“They will not go hungry …

… nor will they thirst, nor will scorching heat or the sun beat down on them.” – Isaiah 49:10

“Heat waves have increased globally since 1950, and individual heat waves have become more frequent, longer and hotter.” (livescience) And “summer heat can be dangerous, even deadly … The elderly and ill aren’t the only people that heat kills. It also kills healthy young people.” (Agingcare.com) Experts advise: “Avoid outdoors … Stay inside … Drink, drink, and drink.” (MediTrenz.com) However, “well over eight million people worldwide attend the annual district conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses every year,” and “most of the large district conventions” are “held in open-air stadiums.” (Awake!, June 8, 1999, page 32; 1998 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, page 134) Attendees are exposed to hot sun and must stay outdoors all day.

Though there is “no food service at conventions … some in the audience have been observed eating and drinking during the program” – this is absolutely vital for health reasons but considered “disrespectful” and “inappropriate” by the organizers (Our Kingdom Ministry, May 1997, page 20). The Bible aptly describes those who turned their back on this inhuman cult: “They will hunger no more nor thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat down on them nor any scorching heat.” – Revelation 7:16.