Blood Transfusions and the Bible -- Does the Bible forbid blood transfusions?

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
by Charles Taze Russell - Brother Russell's own statement concerning his trials with his wife. Articles reproduced from The Watch Tower, July 15, 1906

Will Billions Be Eternally Destroyed in the Battle of Armageddon?

Mankind's Course to the Day of Judgment

The Watchtower Leaders' Self-Contradiction About the Ransom:

Publications and Articles by Others

PLEASE NOTE! We are providing the following links because they provide valuable information regarding Jehovah's Witnesses. However, this does not mean that we endorse each and every expression stated in these references, nor that we endorse the total teachings and practices of the individuals or groups that provide the websites.

An Appeal to Jehovah's Witnesses

The Church- Jehovah's True Organization

Are Blood Transfusions Forbidden by God?

A Message for 'Jehovah's Witnesses' - Jehovah's Witnesses' Sect Denies "Ransom for All"

Watchtower Contradictions: The Lord's Presence

Bible Students and Jehovah's Witnesses, What's the Difference?

The Grace of Jehovah

Letter from Steve McRoberts to the Bethel Teaching Committee (Steve McRoberts)
We have included this letter because of the manner in which Steve McRoberts tactfully handles some of the historical aspects of the Watchtower Society, and his favorable remarks concerning Charles Taze Russell.

What Happened to the "Studies in the Scriptures"?

"Jehovah's Organization" or Joe's Organization?
(Randall Waters)
Sad to say, Mr. Waters has accepted the trinity doctrine. In this document, the following statement is made: "Russell had believed that he was the Seventh Messenger of Revelation 10:7, God's sole instrument of truth on the earth in his day." This statement is not true -- at least Russell never made such a claim and certainly did not claim to God's sole instrument of truth. The statements following the one quoted concerning Russell are questionable. Russell cannot be held accountable for statements made concerning him after his death.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN THE SPRING OF 1980?
(Randall Waters) Gives some insight and references Charles Taze Russell on organization; sad to say, Mr. Waters has accepted the false doctrine of the trinity.

PASTOR RUSSELL NOT THE FOUNDER OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
(North Seattle Bible Students)

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW CREATION
(Charles Taze Russell)

See also Resources Concerning Charles Taze Russell

Bible Students Links

Some Other Sites pertaining to JWs:

Food For Thinking Jehovah's Witnesses - Examining their beliefs and practices in light of scripture and reason. (Bible Student Ministries)

The Witness A comparison of the teachings of Charles Taze Russell with the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Writings of Charles Taze Russell online

Bible Students Forum

Pastor.Russell.com His Life and Ministry

Book Description

While millions of Americans were defending liberty against the Nazis, liberty was under vicious attack at home. One of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history occurred during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces.

Determined to claim their First Amendment rights, Jehovah's Witnesses waged a tenacious legal campaign that led to twenty-three Supreme Court rulings between 1938 and 1946. Now Shawn Peters has written the first complete account of the personalities, events, and institutions behind those cases, showing that they were more than vindication for unpopular beliefs--they were also a turning point in the nation's constitutional commitment to individual rights.

Peters begins with the story of William Gobitas, a Jehovah's Witness whose children refused to salute the flag at school. He follows this famous case to the Supreme Court where he captures the intellectual sparring between Justices Frankfurter and Stone over individual liberties; then he describes the aftermath of the Court's ruling against Gobitas when angry mobs savagely assaulted Jehovah's Witnesses in hundreds of communities across America.

Judging Jehovah's Witnesses tells how persecution--much of it directed by members of patriotic organizations like the American Legion--touched the lives of Witnesses of all ages; why the Justice Department and state officials ignored the Witnesses' pleas for relief; and how the ACLU and liberal clergymen finally stepped forward to help them. Drawing on interviews with Witnesses and extensive research in ACLU archives, Peters examines the strategies that beleaguered Witnesses used to combat discrimination and goes beyond the familiar Supreme Court rulings by analyzing more obscure lower court decisions as well.

By vigorously pursuing their cause, the Witnesses helped to inaugurate an era in which individual and minority rights emerged as matters of concern for the Supreme Court and foreshadowed events in the civil rights movement. Like the classics Gideon's Trumpet and Simple Justice, Judging Jehovah's Witnesses vividly narrates a moving human drama while reminding us of the true meaning of our Constitution and the rights it protects.

From the Back Cover

"A vivid depiction of the hysterical and brutal suppression of the Witnesses during the 1930s and 1940s and how their legal resistance transformed the civil liberties of all Americans. A story of cowardice and courage, well told."--Norman Dorsen, Stokes Professor, NYU, and president, ACLU, 1976-1991

"This marvelous and long-needed book illuminates how vital Jehovah's Witnesses have been in strengthening the fundamental constitutional rights of all Americans."--Nat Hentoff, author of Living the Bill of Rights

"An excellent and refreshing reminder that not a single legal doctrine matters at all except as it comes to bear on the lives of flesh-and-blood people."--Kenneth Karst, author of Belonging to America

"A fine work. Thoroughly researched, smoothly written, and a genuine pleasure to read. Sure to be the definitive account of the Witnesses' significant impact on American constitutional law."--Tinsley Yarbrough, author of Judicial Enigma: The First Justice Harlan

About the Author

Shawn Francis Peters has taught writing and rhetoric at the universities of New Hampshire and Iowa and is currently with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.