This is a letter that a Bible student, who attends the Bereoan Pickets' Zoom Meetings, sent to one of Jehovah's Witnesses who had been conducting a long-term Bible study with her. The student wanted to provide a series of reasons for her decision not to pursure...
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The Importance of Proper Research
“Now the latter [the Beroeans] were more noble-minded than those in Thes·sa·lo·niʹca, for they received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11 The above theme scripture is...
The Australian Royal High Commission on Child Abuse – What you need to know
As you can see this summary was produced in August 2016. With the ongoing series of articles in the Study Watchtowers for March and May 2019, this is still very much relevant as a reference. Readers are free to download or print copies for their own reference and use...
Is the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses a False Prophet?
Hello everyone. Good of you to join us. I’m Eric Wilson, also known as Meleti Vivlon; the alias I used for years when I was just trying to study the Bible free from indoctrination and wasn’t yet ready to endure the persecution that inevitably comes when a Witness...
My Judicial Committee Hearing – Part 1
While I was in St. Petersburg, Florida on vacation in February, I got a call from one of the elders of my former congregation "inviting" me to a judicial hearing the following week on the charge of apostasy. I told him that I wouldn't be back in Canada until near the...
Theology Unique to Jehovah’s Witnesses
In many conversations, when an area of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) teachings becomes unsupportable from a biblical perspective, the response from many JWs is, "Yes, but we have the fundamental teachings right". I started asking many Witnesses just what are the...
A Letter of Disassociation
This is a letter of disassociation by a former Portuguese elder. I thought his logic was particularly insightful and wanted to share it here. http://www.desperta.net/testemunhos/letter-of-dissociation-of-carlos-fernandes
Does Current Watchtower Theology Blaspheme Jesus’ Kingship?
In the article How can we prove when Jesus became King? by Tadua, published on 7th December 2017, evidence is offered in a contextual discussion of Scripture. The readers are invited to consider the Scriptures through a series of reflective questions and make up their...
How Can We Prove When Jesus Became King?
If one asked most practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses the question, “When did Jesus become King?”, most would immediately reply “1914”.[i] That would then be the end of the conversation. However, there is a possibility that we could assist them to reappraise this view by...
How Can We Help Someone Grow Spiritually By Discussing the “Great Crowd”?
Introduction In my last article “Overcoming Obstacles in Our Preaching by Introducing The Father and Family”, I mentioned that discussing the teaching of the “great crowd” could help Jehovah’s Witnesses in understanding the Bible better and thereby draw closer to our...
“Jehovah Has Always Had An Organization.”
“Jehovah has always had an organization, so we have to remain in it, and wait on Jehovah to fix anything that needs to be changed.” Many of us have encountered some variation on this line of reasoning. It comes when the friends or family members we are speaking to...
The Two-Witness Rule under the Microscope
[A special thanks goes out to contributing writer, Tadua, whose research and reasoning are the basis for this article.] In all likelihood, only a minority of Jehovah’s Witnesses have viewed the proceedings that took place over the past couple of years in Australia....
I’m Not Worthy
“Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” – Luke 22:19 It was at the memorial of 2013 that I first obeyed those words of my Lord Jesus Christ. My late-wife declined to partake that first year, because she did not feel worthy. I have come to see that this is a common...
Using God’s Name: What Does It Prove?
A friend who is going through a difficult time right now, because of loving and sticking to the truth in the Bible instead of blindly accepting the teachings of men, was asked by one of his elders to explain his decision to stop attending meetings. In the course of...
Overcoming Obstacles in Our Preaching by Introducing the Father and Family
Even after 3 ½ years of preaching, Jesus still hadn’t revealed all the truth to his disciples. Is there a lesson in this for us in our preaching activity? John 16:12-13[1] “I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. However, when...
A Letter to a Fleshly Brother
Roger is one of the regular readers/commentors. He shared a letter with me that he wrote to his fleshly brother to try to help him reason. I felt the arguments were so well made that we could all benefit from reading it, and he kindly agreed to let me share it with...
Identifying the True Religion — Neutrality: Addendum
There have been a number of thought provoking comments on the previous article in this series. I'd like to address some of the points raised there. In addition, I entertained some childhood friends the other night and chose to address the elephant in the room....
Identifying the True Religion – Neutrality
When reasoning in a potentially adversarial environment, the best tactic is to ask questions. We see Jesus using this method over and over with great success. In short, to get your point across: ASK, DON'T TELL. Witnesses are trained to accept instruction from men...
Identifying the True Religion
Jehovah’s Witnesses are trained to be calm, reasonable and respectful in their public preaching work. Even when they meet with name calling, anger, dismissive responses, or just the plain old door-slammed-in-the-face, they strive to maintain a dignified demeanor....
Do You Think You Know more than the Governing Body?
How would you answer the question: Do you think you know more than the Governing Body?
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