Do Jehovahs Witnesses ever sit down and wonder why there's so much false prophecy in the history of the Sect?
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Reading the respones,especially from ones like "cynthia"\nreally reinforces my faith.I used to be a catholic and no cared,it didnt matter to anyone.\nWhen I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses,all of a sudden people didnt want to know me anymore.\nThe indifference and dislike for Jehovah's people just reminds me of what Jesus said at Matt.10:22-"You will be objects of hatred on account of my name".Jesus also stated that "if they hate you,they hated me first".\nPaul also warned at 2Tim.3:12 that we should expect to be persecuted.\nSo it comes as no surprise to Jehovah's people,in actual fact we expect it and even more so as the days draw nearer to the conclusion of this system of things
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Sincire bible students recognize that WHENEVER the Almighty executes judgment upon a people, He ALWAYS sends a prophet first to perform a warning work. For example, 2 Peter 2:5 shows that Noah did not just build an ark, but preached what was needed to survive that global flood (2 Peter 2:5 "Noah, a preacher of righteousness").\n\nSo, in that limited sense, Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization are performing a prophet's work of warning mankind how they may survive Armageddon. Around the world, humanity recognizes that Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones most prominently fulfilling Christ's assignment to preach:\n\n(Matthew 28:19) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations\n\nIncidentally, Jehovah's Witnesses do *NOT* teach that they or their publications are infallible or inspired by God. The only direction humans currently have which is infallible is the Holy Scriptures.
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Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses *DO* have the true religion!\n\nhttp://watchtower.org
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Jehovah's Witnesses have at least one point correct from the Bible: Jesus commanded us to preach the gospel to every creature (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15).  They are not the only ones to carry out this command, but they are one of the few groups to do this.\n\nMind you, I disagree with 99% of the rest of what they teach.\n\nPeople (including you, I suppose) might consider it harassment, because we have somehow reached the point as a society where we believe that it's wrong to tell somebody they're wrong.  Nobody I've run across in Yahoo Answers has THAT problem! :)
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Part of the problem is that the JWs are a cult. The link below explains a lot of there theology.
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Because in the last days, men will gather around them teachers who will tell them what their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth of the Almighty God and exchange it for the lie: evolution. Because to read and/or believe any of God's Word means they can no longer live in their sin and rebellion, and because they will be reminded of the inevitable judgement of God\nBecause in reality most are happier to reject the Lord and be without Him. Therefore, unless they repent and are saved, that's exactly what they'll get for all of eternity in the Lake of Fire..\nContrary to what some may say, none of the Bible can be proven to be untrue/false. Actually, the opposite is true. Numerous writings in the Bible have been verified through archaeology and other forms of real science. The biggest, most blatant fulfilled Biblical prophecy is the Nation of Israel and its people, the Jews
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Nostradamus had predictions that has come true so far and as far as the bible goes, No one knows. The bible was man written. How do you know that those men just had to sit down and figure out where we came from and that so they did. And today those words are read by many. But it is still a theory. Not a truth. Some chose to believe it, and some don't.
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I'm a Jehovah's Witness and I get the Mormons every year. They're very friendly and we always have a nice conversation. They tell me a little about their beliefs and I tell them a little about mine. Once in awhile they come at a bad time and that's okay. I just tell them love to chat but...
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Many Christians will say that the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses teaches things contrary to the Bible, thus falling into the category of a "cult." On the other hand, Jehovah's Witnesses call themselves Christians and claim that theirs is the only true Christian religion — meaning Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans, Evangelicals, etc. are all false. So who's telling the truth?\n\nIn the past few months I've done quite a bit of research on Jehovah's Witnesses. I've met with several of their members, read many of their magazines and books, and attended one of their Sunday meetings. Below I'll outline a few of the important things I've learned:\n\n1) Jehovah's Witnesses are governed by a religious organization called the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WBTS), which has its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. The WBTS was founded in the late 1800's by a man named Charles Taze Russell. \n\n2) The WBTS today claims it is a "prophet" of God, and that it is the only organization on earth today by which God works. Additionally, they claim that only through the publications (books and magazines) of the WBTS can a person understand the Bible. They teach that without the organization's help, truth about God, Jesus, and salvation cannot be known (in other words, reading the Bible alone will not lead you to the truth).\n\n3) Important teachings of the WBTS have changed over the years. For example: They once taught that Jesus was crucified on a cross, but today say it was a "torture stake." They once taught that Jesus was NOT an angel, but today say he is Michael the Archangel. \n\n4) Significant events were falsely predicted by Charles Taze Russell. Russell wrote two books that predicted the battle of Armageddon would take place in 1914, that 1914 would mark the end of Christendom, that 1914 would see the end of "earth's present rulership," and that 1914 was the year the body of Christ was to be completely selected and finished. None of it happened.\n\n5) The second president of the WBTS, J.F.Rutherford, wrote a book in 1920 called "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." In it he falsely predicted that Jehovah's Witnesses could "confidently expect" that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, as well as the prophets mentioned in Hebrews Chapter 11, would "visibly" return to earth in 1925. He even built a 10-room house for them in San Diego. No one showed up, and eventually the house was sold.\n\n6) The WBTS publishes it's own version of the Bible, called the New World Translation, which they claim is the most accurate translation ever made. You must understand that the organization will not tell you who were responsible for this translation. In it you will find words added and changed from the original Greek in order to support their doctrines of who God and Jesus are. For example, the NWT translates John 1:1 as saying Jesus was "a god." The word "a" is not in the Greek. In Colossians 1:15-17, the word "other" is inserted four times. Instead of saying "Jesus created all things" as it does in the Greek, the NWT says "Jesus created all OTHER things." They do this to support their teaching that Jesus is not divine, but rather a created being. Greek scholars worldwide say the NWT breaks all the rules.\n\nLike many people, I want to know the truth about who Jesus Christ is. I believe with all my heart that although Jehovah's Witnesses are sincere, and although they appear to have Biblical reasons for what they are being taught by the WBTS, upon closer examination you will find that the organization is in fact a false religion. \n\nI invite you to review some of the links below. Listen to the stories of men and women who once were leaders in the WBTS, but now have left the organization to find Jesus Christ. \n\nMay God bless you as you seek the truth.
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IF the jw's are the spirit directed organization of God as they claim...then why would God need to keep changing His direction for them ? God knows all...sees all....but he must just be messing with them by giving them the wrong message since they need to change their teachings every few years. right ? How else could you explain it ? \n\nHe knows all...its not like he suddenly remembers...(wacking Himself on the forehead) Holy (pun intended) Crap...I told my only true religion the wrong thing 10 years ago...oops...better straighten that out !\n\nThe JW's taught:\n\nThe world will end in 1975....Ooops - still here\n\nThey told all the JW's in a country called Malawi..that they could not apply for a Required Government ID..as a result many JW's were imprisoned and DIED....Oooops...Now the JW's say it is ok to get the ID card.\n\nThey taught absolutely, positively NO Organ Transplants... Ooops - now it is ok.\n\nThey taught absolutely, positively NO blood transfusions... Oooops - Now some types of Blood "Fractions" are okay.\n\nJust think about the number of JW's that died for lack of an ID Card, an organ transplant or a transfusion...but now all are acceptable ! Would God allow people to die because the JW's didn't get the "New Light" ?\n\nSome of the changes made to the Bible by the JW's change the total context of the Scripture ! But it puts it in agreement with their teachings and that is all that matters to them !\n\nI was a JW for 20+ years....They are a Cult !\n\nADDED COMMENT RE; "Uncle" Below ---\n\nThey are not based on holy scriptures...they are based on the JW version of the Bible that they edited to change things to agree with their teachings.  The original JW's (Russell and Rutherford) even believed in the occult, pyramid power and numerology !  Those are the founding fathers of the church ! When I was a member I was told by the local elders that I should not research in my Bible because it would just confude me.  They said that I should read the JW books and magazines and just trust the leaders guidance because they were "annointed" and spirit directed by God.\n\nI say again...THEY ARE A CULT !
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Jehovah's Witnesses are imperfect humans who too make mistakes.And they also realise that there is no sure way of determining exactly when God's judgement will be executed.\nJesus indicated that judgement would take place at an definite time.But in warning to his followers,he said:"Keep awake,for you do not know when the appointed time is".\nJehovah's Witnesses compare world conditions with Bible prophecy and Bible chronology and yes they make mistakes but that does not mean that Jehovah's day of anger will not take place.It will and it will come "as a thief".\nAt least Jehovah's Witnesses are spiritually awake to the times we live in.What other religion is warning its followers to be spiritually sound in mind as the day of judgement approaches?
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Many people have already told you this but I'll say it again. No, Satan did not convince Jesus to throw Himself from the pinnacle. Yes, Satan did try and he still continually tries to misuse or misquote the Bible to get believers and non-believers to do his bidding.\n\nIt is true that someone can read the Bible for revelation and get a false revelation out of it. If you're born-again, the chances are less likely that this will happen, but it still could. So my answer is prayer while reading the Bible for revelation is the best solution to a possible snare. \n\nRemember, if you fall simply get back up and run to God. If you misunderstand something in the Bible, God will make sure you come to understand what He meant. Always remember that if you goofed up, and I know I have, God is still there with open arms and a forgiving heart.
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First of all, to think with all the human intervention, that the Bible should have not only survived, but survived as CLOSE to what Jehovah probably intended is amazing in and of itself. With Jehovah using human secretaries with human, inadvertent errors, and to have said all those years ago that the earth "hung upon nothing at all" and that it was "a circle above which God dwells"; that the destruction of major peoples and cities and the lives of Kings and other leaders could be so well chronicled; that our entire way of keeping record of time changed because of the life of a man foretold in this book...is awe-inspiring to me. People can reject the Bible if they want, but they should at least have th intellectual honesty to admit that at the very LEAST, it is a reliable historical and scientific document!\n\n I am appalled at the people who will dismiss the entire book because of the small discrepencies myself! Or the folks who will down anothers interpretation because they don't agree with it. If God thinks we are doing our utmost to please HIM, do you think he will care how we pronounced a name, or whether or not we got an area of the Bible incorrect on a map?  I sure hope he remembers in the end that, after all, I AM human!! I have a friend who's name I can't pronounce to her liking even after knowing her for nearly 35 years!! My tongue just will not wrap itself around the pronunciation she prefers. Does that make me not her friend? Does that mean she never wants to be around me? Nope!! It simply makes me less learned than I wish I were! I'm thinking God will be as understanding about such mistakes, as long as I have not purposely offended anyone while I was here; murdered anyone, stolen, lied; etc...  But for me to completely reject the entire book because I can't agree on semantics, is not only ignorant, but dangerous spiritually!
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The preaching work is performed because Jesus commanded it, not because it benefits Jehovah's Witnesses personally or as a religion. As a side point, the vast majority of Witnesses hope to enjoy life ON EARTH forever, rather than in heaven.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses understand heaven to refer to the dwelling place of spirit creatures such as Jesus and the angels. They understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which will soon replace all earthly governments).\n(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite\n(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand\n(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him\n\nOver whom will they rule? Over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.\n(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”\n\nHell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.\n(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all\n(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]\n(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire\n\n\nAlmighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling. Each person "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.\n(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]\n(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_02.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
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For one thing, the leaders of the JW church have been false prophets since the church was founded.  They have prophesized that Jesus was returning on this date or that date many times without it coming true.  They finally said that Jesus returned 'spiritually' which ended their predictions.  God tells us to test the spirits and false prophets are not to be listened to.  In addition, the belief of the JW church that Jesus was not ressurected bodily from the dead goes against Scripture and is an essential tenet of the Christian faith.  They do not believe that Jesus was fully God and fully man.  They only believe that Jesus was a man until He was ressurected ad divine spit creature.  Another essential of the Christian faith.  They believe in Annihilationism rather than eternal hell.  They do not believe in the Trinity doctrine but believe that Satan instigated the belief in the Trinity.  Another essential.  There are many, many more issues that come in conflict with Christianity that are too many to mention here.  This is aside from issues like not going to war because human government is not to be followed, not celebrating birthdays because every reference in the Bible that refers to a celebration results in death and things like refusing life saving blood transfusions.  The main things that concern the Christian Church are the essentials, a few of which I have mentioned.  Those, and other things that are in direct conflict with the Bible, are the things that make the JW church unchristian.  Hope this helps.  Blessings.
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It is true that disrespect for God and Christ is becoming too common. However, Jehovah's Witnesses are working to help people to learn about the bible and appreciate the importance of true worship.\n\nA common misconception is that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door because they feel it is their duty to get a householder to "repent" or "change his mind". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!\n\nThat is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.\n\n(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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Why do apostates try to ask stupid questions? Why do apostates act sneaky and try to influence Jehovah's people? Jehovah's Witnesses worship Jehovah God. He alone deserves exclusive devotion. He is a Jealous God. Moses was one who lead the Isrealites out of the wilderness, used by Jehovah--a man. Moses was not perfect and many were criticle of him. Yet, Moses loved Jehovah his God. If you (apostate) lived in the days of Moses, what would have been your fate? Would you have been a complainer in the wilderness? Moses, a man. Moses, the LEADER. It is easy to be critical of a human no matter how much they try to do right. We are all sinners. We will continue to refine the knowledge and truths in the Bible. Did you know that we also celebrated Christmas!!!!! Oh my!. .......Our lives, our every breathe, we give to Jehovah. Right or wrong. We will die for Jehovah. The Bible says that ALL WHO CALL ON MY NAME WILL BE SAVED. \nps. I'm sure this will not be the BEST ANSWER!