Note: All italics, bolding and underlining in this article are to highlight key points relevant to the subject under discussion. Likely, you have heard the lie parroted by many opposers that the Jehovah’s Witness organization prohibits the pursuit of a college education. Is this true? The simple truth is that Witnesses young and old alike have to make their own decisions as regard to what and how much education they need. However, as a Christian organization, Jehovah’s Witnesses provide guidelines designed to help individuals ‘count the cost’ of pursuing a college education while working to live up to their Christian dedication. (Luke 14:28) So what do our publications say about pursuing a college education? Do we prohibit it? “Prohibit” Obtaining a College Education? Where? Jehovah’s Witnesses do not prohibit college education. And to be honest, they do not encourage it either. What Jehovah’s Witnesses have done over the decades is issue balanced warnings against pursuing a c...

Apostates are always making up lies about the beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, especially when it comes to the freedom we enjoy as Christians. Many claim that Jehovah's Witnesses are taught to shun "independent thinking" interpreting this as saying they cannot think for themselves while allowing the Governing Body to do all the thinking for them. It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are encouraged to avoid independent thinking in their publications from time to time, however, are they encouraged to "not think for themselves"? What does "independent thinking" even mean and what do our publications share on the matter? What Our Publications Really Say This may come as a surprise to you, especially if you have fallen prey to the lies spread about us, but the term "independent thinking" has appeared only 34 times in our publications over the past 60 years. Not frequent at all for an organization that allegedly wants to...

The claims that the organization is hiding child molestation cases has provided a springboard for many so-called "watchdog" organizations bent upon bringing accusation against the organization for every incident even remotely related to Jehovah's Witnesses, most having nothing to do with the issue of molestation, yet under the guise of serving that issue. Even Jehovah's Witness children who were assaulted by non-Jehovah's Witnesses have not proved free from exploitation by these unscrupulous "watchdogs". I will not be presenting the proof of their misdeeds in this post as I do not want to spread their cancer and this is not a court of law. But I want to show the reader the extent of their lies and how to identify whether the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses is actually at fault or not when they come across such information from these ones. False Claims Made By A Certain Watchdog Organization Every last watchdog organization focused on the c...

Note: The following article is written in a rare second person delivery toward the reader. That is because I wish to directly address individuals from the religions of the world who specifically target Jehovah's Witnesses so that I may rouse their thinking abilities. Do you claim that Jehovah's Witnesses are not allowed to think? That we are instructed to think only thoughts approved by the Watchtower? That is what our detractors like to claim. But does that claim have merit? On what do you base such a claim? Jehovah's Witness Publications Support Free Thinking Consider the fourth study article in the September 2013 Watchtower. Its title is " Make Personal Decisions Wisely ". If someone has been taught by their pastor that we are only allowed to think Watchtower approved thoughts, they would think that an article with this title is telling us what to think. A question like the one in the third paragraph of the article would seem to support that view: ...

Many have lots of complaints about the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, but if a former member is asked what specifically disenchanted them, it will most often be about how they or a family member were treated by individuals or their congregation, and not due to policy, doctrine or interpretation of prophecy. (For those issues, see the blog post, Waiting On Jehovah .) No matter what organization you deal with, you will always have to deal with the human element. Congregations Err Not every individual and not every congregation fulfills the law of love. As the scriptures make clear, every congregation has its own personality and sometimes a whole congregation may fail to live up to the standards in the Scriptures. ( Acts 17:10-11 ; Revelation 2:1-29 , 3:1-18 ) In fact, some congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses have been disbanded for that very reason. I have attended many congregations in two different states, and I know that each congregation is unique. It can be aff...