Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Watch Tower movement's history, its Governing Body, the New World Translation, and its account of Christ and salvation, set beside the Scriptures and the Church that received them. Sourced from Watch Tower publications themselves wherever a claim is being described.

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Origins & History

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• “New Light” or Doctrinal Revision? How Jehovah’s Witnesses Explain Changing Teaching
• The Dates That Refused to Die: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Failed Expectations

Charles Taze Russell & the Bible Students

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• Who Was Charles Taze Russell? The Bible Students and the Roots of Jehovah's Witnesses

Rutherford & Watchtower Development

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• Joseph Rutherford and the Making of Jehovah's Witnesses

Governing Body & Authority

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• The Governing Body and the “Faithful and Discreet Slave”: How Jehovah’s Witness Authority Works
• “New Light” or Doctrinal Revision? How Jehovah’s Witnesses Explain Changing Teaching

JW Scripture & Authority

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• Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood Transfusions: What the Bible Says and What the Policy Actually Requires

The New World Translation

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• Why Does the New World Translation Add “Other” in Colossians 1:16–17?
• John 1:1 and “the Word Was a God”: Is the New World Translation Accurate?
• A Bible Translated Toward a Conclusion? Examining the New World Translation

Trinity & the Nature of God

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• Christian Words, Another Christ: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Actually Christian?

Salvation & the 144,000

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• Who Are the 144,000? Examining the Jehovah’s Witness Two-Class Salvation System

Resurrection & the Afterlife

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• What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe About the Soul, Death and Hell?

The 1919 Watchtower Authority Claim

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• The 1919 Appointment: How Jehovah's Witnesses Explain the Governing Body's Authority

Holidays, the Cross & Religious Practices

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• Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Celebrate Birthdays and Holidays?
• Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake? Examining the Jehovah’s Witness Claim

Disfellowshipping & Shunning

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• Disfellowshipping and Shunning Among Jehovah's Witnesses: What Is Taught and What It Costs

Jehovah’s Witnesses vs Historic Christianity

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• Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Christian? A Doctrinal and Historical Comparison
• Christian Words, Another Christ: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Actually Christian?

Failed Predictions & Prophecy

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• What Happened in 1975? Jehovah’s Witnesses, Expectation, and Failed Date-Setting
• 1914 and Jehovah’s Witnesses: What Was Predicted, What Happened, and What Changed?

Jesus Christ & Michael the Archangel

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• Is Jesus Michael the Archangel? Examining a Central Jehovah’s Witness Claim

Jehovah & the Divine Name

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• Should 'Jehovah' Appear in the New Testament?