Jehovahs Witnesses

Every religion says the same things in different ways.  Every one of them asks for Gods help, His blessing, His confirmation that they are just and righteous in their actions because their enemies side with the Devil.  The problem is their enemies are asking God the same questions and favours.  Muslims plead with Allah to give them victory over the infidel Westerners while the Americans hold their hand to their hearts and declare that they are the greatest nation on earth and God is with them.  So who is God with?  The F16's that destroy both warlords and innocents or the so called terrorists that exact their vengeance by killing innocent 'infidels'?  In the end aren't they both terrorists?  How can God side with anyone who deliberately murders his children?  Of course, it isn't just the Americans or the Muslims.  Here in Britain, our ancestors are guilty of atrocities that beggar belief, all in the name of Christianity.  In fact no...

It's been ten years since I left 'the truth' and in that time the religion has changed beyond recognition. When I attended the Kingdom Hall the idea of JW television would have been ridiculous.  The notion of counting field service hours sitting next to a cart tantamount to cheating and the devotion to a blue JW.ORG badge would have been viewed as idolatry.  Recently they have removed online access to the vast majority of literature published by the IBSA prior to 2000.  Presumably this is to make it hard for anyone to discover the beliefs and teachings that the organisation once perpetuated but now don't sit comfortably with 'current thinking'.  The constant changes within the organisation fly in the face of the teaching that Jehovah never changes.  His justice and wisdom are supposed to be a constant, yet his so called religion changes with the wind. Yesterday I saw two elders from my local congregation sitting next to one of their carts.  They saw me ...

Last night JW's around the world celebrated the memorial.  They passed unleavened bread and red wine around the congregation to symbolise the flesh and blood of Jesus.  For most people the ceremony involves just passing the plate and glass to their neighbour however any that claim to have the 'heavenly hope' of being in the 144, 000 will take a bite of the bread and a sip of the wine. It's ironic that the religion requires its adherents to die rather than accept a life-saving blood transfusion yet they are happy to drink 'symbolic' blood. In recent months the religion and particularly the Governing Body have been less than honest about what they teach and how they treat former members.  The deceit of elders from the Australian Branch Office, as they tried to prevent Geoffrey Jacksons (Governing Body Member) from having to appear before the Australian Royal Commission, was beautifully exposed by Mr Angus Stewart; Senior Council of the Commission. ...

The July 2017 Watchtower has an article entitled;   Winning the Battle for Your Mind Once again the Governing Body are attempting to convince their congregations that Satan is behind the criticism of the organisation by, amongst others, the Australian Royal Commission and the British Charities Commission. They are claiming that it is all propaganda as you will see from this extract from the magazine; What is propaganda? In this context, it is the use of biased or misleading information to manipulate the way people think and act. Some equate propaganda with “lies, distortion, deceit, manipulation, mind control, [and] psychological warfare” and associate it with “unethical, harmful, and unfair tactics.”—Propaganda and Persuasion. How dangerous is propaganda? It is insidious—like an invisible, odorless, poisonous gas—and it seeps into our consciousness. Because we may not see propaganda for what it is, behavior specialist Vance Packard observed: “Many of us are ...

JW.ORG is announcing the imminent ban of the religion in Russia.  It states; On March 15, 2017, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a claim with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to label the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia as extremist and liquidate it.  The Governing Body are said to be so concerned at the situation that they are encouraging all eight million Witnesses to write to the Russian authorities to protest the ban.  One of their spokesman made this interesting comment; “The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses wants to heighten attention to this critical situation,” states David A. Semonian, a spokesman at the Witnesses’ world headquarters. “Prosecuting non-violent, law-abiding citizens as if they were terrorists is clearly a misapplication of anti-extremist laws. Such prosecution is based on completely false grounds.” The Russian Ministry of Justice filing used the words: 'extremist' while the JW spoke...

Many years ago, when I was a little boy, I was in the 'ministry' with my dad and we met a Bishop. I remember his annoyance as my dad started talking to him about the Kingdom and the Bible. He laughed at my father's beliefs and informed him that Jehovah's Witnesses were fools to believe all the scriptures as the Bible contradicted itself all the way through. My dad challenged him to show one example, however, the Bishop had decided he had spent enough time discussing religion with a JW and shut the door. My dad took this as a moral victory and he often used the experience in his talks. Of course, being brought up a JW, I believed what I was told; that the Bible books complement rather than contradict each other. How quickly we learn not to believe everything we've been taught when we wriggle free of the mind control that the Governing Body exert over the organisation. Of course, the Bishop, who in my dad's version of the story was an arro...