THE WAR ON ERROR: JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Jehovah’s Witnesses In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 KJV

Jehovah’s Witnesses In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a God. John 1:1 New World Translation

Jehovah’s Witnesses Assets and Influence According to their 2005 report, they have over one million followers in the U.S. and a grand total of 6.6 billion worldwide.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Assets and Influence The printing of literature (Awake, Watch Tower, New World Translation) is very important to them – they own the largest printing press in the world.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Assets and Influence Door-to-door distribution of JW literature is one of the ways they earn salvation. They even keep diaries logging how many hours are spent in such work.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely claimed that Armageddon and Christ’s return would occur in six different years – 1914, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, and They believe they are the 144,000 witnesses of Revelation 7.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses falsely claim that the Watchtower Society is God’s sole channel for communicating His will and truth to people today.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses twist the Scriptures by rewriting their own Bible, The New World Translation. Hebrew and Greek scholars, Christian and non-Christian, universally condemn the NWT.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses deny the deity of Jesus Christ – they teach that Christ was a created being. They say He was Michael, the archangel, prior to incarnation, and the brother of Lucifer.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses teach the false doctrine of soul sleep. They teach that a person remains in an unconscious state until the resurrection.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that salvation is by works. Salvation is not determined by faith in Christ but rather by one’s loyalty to the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs And Teachings Jehovah’s Witnesses maintain peculiar beliefs regarding patriotism, holidays, the military, clubs, and organizations. Their views on blood and marital intimacy are most unusual.

Jehovah’s Witnesses The Bottom Line With their flawed view of Christ; their faith in a salvation by works; and their peculiar devotion to the Watchtower Society, Jehovah’s Witnesses are clearly outside the scope of orthodox Christianity.