I basically go with this stance. You could argue that the Tanakh (hebrew bible) and the old testament are two differant books. Moses ect. did not write two bibles and I doubt any god would inspire two, that is why I don't believe in the bible, the whole of christianity is dependant on the hebrew bible or what became the old testament. Without prophecy, jesus becomes another heretic, with prophecy JW's becomes an death wish(more later). There is some scripture where messiah (I think Jeremiah, sorry:)) is in the old testament but, not in the tanakh. They (christianity) just changed it and added to match up with the new testament. When they were picking out what to use in the ''new'' bible, they basically started an new religion at the expense of another. Take some parts that sound like a prophecy, introduce an messiah and take over the world! It does not matter what JW's have done with translation, what matters is what you are translating. Basically jesus did not fulfill the requiremants of the messiah. Just to give you some backstory, there is something called the two messiahs ( think second coming, enthroned, ect), the first would be Jesus ending sin by giving his life for all. The second would be the glorius messiah, killing the wicked, ending death ect. If Jesus was both and ascended the throne in 1914, why has'nt he done anything. Oh yeah, the generation. Well that generation is getting damn old. If you were born in 1914, you would be 93, 10 yrs. old in 1914, 103, 15, 108. They have moved the date up several times, < biggie, see below! No one born in 1890 or so, or earlier is alive. Oh and blood, they are divinely inspired yet can't reach an concensus on blood. Divorce, not allowed, then allowed. Any of these changes are biggies, they lead to this
Deuteronomy 18:20-22.
"But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."
- "You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?' If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him" (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 NIV).
- Long story, short: They claim to be divinely inspired, yet are not. End of story.
Except!:) For the whole bible, I'll save that for later. For now just quit, disassociate yourself and also put in writing not to contact you and anyone contacting you will be subject to criminal harassment charges.