimming. After all, […]
ARC: The Bare Facts on Child Sexual Abuse
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been holding public hearings in Sydney, Australia. These public hearings began on Monday July 27 2015 for the church of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are referred to as Case Study 29. The scope and purpose of the public hearing was to inquire into: 1. The experience of survivors of […]
Is the Governing Body God’s Mouthpiece?
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that their Governing Body, also known as “The Faithful & Discreet Slave” is God’s mouthpiece on earth. They believe that every official utterance they make, either orally or written, is spiritual food from God Himself. If the Governing Body is God’s mouthpiece on earth, then it is important that all Jehovah’s Witnesses carefully […]
Color Code Christ
Have you ever noticed how the Watchtower Organization, also known as JW.org, color code christ in their literature? As a child or at death, JW.org depict Jesus Christ wearing white in their literature. At all other times, Christ is always depicted wearing a white gown but the scarf or robe he is wearing is always of a […]
Is Jehovah God’s Name?
Time and time again, Jehovah’s Witnesses quote Psalms 83:18 to prove that God’s name is Jehovah; and that such a name must be preached to the whole world so that the people of the world are made aware of it. Psalms 83:18 states in the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (2013): May people […]
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 […]