New J.W. tactic

[tzalam2]

A Jehovah's witness woman came to my door today, lying about why she was there.
She caught me off guard, saying she was in the neighborhood, doing a survey, trying to find any deaf people, and did I know anyone in the neighborhood who is deaf.
I replied I have a deaf friend, and then she whips out her Jehovahs witless video, for deaf people, and tells me this is a video for deaf people, done in the ASL.
The video had NO title, so, I still didn't know what it was, but, from the characteristic artwork, I suspected, so, I asked her to clarify her reason for being here, then, and ONLY THEN, did she admit she was a JW.

JUST THOUGHT I'D LET YOU ALL KNOW WHO MIGHT BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR, WITH A SMILE, AND A DECEPTIVE INTRODUCTION.

Well, I kept the video, and the literature, and because I was so angry at being deceived, I stuffed it into the garbage can, tied a knot on the bag, and dumped entire contents into my outdoor trash bins.
Had I not been lied to, I would have politely handed the video back to her.

 

[y not peace?]

J.W. has really confused me. I've read articles on it, but can someone explain to me what they believe in and what their history expresses?

 

[confident_in_Christ]

Jehovah's Witnesses don't accept blood transfusions, instead opting for "bloodless medicine." They also do not believe in the Trinity. Their website, http://www.watchtower.org, explains some of their beliefs. They also have a screwed-up translation of the Bible, called the New World Translation, that adjust things to suit their beliefs.

Here is an article that explains things better than I can. It's from the website of the Institute of Religious Research, an excellent organization with lots of information about other religions.

Jehovah's Witness Organization
Copyright © 2000 Institute for Religious Research. All rights reserved.

The Jehovah's Witness organization claims to be the only true Christian group in the entire world. It says that all other churches, whether Catholic or Protestant, teach error and that anyone who is not a Jehovah's Witness will be destroyed by God. However, the facts show that this group is a deceptive sect. Here are four reasons why they should be avoided.

1. The Jehovah's Witnesses deny the central teachings of the Bible.

The Jehovah's Witness organization denies that Jesus Christ is God. Instead they teach that Jesus Christ is a created angel.

However, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus Christ, the Son, is God. For example, Hebrews 1:8 says, "But about the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever ...'" Many other verses also teach this  John 1:1, 14; 20:26-28; Acts 20:28; Romans 9:5; Hebrews 1:3, 8-9; 2 Peter 1:1.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. Instead they teach that Jesus' body was dissolved into gases. Charles Taze Russell, founder of the organization taught, "The man Jesus is dead, forever dead" (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 5, 1899, p. 454).

However, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus' body was raised back to life: For example, Luke 24:39  "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." See also  John 2:19-21; John 20:26-28; 1 Corinthians 15:6,14.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny the Holy Spirit is God. Instead they teach that the Holy Spirit is a impersonal force, like electricity.

However, the Bible clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit is God: Acts 5:3,4  "Then Peter said, Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit ... You have not lied to men but to God." See also John 14:16-17; 16:13-15; Romans 8:26-27; 2 Corinthians 3:6,17-18; Ephesians 4:30.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny that salvation is God's free gift. Instead they teach that salvation must be earned or merited. To obtain salvation and escape judgement, a person must join and do the works prescribed by the Jehovah's Witness organization

However, the Bible clearly teaches that salvation cannot be earned or merited  it is God’s free gift: Ephesians 2:8-9  "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith  and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God  not by works, so that no one can boast." See also: Romans 4:1-4; Galatians 2:16; Titus 3:5.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny the endless punishment of the wicked. Instead they teach that unrighteous people will be annihilated and cease to exist.

However, the Bible clearly teaches the endless punishment of the wicked: Matthew 25:41, 46  "Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels .... Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." See also: Matthew 18:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9; Revelation 14:10, 11; 20:10, 15.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny that human beings have a spirit that exists after death. Instead they teach that like animals, a person's life ceases to exist at death.

However, the Bible clearly teaches that the human spirit continues a conscious existence after death: 2 Corinthians 5:8  "We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord." See also: Luke 16:19-31; Philippians 1:23-24; Revelation 6:9-11.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that eternal life in God's presence is only for a select few. They claim that only a special group of 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses can be born again and live forever with God in heaven; all other Jehovah's Witnesses stay on earth.

However, the Bible clearly teaches that all those who put their faith in Jesus Christ will have eternal life in the presence of God. The Bible refers to this group as an innumerable multitude: Revelation 7:9, 15  "After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb ... they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple." See also: John 3:15; 5:24;12:26; Ephesians 2:19; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 3:1; 12:22; 2 Peter 1:10,11.

Jehovah's Witnesses deny the Three-in-One nature of God (Trinity) and teach that Satan invented the doctrine of the Trinity. They reject all the scriptures that identify Jesus Christ as God and the Holy Spirit as God.

However, the Bible clearly teaches that the Son and the Holy Spirit, as well as the Father are God (John 1:1; 20:28; 1 John 5:20; Acts 5:3, 4). It also clearly and forcefully teaches that there is only one God (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; etc.). It teaches that the Three are one  a Trinity (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Peter 1:2).

Is it not dangerous to follow an organization that denies the central teachings of the Bible?

2. The Jehovah's Witnesses Tamper with the Bible.

The Jehovah's Witness organization has produced its own bogus version of the Bible. This version is called the New World Translation. It contains deliberate changes to many verses of Scripture. These changes try to hide the fact that Jehovah's Witness teaching is unbiblical and false.

A Comparison of the Bible & the
Deceptive New World Translation

The Holy Bible - The Deceptive New World Translation
John 1:1  "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
This is a clear declaration that Jesus (the Word) is God.

John 1:1  "In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god."
This change was made to support the Jehovah's Witnesses denial that Jesus is God.

Colossians 1:16  "For by him [Jesus] were all things created ... all things were created by him and for him."
This teaches that Jesus is the Creator of all, and is not a created being himself.
Colossians 1:16  "because by means of him all [other] things were created ... All [other] things have been created through him and for him."
The word "other" has been wrongly added to support the Jehovah's Witnesses false teaching that Jesus himself is a created angel.

Hebrews 1:8  "But about the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever."
Note here that God the Father calls Jesus the Son, "God."
Hebrews 1:8  "But with reference to the Son: "God is your throne forever and ever..."
The order of the words has been wrongly changed by the Jehovah's Witness organization to hide the fact that Jesus, (the Son) is called God.


Is it not dangerous to follow an organization that tampers with Holy Scripture?

3. The Jehovah's Witnesses Have a History of Failed Prophecies.

The leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses claim to speak for Jehovah God with prophetic authority but they have made many prophecies that failed to come true. For example, they predicted that Armageddon and the end of the world would come in 1975. To cover up for this failure, most Jehovah's Witnesses today deny they made this prediction even though it is easily proven from their own literature.1

The Jehovah's Witness organization also predicted that the end of the world would come in 1914, 1915, 1918, 1925 and 1942. They predicted that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be resurrected and return to the earth in 1925. They have been wrong every single time.2 The Bible declares that failed prophecy is a mark of a false prophet (Deuteronomy 18:21-22).

Is it not dangerous to follow an organization with a history of failed prophecies?

4. The Jehovah's Witness Organization Uses Its Authority Abusively.

In spite of its many failed prophecies, the Jehovah's Witness organization teaches that it is the only true religion, and that only its members are true Christians. It claims that no one can learn spiritual truth apart from them. It also teaches that there is salvation only in joining their organization and everyone but Jehovah's Witnesses will be destroyed at Armageddon.

The Jehovah's Witnesses organization demands that its members obey and accept, unquestioningly, every command and biblical interpretation given by the organization.

For example, the Jehovah's Witnesses organization prohibits the use of blood transfusions. Individual Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to die or let their children die, rather than break this command, even though the Scriptures nowhere teach that blood transfusions are wrong. Any Jehovah's Witness that disobeys this rule is told he will be destroyed at the coming of Armageddon  the time of final judgment.

In this way the leaders use fear and intimidation to keep members obedient to the organization. The leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses have also used their predictions of the end of the world to put fear into the hearts of their followers.

Is it not dangerous to follow an organization that uses its authority abusively?

 

[D46]

Charles T. Russel, who is the founder of JW, is as big a liar as Joseph Smith of Mormonism fame. They will all have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone for leading people astray just as the Jesuit trained Jim Jones did by murdering 900+ of his followers directly or indirectly. It is dangerous to follow any of these cults as the end result is death....here and after. More dangerous that all this is to fall into the hands of the living God if you are an idolator and a liar.

Hebrews 10:31 (KJV) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Revelation 21:8 (KJV) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

 

[bibleberean]

JW's are in a very clever and deceitful cult...

They don't want to help the deaf they want to aid their founder. Satan.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

I have never heard a JW say that salvation was in Jesus Christ. I have talked to dozens of them....

 

[Nicolaj]

satan is using every trick in the book to try and lead Gods people away, he's so deperate...it's good satan and his followers can't understand scripture, else they'd be dangerous....lol