Jehovah’s Witnesses and the United Nations – 20 Years Later

Jehovah’s Witnesses maintained NGO status with the United Nations for 9 years before this association was exposed by the Guardian Newspaper in 2001. The Witnesses immediately abandoned their connection with the UN, stating that the only reason for the association was for use of the UN library.

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The Friday Column: Questions Young People Ask – Answers That Don’t Work

Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness is an experience that has shaped me in innumerable ways. To be fair, Watchtower’s influence

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Watchtower’s advice on mental health: A tale of two religions

In 2011, Watchtower published a study article in which God was referred to as “the Great Physician.” The magazine gave

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Comparing cults – the most effective way to wake up a loved one?

If there is one reoccurring question, one burning issue that most readers who write in to JWsurvey need addressing, it

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Is JWsurvey.org an apostate website?

I am occasionally asked by visitors to JWsurvey.org what my personal religious beliefs are, particularly since my articles are often

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“Lord, whom shall we go away to?”

“Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life; and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
When Peter spoke the above words, the last thing on his mind was any question of leaving an ‘organization’ of any kind. Jesus, and no human organization, was the one with sayings of everlasting life.

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