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When Bible Principles Become Organizational Laws | Jehovah's Witnesses and Christian Conscience

The Watchtower's July 12, 2026 study says that Bible principles should guide our conscience.This raises an unavoidable question:

If a Bible principle is supposed to guide the conscience, what happens when an organization removes the conscience from the decision by making the principle into a rule?

That's the irony at the heart of the article. On one hand, the article praises conscience. On the other hand, the organization's history shows a repeated pattern of replacing conscience with regulations in areas such as smoking, gambling, tobacco sales, military-related employment, birthdays, and other matters. That contrast gives your article its central point without needing to overstate the criticism.

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