Jehovahs Witnesses

Logic damages Jehovahs Witnesses credibility more than any other intellectual argument and nowhere is this more evident than in the practice of child baptism. The JW.ORG website has a number of articles that feature baptism for children as young as ten and they are very clear that the Bible doesn't give any direction about how old a person can be before they dedicate their life to Jehovahs. Before we use logic to turn that claim on it's head I need to explain why the subject of child baptism is important.  Since last years 'shunning' convention many ex-Witnesses have found themselves completely cut off from their families.  However there are exceptions.  If a child is raised in the religion but never gets baptised the family are able to have a normal relationship with them.  If another child from the same family does get baptised and then subsequently leaves the religion, they are to be shunned. It is a requirement by the Governing Body that is dest...

When the internet first became a common feature in most homes the Governing Body of Jehovahs Witnesses bombarded the congregations with warnings about its use.  It was described from the platforms, on more than one occasion, as Satan's tool, a method to introduce worldly thinking, pornography and false teachings into the very heart of the christian home.  They warned of the wasted time spent on surfing the internet that could be better spent on bible study and field service. Elders and CO's would solemnly recite examples of members who had been enticed away from the 'truth' by things they had seen and heard on the Web. Today the Governing Body have embraced the internet with open arms.  In fact, if you didn't know better, you could mistakenly believe the organisation was called 'JW.ORG'!  The logo is emblazoned on Kingdom Halls, badges and their magazine / book stands.  Maybe I am mistaken but I thought they were supposed to highlight the name of th...

Jehovahs Witnesses are getting all excited (again) because the world appears to be turning to crap.  IS are killing people, Britain is leaving the European Union, America has voted to elect an idiot as leader of the free world and beards are in fashion. They look at these situations (other than beards or course) and come up with the conclusion that this is all in fulfilment of bible prophesy and Armageddon must be imminent.  However what they fail to remember is the world has been a far scarier, far more dangerous and far more violent place in the past.  Millions died during World War 1 and they were convinced that it would herald Armageddon - it didn't. World War 2 came and went with millions more dying, this time many of the dead were civilians being bombed in their homes and murdered in concentration camps.  It still didn't preceded Gods war. In the sixties, seventies and early eighties we went through the Cold War, a period in history where we were...