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According to the London Economist, this week, the second week of April, 2025, the global financial system came within a few hours of blowing apart. On Monday of this week, the president of the United States announced the implementation of tariffs on dozens of nations. Immediately, the stock markets around the world plunged. But that was to be expected. What was not expected was the sell-off [...]

A recently updated article on JW dot org poses the question: What Does the Bible Say About Nuclear War?  This question also happens to be the very same question Slovakians are confronted with this month on dozens of billboards placed along streets and highways throughout the country. To be sure, it is a timely question given the ongoing provocations and [...]

JW dot org has a banner article posing the question: When Will the Fighting Stop? I know I am being repetitive. But so is the Watchtower. Twice quoting from the UN, one statement says: “The world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War and 2 billion people—a quarter of humanity—[are] affected.”—United Nations Security Council, January 26, 2023. Given a topic as complex [...]

I recently read the transcript of Brother Jackson’s Annual Meeting talk entitled Don’t Be Surprised By Sudden Changes. As is the custom, the yearly assembly announces trivial adjustments in organizational policies and teachings. This year was no exception. This year’s “adjustment” was a change in understanding of Revelation 17:17, which states: “For God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought, yes, to carry out [...]

This week, jw.org asks, "What Does the Bible Say About Pandemics?" It is a recycled article that I have commented on before, but since they keep repeating themselves, I am compelled to respond...again.  As all of Jehovah’s Witnesses know, as well as many millions of others, for as long as it has existed, the Watchtower has proclaimed that we are living in the last days. The core belief of [...]

There is a brief article on jw.org entitled: What Does the Bible Say About War? The opening paragraph poses another question:  In ancient times, the Israelites waged war in the name of their God, Jehovah. Does this mean that God approves of modern warfare? As is well known, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not participate in the wars of the nations. Does that mean that God disapproves [...]

Jehovah’s Witnesses preach and teach that Satan is the ruler of the world---and that he is. That is what Jesus called him—the ruler of the world. Paul referred to the Devil as the god of this system. This is a fundamental, biblical truth. However, just because Satan has temporarily been given dominion over the world does not in any way mean that Jehovah has abdicated his [...]

JW.org has a front page snippet posing the question: Increasing Lawlessness Worldwide—What Does the Bible Say? Since the article is filed under the category Keep on the Watch, naturally, the Watchtower quotes Jesus’ words at Matthew 24:12, which read: “Because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love of the greater number will grow cold.” Over many decades, the Watchtower has frequently cited Matthew 24:12 to support the claim [...]

The apostle Paul used an expression that the New World Translation renders as “the ends of the systems of things.” One place where that expression appears in scripture is 1 Corinthians 10:11, which states: “Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for a warning to us upon whom the ends of the systems of things have come.” Whereas most translations render [...]