Getting a full explanation as to why Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions is very complicated. But correspondence between a congregation elder and the Watchtower society helps to reveal some of the reasons and the scriptures they rely on to support those reasons.
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An Apology?
The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses tries to give the impression that they humbly apologize for errors in their biblical understanding. But at the most recent annual meeting in October 2023, governing body member Jeffrey Winder explained that new light comes to them from God. Hence, there is no need for an apology when they […]
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Just Around the Corner!
Would it be loving for a parent to promise his child that a trip to an amusement park was coming soon, knowing that it would not occur in the child’s lifetime? How then could we imagine that God would do such a thing? From the beginning of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1879 […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses like to say that they are in the truth. They even greet each other with expressions such as when did you come into the truth? Or, how long have you been in the truth? Actually, these expressions only replace the word organization with the word truth. But since the teachings of the organization […]
In an attempt to make it appear that apostates are deceitful, Kenneth Flodin in a morning worship talk deceitfully misquotes a Watchtower article.
For decades, the Watchtower organization has interpreted Jesus illustration in Matthew 24:45-47 about a faithful and discreet slave, as a prophecy about a future appointment first of a special group of Christians living since 1919, then as a small group of men serving as a governing body to be his channel of explaining the Bible […]
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Are We Living in the Last Days?
Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught that world conditions prove that Jesus has been ruling in the heavens since 1914. Since that year, an unprecedented period of trouble called the last days began and that soon God’s kingdom will rid the earth of wickedness and suffering. This forms the basis of the message they preach both publicly, […]
According to David Splane, this generation is made up only of anointed Christians. Is this true? Does Jesus say anything about being anointed? This video answers that question along with the question of whether Jesus words have a type-antitype fulfillment.
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This Generation – 1+1=1
This video will demonstrate that time was once again running out for the Watchtower organization and their interpretation of this generation, and seeking to lengthen it, they searched high and low in the Bible in order to find a scripture they could manipulate for this purpose. Exodus 1:6 was the perfect choice because the lives […]
In the previous video on the subject of “This Generation”, we saw an example of how far the Watchtower organization is willing to go in making changes to their doctrines. But why were the changes to their teaching on this generation made? Was it really out of respect for the Bible? Or was there another […]