Comprehensive answers to FAQ's about the Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses
“It is in vain that they keep worshipping me, for they teach commands of men as doctrines.” – Matthew 15:9
In light of the above scripture, here we study doctrines taught and enforced by the Organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses to see if they stand the test of the Bible.
Before we get into this topic, it’s important to understand that Jehovah’s Witnesses have two separate “hopes”, forming two classes of Witnesses. The first is the 144,000 who are going to heaven, and the second is the great crowd, who are going to live forever on a paradise Earth. Having said that, Do Jehovah’s Witnesses…
According to an article on the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses, it is a myth that many Jehovah’s Witnesses die each year as a result of refusing blood transfusions, but nothing could be further from the truth. Approximately 594 Jehovah’s Witnesses die each year as a result of not being allowed blood transfusions, based on…
Recently I wrote an article addressing the question “Is disfellowshipping scriptural?“. That article ended up being over 5,000 words! So, I decided to try to boil the topic down into 4 core topics explaining why disfellowshipping is wrong. Why is disfellowshipping wrong? The process of disfellowshipping implies that a person’s salvation is based on a…
When Jehovah’s Witnesses come knocking, they often claim to be Christians, however, they lack one of the fundamental requirements of what it means to be a Christian, to accept Jesus as your mediator. I consider this to be one of the most important differences between Jehovah’s Witnesses and true Christians. Unlike Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t…
The Bible said there were two things that were going to happen. The City/Temple is going to lie in desolation for 70 years – Daniel 9:2 The nations (not just the Jews) are going to serve under the king of Babylon for 70 years – Jeremiah 25:11 Historical evidence proves that both of these prophesies…
In order for Jehovah’s Witnesses to be able to make sense of the 1914 date, the fall of Jerusalem needs to have happened in 607BC. The problem is that all evidence of Jerusalem destruction points to the date 587BC. The Bible also lines up with the date 587BC. But many still ask “Did Jerusalem fall…
The organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses say that disfellowshipping is a form of discipline based on the bible. We need to understand how the scriptures they use would have been applied in the time that they were written. We also have to make sure that they are being used in the right context and that they…
Sure, bad association does spoil useful habits, and the bible does say that we should limit our association with people who blatantly and continuingly practice sin. But some organizations use this principle as a weapon, and this severe form of shunning can be extremely dangerous to a person’s mental health. Many who have been shunned…
Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Christians cannot accept a blood transfusion based on scriptures that explain that we are supposed to abstain from blood. The Bible is clearly referring to the practice of eating blood, a dietary restriction that is widely accepted by all modern-day Christians as well as Jews. Jesus also taught a “principle of…
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