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DID YOU KNOW the Watchtower Society (WT) over Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs)
teaches them that “many now living will never die but live forever in paradise earth”? But
at 1 Corinthians 15:22, Paul says we all sin and therefore we will all die. The idea of living on paradise sounds
good but living with Christ in the starry heavens where he says there are “many mansions” (Jn 14:2) is far more
appealing to most Christians. Imagine resurrection as a spirit
being who passes among the stars and planets in heaven. The stars are even more beautiful than going through
fields of flowers, snowflakes, fireworks. Planet Earth is pretty but in heaven are even more mansion-like
planets. Ecclesiastes 1:4 says “the earth will remain forever,”
but Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33, and Revelation 21:1 say the earth will pass away although
a new earth will come. So in the long run planet Earth remains forever because it ends but then is re-created.
WT teaches JWs only a “Little Flock” literally numbered
144,000 go to heaven, but Revelation 19:1 says the “great crowd” are in heaven. Ecclesiastes
9:5 says "the dead are conscious of nothing at all" and WT says all who die are resurrected on earth or to heaven,
but the wicked just sleep peacefully forever. Yes, dead bodies are conscious of nothing, but since human spirits become as
angels in heaven, spirits survive death of the body. God is just, so there is some kind of punishment.
He does not just let the wicked sleep. It’s not just some teaching from pagan religions but
also a Bible-based teaching. Read 1 Corinthians 15.
Watchtower incorrectly teaches what the trinity belief is. It actually says the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit although 3 different persons are one in having what WT’s own New World translation at Romans 1:20 calls “godship.”
Other translations say “godhead,” “divine essence” or “divinity,” meaning that
all three are 1 in having absolute holiness. The Father is holy, Christ is holy, and Holy Spirit is holy;
and of the three the Father is in the relatively superior position. WT falsely says the trinity teaching
says the three are the one same God. Only a few churches teach the Father changes into Christ and
Holy Spirit, which is a teaching called modalism, not trinitarianism. Please read Titus 2:13.
Christ and Paul at Matthew 6:9, Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, and Galatians 4:6 say
to call God “our Father,” not a formal name like Jehovah or Yahweh. The Bible says call on
God’s name but it means to call to God as a Person for rescuing, not anything to do with pronunciation. The
Bible shows conversions took place quickly, no long “Bible study” needed. Read your own
Bible at Luke 10:1-7. Christ says go from a house in one location to a house in another location, not door-after-door.
WT lets JWs use wedding bands, money, names of the days of the weeks, all of those from pagans, but yet WT orders JWs to not
celebrate the birth of Christ even though angels and shepherds did. WT bans birthdays but Job 1:3 and Job
3:1, 3 show Job’s children celebrated birthdays. Easter eggs and rabbits are symbols of new life
by resurrection, never were part of sex rites for Christians which is what WT claims. Paul says to boast
of the cross as a symbol of the resurrection. (Ga 6:14, 1 Cor 1:17-18) The Greek word “stauros”
can mean either cross or stake but never only stake.
WT says
its Governing Body men are “the Faithful and Discreet Slave” put over all true Christians but only Christ himself
has that role. Paul says there’s “one faith” at Ephesians 4:5, and the one faith then
and now is general Christianity which has branches that are good, average and bad. It’s not WT which
only began in the 1870s. There are tapes showing WT officials mispreaching that 1975 would bring Armageddon.
Until 2009 WT heads mistold JWs the number of those going to heaven was sealed in 1935.
WT says all true Christians must believe the same but Colossians 3:14 says the
only one true bond of unity is Love. Christ says his yoke is gentle and light, but being a JW is often
a heavy burden, tiring, sometimes very boring. Romans 14 and John 8:32 mention Christian freedom.
Galatians 5:22 says love, joy, peace etc are fruits of Holy Spirit.
At Luke 17:2 Christ says to put protection of the Little Ones over any man who abuses them, but WT sends men who have been
and possibly still are pedophiles to preach at the doors of people. The Bible at 1 Samuel 14:31-35
shows God forgave Saul’s men who ate unBLED meat to stay alive, but WT misteaches JWs and their children that they must
reject transfusions of whole blood. WT allows JWs to take parts of blood but in many poor nations JWs do
not have the money for those, so they and their children keep dying.
John 8:32 says the real truth sets people free, and with Christian freedom people are of course much happier. The
Bible says you need Christ to have a happy life as a Christian. It doesn’t say WT. 2
Timothy 3:16-17 says the scriptures themselves can teach and guide us. It doesn’t say Watchtower
magazines. Christ says he’s the Way, Truth and Life at John 6:68 and 14:6, the WT can’t give
us Life, only God can. Nor can imperfect humans give us perfect Truth or teach us the best Way for
happiness in Christ. Christ says his sheep hear and know the sound of their master’s bell.
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