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A LETTER SIMILAR TO THE ONE FARTHER ABOVE. READ IT CAREFULLY. FEEL FREE TO EDIT ETC TO FIT YOUR OWN NEEDS.

FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND OTHERS, WE WISH TO reason on matters in a respectful fashion, using scriptures that solidly explain beliefs, and also include solid reasoning. Our intention is loving although it may be hard for some. For example, JWs and many others know Watchtower teaches as good news that "many now living will never die but live forever in paradise earth.”  But in looking up 1 Corinthians 15:22, Paul says there that we all sin and therefore we will all die.   So going by the Bible, it looks false that many now living will “never”die.

The idea of living on a paradise sounds good, but living with Christ in the starry heavens where he says the Father has “many mansions” is more appealing. (Jn 14:2) Picture being resurrected in a twinkling as a spirit who passes among stars and planets in heaven, an event comparable to going through fields of gorgeous flowers or snowflakes of diverse colors here on earth, but even more awesome. The eyes of a fleshly human cannot see all the things that a human resurrected as a spirit in heaven can see.

As to earth remaining forever, notice that although Ecclesiastes 1:4 says “the earth will remain forever,” which Watchtower emphasizes, Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33, and Revelation 21:1 counter-balance by saying the earth will pass away but a new earth will come. So in the long run earth remains forever as it passes away but is re-created.

Watchtower teaches JW to teach people that only a “Little Flock” literally numbered 144,000 go to heaven, but read Revelation 19:1 which says the “great crowd” is in heaven. Watchtower stresses that Ecclesiastes 9:5 says "the dead are conscious of nothing at all" and say all who die are either resurrected as a reward on earth or to heaven, but the wicked just keep sleeping peacefully forever. God is just, so contrary to what Watchtower mis-states there will be some kind of punishment, not just letting the wicked sleep. Yes, dead bodies are conscious of nothing, but since human spirits become as angels in heaven (remember 144,000 humans going to heaven), spirits or souls (spirits once with a body) do survive death of the body. Watchtower calls survival of souls (spirits come from bodies) a teaching from pagans like the Greeks but in fact it’s also a Bible-based teaching. Read and reflect upon 1 Corinthians 15.

Watchtower misteaches that the trinity belief is that there are three persons who are the same God, but instead it teaches there are three persons who are different but who have what Romans 1:20 calls “godship;” and Titus 2:13 says our God and Savior is Christ Jesus. Bibles called “divine essence” or “godhead.” The trinity teaching says that the Father is greater than the son (John 14:28), and the Father is relatively greatest over the Son and Holy Spirit. Very few churches teach the Father morphs into Christ, a teaching called modalism, not trinitarianism.

Christ and Paul at Matthew 6:9, Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, and Galatians 4:6 say to call God “our Father,” not just formal names like Jehovah or Yahweh. The Bible shows conversions took place quickly, no long “Bible study” needed; Watchtower ignores Bible at Luke 10:1-7 as Christ says go from a house in one location to a house in another location, not transferring to door-after-door. JWs are allowed to use wedding bands, money, names of days of the weeks, all from pagans, but Watchtower says don’t celebrate Christ’s birth, Christmas, though angels and shepherds did. Job’s kids also celebrated birthdays. (Job 1:3 then Job 3:1, 3) God had a harvest festival for Israel like Thanksgiving. (Lev 23:33, Deu 16:13) Germany, Canada, etc have one. Leviticus 23 tells of celebrating New Years. Easter eggs and rabbits began and stay as symbols of new life by resurrection, never were, as Watchtower say, part of sex rites for Christians.

Watchtower points to its Governing Body men as if “the Faithful and Discreet Slave” put over all true Christians and what they have, but the most faithful and discreet slave ever of God is Christ himself!   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. Watchtower has mispredicted and wrongly hinted at Armageddon for up to 80 years after 1914, the 1975 etc. Christ says only the Father knows the hour of the end.

JWs are told if everyone in a group doesn’t believe the same thing, it’s a lack of unity, but Colossians 3:14 says the one true bond of unity is Love, not robotic same beliefs on everthing. Christ says his yoke is gentle and light, but JWs well know being a JW is actually a very heavy yoke. Read Romans 14 and John 8:32 thoughtfully about the great freedom that Christians are supposed to enjoy.

At Luke 17:2 Christ says put the protection of our Little Ones over any man who abuses them. JWs know Watchtower pushes all JWs deemed “in good standing” (including so-called “repentant” pedophiles) to preach at doors, thus putting them around kids of JWs and the public! When JW elders or others molest kids, the kids’ parents have been told to “wait on Jehovah” (code for shut up) to protect the organization, but Roman 13:1 says to obey the government officials who say to turn pedophiles in. Also, any Bible including Watchtower’s own New World Translation at 1 Samuel 14:31-35 shows God forgave Saul’s men who ate unBLED meat to stay alive, yet Watchtower orders that JWs and their kids not even take an emergency blood transfusion to stay alive. At Matthew 12:7 Christ says God wants Mercy over Sacrifice.

John 8:32 says the real truth sets us free. Watchtower has so many rules and is so invasive even of married couples lives that JWs don’t feel “free.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says the scriptures themselves teach and guide Christians, not Watchtower.   Watchtower is a corporate business operating as a religious organization too that puts its own existence over the happiness its own members. Christ says he’s the Way, Truth and Life at John 6:68 and 14:6. That’s not Watchtower’s role.   The sheep know the master’s bell.

When people leave Watchtower it orders JW family and friends to shun them harshly, rigidly, but Christ promises those who do will get new and truer friends. (Mt 5:11) It’s important to get out of such a group mentally, emotionally and prayerfully also totally! (Re 18:4) It’s definitely best to not devote time, money and energy to Watchtower. Freely make and share copies of this.

FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND OTHERS, WE WISH TO reason on matters in a respectful fashion, using scriptures that solidly explain beliefs, and also include solid reasoning. For example, JWs and many others know Watchtower teaches as good news that "many now living will never die but live forever in paradise earth.” But at 1 Corinthians 15:22, Paul says there that we all sin and therefore we will all die. Instead the Good News is we have the resurrection hope thanks to Christ's ransom sacrifice.

The idea of living on a paradise sounds great, but living with Christ in the starry heavens where he says the Father has “many mansions” (Jn 14:2) is more appealing when we picture being resurrected in a twinkling as a spirit who passes among stars and planets in heaven, an event comparable to going through fields of gorgeous flowers or snowflakes of diverse colors here on earth, but even more awesome. The eyes of a fleshly human cannot see all the things that a human resurrected as a spirit in heaven can see. (1 Cor 2:9)

As to earth remaining forever, notice that although Ecclesiastes 1:4 says “the earth will remain forever,” which Watchtower emphasizes, Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33, and Revelation 21:1 counter-balance by saying the earth will pass away but a new earth will come. So in the long run earth remains forever as it passes away but is re-created.

Watchtower teaches JWs to teach people that only a “Little Flock” literally numbered 144,000 go to heaven, but read Revelation 19:1 which says the “great crowd” is in heaven. Watchtower stresses that Ecclesiastes 9:5 says "the dead are conscious of nothing at all," and Watchtower says all who die are either resurrected as a reward on earth or to heaven, but the wicked just keep sleeping peacefully forever. God is just, so contrary to what Watchtower mis-states there will be some kind of punishment, not just letting the wicked sleep.

Yes, dead bodies are conscious of nothing, but since human spirits become as angels in heaven (remember the 144,000 humans going to heaven), spirits or souls (spirits once with a body) do survive death of the body. Watchtower calls survival of souls (spirits come from bodies) a teaching from pagans like the Greeks but in fact it’s also a Bible-based teaching. Read and reflect upon 1 Corinthians 15.

Watchtower misteaches that the trinity belief is that there are three persons who are the same God, but instead the belief teaches that there are three persons who are different but who form what Romans 1:20 calls “godship” in the New World Translation. Most other Bibles translate the word as “divine essence” or “godhead.” The trinity teaching says the Father is relatively greatest. Very few churches teach the Father morphs into Christ, a teaching called modalism, not trinitarianism. The New World Translation at Titus 2:13 says our God and Savior is Christ Jesus meaning he's absolutely holy and so equal to God on that account, but speaking relative to the Father, the Father is greatest. Feel stunned? Re-read the paragraph. Watchtower had us all fooled on this one too.

As you know JWs are allowed to use wedding bands, money, names of days of the weeks, all from pagans, but Watchtower says don’t celebrate Christ’s birth, Christmas, although angels and shepherds did. Job’s kids also celebrated birthdays. (Proof: read Job 1:3 then Job 3:1, 3) God had a harvest festival for Israel like Thanksgiving. (Proof: Lev 23:33, Deu 16:13) Germany, Canada, many lands have one. Leviticus 23 tells of celebrating New Years. Easter eggs and rabbits began and stay as symbols of new life by resurrection, never were, as Watchtower say, part of sex rites for Christians.

Watchtower teaches a cross is a horrible murder weapon you need to shun, but Paul says BOAST of the cross for in Christ’s case it symbolizes resurrection victory over death. (Ga 6:14, 1 Cor 1:17-18) The word "stauros" in the original Greek language in the New Testament can mean either cross or stake, but never just mean stake. First century pictures including on ossuaries show crosses not stakes. Forensic research by Dr. F. Zugibe has proved suffocation would be in “minutes” if Christ died on a stake but in “hours” if with arms outstretched on a cross even as Luke 23:44 and Matthew 27:45-46 say it was. The cross is not a mark of “false” Christians as Watchtower says, but of true Christians.

Watchtower points to its Governing Body men as if “the Faithful and Discreet Slave” put over all true Christians and what they have, but the MOST faithful and discreet slave ever of God is Christ himself! 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. Watchtower has wrongly mispredicted and hinted at Armageddon for the Generation alive in 1914, the same for 1975 etc even though Christ says only the Father knows the hour of the end. (Read Matthew 24:36) 2014 is almost here, the 100th anniversary of 1914!

JWs are told if everyone in a group doesn’t believe the same thing, it’s a lack of unity, but Colossians 3:14 says the one true bond of unity is Love, not robotic same beliefs on everything. Christ says he is gentle and his yoke is light (Mt 11:30), but JWs well know being a JW is actually a very heavy, rough yoke. Read Romans 14 and John 8:32 thoughtfully about the great freedom that Christians are supposed to enjoy.

At Luke 17:2 Christ says put the protection of our Little Ones over any man who would abuse them. JWs know Watchtower pushes all JWs deemed “in good standing” (and all includes so-called “repentant” pedophiles) to preach at doors, thus putting them around kids of JWs and the public! When JW elders or others molest kids, the kids’ parents have been told to “wait on Jehovah” (code for shut up) to protect the organization, but Roman 13:1 says to obey the government officials who say to turn pedophiles in.

The Bible shows conversions took place quickly, no long “Bible study” needed; Watchtower ignores that Christ at Luke 10:1-7 says go from a house in one location to a house in another location, to not go "transferring" about, that is going door-after-door. See for yourself in any New World Translation.

As the New World Translation also shows at 1 Samuel 14:31-35, God forgave Saul’s men who ate unBLED meat to stay alive, yet Watchtower orders that JWs and their kids not even take an emergency blood transfusion to stay alive. At Matthew 12:7 Christ says God wants Mercy over Sacrifice.

Christ and Paul at Matthew 6:9, Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, and Galatians 4:6 say to call God “our Father,” not just formal names like Jehovah or Yahweh. Think about this: if you were Mark or Suzie Jones would you call your father Charles Jones, Mr. Jones, or simply lovingly say dad, daddy, father? Calling on God's name to be saved (Ro 10:13) does not mean pronouncing a guessed at formal name as if as a charm or mantra, but it means calling on God as a powerful, caring Person to save us.

John 8:32 says the real truth sets us free. Watchtower has so many rules and is so invasive even of married couples' personal lives that JWs don’t feel “free.” Truthfully to yourself, do you really feel free in the Watchtower? 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says the scriptures themselves teach and guide Christians, not Watchtower. So only the Bible is a perfect Teacher not the Governing Body busybody men of Watchtower.

Watchtower is a corporate business operating as a religious organization that puts its own existence over the happiness and safety of rank-and-file members. Christ says he himself is the Way, Truth and Life at John 6:68 and 14:6. From all this shows do you really think Watchtower gives you the real Truth, actual Life? No, and the sheep know the real Master’s bell.

When people question Watchtower and leave it, it orders JW family and friends to shun them harshly, rigidly, what they call disfellowshipping; but Christ promises those who do leave it will get new and truer friends. (Mt 5:11) Although at 2 Corinthians 2:6 Paul says a "Majority" had cut ties with a serious wrong-doer as he had suggested, the word "majority" means a minority did not do as he had suggested, so it proves they had the Christian freedom to decide who to associate with or not. Paul could "order" Timothy in their relief work, but in Christian matters all sincere Bible-trained Christians then and now have freedom to differ some, not have to be robots.

It’s important to get out of such a high control group mentally, emotionally -- and, prayerfully, also as soon as possible totally! (Re 18:4) You may start fading out slowly now or handle it however you know is best for your own situation. If you have to stay in a while you can use the time to get lots of new names and addresses to mail copies of this to.

The real anointed brothers and sisters of Christ believe in Christian freedom and ask you to help more starting this second. The lives and happiness of the littlest JW kids, the elderly, and others are endangered by the Governing Body misleadership destroying Watchtower. They have squandered members' donations, sending Bethelites of 20 to 40 years away across the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Japan. This does not show they are either wise or faithful, does it.

Even if you feel you must attend Watchtower at least once in a while for the sake of family ties, remember you don't have to donate to it so much of your time, money and energy. If you outright totally quit Watchtower, for example, you may find a satisfactory alternative church as many exJWs have done or else start your own in-the-home house-church as the earliest Christians had (example Ro 16:1), which Ray Franz and many other exJWs also speak of highly.

Christ says where even 2 or 3 Christians are, he is too. (Mt 18:20) Such groups enjoy UNITY by the strongest bond which is love and freedom to differ. (Col 3:14) Agree to disagree. Use the Bible instead of Watchtower magazines. It's easy to form new groups if you want. Hebrews 6:1 gives what it says are the essential beliefs for Christians. Just stay focused on showing genuine Christian love.

Please freely make and share copies of this. Feel free to translate it into other languages too. Watchtower has told you other JWs won't read it, but that's false, most do so long as it comes in the mail or by email. Human nature is curious; told not to read something often makes even more people want to do so.

If you still don't think this works, then mail a whole bunch then sit back and watch what happens. For some change will be slow, for others faster. Knowledge is power but now you have what it takes to fight fire with fire, that is scriptures with scriptures. This is here ready to be copied and sent now. The real truth sets you free and it will set others free! (Jn 8:32)

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