Jehovah's Witnesses & Vaccines

The Golden Age, October 12, 1921, Page 17.

Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice ... We are in the last days; and the devil is slowly losing his hold, making a strenuous effort meanwhile to do all the damage he can, and to his credit can such evils be placed ... Use your rights as American citizens to forever abolish the devilish practice of vaccinations."

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The Golden Age, January 5, 1929, Page- 502.

"Thinking people would rather have smallpox than vaccination, because the latter sows seeds of syphilis, cancers, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula, consumption, even leprosy and much other loathsome affection. Hence the practice of vaccinations is a crime, an outrage, and a delusion."

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1952: Vaccines, previously condemned, considered acceptable.

Watchtower, September 15, 1958

The Watchtower, December 15, 1952

Questions from Readers

Is vaccination a violation of God’s law forbidding the taking of blood into the system?—G. C., North Carolina.

The matter of vaccination is one for the individual that has to face it to decide for himself.....

After consideration of the matter, it does not appear to us to be in violation of the everlasting covenant made with Noah, as set down in Genesis 9:4, nor contrary to God’s related commandment at Leviticus 17:10-14....

Hence all objections to vaccination on Scriptural grounds seem to be lacking.



"The Generation of Matthew 24:34"

How many time did the Faithful and discreet slave (The Governing Body) changed "The Generation of Matthew 24:34" Doctrine?

Lets get the answer directly from them!

Live Forever Chapter 18 (1989)

“The End of the World” Is at Hand!

⁸ After drawing attention to the many things that have marked the period from 1914 onward, Jesus said: “This generation will by no means pass away until all these things [including the end of this system] occur.” (Matthew 24:34, 14) Which generation did Jesus mean? He meant the generation of people who were living in 1914. Those persons yet remaining of that generation are now very old. However, some of them will still be alive to see the end of this wicked system. So of this we can be certain: Shortly now there will be a sudden end to all wickedness and wicked people at Armageddon.

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The watchtower November 1 (1995)

This generation at Matthew 24:34 previously defined as a typical human lifespan, since Jesus parousia in 1914, redefined as a class of people displaying certain characteristics for an indefinite period of time....

Therefore, in the final fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy today, “this generation” apparently refers to the peoples of earth who see the sign of Christ’s presence but fail to mend their ways

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Watchtower 15 February (2008)

“This Generation defined as anointed (JW) believers who will not pass away before the great tribulation begins”

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The watchtower 15 April (2010)

This Generation redefined to refer to a new generation of anointed who's lives overlap with the anointed who were an hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914