Imagine that you’re walking along, minding your own business, when suddenly a stranger dressed in rags gets in your face and demands that you hit him! Naturally you take him for a crazy man, and decline to strike him. Then he threatens you, claiming that you will be killed for not having obeyed him! A… Continue reading The Case FOR the Watchtower Being a Prophet

The Jehovah’s Witnesses refer to their religion as “the truth.” But what exactly do they see as the truth about the universe and its history? We’re going to answer that question right here and now in this single article! Brace yourselves: we are going to give you their whole truth story in a nutshell (which,… Continue reading The Whole Truth Story

I’d be among the first to admit that the existence of spirit beings is something that can neither be proven nor disproven. You and I are limited to our five senses, and spirits by definition cannot be sensed by any of these senses. After all, even the Bible admits that “No one has ever seen… Continue reading Does God Exist?

The question never entered my mind as a Witness (or as a Catholic, for that matter.) It seemed it was a given — just as the divine inspiration of the Bible and the existence of our god was a given: Jesus existed. Even since leaving all organized religion, I have been told again and again… Continue reading Did Jesus Exist?

What if the Bible was not “God’s word” after all? That would mean the entire basis of the Watchtower religion [along with other Christian religions] would be, well: baseless! But, can we prove that the god Jehovah didn’t inspire the writing of the Bible? Well, yes and no. As always, we must first determine what… Continue reading Is the Bible God’s Word?

In writing this article, I don’t want to come across as a pompous know-it-all; I’ll freely admit that I’m no genius. But I have taken several college courses and read many books on philosophy, the scientific method, and critical thinking. It has taken me to the point where I now visibly wince at some of… Continue reading How Not to Think

“At that time, the lifesaving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not. “Now is the time for any who may be putting… Continue reading Whom Do You Trust?

Last night I dreamed that a persistent Witness, evidently newly converted, asked me to address his congregation at the next Service Meeting. He still believed that the Witnesses were open-minded, and I could tell that he was so thoroughly convinced that they had the “truth” that he envisioned them satisfactorily answering any questions I might… Continue reading The Dream Talk

Conservative Christians are always on about how we need to follow the Bible and return to “family values.” But what does the Bible really say about family values? Oh sure, there is one verse (out of over 31,000) that says “Honor your mother and father.” But that’s not the whole story — not by a… Continue reading Family Values, Biblical Style

Most people are familiar with the biblical miracles of parting the Red Sea; surviving three days in a fish’s belly (and being spewed out good as new); walking on unfrozen water and turning it into wine; resurrecting the dead, etc. These have all been done to death, so in this series, we’re going to take… Continue reading Little-Known Miracles from the Bible: Exodus