.: CHART OF SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE
“It is a serious matter to represent
God and Christ in one way, then find that our understanding
of the major teachings and fundamental doctrines of
the Scriptures was in error, and then after that, to
go back to the very doctrines that, by years
of study, we had thoroughly determined to be in error.
Christians cannot be vacillating— ‘wishy-washy’
— about such fundamental teachings. What
confidence can one put in the sincerity or judgment
of such persons?” —The Watchtower,
May 15, 1976, p. 298
DOCTRINE |
FIRST |
SECOND |
THIRD |
FOURTH |
Will Sodom be resurrected? |
Yes: 1879-1951 |
No: 1952-1964 |
Yes 1965-1988 |
No: 1988 |
Identity of the “Superior authorities” of Romans 13:1 |
Human Government: 1879-1929 |
Jehovah and Jesus Christ: 1929-1962 |
Human Government: 1963-present |
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Identity of the “Faithful and Wise servant” of Matt. 24 |
A class of people: 1879-1897 |
An individual: 1897-1928 |
A class of people: 1929-present |
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Michael the Archangel |
Not Jesus: 1879 |
Is the Pope: 1917 |
Is Jesus: 1920-Present |
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Should Jesus be “worshipped”? |
Yes: 1879-1953 |
No: 1954-present |
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Jesus referred to what when he said “this is my body”? |
The church: 1953-1955 |
His body of flesh: 1956-present |
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Date for the Beginning of Christ’s “invisible” presence |
In 1874: 1879-1929 |
In 1914: 1929-present |
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Jesus died on a cross or a torture stake? |
Cross: 1879-1935 |
Torture stake: 1936-present |
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Are Organ Transplants permissible for Jehovah’s Witnesses |
No cannibalism 1967 – 1979 |
Yes: 1980- present |
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Celebrating Christmas and birthdays |
Yes: 1879-1926 |
No: 1927-present |
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Supporting War and Politics |
Yes: 1879-1935 |
No: 1936-present |
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Great Pyramid in Egypt |
God’s Witness: 1879 –1927 |
Satan’s Bible: 1928– Present |
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Testimony of Fred Franz of the Watchtower Society at a 1954 Trial in Scotland:
- QUESTION: So that what is published as the truth today by the Society may have to be admitted to be wrong in a few years?
ANSWER: We have to wait and see.
QUESTION: And in the meantime the body of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been following error?
ANSWER: They have been following misconstructions on the Scriptures.
QUESTION: Error?
ANSWER: Well. error.”—Douglas Walsh Trial, 1954, p. 114
EPHESIANS 4:14-15: “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, and craftiness in deceitful scheming...”
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