The Watchtower Magazine of January 1st, 2000, which was preached worldwide, made clear that "The anointed" at Watchtower Headquarters "have shown lionlike courage in exposing false religion", false religion being any and all religions other than Jehovah's Witnesses. This same issue made clear to you, that we "God's watchman class" have used the Watchtower "magazine in vigorously proclaiming to mankind that the vindication of Jehovah's sovereignty by Christ's Kingdom is at hand."
As far back as the Watchtower of December 1, 1966, we, God's spokesman, warned that Armageddon could not be avoided. We warned the world that "God will doubtless give his people (Jehovah's Witnesses) a very strong message to proclaim just before the enemy attack." Now is the time for you to receive this final warning.
This same article made absolutely clear that "when the great preaching work " in all the "inhabited earth" (accomplished only by Jehovah's Witnesses) has gathered in the "great crowd" who respond to the Kingdom message, the attack will come." This "attack" will mean the death of all except those within the Watchtower Society.
During the month of September 2000, by means of out inter-organization newsletter "Our Kingdom Ministry", we set out to all members that "Lives Are at Stake" and told all 6,000,000 Jehovah's Witnesses on earth at that time that "The masses of people facing annihilation.... include our.... relatives, neighbors, workmates, schoolmates, and acquaintances."
This message is not stated in a more clear fashion than in the Watchtower of December 15, 1975 which said "We know that the "great tribulation" that is without parallel in human history is just ahead.... This global tribulation is meant to destroy them, (humanity) not us, (Jehovah's Witnesses) for it comes from the hand of the God whom we worship. .... Only witnesses of Jehovah who successfully pass this test will survive...."
The Watchtower has been fearless in proclaiming God's judgment. In the May 1, 1992 Watchtower, concerning Armageddon, we said "This is the day on which Jehovah executes his judicial decision on the godless crowds of humanity that reject his rightful sovereignty over heaven and earth."
The January 1, 1988 Watchtower clearly stated "The spreading of these messages (by the Watchtower) is a more pressing task than anything else being done today. No political breakthrough or scientific discovery comes close in importance."
The Watchtower will bear no guilt for you or your children. We, for our part, made clear the judgment, and each Witness is instructed to carry with them the book Reasoning from the Scriptures which states succinctly (on pages 47-9 under the header Armageddon) "in times past when God destroyed the wicked he likewise destroyed their little ones....God does not want anyone to be destroyed, so he is having a warning sounded now to benefit both parents and children. Would it not be wise for parents to pursue a course that would result in their children being looked on with favor ... at Armageddon?"
Yes, even your children will die, yet as the Watchtower of February 15, 1963 relates, "This earth-wide slaughter of the wicked will in nowise violate God's righteousness!"
As the Watchtower magazine stated in the September 1, 1989 edition "Only Jehovah's Witnesses,... as a united Organization... have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system ...the worst tribulation of all human history."
There is hope for you, as the Watchtower of May 1, 1992 reports: "In vain did a Roman Catholic monsignor in Italy bewail the fact that Jehovah's Witnesses are taking from the church 'at least 10,000 faithful Catholics' each year. The Witnesses are glad to welcome such ones. ... It is Jehovah's will... and no power in heaven or on earth can stop it."
Matthew Shepard Act Of 2009There are expert sources that can bear witness that Watchtower-style disfellowshipping adds to mental stress and depression. There are references to suicides, too. While the Supreme Court has okayed shunning by some groups in the past, Watchtower-style shunning is not simply “shunning” but “extreme shunning,” often for decades or unto death and in the full sense of the word “severe.”
Thus there appears to be solid grounds for contending, including in court, that in terms of quantity and quality of proof, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society has violated anti-hate crime legislation. Moreover, by so doing, it forfeits its right to maintain incorporation as a non-profit religious corporation (or more to fact: corporations) acting to the benefit of society at large and its own membership.
Matthew Shepard Act Of 2009
On October 28, 2009 President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (attached to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010), which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, and which dropped the prerequisite that the victim be engaging in a federally protected activity.
Defined in the 1999 National Crime Victim Survey, "A hate crime is a criminal offense. In the United States federal prosecution is possible for hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's race, religion, or nation origin when engaging in a federally protected activity."
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