Watchtower loses State funding in Norway
Originally published on statsforvalteren.no on January 27, 2022 and translated using Google. Jehovah’s Witnesses are denied state funding for 2021 The state administrator in Oslo and Viken denies the religious community Jehovah’s Witnesses state grants for 2021 on the basis of society’s exclusionary practice. After receiving warnings from previous members regarding exclusion and expulsion of […]
Norway moves closer to defunding Watchtower
Anette Trettebergstuen (Labor Party) took a hard line against Jehovah’s Witnesses in opposition. In government, the pipe has been given a different sound.
GERMANY: Should Jehovah’s Witnesses have their KdöR status revoked?
Originally published on Humanistischer Pressedienst by Julius Rupprecht on 16 February 2021 The statements of a cult expert about the practices of Jehovah’s Witnesses are true and therefore permissible. The District Court of Zurich has found that regularly criticized practices of Jehovah’s Witnesses such as the so-called ostracism and the two-witness rule are actually enforced, contrary to […]
USA: World Headquarters Extracts Huge Donations from Elderly Jehovah’s Witnesses
In November 2017, the Legal Department at the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses held their annual meeting. In it, staff reveal how they have extracted huge donations from elderly members. This 90 minute meeting was recorded on video for those who were connected remotely. In a talk entitled “U.S. Legal Department Highlights”, John Fowler of […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Money
Donations from the Elderly
In November 2017, the Legal Department at the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses held their annual meeting. This 90 minute meeting was recorded on video for those who were connected remotely. In a talk entitled “U.S. Legal Department Highlights”, John Fowler of the Legal Department interviewed a number of the staff of the Legal Department […]
What is the Conditional Donation Trust Agreements (CDTA)?
Since at least 1994, the Office of the Secretary and Treasurer and by the Planned Giving Desk of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania have created a booklet to harvest donations from Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States. This booklet includes many options that Jehovah’s Witnesses can avail of to donate to […]
Please sir, Can I donate some more?
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ worldwide activities are supported by donations from members and others who feel inclined to give off their hard-earned cash to a religion who provides no transparency as to how exactly those funds are used. We here at AvoidJW.org think that an organization that claims to be “God’s organization” should be completely transparent with […]
Problems Facing JW.org
There is a question regarding the longevity of JW.org given the events of the past few years. The following is just my opinion and observations based on events from the past year. Two years ago, JW.org implemented a 5-year cost reduction program in which they asked all branches to cut costs by a minimum of […]