As I learned from websites and books, I came to a shocking realization.
At first, I knew that there were serious problems with WTS teachings, but
I assumed that it wasn't all that bad. I quickly learned that the teachings
were the opposite of truth, they were the Anti-truth.
If you are lurking, start examining for yourself. Everyone, please feel free to
add to the list of anti-truths.
**JW's teach that their anointed ones are a "Faithful and Discreet Slave" and
have a special knowledge that they are God's chosen ones. Their current
teaching is that anointed ones are nothing special- some men of the anointed
are considered not worthy of being appointed elders in local congregations.
**JW's teach that their Governing Body are Spirit-Directed, mystifying how this
is done. They say Jesus oversees them, they say angels contact them, they indicate
that perhaps the anointed already in heaven are guiding them. All this, and they
say that they are not "inspired" because that would make them false prophets if
they were ever wrong. That's very anti-truth. Worse yet, the reality is that the
Governing Body actually makes their decisions based on a two-thirds majority vote.
That's really Spirit-Directed, huh? Let's roll the dice and see what Jehovah causes
them to do.
**They claim the New World Translation is a scholarly modern translation. In reality,
it's scholar was Fred Franz, and he didn't know that much ancient Greek like he
led others to believe, and knows virtually nothing of Hebrew. The NWT chooses the
most obscure possible definitions or usages of words to bolster their doctrines. It
misleads JW's into believing that all the New Testament insertions of "Jehovah" belong
there, when there is absolutely no proof that his name was ever in any NT scriptures.
**Christianity and the Bible teach that Christ died for everyone on earth and that he is the
way and the truth. He taught that the entire law could be summed up in two commands-
To love God, and to love your neighbors. JW's Governing Body complicate their version
of Christianity with rules about every aspect of life, including: where you should work, how
you should perform works that demonstrate your faith, what music and entertainment is
acceptable, what you should wear, what kind of sex spouses should have, etc. All this for
the rank-and-file JW to follow, then they indicate that Christ Jesus is only a mediator for
the remnant of the anointed.
**JW's say that only they have identified the composite sign of the last days of Matt. chapter 24,
but skip over vs. 4, 5 which say "Look out that nobody misleads you; for many will come on the
basis of my name saying 'I am the Christ.' and will mislead many." Jesus actually used the
"sign" as something that you should not follow to believe one's that say "There he is."
This summer, you will hear how the Governing Body is part of "the Christ." They will mislead.
**JW's teach that you should wait on Jehovah to clear up any matter, but they joined the United
Nations (an organization of Satan according to them) to assist their worldwide recruiting. They
challenge ordinances in court, often appealing to the Supreme Court. Their "donations only"
switch from set prices for literature was to avoid paying taxes, yet they fought in court to avoid
the taxes, then lost, then made this switch. They have settled lawsuits concerning mishandling
of child-abuse cases, rather than face bad publicity. They don't wait on Jehovah to set matters
straight, they only ask rank-and-file to do so.