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Jehovah's Witnesses

"The worldwide [Jehovah's Witnesses] organization is directed by an unpaid governing body serving at the international offices in Brooklyn, New York. It uses the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania....to publish literature, supervise global evangelizing, and organize conventions and schools for the ministry of Jehovah's Witnesses." 1

This essay is one of many dozens of essays on Christian denominations. It is published by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance which is not related to either the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society or the Jehovah's Witnesses.

We receive an enormous number of complaint Emails critical of our description of the Jehovah's Witnesses as a Christian denomination. Many Christians have a much more restrictive definition of the term "Christian" than we do. Before sending us a complaint Email, please read our essay on the diversity of definitions of the term "Christianity"  Also please note that we do not respond to abusive or obscene Emails which unfortunately form the majority of Emails on this topic.

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Topics covered in this essay:

bulletIntroduction: Overview, History, Religious Texts, Organizational structure
 
bulletBeliefs & practices:
bulletPredictions of the end of the world as we know it
bulletHomosexuality
 
bulletMedical teachings:
bulletPast opposition to vaccinations
bulletBlood transfusion and related procedures
 
bulletConflicts:
bulletOpposition to the Witnesses; copyright; persecution in France; NGO status at the UN
bulletPersecution in Nazi Germany
bulletPersecution in Moscow, Russia
 
bulletChild sexual abuse:
bulletChurch policies and examples of abuse
bulletReactions by church leaders, members, an advocacy group, etc.
 
bulletWitnesses' resources on the Internet

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  1. "Who are Jehovah's Witnesses," Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses, at: http://www.jw-media.org/

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Originally written on: 1996-SEP-29

Last updated on: 2006-SEP-23
Author: B.A. Robinson

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