Echoes of the 1930s as Governing Body asks Jehovah’s Witnesses to mobilize for letter-writing campaign

As the threat of a total ban on their activities in Russia looms closer, 8 million Jehovah’s Witnesses have been

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2016: The Year In Review – Part One: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Child Abuse

As we say goodbye to 2016 and welcome a new year, we reflect on the events which captured our attention

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The JW.org 2013 Annual Meeting video – honest highlights or bible-hugging spin?

JW.org has released a polished new publicity video showing highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting, at which the revised New

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The 1914 Obsession: Watchtower clings to flawed teaching in first magazine of 2014

The day is Sunday 28 June, 1914. A car takes a wrong turn down a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia. As

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The Racist History of Watchtower Literature

The majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses consider their religion to be entirely beyond reproach when it comes to issues surrounding racism

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Rare film footage of Rutherford at Beth Sarim leaked on YouTube

A former worker at the Brooklyn Bethel has leaked an embarrassing video of former Watchtower president Joseph Rutherford cavorting in

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Beth Sarim: The Story of Rutherford’s Ivory Tower

“JEHOVAH’S people have a very rich spiritual heritage.” – so proclaimed a recent Watchtower article, before continuing, “The fascinating record

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“New light” Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release

Three weeks ahead of its expected release date in mid-April, a scanned copy of the July 15 2013 “Study Edition”

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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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Governing Body says: “We are the Faithful and Discreet Slave!”

Reports are emerging of an announcement at the 128th Annual Meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

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Under the microscope – the Watch Tower Society’s claims to divine direction (part 4)

Part 4 – Was our organization chosen in 1919? In the fourth and final installment of my “Under The Microscope”

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