The Reluctant Apostate: Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses Comes at a Price

by Lloyd Evans

At some point in 1932, just as anti-Semitism in Europe was being fanned by fascism into a blaze of hatred that would engulf the continent, a switch was flicked inside Rutherford’s mind and he began firmly aligning himself with those same dark forces in a stunning U-turn from his previous Zionist position. Life was withdrawn from circulation, and in the second volume of his three-part Vindication series of books the Judge offered the following “wisdom”: The Jews were evicted from Palestine and ‘their house left unto them desolate’ because they rejected Christ Jesus, the beloved and anointed King of Jehovah. To this day the Jews have not repented of this wrongful act committed by their forefathers. Many of them have been returned to the land of Palestine, but they have been induced to go there because of selfishness and for sentimental reasons. During the long period elapsing from the time of their expulsion to the present day the Jews have not “borne the shame of the heathen” for Jehovah’s sake, nor for the name of Christ. . . . In 1917 the Balfour Declaration, sponsored by the heathen governments of Satan’s organization, came forth, recognized the Jews, and bestowed upon them great favors. In this the seventh world power took the lead. Now Big Business and other wings of Satan’s organization place the Jews alongside of and in the same category as the Gentiles. Heretofore even God’s people have overlooked the fact that the affairs of God’s kingdom with reference to the thin...