WatchtowerHistory

Watchtower's neglected history from a scholarly point of view.

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Jim was a retired Professor of History who wrote three JW related history books and a good friend.

1) Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada
2) Apocalypse Delayed: the Story of Jehovah's Witnesses
3) Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich

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Rud Persson from Sweden telephoned and informed us that Ex-JW Jim Penton passed away a couple of hours ago.

We had an interview with him a couple of years ago:
https://t.co/wegwBzb244

I was able to visit Jim and his wife just last week and took this photo.

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@RealJoelCorbin There is no evidence Rutherford had a beard. Rumor has it that he couldn't grow one.

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Populists, Protocols, and Prophecies: Part 1

How Rutherford infused politics into the Jehovah's Witnesses.

https://t.co/IEEvTz5Hr8

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@eleven_nevele This is all I had for the Polish version.

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Check out our take of this newly discovered letter from William E VanAmburgh, Watchtower's Secretary-Cashier, to the Nazis three years after Rutherford's "Declaration of Facts."

https://t.co/tIX76FboMD

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@eleven_nevele German.

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@eleven_nevele Here are the two part video we did on the letters to the Nazis.

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More Facts About 'Judge' Rutherford's "Declaration of Facts" to Adolf Hitler

Part 1
https://t.co/r5YqEhnDe8

Part 2
https://t.co/ec2c01MFSe

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@KMikeyb @Larchwood20 Sounds like a good idea. There were a lot of other things we could have added but at almost an hour and a half it was long enough already.

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The Watchtower & The Nation of Islam

How did the history of The Watchtower's and Jehovah's Witnesses influence The Nation of Islam?

https://t.co/XtC7QvuAxa

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@pimitopomo We have to thank @pimitopomo publicly for sharing this connection with us. It is much appreciated!

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Coming tomorrow: The Watchtower & The Nation of Islam

How did the history of The Watchtower's and Jehovah's Witnesses influence The Nation of Islam?

https://t.co/AZhV0rd0MU

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Demonism and the Watchtower?

Watchtower's Medical Quackery involved a machine which an ExJW, Roy D. Goodrich, claimed was based on the occult and similar to a Ouija board. What does history tell us about this device and The Watchtower?

https://t.co/nXXO2446oa

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@FadetoEx The Aluminum topic will appear next! We're working on that one already.

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The Golden Age's Milk Diet, Grape Cure and more!: Watchtower's Medical Quackery

After some time off for the holidays, join us as we investigate the origins of some of Watchtower's bizarre medical advice.

https://t.co/AIKOBszgDu

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Rutherford, Jehovah's Witnesses & Beards.

Early release this week as we recorded something about beards 2 weeks ago to show links between Watchtower's medical quackery and beards. More was recorded after the Governing Body Update #8 about beards.

https://t.co/pCkrum9byC

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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses believe what they believe? In this episode we look at some of the historical reasons the JWs have used for the blood transfusion doctrine.

https://t.co/56yeaegXBm

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In this video Professor James Penton lectures about the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich stating much of what we've covered on our YouTube channel recently.

https://t.co/KcWETH0JLW

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This one has it all! Odd Fellows, Masons, Nazis, Henry Ford, the Ku Klux Klan, William Jennings Bryan, Judge Rutherford, Watchtower, and more!

https://t.co/H9XXhCd6eZ

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How similar were Rutherford and Watchtower's ideas to that of Henry Ford, Hitler and The Protocols?

https://t.co/QTJbZllTTK

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