Watchtower Files

I now class myself as an EX Jehovah's Witness. I have not been disfellowshiped or have disassociated myself at this moment in time. ( For the benefit of any non JW's , any JW who has been DF'd or DA'd will not be spoken too by any current JW who follows the Watchtower line)

This has been the case since I discovered early last year that a number of core doctrines that I believed for the last 23 years are wrong!! This precipitated my own "crisis of conscience" and I feel only now that I am beginning to move forward as a Christian in the true sense of the word.

Below is a some of the core issues that I found out to be incorrect. For any who read this, the information is presented honestly and with Christian love. There are certain web sites who present this information in a hostile manner, one can only suppose this may be because such ones have been hurt by their experiences or have another agenda.

  1. The Great Crowd. For a number of years I have been puzzled about Rev 7 and the Society explanation regarding the Great Crowd serving Jehovah from earth.If you read Revelation 7:9 with the Kingdom Interlinear you will see that the Greek word translated "in sight" or "standing before" is also used for the angels in Rev 7:11! Are the angels on earth or in heaven? This is repeated in other verses in revelation. So are the Great Crowd in heaven?? Imagine my surprise when I came across the article that is hyperlinked at the start of this section which talks about this issue an much much more. It appears this info has been around since the 1980's.
  2. The Blood Issue.Well, I was "blown away" by this one. I have worked in medical computing industry and know that blood transfusions are not "risk" free. However it appears that the divine law of Acts 15:28-29 is not a divine law atall but good advice!! Since it is not a law then it is a matter of conscience as to whether one takes blood, not a law to be prosecuted by the Society.To see this you have use the Kingdom Interlinear again. You will notice that in verse 29, there is a Greek word that is translated "(things) sacrificed to idols" as part of the divine "law", basically we are told to keep ourselves free from things sacrified to idols etc. But in 1 Cor 8:1-13 we are told it is OK to eat food sacrificed to idols!!You can see this in verse 4 that the Greek word for "(things) sacrificed to idols" is the same word as in Acts 15:29.Would the bible contradict a divine law? The Society trys to shrug this off in a 1940's Question for Readers as saying it refers to worshipping idols, but as you have seen it is the same greek word as in Acts 15:29.There is no contradiction, it just shows that the statement was advice, up to the conscience of the Christian involved. Read the whole of Chapter 15 and you will see that this advice was to the gentiles so they could get on well with the Jewish Christians ( 15:19-21) A further point; Is the symbol (blood) greater than which it symbolizes (life)?
  3. Jerusalem's Destruction in 607 BCE? It appears that the evidence is that Jerusalem was destroyed in the 580 BCE decade. This knocks the 1914 date clean on the head as not valid!! More info
  4. Early Society History 1870 to 1950. The society has not been honest with us about its early history. 1914 was originally the date of the end of armaggeddon, not the start of Jesus's rule and there are many more strange things. Looking back at the history of the Society made me feel we had been deliberatly mislead about our past.When you look you will see why!
  5. There are many more points and this list will be updated with time.

If the above information is correct ( and believe it to be so ) then some of our core doctrines are wrong and we are in danger not following what Jehovah & Jesus have instructed us about in the Bible. There is also a "domino" effect on other beliefs which we may have and you will need to meditate on the consequences of these effects. What helped me was to read the New Testament from Matthew to Revelation in a number of different translations of the Bible. The translations I found usefull were:-

When I did this, I felt that I was on the way to understanding the Bible as it was meant to be understood. If I can help in any way just let me know at seekit@geocities.com.

Don't be discouraged, the "door" is beginning to open ......

 

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