Anne Marie, Author at 4Witness.org – Witnesses for… – Page 2 of 2

The rank and file of the Watchtower holds certain core beliefs as basic “truths”; as being “absolute truths.” If you are truly one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, these “truths” are to be believed without question. All over the world, devout members of the Watchtower are united in their absolute certainty that they not only “have the truth,” but that they are “in the truth,” because they believe that the Watchtower Organization is “the truth”; as if their religion is an absolute “truth,” even though their organization’s teachings and “understandings” have been altered, changed, or completely discarded many times over the course of their more than one-hundred-and-twenty-year history; their discarded “truths” often to be brought back later as “recycled truth” and presented to the current rank and file as “New Light.” But are these "truths"? Loyal members of the Watchtower Organization all understand that to remain faithful to the Watchtower…ever respectful, humbly submissive and obedient and loyal without question…is akin to showing humble obedience and loyal faithfulness to Jehovah God, as they believe in an inarguable “fact”: The Watchtower is “GOD’S organization.” Of this “fact” there can be no doubt in the mind of the individual Jehovah’s Witness… It is interesting to note, however, that while loyal members of the Watchtower are united in their core Watchtower beliefs…that they trustingly believe what the Watchtower teaches them to believe…as a whole, they appear to be completely oblivious to the glaring fact that not one of the Watchtower’s peculiar and unorthodox teachings are Scriptural! They cannot prove even one of their core Watchtower beliefs to be actual “truth” using God’s Word. The following is an example of the Watchtower’s “Core Teachings” which are not Biblically sound: The Watchtower is the only “true religion,” approved by God. One must join the Watchtower and believe its teachings, obey their leaders, humbly submit to them, and remain loyal to them in order to have any favor from God. The leaders of the Watchtower are chosen by God and/or Jesus to lead “God’s People” in the way of “truth.” The only way to be right with God is to follow the Watchtower. The only way to know God’s truth is to follow the Watchtower. The only way to have any hope of gaining eternal life is to follow the Watchtower. The Watchtower is “God’s only Channel” to mankind on the earth. Only by following the Watchtower can one gain a “proper understanding” of Biblical Truth; only through the Watchtower's literature and their teachings from the platform can one attain “accurate knowledge” of God’s Word. In order to be “right with God,” one must remain “in good standing” with the Watchtower. The Good News about the Christ is NOT for the rank and file of the Watchtower. The Watchtower teaches that Jesus was only a “creation” of God; that He is God’s first “creation.” They do not believe that He is “begotten of God,” or that He is of the same Divine Essence of God. (Though JWs say they believe Jesus is "begotten," they claim He was "created." Being “begotten” and being “created” is not the same thing.) Followers of the Watchtower do not believe that Jesus is God but that He is a separate, “little god”; a “lesser god” apart from Jehovah God. The Watchtower teaches that Jesus is actually the archangel, Michael, who became the perfect man, Jesus. Jesus is not to be worshipped or prayed to, but “True Christians” are to follow His perfect example of perfect obedience to Jehovah God; thus, “True Christians” are “Christ-like” in their humble efforts to follow Christ’s example of serving Him. God’s Holy Spirit is not “God” but is His “active force” by which He accomplishes His will. The Holy Spirit of God is an impersonal “it.” The Watchtower teaches that there is a “two-fold” system of God’s true followers: a “Little Flock,” and the “Great Crowd.” The “Great Crowd” believe that they are to live forever on the earth. The “Little Flock” is the 144,000 spoken of in Revelation, and only they have “the heavenly hope.” Only members of the Watchtower are “True Christians.” All members of the Christian Faith who are outside of the Watchtower (those who follow Christ and the core teachings of the Christian Faith) are FALSE Christians, led astray by Satan, and all Christian Churches are "dens of the devil." All Watchtower members have been taught that God/Jesus “examined all Christian Religions” and chose the Watchtower to be “God’s only Channel” of pure truth. Watchtower members believe that Christ has already returned, but “invisibly.” Members of the Watchtower must not “think for themselves” in regard to “Biblical Truth,” as this would make them guilty of “independent thinking,” which would then show them to be “rebellious,” “haughty,” and “puffed up with pride,” becoming, then, “just like Satan” who was the first “independent thinker.” Only the Watchtower Organization understands the Bible. Watchtower members must not participate in prayer with anyone other than another Watchtower member, for that one is unknowingly praying to Satan. To leave the Watchtower is to leave Jehovah God. To leave the Watchtower and to refuse to any longer view or to believe that they represent God, and to refuse to “repent” and to come back to the Watchtower, is akin to “a dog who has returned to its vomit,” and that one is “as good as dead.” That one is now "marked for destruction” at God’s hands during His “day of wrath” at Armageddon. Anyone who leaves the fold of the Watchtower to then become an orthodox Christian is an “evil apostate,” now believing and following “lies from Satan.” That one has now shown themselves to be a "mentally diseased," “wicked hater of Jehovah God,” and an “enemy of God.” Members of the Watchtower claim that they “do not serve the Watchtower Organization,” but that they “serve Jehovah” by way of the organization, as this is Jehovah God’s arrangement. Watchtower members do not believe that the Blood of Jesus is “enough.” They do not believe that they can “come to Jesus” for the forgiveness of their sins, or to have eternal life. They believe that they must WORK for the “hope” of their salvation; they do not believe that eternal life is a “free gift.” Watchtower members believe that they are the only ones who have any hope of being spared at Armageddon; everyone else outside the Watchtower Organization is “wicked” and will be “destroyed” by Jehovah God at Armageddon. Only those in “good standing” with the Watchtower have any hope of surviving Armageddon, or of attaining everlasting life. For a Watchtower member to allow a blood transfusion for their spouse or parent or child is to commit a terrible sin against God; it is a breaking of His law, and they could well be disfellowshipped for it, and this would be considered to be the same as “signing their own death warrant.” For a Watchtower member to associate in any way with an ex member (except in cases of serious “Family Business”) is to be “disloyal to Jehovah,” as the ex member who refuses to come back to the Watchtower has shown himself to be an “enemy of God,” “rebellious,” and a “hater of Jehovah.” We only stop at this point because the list of unorthodox beliefs of those loyal to the Watchtower Organization is simply too long… If one is truly interested in what God’s Word teaches, one can easily find God’s truth in His Word, for His Word is truth (John 17:17 NWT). Here are a few thoughts from God’s Word to consider: (All scriptures quoted, except for one, are from the New World Translation) “Do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthling man to whom no salvation belongs.” Psalms 146:3 NWT. “Every saying of God is refined. He is a shield to those taking refuge in Him. Add nothing to His words, that He may not reprove you, and that you may not have to be proved a liar.” Proverbs 30:5-6 NWT. In the book of 2 Peter, Christians are warned to not forget the accurate knowledge of Jesus Christ, “For if these things are not present in anyone, he is blind, shutting his eyes to the light… “No, it was not by following artfully contrived stories that we acquainted you with the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ… “However, there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you…they will exploit you with counterfeit words…Abandoning the straight path, they have been misled.” 2 Peter 1:8-9, 16, 2 Peter 2:1-3, 15 NWT. “While they are promising freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whoever is overcome by another is enslaved by that one.” 2 Peter 2:19 NWT. Regarding Paul’s letters to Christians, Peter comments: “In them, however, some things are hard to understand, which the untaught and unsteady are twisting as they do also the rest of the scriptures… “Be on your guard that you may not be led away with them…and fall from your own steadfastness...but go on growing in the…knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.” 2 Peter 3:16-17 NWT. Jesus has some things to say that we may want to give heed to “Come to Me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for your souls. For my yoke is kindly and My load is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30 NWT. “No man can come to Me unless the Father, who sent Me, draws him…” John 6:44 NWT. “I am the way, the truth and the life…” John 14:6 NWT. “…I am the light of the world. He that follows Me will by no means walk in darkness, but will possess the light of life.” John 8:12 NWT. “…If you remain in My word, you are really my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free…therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will be actually free.” John 8:31-32, 36 NWT. “I am the bread of life…that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die… Unless you eat the flesh...

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