01Organization and GodEssay · 95 min readOrganization: 1) Preparation, arrangement, order. 2) Establishment, organization. Organized: 1) Organized, grouped. 2) Orderly, arranged. To organize: to arrange, to organize, to set up an organization….. Basic Turkish…→02The 1954 Court Records of the Jehovah's WitnessesEssay · 38 min readAfter getting to know the Witnesses, a sensible person learns to keep away from all religions and sects. For, as I said, if you want to know someone well, you will listen about him not only from his friend but also from his…→03Perhaps They Will ListenEssay · 54 min readDear Brothers and Sisters; 10 October 2003 With this letter we aim to make known to you some important things that are in our hearts and have disturbed us for a long time. To be silent is cowardice; “in love there is no fear,”…→04A Letter to the OrganizationEssay · 11 min readWith this letter of mine I wish to ask you a question that has long occupied me. At first I had thought to leave the subject alone for a while. The verse in Romans 14:23 of the Gospel, in the Bible reading program, forced me to…→05Hebrews 4:2Essay · 13 min readafter our last telephone conversation I gave some more thought to a few of the things you said to me. It is actually always the same arguments. For you it is important to belong somewhere, to a community, a congregation, an…→06The Quran, the Witnesses, and HospitalityChapter 11 · 58 min readBy now I had plenty of time. I had read the Quran too. It was not as long as the Holy Scriptures. It was a book roughly the size of the Gospel. I read it very quickly. As I said, I was no longer working either. If I said I was…→07Jehovah's Witnesses!Chapter 12 · 130 min readI had really liked the Witnesses' meetings. In the orderly, clean, and odorless meeting halls I felt at ease. Another interesting side of it was that the people at these meetings came from mixed nations, and by Germany's…→08The Question About His Credibility — 15 September 1965, The WatchtowerChapter 18 · 10 min readUnder this paragraph it says, “What kinds of proofs and miracles does Muhammad have to show that he is a prophet?” A comparison is made with Moses and an example is given. When Moses was commissioned as a prophet, he asked God…→09The Literary Miracle of the Quran—The Watchtower, September 15, 1965Chapter 19 · 14 min readUnder this heading, the Witnesses try to say that it is laughable for Muslims to stress that “the Quran itself, as a literary work, is a miracle.” The Muslims say it is a miracle by stressing that “Muhammad himself could not…→10Is the Quran a Confirmer of the Sacred Writings of the Past? The Watchtower, October 1, 1965Chapter 20 · 13 min readThe Watchtower’s second series on this subject begins under the title above, and once again I have tried to translate it as follows. Some 250–300 million Muslims accept that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was inspired by…→11The Fire of Hell — October 1, 1965, The WatchtowerChapter 21 · 16 min read“The Hebrew Scriptures state that the penalty for sin is death: For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all… Ecclesiastes 9:5 (Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4). And in…→12The Quran on Jesus Christ — The Watchtower, 1 October 1965Chapter 22 · 44 min readThe idea treated here is a subject we have all heard of and know about: Jesus Christ, and whether or not he is the Son of God. This subject is an eternal quarrel between Muslims and Christians. For that reason, rather than all…→13Islamic Teachings — 1 October 1965 WatchtowerChapter 23 · 12 min readHere, on certain subjects, the Quran is taken up as proof, while at other times an attempt is made to refute the Quran in the light of the teachings of the Islamic world. For example, once again with the support of the Quran’s…→14Was the Holy Scripture Altered? 1 October 1965Chapter 24 · 13 min readThis subject is handled in exactly the opposite manner. This time, with proofs they take from the Quran, they prove that the Holy Scripture has NOT been altered! Astonishing — the Quran, which was a book of which they said “it…→15New York–BrooklynChapter 28 · 77 min readActually, as far as my purpose is concerned, there is very little to tell about this journey. Even though he was someone I had never met, I received the greatest warmth there from the relative of that friend with the shop I…→