Stumper Question for Jehovah's Witnesses, #21 If the Holy Spirit is God's impersonal active force, why does he directly speak and refer to himself as "I" and "me" in Acts 13:2? The question implies that the holy spirit is never spoken of as an impersonal, active force. And that simply is not true. The vast majority of places where the word "spirit" is used it [...]
Stumper Question for Jehovah's Witnesses, #20 To what was Jesus referring to by the term "this temple" in Jn 2:18- 19? See Jn 2:21. Jesus did not explicitly state what he was referring to; however, many years later when his apostle, John, wrote his account of the life and works of Jesus Christ, he explained that Jesus was talking about the temple of his body. The [...]
This article is listed in the Answers category Question 19 of Stumper Questions for Jehovah's Witnesses The NWT translates the Greek word "kyrios" as "Jehovah" more than 25 times in the New Testament (Mt 3:3, Lk 2:9, Jn 1:23, Acts 21:14, Rom 12:19, Col 1:10, 1Thess 5:2, 1Pet 1:25, Rev 4:8, etc.). Why is the word "Jehovah" translated when it does not appear in the Greek [...]
QUESTION: The ninth chapter of Revelation says that the fifth angel blew his trumpet. “And I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth…” How can you justify a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth as being Jesus Christ? How can the expression “star fallen from heaven” apply to Jesus Christ? Who will give the key to the shaft of abyss to him [...]
Well, after three weeks The Watchman's Post has gotten settled into a new home. Had I known how much tedious work was going to be involved with the move I may have just kept the site where it was . But that's the way it is with everything, isn't it? And the work is not done. You might notice many of the articles still do not have graphics [...]
More than 1,000 members of the Jehovah's Witnesses (in Australia) have been identified by the church as perpetrators of child sexual abuse since 1950, but not one was reported to police, an inquiry has heard. The Sydney hearing was told the church adopted a scriptural response to abuse, which it abhorred, and had files relating to 1,006 alleged perpetrators, dating back to 1950. The process required [...]
This episode considers questions, such as: Has the first resurrection begun yet? What will happen to people who are on vital prescription drugs if these become unavailable during the time of chaos? Also, doctrinal question on Michael being Jesus in view of Hebrews 1:5. (See video below) Question as to when they will be saying "peace and security." New programs are produced on a monthly [...]
QUESTION: I wanted to ask you your opinion of this video, particularly where he quoted Ezekiel prophesying the Prince of Russia (Meshech), etc. Do you agree with him? Honestly, I didn't watch the whole video. I couldn’t. I made several earnest attempts, but just couldn’t manage to sit through more than a couple of minutes per session. It is well produced, no question about it. [...]
Back in 2013 I posted an article in the Watchtower Review entitled The Evil Slave, in which I speculated that the Governing Body was preparing Jehovah’s Witnesses for the eventual repudiation of 1914. I could not have been more wrong. It seems that the leadership of the organization have actually doubled-down, as the saying goes; becoming even more entrenched, if that were possible. The March, 2015, [...]
The August, 2015, Watchtower, published an article entitled Keep in Expectation. This post is a brief criticism of it. There is no disputing the fact that the prophets, apostles and Jesus Christ himself, exhorted us to stay awake and in expectation of the execution of God’s judgment. But the question that I urge all to consider is: What should we expect? After all, having wrong expectations [...]
