Introduction
This is the third in a series of articles. In order to make sense of what is written here you should first read my original article on the “no blood” doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, and…
Articles
A comment was made under my recent post about our “No Blood” doctrine. It made me realize how easy it is to offend others unwittingly by appearing to minimize their pain. Such was not my intention…
I recently had a rather profound spiritual experience—an awakening, if you will. Now I’m not going all ‘fundamentalist revelation from God’ on you. No, what I’m describing is the type of sensation…
When we have doubts about some teaching in our publications, we have been encouraged to remember from whom we have learned all the wonderful truths from the Bible that have come to distinguish us. …
If you would like to see a practical example of an "informal false analogy fallacy", please refer to this week's Watchtower study.
(w13 8/15 p. 13 par. 15) "When the Israelites questioned Aaron's…
The disclaimer at the start of Apollos’ excellent treatise on our “No Blood” doctrine states that I do not share his views on the subject. In fact, I do, with one exception.
When we first began…
Well, the annual meeting is behind us. Many of the brothers and sisters are very excited with the new Bible. It is a beautiful piece of printing, no doubt. We have not had much time to review it, but…
[We now come to the final article in our four-part series. The previous three were merely the build-up, laying the groundwork for this astonishingly presumptuous interpretation. - MV] This is what…
This week in the Bible Study we were told who the anointed are, and who the Great Crowd is, and that the other sheep are God's friends. I say "told", because to say "taught" would imply that we were…
[First appearing on April 28 of this year, I've republished (with updates) this post because this is the week we actually study this particular Watchtower article. - MV]
It appears that the sole…
[Originally published on April 22 of this year, this is a re-posting (with some additions) of a review of the second study article in the July 15 issue of The Watchtower which explains our new…
[This post was originally published on April 12, 2013, but given that this weekend we will be studying this first article of a series comprising one of our most controversial issues in some time, it…