The story of the struggle between loyalty to god and loyalty to ones religion. The author spent 15 years as a fulltime worker and five years as a circuit overseer with oversight of several congregations of jehovahs witnesses and was imprisoned for following the witness teaching against military service. Jan 28, 20 this pin was discovered by donna hawkins. We prove with their own official publications that they are based on lies and deception. Their best known publications are the magazines, the watchtower and awake. I am studying with jehovahs witnesses, and one thing i read on your website said that the jehovahs witnesses are not allowed to study the bible on their own without watchtower literature. The watch tower bible and tract society produces religious literature primarily for use by. The main false doctrines taught by the jws henceforth used to abbreviate jehovahs witnesses are as follows. Church history biblical history biographical portraits prayer witnessingsoul winning marriage and family creation catholicism islam mormonism jehovahs witness masonryeastern star bible prophecy occult dr. Each of us regularly spends time helping people learn about the bible and gods kingdom.
He was not around at all during any of those publication sates 1921 and onward, by the look. Do jehovahs witnesses have their own version of the bible. Jehovahs witnesses believe and teach that jesus christ is the. The bible is much like a map or so to speak some people cannot read it without taking it the wrong way but that is why jehovahs witnesss have other literatures to. Jws have been medically ignorant their whole history. In languages where it is available, though, we especially appreciate the new world translation of the holy scriptures for its use of god s name, for its accuracy, and for its clarity. History of the jehovahs witnesses cult one may learn the story of the beginning and progress of the jehovahs witness cult by studying its major leaders. They believe that jesus can be called a deity or a god, but only in the sense that an angel can be thus called. Those are issues that should concern all christians. Audio books and signlanguage videos are also available in many languages. Introduction in another post, i detailed some of the more egregious theological errors being supported by the the jehovahs witnesses mistranslation of the bible the new world translation, or nwt. Every jehovahs witness will tell you that they are christians.
The jehovahs witness version in the new world translation says, in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was a god. The beleaguered russian community of jehovahs witnesses says it will fight in court a ban on its version of the bible in the latest blow against the religious group. Jehovah s witnesses, anti semitism and the third reich. As their interpretations of the bible evolved, witness publications decreed that saluting national flags is a form of idolatry, which led to a new outbreak of mob violence and government opposition in the united states, canada, germany, and other countries. The publications of jehovahs witnesses are organized into the year that the works were published, and in descending order. The jehovahs witnesses are intent on denying the full divinity of jesus christ. Jehovahs witnesses new world bible, other jehovahs witness and muslim books, an article on the jewish concept of the holy land, a jewish historical novel claimed to incite hatred of catholics, a book on christian women persecuted for their faith and an atheist slideshow. Many of the changes have involved biblical chronology that had earlier been claimed as beyond question. The theme of prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, endtime calculations, armageddon, and the witnesses denial of hell are all considered in the a to z of jehovahs witnesses, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 crossreferenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts. The witnesses do not in any way claim that the translation. Simply click on a link to view or download a publication. Read or listen to on books of the bible, bible story book. In fact, they claim that jehovahs witnesses have a history almost 6,000 years long, beginning while the first man, adam, was still alive, that adams son abel was the first of an unbroken line of witnesses, and that jesus disciples were all jehovahs witnesses too. Russia bans jehovahs witnesses translation of bible.
Interestingly, the jehovahs witnesses refuse to use the symbol of the cross used in other christian faiths, citing their own biblical translation that christ died on a stake and not on a cross. Year book of jehovahs witnesses, annually from 1934 to 1939. In addition to their wellknown magazines the watchtower and awake. They do not allow their members blood transfusions, protect pedofiles, treat women like second class citizens, and expect everyone who is not a jehovahs witness to be murdered in a horrific armageddon. The approach to scripture modeled by the jehovah s witnesses involves group interpretation as opposed to individual study. Awakening of a jehovahs witness and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The watchtower was first published by charles taze russell, founder of the bible student movement, in 1879, followed by the inception of the. Yearbook of jehovahs witnesses, annually from 1940 to 2017. Russian courts banned the jehovahs witnesses bible as extremist literature thursday, after deeming it not a bible. See more ideas about ex jehovah witness, jehovah and jehovahs witnesses. Add this valuable jw accessories to your jw library. Choose a language from the language box, and click search to see the publications and formats available in that language. Denies that jesus is the christ messiah or denies that he is the son of god.
The jehovahs witness movement has been on a yearlong drive to. The kremlin has closed jehovahs witnesses prayer halls and banned the groups translation of the bible as part of a campaign against minority religions. They affirm the deity of god the father, and specifically deny the deity of jesus christ. List of watch tower society publications wikipedia. If meaning resides in the bible alone there would be no need to rely on either gods unfolding revelation or the unique insights of the john class e.
And you can see how much the new world translation deviates from kjv, asv, and byington in their own online library. Jehovahs witnesses, antisemitism and the third reich. The watch tower bible and tract society produces a significant amount of printed and electronic literature, primarily for use by jehovahs witnesses. Since 1976 all doctrinal decisions have been made by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses, a group of elders at the. Can jehovahs witnesses accept medical treatment of plasma. The jehovahs witnesses publish their own version, the new world translation of the holy scriptures, and offer it free to interested individuals. It was from the weekly meetings we had during 1994 that i discovered the extent of anticatholicism behind the watchtowers message. The vyborg city court banned the new world translation of the bible after an expert study from moscows center for sociocultural expert studies cses deemed that it was not a bible. May 25, 2014 education on the mind controlling religious cult posing as the one true religion to ensnare people and escape paying taxes. In this article i will explore the very significant differences between historical christianity and the jehovahs witnesses beliefs. Jehovahs witnesses regard all christian churches, their teachers, writers, and preachers as part of the evil world system, under the control of satan. You are so antijehovahs witness that there is nothing anybody can say to change your mind about us. Jehovahs witnesses have used many different translations in their study of the bible.
However, the jehovahs witness brothers i study with often encourage me to read and study the bible whenever i get. But this is problematic since it would imply polytheism. This little book came about following a bible study with a jehovahs witness couple in prince rupert, british columbia. The antichrist is not merely one individual person or entity, for the bible says that there are many antichrists. Jehovahs witnesses have appealed against the decision. Jehovahs witnesses use the standard 66book protestant bible, but usually use their own translation thereof they do reference other translations from time to time, but generally use the new world translation. The beliefs of jehovahs witnesses are based on the bible teachings of charles taze russellfounder of the bible student movementand successive presidents of the watch tower society, joseph franklin rutherford, and nathan homer knorr. There are over eight million jehovahs witnesses in 240 countries worldwide. Study the bible by topic with the help of these downloadable books and brochures.
Jehovahs witnesses, antisemitism and the third reich bible. The verse is rendered correctly by the new american standard bible as looking for. I simply did not believe in the bible and god, and by extension any. Watchtower books publications of jehovahs witnesses. Thus, jehovahs witnesses maintain that only wbts literature is reliable and can be trusted to interpret the bible correctly. Antijehovahs witnesses websites article about anti. Reasoning from the scriptures with the jehovahs witnesses. They are not happy with the fact that countless jehovahs witnesses have become biblical christians as a result of the book. There are others, however, of special interest to catholics that are less wellknown and rarely discussed.
Jehovahs witness bible, jewish, christian, muslim books. Because we witness, or talk, about jehovah god and his kingdom, we are known as jehovahs witnesses. I feel compelled to answer this because i am rather annoyed by the people who chose to use this question as a platform to denigrate jehovahs witnesses. New world translation of the holy scriptures by anonymous, the children act by ian mcewan, ellens song by ben kalla. Charles taze russell began a bible study group in pittsburg in 1870, which evolved into this strange religious organization. Russia bans jehovahs witnesses bible as extremist literature. Christian group originating in the united states at the end of the 19th cent. The watchtower bible and tract society of new york has published a variety of tracts, brochures, books, and bible study aids in addition to those. Why russia is afraid of jehovahs witnesses the conversation. The jehovahs witnesses, who claim more than 170,000 faithful in russia, have come under increasing pressure in recent years, including a ban on distributing literature deemed to violate russias antiextremism laws.
The ruling, which ended months of litigation suspended since. Exposing the jehovahs witnesses cult eternal evangelism. Enter part of the title to see matching publications. I asked jehovahs witnesses if they believe jesus was a god.
The watchtower society approaches its biblical translation and interpretation with a clear antitrinitarian bias. Jehovahs witnesses, christian group originating in the united states at the end of the 19th cent. Jehovahs witnesses, on the other hand, explicitly deny the deity of christ. Further while, for religious enlightenment jehovahs witnesses study a number of books published by the watchtower society. What bible do jehovahs witnesses read from answers. Although some books look like duplicates, they are not. The bible is the foundational text for the worlds largest religion. Jehovahs witnesses have received criticism from mainstream christianity, members of the. It can be proven, without a doubt, that they are a manmade false religion. Charles taze russel was not the founder of jehovahs witnesses.
Permission to distribute on internet granted november 15, 2010. The new directive from a jehovahs witness representatives says. Worldwide membership of jehovahs witnesses reached 1,624 in 5,323 congregations by the time of rutherfords death. Other jehovahs witness literature has also been declared extremist in 2016 and. Its fair to say that the nwt is quite, lets say, distinctive in places, and has received a fair amount of criticism. Bad translations of the jehovahs witness bible, the new. Translating the bible a hazardous task and why do jehovahs witnesses have complete unity. Jehovahs witnesses do have their own bible the new world translation but they also use other bible translations. I remember that first year after id left the jehovahs witness faith. By the end, i think you will see that gulf is indeed wide between true, biblical christianity, and the theology taught by the watch tower. This website is dedicated to exposing the jehovahs witness religion, commonly referred to as the watchtower, watchtower bible and tract society, or the society.
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