Watchtower — Faith — Compromise? (abridged)

___ In the WWII era the Watchtower organization birthed two new doctrinal positions. One required Jehovah’s Witnesses to abstain from blood ...

Watchtower — Faith — Compromise? (unabridged)

___ The harsh social repercussion for Jehovah’s Witnesses who conscientiously accept blood transfusion is well documented.[ 1-2 ] This conse...

Watchtower’s Blood Doctrine — Do Witness parents buy it?

___ To what extent do parents among Jehovah’s Witnesses resist the Watchtower organization’s blood doctrine when the health of their child i...

Judah Schroeder?

___ Judah Schroeder is the son of Governing Body member Albert Schroeder (deceased).[ 1 ] When Judah was born in 1958 his dad was teaching W...

Watchtower — fixing blame?

___ Addressing the suffering of humans, the Watchtower organization teaches it is important to fix in mind where blame primarily rests.[ 1 ]...

Watchtower — Run ahead?

___ Watchtower counsels Jehovah’s Witnesses that God is not slow .[ 1 ] Then Watchtower counsels Jehovah’s Witnesses not to run ahead of Go...

Watchtower — Where is yesteryears’ waste?

___ The history of corporate America is littered with instances of corporations buying farmland to bury their waste. Watchtower has publishe...

Governing Body — Samuel Herd — 1979

___ On October 2, 1999 it was announced that Samuel Herd had been appointed as a member of Watchtower’s Governing Body. 20 years prior, in 1...

The Watchtower—Of God or Of Men

___ In year 1960 the Watchtower organization published a rather extensive article addressing whether the Apocrypha was of God or of men.[ 1 ...

Watchtower on Changing Religions

___ To potential converts the Watchtower organization introduces a notion that it is not wrong to change religions.[ 1 ] (click image to enl...

What is in the “confidential file”?

___ Under Watchtower’s Judicial System[ 1 ] for each case heard before a Judicial Committee there is a file generated. What is in this file?...

Watchtower on written evaluations

___ The Watchtower organization has it own internal judicial system for evaluating the conduct of members accused of criminal, ethical or mo...

Watchtower Lawyer Fills in the Baptism Blank

___ The Watchtower organization does not let its appointed officials baptize individuals unless they have first submitted to question-and-an...

Watchtower — defining “irony”

___ Here is Watchtower introducing an article explaining a pyramid being of false religious origin[ 1 ]: (click image to enlarge) Here is Wa...

1981 “Elders Only” Kingdom Ministry School Book

___ In 1981 Watchtower published the third in a series of course material for elders only.[ 1-2 ] (click image to enlarge) (click image to...

Watchtower — baptizing young children

___ What Watchtower teaches [ 1 ]: “Christ Jesus said: “'Let the young children come to me.' But there is no record that he baptized...

The Watch Tower Corporation on its first President

___ Here is one of the boldest statements ever made by Watchtower.[ 1 ] (click image to enlarge) Think about that! Marvin Shilmer ________...

Adam Created at 3:00 AM?

___ The Watchtower organization projects itself to adherents as very precise and deliberate in its views. This endeavor was manifest in Tech...

Once Upon a Calendar

___ Watchtower once suggested its own calendar. It was called "The Calendar of Jehovah".[ 1 ] (click image to enlarge) This calend...

Watchtower — Put it under a basket!

___ The Watchtower organization has a doctrine known as theocratic war strategy . Essentially this teaching informs Jehovah’s Witnesses that...