Originally posted:  February 5, 2017 Updated: October 29, 2019 For many years, our opposers have claimed we are declining and they want you to believe that our decline or prosperity is inextricably linked to the number of individuals active in any one country as Jehovah's Witnesses and how much money we earn from any given property. Does that mean, then, that we are prospering when we baptize one additional person or purchase an additional property? Not according to opposers. Their inconsistency means that they are cherry picking information to suit their own agenda. To know if the claims of our opposers are true, it is important to understand how God views decline and prosperity. Those looking for truth will examine it in light of the Bible and disregard the liars who try to contradict it. Let the Evidence Speak Firstly, we do not view high membership numbers or financial success as the  primary evidence of p...

Note:  The documents and images linked below are already a matter of public record online. I felt this outright lying accusation was serious enough to warrant providing the specific documents here for a defense. Update [9/24/15]:  Besides the May edition of JW Broadcasting, I also learned of a third and forth letter that former members are making out to be a whole lot more than they are, so I have added them here. Our opposers are always making up lies against the organization. (Acts 28:22; Matthew 5:11-12) This time the claim is that the recent adjustment of congregations not having to pay back loans is a "smash-and-grab" and "stealth tithing", claiming that now the monthly repayments of congregations are indefinite, but this is not so. First of all, "tithing" means "taking tenth". Jehovah's Witnesses do not practice tithing at all. All contributions are 100% voluntary and unsolicited, unlike Christendom's churches who pass the p...