The Jehovah's Witnesses - Way of Life Literature
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They teach that no one can be saved apart from the JWorganization. All other groups of Christians are calledBabylon the Great and it is said that they will bedestroyed at Armageddon. “To receive everlasting life inthe earthly Paradise we must identify that organizationand serve God as part of it” (The Watchtower, Feb. 15,1983, p. 12).The JW organization is not to be criticized. “We will not‘forsake our mother’s teaching’ by immediatelybeginning to criticize and find fault. We will realize thatJehovah knows what is going on in his organization, andif he is willing to permit it, who are we to insist it shouldbe different?” (The Watchtower, May 1, 1957, p. 284).Those who leave the JWs are called apostates. They arecompletely shunned. The JWs do not talk to them or haveanything to do with them. In fact, they are to be hated.Jehovah’s Witnesses do not take blood transfusions,believing this falls under the Bible’s prohibition againsteating blood.Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to give allegiance to anynation’s flag, join the military, run for political office, orvote in elections.20
DoctrinesAbout Jehovah GodAccording to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, there is no Trinity;God’s only name is Jehovah, and He created Jesus.“Never was there a more deceptive doctrine advancedthan that of the trinity. It could have originated only inone mind, and that the mind of Satan theDevil” (Reconciliation, 1928, p. 101).WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHESThe Bible teaches the doctrine of the Trinity: that there isone God revealed in three Persons. Webster’s 1828Dictionary: “The Trinity is the union of three persons(the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in oneGodhead, so that all the three are one God as tosubstance, but three persons as to individuality.”1. The term “trinity” is not in the Bible, but the doctrineis (Mt. 28:19; Jn. 14:16,26; 16:7-15; 2 Co. 13:14; Eph.4:4-6; 1 Jn. 5:7).2. The O.T. teaches that God is one in a plurality.21
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<strong>The</strong>y teach that no one can be saved apart from the JWorganization. All other groups <strong>of</strong> Christians are calledBabylon the Great and it is said that they will bedestroyed at Armageddon. “To receive everlasting life inthe earthly Paradise we must identify that organizationand serve God as part <strong>of</strong> it” (<strong>The</strong> Watchtower, Feb. 15,1983, p. 12).<strong>The</strong> JW organization is not to be criticized. “We will not‘forsake our mother’s teaching’ by immediatelybeginning to criticize and find fault. We will realize thatJehovah knows what is going on in his organization, andif he is willing to permit it, who are we to insist it shouldbe different?” (<strong>The</strong> Watchtower, May 1, 1957, p. 284).Those who leave the JWs are called apostates. <strong>The</strong>y arecompletely shunned. <strong>The</strong> JWs do not talk to them or haveanything to do with them. In fact, they are to be hated.Jehovah’s <strong>Witnesses</strong> do not take blood transfusions,believing this falls under the Bible’s prohibition againsteating blood.Jehovah’s <strong>Witnesses</strong> refuse to give allegiance to anynation’s flag, join the military, run for political <strong>of</strong>fice, orvote in elections.20
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