EXJW Analyzer

Jehovah's Witnesses are often accused of being misogynistic (prejudiced toward women and biased toward men). Some Witnesses claim that these are false or at least exaggerated claims, and that no such culture of misogyny exists. So is it true or not? Can a religion in the 21st century really hold such archaic views? Let's let the Watchtower answer the question for us. Women Can't Teach The Congregation Watchtower, 7/1/1991, p15, paragraph 9 9 Sometimes the apostle Paul is accused of misogyny, that is, a hatred and distrust of women. True, it was Paul who insisted that women keep their proper place within the Christian congregation. In the normal run of things, they were not to do the teaching at congregation meetings. (1 Corinthians 14:33-35) Jehovah's Witnesses believe that women should not teach in the congregation and should 'keep their place'. Women Should Not Argue With Men Watchtower, 7/2015, p4 The apostle Paul wrote: “I do not permit

Jehovah's Witnesses have had a very flip-flop attitude toward blood transfusions over the decades. It began with the Watchtower not having a problem with blood transfusions. Later the Watchtower forbade any medical use of blood at all. Their current policy makes it a personal decision to take different blood fractions (but not hemoglobin). There are many reasons why this prohibition of blood for medical use, in whole or in part, is erroneous scripturally, but there's one that completely invalidates their view: the principle of pikuach nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש). Pikuach nefesh litereally means 'saving a life' in Hebrew. At it's core it means that any time the Law would put a life at risk, the Law is to be ignored in favor of saving the life. From the ancient (and modern) Jewish perspective, this makes perfect sense. The Jews believe that Torah (the Mosaic Law code) was created for the purpose of enhancing and preserving life -- not taking it. So if applyi

Jehovah's Witnesses practice an extreme form of shunning that they call disfellowshipping . When a person is baptized and for whatever reason is disfellowshipped, they are to be completely shunned by their friends and family. No communication is allowed except under extreme circumstances, either verbally or electronically through text messages, email or social media. Is this practice scripturally sound? Let's analyze it and find out.   Justfying Disfellowshipping Here's the primary passage Jehovah's Witnesses use to justify disfellowshipping, along with a verse-by-verse explanation of what it really says: 1 Cor 5:9-13 (New World Transation) 9 In my letter I wrote you to stop keeping company with sexually immoral people, 10 not meaning entirely with the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people or extortioners or idolaters. Otherwise, you would actually have to get out of the world. 11 But now I am writing you to stop k