The Watchtower Isn't Neutral
Why Jehovah’s Witnesses Look Nice, Sound Nice, and Are Anything But Nice
They’re tidy. They’re polite. They knock on your door at 8:43 AM on a Saturday morning and smile like it’s a reasonable time to chat about the apocalypse.
Jehovah’s Witnesses have mastered the art of appearing neutral. Their magazines look like an off-brand Highlights for Children, their language is scrubbed of emotion, and their public presentations are strategically non-confrontational. But here’s the thing:
The Watchtower is not neutral. It is a high-control group built on false prophecy, Scripture-twisting, and spiritual manipulation. The deeper you go, the darker it gets.
Let’s talk about it.
The Origin Story: Failed Prophecies and Corporate Logos
The Jehovah’s Witnesses didn’t come down from heaven on a golden chariot. They started in 1870s Pennsylvania with a failed haberdasher named Charles Taze Russell, who decided that every church in Christendom was wrong and that he alone could decode the secrets of Scripture.
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