Facts about Jehovah's Witnesses.

[El_Jibaro]

Facts about Jehovah's Witnesses that you WON'T be told when they come to your door:

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They believe and teach:

THAT all religions except theirs are of Satan, and your Pastor or Priest is under the Devil's control.

THAT the Watch Tower Society is the only source of truth on earth today, and all churches teach error and will be destroyed at Armageddon.

THAT no one goes to heaven but 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, and your soul will be destroyed if you refuse their organization.

THAT Jesus was not the Christ (or Messiah) until age 30, even though their own bible says in Luke 2:11, "because there was born to you today a savior, who is Christ the Lord."

THAT after Jesus was buried in the tomb, Jehovah dissolved his body into gases and it disappeared forever.

THAT Jesus rose invisibly in three days, so Jehovah had to "materialize" a fake body for him complete with fake nailprints so His disciples would believe it was really Jesus risen.

THAT Armageddon and Christ's second coming were foretold to happen in 1874, 1914, 1925 and 1975 by this "non-prophet" organization.

THAT when Christ failed to show up in 1914 The Society claimed in later years that He had come invisibly--of course, and all Jehovah's Witnesses believe this today.

THAT Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob etc. were to be back on earth as perfect humans in 1925. The Society built a palatial home for them BUT when the patriarchs failed to show up, the President of the Society moved in.

THAT their light gets "brighter and brighter", allowing for many changes and "about faces" on their doctrines. Yesterday's error is today's "truth". Often the "light" bounces back and forth from old to new views and back again! Does real light return to darkness?

THAT the Watch Tower Society and its followers are all prophets of God today and the Governing Body is directed by angels from God.

THAT salvation for Society members consists of doing good works of selling Watch Tower books and magazines and winning converts.

THAT soon Jehovah God will become a GRANDFATHER and Jesus will be promoted to "EVERLASTING FATHER"!

THAT Jehovah God is not omnipresent, but still Almighty. Think! How can this be?

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They have NOT been told -- By the leadership of the Society ....

THAT when they translated their New World Translation of the Bible they deliberately altered almost every scripture on the deity of Christ, to make him only a creature.

THAT the Society used a translation by a SPIRIT MEDIUM, Johannes Greber, to support their rendering of John 1:1 with full knowledge that his sources were DEMONIC.

Greber was exposed in the Feb. 15/56 Watch Tower. However in 1961 they released a translation based on his occult one, then denied they knew what they were doing on page 31 of the Apr. 1, 1983 Watchtower!

THAT none of their "translating committee" knew Biblical Greek or Hebrew. No scholars at all.

That Fred Franz, who for many years headed the Society, perjured himself under oath in Scotland in a court trial, by saying he could read Hebrew, and then failing a simple Hebrew test.

THAT the following encyclopedias consider the name "JEHOVAH" to be FALSE: Merits Student Enc.; Encyclopedia Americana; The Jewish Enc.; Encyclopedia International, The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible; The New Catholic Enc.; The Universal Jewish enc., [Encyclopaedia Britannica] etc.

J.W.'s own "Aid" book admits on pages 884 & 885 that "Jehovah" originated with a Catholic monk about 700 years ago!

THAT the date 1874 was taught for Christ's invisible presence by the Society right up till 1929. (See their book, "Prophecy", page 65).

THAT top executives of the Society have admitted under oath that they forced their members to accept false prophecies or face disfellowshipping and be found worthy of death.

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In Summary

We find the Watch Tower Society practicing their belief that it is proper to deceive people. But they say this really isn't lying. Why? Because the Society has a different Definition of lying than most of us. In their book "AID TO BIBLE UNDERSTANDING" under the word "LIE" we read:

"Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who is ENTITLED to know the truth....". "While malicious lying is definitely condemned in the Bible, this does not mean that a person is under obligation to divulge truthful information to people who are not entitled to it".
OF course it is the Watch Tower leaders who decide WHO deserves to know the truth.


DO YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH?

[conciencia]

Jibaro,

Good research with a little twist, but you forgot to say the following:

All of their teaching books have questions and answers provided for you and you cannot deviate from them. In other words you cannot freely ask your own questions.

They do not believe in the transfusion of blood and the exchange of organ until the last few months.

They do not vote

They will not celebrate holidays unless is your aniversary or the so called Memorial day.

That Jesus Christ is really Micheal the Arch Angel.

That the cross was not used in those days but a stake.

That they do not call their book Bible but " The new world translation of the Holy Scriptures"

And many more other questionable points

[Leticia_g]

Does it really matter what Jehovah's Witness believe? I would assume that they are not making all of you get down and convert into their religion! As adults we make decisions. Hopefully levelheaded ones that will help us into a good fullfilling life. No one is perfect and therefore no religion is perfect. I think that the important issue here is to live a good life. Not to prejudge people and to try to be as wholesome as possible.

I am Catholic, therefore I am not defending the Jehovah's Witness because that is my religion. I think I would defend any religion for that matter. I was raised to respect everyones belief. Being raised this way has made me openminded when it comes to religion. I have studied the bible with many religions. The interpretations are just slightly different but they are the same because they want to get closer to God. That is all that matters!

[Italia_Lena]

El Jib,

I read your post and much of it I was not aware of. If it is truth I do not agree with it. I don't agree with the way Jehovah Witness goes door to door either.

However, I do agree with Leticia's post. You see, think about this: Catholics think their religion is "right" ( I am also Catholic), Jewish people think their religion is "right", Prodistants think theirs is "right" and so on and so forth. It is not an issue of right or wrong. It is the fact that you believe what you believe because you are free to do so, you have that right. Being closer to God is all that matters. Living a good, fullfilled life, doing good and resisting bad and evil. We are not perfect, God knows this, and he understands

God Bless

[El_Jibaro]

Italia:

If all "paths" lead to "Heaven", then either "Heaven and God" do not exist, or God is a terrible cynic exploiting the suffering of human beings. Lets see, if "all paths lead to heaven", those who sacrifice babies to their deities in order to get good luck would be right (like the ancient worshippers of the Canaanite deity Molech, or the people who are now into Satanism), as well as the Apostles who died because they refused to renege on Jesus as ressurrected from the dead. However, this is not true, not all paths lead to Heaven. Jesus said it clearly: "Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate to hell is wide and the road that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it. But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it." - Matthew 7.13,14

Also Jesus stated unequivocaly: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no one goes to the Father except by Me." - John 14.6

One can say without exaggerating that all Christian churches, no matter what imperfect they are, preach and teach that Jesus is the ONLY Way to God. This is not the issue with the "Jehovah Witnesses", they don't preach and teach that Jesus is the Way, but that their Organization is the ONLY Way. This is clearly a contradiction to what Jesus said. Yet they sneak in and try to present themselves as "bearing the message of Christ". The Apostle Paul wrote long ago the following warning about such groups: "6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" Galatians 1.6-9

So you see, this is not a matter of "different strokes for different folks", it is a serious issue, particularly when dealing with the Message of Jesus. Now, if someone comes and says sincerely: "I am a Muslim (or a Hindu, or a Jew, or a Satanist, etc., etc.) and I do not believe in Jesus, nor do I know anything about him...", then that person is not bound to this particular warning, since they are not knowingly twisting the gospel of Christ.

Also, Italia, it is our Christian duty to expose false teachings and to present the Truth. (11Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. - Ephesians 5.11; and 1In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom, I give you this charge: 2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. 3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. - 2 Timothy 4.1-4).

So, however painful the TRUTH may be, it is important to present it, and the duty to present it is not based on gaining popularity and friends, but being faithful to Jesus, for "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? - Mark 8.36

[PRtaina]

Well Jibaro:

I must agree with what you wrote. Everything you expressed was well expressed and in a respectful manner. I commend you for that!

PRtaina

[El_Jibaro]

Thanks Taina, I am trying with all my strength to do what the Apostle Paul wrote for all of us in 2 Timothy 2.24-26. But I must also bring all the Glory to Him who died on the Cross for me and whose Holy Spirit enables me to do better each day.