Forbidding to Marry “However, the inspired word clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired statements and teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, whose conscience is seared as with a branding iron. 3 They forbid marriage… (1 Timothy 4:1-3) […]
Insistence On Being the Final Authority on Everything According to the Watchtower society, Jesus returned invisibly in heaven in 1914 and at that time was given all authority on earth and in heaven. (Matt. 28:18) Shortly thereafter in the year 1919 he made an inspection of all Christians and was pleased with a small group […]
Distrust of Material Not Provided by the Organization The Watchtower society often admonishes its members to encourage persons they meet in their witnessing work that belong to another religion to compare what their church teaches to what the Bible says. They even offer specific literature to help guide them in the process and help them […]
Multiplying Laws and Organizing Them into Books. In the previous article it was shown that the Watchtower society gave five examples that they claim demonstrate that the Catholic Church follows in the pattern of first century Christians that advocated an extremely authoritarian approach to worship. Thus by implication witnesses are given the impression that the […]
In many countries, ethnic minorities who have their rights protected by law often find themselves the object of intolerance. Guaranteeing freedom by law clearly does not get to the roots of intolerance. The fact that intolerance is hidden below the surface does not mean that it does not exist. If at some future time circumstances […]
This is the title of a morning worship talk given by governing body helper Kenneth Flodin. Let’s listen to a clip of that talk: So according to Kenneth Flodin, apostates, by that he means former members of the organization, never try and explain their beliefs using the scriptures but instead only seek to twist the […]
Let no one lead you astray in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction. He stands in opposition and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, […]
Contributed by Vox Ratio. According to Paul, the characteristics of the Man of Lawlessness (herein M-O-L) originate with the Devil and are almost exclusively concerned with lying, deceit, and error. It would seem that it is the Man’s mendacity that allows for his rise to power, and so in a very literal sense then, the […]
“However, brothers, concerning the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you 2 not to be quickly shaken from your reason nor to be alarmed either by an inspired statement or by a spoken message or by a letter appearing to be from us, to the effect that […]
“Let us consider an illustration. Imagine that a teacher is telling his students how to solve a difficult problem. A clever but rebellious student claims that the teacher’s way of solving the problem is wrong. Implying that the teacher is not capable, this rebel insists that he knows a much better way to solve the […]