One of the hardest things to understand is how a parent can shun a child, completely cutting off all meaningful contact, for simply disagreeing about religion. If you have a loved one who was excommunicated from the church, he or she has undoubtedly explained to you at least the end result of being “disfellowshipped” or “disassociated”: shunning. All Jehovah’s Witnesses, even his immediate family, are forbidden to speak with him with very few exceptions.  So what’s the story here? Read the full story

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The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society’s calculation for 1914 being the end of the “Gentile times” is convoluted and shoddy at best. However, suppose this reasoning is correct. What if the Bible indeed prophesied that there would be 2,520 years from the time that Jerusalem was destroyed and the “last days” began? Counting backward from 1914, 2,520 years brings us to 607 B.C.E. But was Jerusalem destroyed in 607 B.C.E.? Read the full story

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