Sunday, 9th March 2008. 8:42am
NEW DRAFT guidelines for religious charities could pose a threat to Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of England Newspaper has learnt.
New rules could threaten charity status of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Several Jehovah’s Witnesses charities in the UK expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.
Their concern regards the commission’s draft guidelines which details how religious charities now have to prove ‘public benefit’ in order to ensure their charitable status.
In the Charity Commission’s Public Benefit and the Advancement of Religion document it states that a …

Let’s start off by listing some key arguments that Jehovah’s Witnesses use to ‘prove’ the validity of their claim as the only true religion. We will then discuss each one systematically.

God’s servants base their teachings on the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13)

Those who practice the true religion worship only Jehovah and make his name known (Matthew 4:10, John 17:6)

God’s people show genuine, unselfish love for one another (John 13:35)

True Christians accept Jesus Christ as God’s means of salvation (Acts 4:12)

True worshipers are no part of the world (John …