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News Bulletin: Watchtower Faces Dilemma in Sex Abuse Ruling

April 20, 2016 Covert Fade 2493 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, Gonzalo Campos, governing body, Irwin Zalkin, jehovahs witnesses, jose lopez

Regular readers of JW Survey may recall the 2014 landmark court case of Jose Lopez in the US. The JW

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Major leak: Rogue Watchtower insider leaks Circuit Overseer Guidelines document

March 29, 2016March 31, 2016 Cedars 6997 Viewsblood transfusions, child abuse, circuit overseer guidelines, congregations, elders, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, leak, organization, pioneers, secret, shunning, two witness rule, watchtower

Last year proved to be an eventful year for leaks, with key announcements for the Annual Meeting divulged in advance,

Child Abuse Governing Body History and scandals

New Documentary: Jehovah’s Witnesses and child abuse: Is there a problem?

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 Covert Fade 4286 Viewsanthony morris iii, april 15th watchtower, australian royal commission, Candice Conti, child abuse, geoffrey jackson, gerrit losch, governing body, Jehovah's Witness children, jehovahs witnesses, karen morgan, reveal.org, spotlight, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

In recent years, news reports featuring the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been growing significantly in number. Yet the subject has not been

Cedars' Blog Downsizing Publications

Watchtower’s ‘new light’ scrapheap: The ever-decreasing shelf life of ‘spiritual food’

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016 Cedars 5737 Viewscreation book, daniel book, discontinued, downsizing, governing body, insight books, jehovahs witnesses, jeremiah book, literature, new light, organization, out of print, publications, reasoning book, revelation climax book, spiritual food, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

The last time I ever set foot in the kingdom hall of an English-speaking congregation was in 2012. It was

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Does Jehovah control the weather?

January 5, 2016January 6, 2016 Cedars 4436 Viewsdisaster, divine intervention, geoffrey jackson, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, organization, Philippines, Travis Brooks, Typhoon Haiyan, watchtower, weather, yap

“How many of our brothers have been affected?” During my years as a Jehovah’s Witness, that was usually the first

Governing Body History and scandals JW.org The Friday Column

How the Watchtower Stole Christmas

December 31, 2015January 20, 2016 Mark O'Donnell 4164 Viewschristmas, golden age, governing body, grinch, jehovahs witnesses, joseph rutherford, organization, robert barber, watchtower

In 1957, the acclaimed children’s author Dr. Seuss penned an instant classic, a beloved tale of a grumpy green monster

Child Abuse Governing Body News

Royal Commission findings: Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson “evasive and unhelpful”

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 Covert Fade 4628 Viewsangus stewart, australian commission, child abuse, child molestation, evasive and unhelpful, geoffrey jackson, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, organization, royal comission, two witness rule, watchtower

On the eighth and final day of the Royal Commission inquiry, something very rare and significant took place. Watchtower Governing

Governing Body News The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Portuguese documentary overshadows Governing Body visit

December 4, 2015December 8, 2015 Sue Hall 3662 Viewsalcabideche, Ana Leal, child abuse, child molestation, david splane, documentary, governing body, in the shadow of sin, jehovahs witnesses, Portugal, Portuguese Branch Office, TVIReporter, watchtower

David Splane, of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, visited the branch office (Bethel) in Portugal at the beginning of

The Friday Column Undue influence

The Friday Column: “Let the dead bury their dead”

November 20, 2015 Cedars 3696 Viewsblood transfusions, dead bury their dead, facebook, governing body, indifference, jehovahs witnesses, paris attacks, shunning, undue influence, watchtower

In light of the horrendous terror attacks in Paris last week, Facebook users received the option to update their profile

Shunning The Friday Column Undue influence

The Friday Column: Doctrine and loyalty is paramount to the Governing Body, whatever the cost

November 6, 2015 Mark O'Donnell 3843 Viewscontrol, doctrine, february 2016 watchtower, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, john redwood, shunning, snitching, undue influence, watchtower

When I was a very young boy, my grandfather died. I don’t know much about his life, aside from the

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My response to Mark Sanderson’s “come home to Jehovah” November broadcast

November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 Cedars 13476 Viewsgoverning body, inactive ones, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, mark sanderson, november 2015, november episode, return to jehovah, watchtower

Last night I was contacted by one of my Facebook friends who was facing a dilemma. They had themselves been

Apostates Shunning The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Why Speak Out?

October 30, 2015 Jeni 3591 Viewsabuse, activism, apostates, blood transfusions, child abuse, child molestation, governing body, higher education, jehovahs witnesses, shunning, speaking out, watchtower

Oftentimes, when speaking to friends and acquaintances I am asked, “Why? Why do you care what the Witnesses do? Why

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Highly-secretive “Talmudic” Correspondence Guidelines document leaked by Watchtower insider

October 23, 2015December 20, 2015 Cedars 6700 ViewsBethel, blood transfusions, child abuse, child molestation, correspondence guidelines, crisis of conscience, governing body, in search of christian freedom, jehovahs witnesses, leak, pdf download, ray franz, raymond franz, talmudic, watchtower

The last few weeks will have been deeply frustrating for the Governing Body, as multiple leaks have exposed a growing