Links

For a simplified version of jwfacts.com see www.jehovah.net.au

Jehovah's Witness Chat Rooms

jehovahs-witness.net A well moderated forum where current and ex Witnesses discuss a wide variety of subjects, including in-depth doctrinal and scientific discussion. This is one of the worlds largest chat rooms with over 25,000 members.

jwsupportforum.com Chat room and blog for the support of former Jehovah's Witnesses.

exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com Ex-Jehovah's Witness Forum and Recovery Site

jehovahswitnessrecovery.com Forum and articles.

e-jehovahs-witnesses.com A site of Jehovah’s Witnesses that seem to believe it is healthy to be able to anonymously discuss and disagree with current Watchtower doctrine, yet still believe they have the truth.

General Sites on Jehovah’s Witnesses

freeminds.org The number one site for information on Jehovah's Witnesses. freeminds.org/psych/propfail.htm is a wonderful article that shows why so many Jehovah’s Witnesses are unable to leave the organisation even though deep down they know it is wrong.

governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/ Great site with all the latest news about the Watchtower Society, from Bethel.

JWRecovery Magazine - the first online journal for former Jehovah's Witnesses

jwfiles.com Interesting articles on a range of subjects.

randytv.com Well structured site, interesting information on the UN and cults.

watchtowernews.org Current Witness related news

watchtowerinformationservice.org The latest news and 264 articles on Jehovah's Witnesses and a collection of Watchtower Quotes.

quotes-watchtower.co.uk A collection of quotes from literature published by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society.

watchtowercomments.com Video clips dissecting Watchtower doctrine

docbob.org An interesting assortment of topics and advice.

ex-jw.com Modern site that is regularly updated.

watchtowerletters Contains correspondence with the Watchtower on a range of issues, giving insight into the way Bethel answers issues.

Scandal

UN:

Through the 1990’s the Watchtower Society was associated with the United Nations as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), despite such political involvement being grounds for disfellowshipping. The official letter from the UN confirming this appears on the UN website at

un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf

Blood:

ajwrb.org/ An extensive look at Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusions. Set up and maintained by Jehovah’s Witnesses elders on the hospital Liaison Committees attempting to have blood transfusions allowed. 

Paedophilia:

silentlambs.org Research into the Watchtower policies towards pedophilia and stories from victims.

www.watchtowerdocuments.com is Barbara Anderson's site which includes a great deal of research on the history of the Watchtower Society. It aslo contains the original 5,000 pages of court documents of the 2007 WT out-of-court settlement with 16 victims involved in 9 lawsuits and a related commentary, all of which contain very important information to help understand the Watchtower's pedophilia cover-up.

Misquotes in Watchtower Publications

The Watchtower and the Ante-Nicene Church Fathers by Michael J. Partyka. This is an in-depth article that has the full source quotes of the partial quotes used in the Watchtower brochure Should you Believe the Trinity. In each case it is readily apparent that the Watchtower Society has distorted what the early Church Fathers were attempting to say.

preteristarchive.com/dEmEnTiA/jonsson-herbst_dd_01.html Compares Watchtower statements about earthquakes with historical facts.

forananswer.org/Top_JW/Scholars and NWT.htm A look at where the Watchtower has misquoted Scholars when attempting to say they support the New World Translation

The WTS View of Creation and Evolution An article by Alan Feuerbacher showing how the Watchtower book Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? makes regular use of misquotes to support its stance.

Cults

howcultswork.com A simple to understand overview of what defines a cult, and a very important read.

rickross.com looks at a number of modern day cults and their methods.

factnet.org "“Since 1993, we have been to destructive cults, fundamentalism, mind control, and mental coercion/torture what Amnesty International has been to physical torture."”

icsahome.com The International Cultic Studies Association website is run by a Spanish psychologist specialising in cults.

Books

http://www.commentarypress.com/ Raymond Franz official site. Franz’s books Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom are essential reading for every Jehovah’s Witness, as are The Gentile Times Revisited and The Signs of the Last Days When? by Carl Olof Jonsson. Few Jehovah’s Witnesses that read these books cover-to-cover continue as followers of the Watchtower Society.

http://www.outofthecocoon.net A book by Brenda Lee.

http://thedreampushers.blogspot.com/ A book and interesting site by former elder Daniel M Walker.

Legal

jwemployees.bravehost.com Legal cases between Jehovah’s Witnesses and their employers

jwdivorces.bravehost.com/ Legal cases involving Jehovah’s Witnesses and child custody

Interesting articles

http://www.bible.ca/cath-JW-converting.htm The common thread between Catholics and Jehovah’s Witnesses

http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html Can the Truth survive the Internet?