by XPeterX 38 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Questions for JWs:
"Is there a verse in the Bible where Jesus utters the name 'Jehovah'?"
"Is there a verse in the Bible where Jesus utters the name 'Jehovah' in a prayer?"
"Is the 12,000 from each tribe in Rev. 7:4-8 literal or symbolic?"
follow-up question: "If the 12,000 is symbolic, then is the total number 144,000 (12 tribes of 12,000) literal or symbolic?"
I've never gotten good answers for these from JWs.
How could watchtower teach Jesus returned invisibly in 1874 for some 50 years and yet not be a false prophet?
Definition of "soon"? Since wts has been preaching the end is soon for the last 130 years.
What did the Israelites do with all their poop when camping in the wilderness?
They don't know!
i would always have an answer. I think you have to want the truth.
What scriptures do you use to justify Elders meeting, in secret, to judge the guilt, innocence, or repentance of a member of the congregation?
With anything you ask, keep them on topic.
If they try rabbiting on for ages about a closely related subject without actually answering the question you asked, accuse them of trying to trick you and act offended that they should stoop to such tactics with you. Then ask your question again.
Good luck
Chris
Some Questions JW's Can't Answer:
1:) Why did the Apostle Thomas say that Jesus was his God? (John 20:28-29) And why did Jesus bless him for doing so?
2:) If Jehovah is Almighty God, and Jesus is Mighty God, how many Gods do you serve -- One or two?
3:) How did you arrive at the year 1914 for the establishment of Christ's Kingdom and the beginning of the "Last Days"?
4:) Why do you teach that Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 607 BCE when the history books say that it happened in 586 BCE?
5:) Why do you say that Daniel's prophecy of the "Great Tree" has a secondary fulfillment that calculates out to the year 1914, when the angel specifically says that this prophecy was fulfilled in the life of King Nebuchadnezzar?
6:) How do you know that the "Little Flock" and "Other Sheep" don't simply refer to the Jewish disciples and Gentile disciples?
7:) How do you know that only 144,000 Christians will go to heaven?
8:) Why do you say that the number 144,000 is literal, but most other numbers in Revelation are symbolic?
9:) Where does the Bible say that the Great Crowd or the Other Sheep will live forever on a Paradise Earth?
10:) How do we honor Jesus "just as" we honor Jehovah? (John 5:23)
11:) Should Christians sing praises to Jesus? (Revelation Chapter 5)
12:) Who is the Maker of Heaven and Earth? The Father or The Son? (Isaiah 44:24, John 1:3, Hebrews 1:8-10)
More Questions JW's Can't Answer:
1:) If the Bible says "abstain from blood," why is it acceptable for Jehovah's Witnesses to take hemoglobin, and most other fractions of blood?
2:) What did Jesus mean when He said "This generation will not pass away"?
3:) How do you know that the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses represents the "Faithful and Discreet Slave" that Jesus spoke of?
4:) Can you explain how the Governing Body receives "new light" from God?
5:) Is it true that there must be two eye-witnesses to a child being raped before any disciplinary action will be taken by the elders?
6:) Are Christians saved by undeserved kindness and faith alone, or are they required to perform good works and be obedient too?
We are warned in scripture to beware of false prophets. The society claimed to be a prophet in the Watchtower of April 1st, 1972. Can you show me anything the Watchtower predicted that clearly came to pass in the same manner that they described it would?
The Watchtower has published several articles about community guilt which is shared by people withing a group or community for the things done by members of the community. I am concerned about acquiring community bloodguilt since I know of people, and especially children who have died because of the Society's teachings on these topics. I would like to know where to find where the Society had apologized and admitted their mistakes in writing where it can be examined by the public. I would also like to see evidence that proves they made restitution to people who have suffered and been harmed by following their teachings.
A few questions you could ask a JW who comes to call ...
1. If I decide to study with you and get baptised and become a JW, what will happen later if I change my mind and leave?
2. Can you be friends with a person of a different religion? If a close friend of yours, who is a JW, decided they didn't want to be a JW any more and wrote a letter to the elders and said so, would you still be their friend? Would you still talk to them? If not, would that be because you're scared of being expelled yourself?
3. I've heard that the Watchtower says Witnesses who write a letter of resignation from the religion are to be shunned. If the Bible says that Christians should shun people who are wicked, why do Jehovah's Witnesses shun people who simply want to leave their religion? If leaving a religion is so wicked that it warrants being shunned forever by your closest friends, why do JWs want everyone they call on to leave their religion?
4. How does your religion decide its doctrines? How does the Governing Body know what the anointed are thinking? If a person was one of the anointed (therefore of the FDS) and had a new thought about something, maybe decided that what they read in the magazines was incorrect, how does that get passed to the Governing Body, which actually makes the doctrines? Since the FDS is God's channel, does the fact that they had that thought meant that they got it from Jesus? What if 20 anointed had the same view? Or 200? Or 5000? At what point would the Governing Body decide they'd better change the doctrine?
5. If the Jehovah's Witnesses said you didn't have to go witnessing any more and turn in monthly reports, how much witnessing would you do? Would you be here today? If not, doesn't that mean you're only doing it out of fear of being looked down on by your elders?
If a judicial committee makes a decision to expel someone because they're directed by holy spirit, why is there an appeal process? Who is the appeal against -- the holy spirit's decision? If it's possible for the appeal committee to overturn the first decision, doesn't it prove that it's just a decision made by humans, and therefore just as liable to be swayed by emotion, prejudice and ignorance as a judge in a court of law?
