While this is quite true, I did find it somewhat unsettling when I visited Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston which, for many decades was pretty much the mother church of the American Baptist Convention. It has a set of very large stained glass windows depicting the martyrs of the Baptist faith from the first century onward.
There's a difference though between bias and propaganda. Simple bias generally still contains truth. (Allies narrative of D-day is different than Germany's narrative of D-day; but the facts of the battle are pretty consistent on both sides.)
Interestingly, it was the Roman Catholic Church which came up with the concept of propaganda. You can read more about it here - Sacred Congregation of Propaganda - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
"Propaganda" as a tactic existed long before the RCC did. Go look at the "exploits" of ancient empires and how they wrote their histories. "Modern scholars" have accused the Bible of "propaganda"; yet archeology has subsequently come to prove these other empires and people groups did actually exist.
You missed my point. The etymology of the word "propaganda" is based in the RCC Sacred Office of Propaganda. Their definition of "propaganda" differs significantly from the popular definition of the word.
You missed my point. The etymology of the word "propaganda" is based in the RCC Sacred Office of Propaganda. Their definition of "propaganda" differs significantly from the popular definition of the word.
The assumption is that the word "propaganda" came from the Latin word "propagate" which the political definition of "propaganda" was not what these cardinals were saying. The cardinals use of the word was: "any movement or organization to propagate some practice or ideology"; which is a pretty neuter definition.
www.etymonline.com
I must have been one of the "lucky" ones. The independent Baptist church I grew up in had the Trail of Blood and Chick tracts readily available at all times.
JW appear to be attempting to adjust to the electronic era and the restrictions due to COVID on the one hand and their diminishing resources for printing and door-to-door visits on the other. In the EU they can no longer maintain records about visits to households because it would be a breach of the privacy legislation in EU countries. In other parts of the world I think people are less tolerant of strangers knocking at their door during the day time and especially on week ends. And to top it off there's a large body of former Jehovah's witnesses who are very active on-line to debunk and attack alleged and real faults in their religion and its organisations.
I think they probably have a very long way to go to adjust to the electronic era. Unlike the LDS which does have a fairly significant on-line presence, the JW's are really relatively invisible. In doing a simple search, I did encounter their website amidst numerous other websites which either attempt to provide an unbiased view of them (e.g. Wikipedia) or try to expose their errors.
All of their official meeting places have a wite text on blue background sign with JW ORG written on it. So they do appear to be promoting their web site quite actively.
I agree that they finally do have a web presence, but unless one is actually interested in visiting their official site there is nothing else other than the unbiased descriptive sites such as Wikipedia and the anti-JW sites which are quite numerous. There is no JW forum at all, either for members or non-JWs. The LDS do have forums open to members and non-members. Interestingly, their forums contain a lot of threads which are critically analyzing many of the doctrines of Mormonism - and this is by Mormons themselves.
I am sure that Jehovah's witnesses would not tolerate critical analysis of their doctrines because they think of their doctrines as "food in the proper season" given to them by "the faithful and true servant" of Jehovah which is the governing body of the religion, a group of 9 or so men in New York state.
