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Jehovah's
Witness are Really "Watchtowerites."
Jehovah’s Witnesses
faithfully go door-to-door preaching the "Kingdom of God" that is
taught them via the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. They are usually
quite polite and sincere in their efforts of communicating "Jehovah’s Good
News." As always, they carry with them several books and magazines, some of
which are the New World Translation (their Bible which has been altered in
many places), the Awake Magazine, and, of course, the ubiquitous Watchtower
Magazine.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses receive their direction from The Watchtower
Bible and Tract Society headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. This
organization claims to be the channel of communication from God to his
people, that it represents Jesus on earth, and that you cannot find
Scriptural guidance outside of it as an organization. Consider the following
quotes:
- "It should be expected that the Lord
would have a means of communication to his people on the earth, and he
has clearly shown that the magazine called The Watchtower is used for
that purpose." 1939 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, p. 85."
- Make haste to identify the visible
theocratic organization of God that represents his king, Jesus Christ.
It is essential for life. Doing so, be complete in accepting its every
aspect." The Watchtower, October
1, 1967, p. 591.
- "We all need help to understand
the Bible, and we cannot find the Scriptural guidance we need outside
the ‘faithful and discreet slave' organization." The Watchtower, Feb.
15, 1981.
Obviously, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society assumes a great deal,
including being God’s "visible theocratic organization" and the
‘faithful
and discreet slave" teaching true Christian doctrine. The only problem is
that the Watchtower brand of doctrine is not biblical doctrine.
It is heavily filtered doctrine through Watchtower interpretations
combined with selective questions and scripture quotes.
Of course, the Jehovah’s Witnesses will strongly disagree with this
statement. They say that they read and study their Bibles and only use the
Watchtower literature as a guide to understanding God’s word. But it is this
very admission which condemns them because their doctrines are not found in
the Bible. The proof is found, believe it or not, in the Watchtower’s own
writings. Consider this quote from The Watchtower Magazine, August 15, 1981
that says:
- "From time to time, there have arisen
from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those, who, like the original
Satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...They say
that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in
small groups at home. But, strangely, through such ‘Bible reading,' they
have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by
Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." The Watchtower,
August 15, 1981.
Did you get that? If you read the
Bible by itself, you will become a Trinitarian because that is exactly what
the Watchtower is referring to here when it says "apostate doctrines." In
other words, if you read the Bible alone, you will not arrive at Watchtower
doctrines. This is an amazing admission by the Watchtower organization. It
is clear, Jehovah's Witnesses do not get their teachings from the Bible, but from the
Watchtower literature.
Therefore, Jehovah's
Witnesses are Really Watchtowerites
The average Kingdom Hall (Jehovah's
Witness church) has "Book" studies several times a week. It is in these
meetings that the Jehovah's Witness gets new Watchtower publications,
studies with the help of the Watchtower aids, and discusses doctrines in
‘Bible studies." This is how they are indoctrinated. Whether or not a Jehovah's Witness
likes or dislikes what is being taught is not the issue. Rather, the
Jehovah's Witness is supposed to accept and believe what is taught via the
Watchtower Literature and is discouraged from independent thinking. Another
quote:
- "We should eat and digest and
assimilate what is set before us, without shying away from parts of the
food because it may not suit the fancy of our mental taste...We should
meekly go along with the Lord's theocratic organization and wait for
further clarification…" The Watchtower, February 1, 1952, pp. 79-80.
This quote clearly shows that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is the Jehovah's Witness'
teacher and those who follow its teachings are Watchtowerites.
That is, they are students of the Watchtower which is why, basically,
all Jehovah's Witnesses all believe the very same thing. Of course, they will say
that this is unity and not confusion as is found in Christendom’s
denominations. But precise unity in beliefs among a people is a sign not of
freedom, but of control.
Within Christianity’s denominations are the core beliefs that unite
Christians all over the world. We are allowed differences of opinions on
non-essential doctrines (Rom. 14:1-7). Not so with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
They are all taught the same doctrine from the same publications. They each
give identical Watchtower responses to questions and challenges, and all
present the identical claims of "The Kingdom of God," "the Errors of the
Trinity," the "Coming Armageddon," etc. Essentially, if you’ve spoken to one Jehovah's Witness, you’ve spoken to them all.
If you want to learn what the average Jehovah's Witnesses believes, you
don’t read the Bible, you read the Watchtower Magazine. This is because the
Watchtower is the source of their theological beliefs, not the Bible.
If you want to quickly learn what the Watchtower teaches, spend an
hour with any Jehovah's Witness. The
Jehovah's Witness is, quite plainly, a Watchtowerite.
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