All Watchtower references in the past showed that the “glorious ones” were of the “144,000” - until the ” New Light” in the Watchtower of September 1, 1997: the elders are now the “glorious ones”. Read the rest »

Rutherford forbade both military service and alternative service for JW’s. This rule, enforced for some sixty years, placed thousands of JWs around the world in prisons and some died as a result. In The Watchtower of May 1 1996 the WTS’s stance on alternative service was reversed. Alternative service is again permitted! Read the rest »

For 88 years, from 1904 to 1992, The Watchtower Society discouraged higher education. Read the rest »

THE WATCHTOWER (WT) Magazine of May 15, 1995 appeals to Psalm 97:11 and Proverbs 4:18 as justification for past errors and subsequent newer doctrines. Read the rest »