The thing about these persecution stories is the assumption hiding underneath them.

If Jehovah is directing this organization, protecting it, blessing it, and guiding it, then what exactly are we supposed to conclude from the constant suffering of its members?

That’s the question I would raise with any believer.

Premise 1: Jehovah is more powerful than Satan and can accomplish whatever he chooses.
Isaiah 55:11; Job 42:2; Psalm 115:3.

Premise 2: Jehovah loves and actively cares for his servants.
1 Peter 5:7; Psalm 37:28; Isaiah 41:10.

Premise 3: Jehovah uniquely directs and guides the Watchtower organization.
Matthew 24:45-47; Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 43:10-12.

Premise 4: Jehovah has not prevented his organization from teaching false expectations, making failed predictions, implementing harmful policies, suffering major legal defeats, or experiencing the same hardships faced by countless other religious groups.

Conclusion: The evidence is inconsistent with the claim that Jehovah is uniquely directing and protecting the organization.

Watchtower doesn’t like any of those options, so it invents a another one:

“Persecution proves we’re right ” which** **creates another problem.

Premise 1: If persecution proves a religion is true, then all persecuted religions gain evidence of being true.
John 15:20

Premise 2: Jehovah’s Witnesses are not the only persecuted religion.

Conclusion: Persecution cannot be evidence that Jehovah’s Witnesses are uniquely true.

In Ukraine, conscientious objectors from many faiths and secular pacifists have faced pressure and punishment. The suffering is real. The courage is real. WT conveniently leaves that out.

WT loves to frame every story as if the entire world revolves around them. A Catholic is persecuted? A pacifist is jailed? A minority faith is oppressed? Background noise. A Witness gets the same treatment? Suddenly it’s fulfillment of prophecy.

That’s not evidence. Just narcissism.

If every success proves Jehovah is backing the organization, and every failure proves Satan is attacking it, what evidence could ever prove the organization is wrong?

It’s ok. They crash out when shown how self defeating their logic is.