YACAWA: Yet Another Completely Arbitrary Web Address

Questions from Readers: “Jehovah” in the New Testament

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jon

What is the Watchtower's basis for using "Jehovah" 237 times in the New Testament? Is there a good case to be made. Read my response to an article on jw.org.

Fiction

The Womb

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Jon

A little story I wrote in a peculiar mood some time back. I posted it elsewhere, but I thought I might as well make it available here.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Questions From Readers: Hate Mail

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Jon

I'm finally famous enough to receive hate mail from someone who just knows I "will die at Armageddon." Nonetheless they do raise a number of interesting questions. Read on for the full message and my response.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Critical Thinking for JWs: 1918 Temple Inspection

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jon

Is the Watchtower really God's Organization (TM)? In this installment of "Critical Thinking for JWs" we take a look at the Watchtower's own prophetic criteria for that proposition and see how it stacks up in the light of historical investigation.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Critical Thinking for JWs: 1914

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Jon

What is the biblical basis for asserting that Jesus Christ returned in 1914? Is there any? In this installment of "Critical Thinking for JWs" we examine the Watchtower's claims pertaining to this "significant" date and weigh them against sound reason and what the Bible actually has to say.