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Watchtower continues assault on ‘devious’ and ‘hypocritical’ former believers

April 12, 2014April 12, 2014 Cedars 8882 Viewsapostate, apostates, devious, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, Karl-Heinz Kusserow, organization, shunning, sons of korah, universal declaration of human rights, watchtower, watchtower july 15 2014

The latest Watchtower launches yet another scathing attack on ‘apostates’, namely any current or former Witnesses who disagree with the

Cedars' Blog News Stealth tithing

Governing Body instructs congregations to pledge fixed monthly donations

April 7, 2014July 26, 2017 Cedars 15165 Viewsassembly hall, brooklyn, child abuse, congregation funds, congregations, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, kingdom hall, kingdom hall construction worldwide, menlo park, monthly donations, organization, stealth tithing, watchtower, who owns a kingdom hall

A leaked letter dated March 29, 2014, has been circulated to all elders advising of a huge shake-up in financing

Child Abuse Life Stories Shunning

A Life Lost and a Life Found

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 James Strait 7217 Viewsapostasy, apostate, chaperone, child abuse, depression, elders, emotional blackmail, jehovah, jehovahs witness dating, jehovahs witnesses, religion, shunning, suicide, therapy, watchtower

What if you were born in a prison camp, and enslavement and control were all you knew in life? What

Blood transfusions Cedars' Blog News

Ian McEwan slams Watchtower’s blood stance as “utterly perverse and inhumane”

March 29, 2014March 29, 2014 Cedars 3870 Views1945, author, blood transfusions, brooklyn, ian mcewan, jehovahs witnesses, novello, the childrens act, the times, utterly perverse and inhumane, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Renowned author Ian McEwan has launched a scathing attack on Watchtower’s blood policy, calling it “utterly perverse and inhumane.” McEwan

Cedars' Blog JW.org News

JW.org boasts of “best life ever” while pushing family ties into second place

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 Cedars 8664 Views2014 district convention, best life ever, cameron, convention, family ties, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, organization, pioneering, propaganda, serving where the need is great, shunning, watchtower, what must be kept in second place, what your peers say

Hot on the heels of its promotional video about the Philippines typhoon, JW.org has released a short film aimed at

Cedars' Blog Governing Body News

Governing Body discontinues the role of district overseer

March 20, 2014 Cedars 9060 Viewsdistrict overseer, district overseers, governing body, no more district overseers, organization, simplification, watchtower

A leaked letter addressed to all congregations, dated March 20 2014, has confirmed that district overseers will soon be a

Cedars' Blog Governing Body News

Governing Body member Guy Pierce dies of ‘massive stroke’

March 19, 2014March 20, 2014 Cedars 15718 Viewsannual meeting, governing body, guy h pierce, guy pierce, guy pierce dead, guy pierce died, jehovahs witnesses, stroke, watchtower

Multiple sources are reporting that Governing Body member Guy Pierce died yesterday morning, March 18, 2014, of a severe stroke.

Cedars' Blog Higher education News

Watchtower continues crusade against higher education

March 15, 2014March 15, 2014 Cedars 11085 Viewsanthony morris iii, higher education, jehovahs witnesses, june 15 2014 watchtower, organization, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

The Watch Tower Society has long stigmatized higher education and dissuaded young Jehovah’s Witnesses from a meaningful career as anything

Cedars' Blog History and scandals News

Why the Governing Body owes an explanation for what happened in the Philippines

March 12, 2014March 13, 2014 Cedars 11630 Viewsannual meeting, become jehovahs friend, geoffrey jackson, governing body, Guiuan, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, kingdom hall, mark sanderson, organization, Philippines, Sheryl Gariando, Tacloban, Tanauan, Typhoon Haiyan, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

I should have known better than to click on the latest JW.org video, entitled “Philippines Typhoon—Faith Conquers Adversity.” My intuition

Apostates Shunning Support

What can we all do to help?

March 8, 2014March 8, 2014 Jeni 6903 Viewsactivism, cedars, child abuse, facebook, jehovahs witnesses, shunning, twitter, watchtower, youtube

It’s only through happenstance that I came to be an admin here at JWsurvey, but it was an opportunity I

Blood transfusions Cedars' Blog News

High Court orders baby in UK to have blood transfusion against parents’ wishes

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 Cedars 4465 Viewsbirmingham children's hospital, blood transfusions, high court, jehovahs witnesses, mr justice keehan, watchtower

The High Court in the UK has ruled that a sick baby who is only a few weeks old will

Cedars' Blog Child Abuse News

Off the hook: Charges against Lawrence dropped as lawsuit is thrown out by judge

March 1, 2014March 1, 2014 Cedars 4284 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, danita williams, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, mcalester, oklahoma, Ronald Lawrence, sodomy, statute of limitations, warren gotcher, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Campaigners against the mishandling of child sex abuse by Watchtower were dealt a huge blow yesterday as news emerged that

Cedars' Blog News Property sales

Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports on Watchtower’s real estate sell-offs

February 28, 2014 Cedars 4133 Viewsbrooklyn, brooklyn bethel, brooklyn daily eagle, dipti kumar, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, property sales, real estate, warwick, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

Decent media coverage of Watchtower’s Brooklyn real estate sell-offs tends to be few and far between, but it seems the