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Answers to questions posed by critics of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Why not Yahweh rather than Jehovah?

(Question #14) What is the correct spelling of God's proper name "Yahweh" or "Jehovah"? If Jehovah's Witnesses maintain that "Yahweh" is more proper, why do they misspell it "Jehovah"? If the name of God is so important, then should you not only pronounce it correctly, but spell it correctly too? Is not spelling more important than pronunciation? __________ Excepting the fact that no one knows for sure [...]

2019-09-30T16:37:57-04:00November 28th, 2014|Categories: Answers|

Jesus above every name

(Question #13) If the name "Jehovah" is so important, then why does Acts 4:12 say, "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name [v10 Jesus Christ] under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved"? Would this not have been the logical place for God to have used the name “YHWH”? __________ The most basic and [...]

2019-09-30T16:38:51-04:00November 27th, 2014|Categories: Answers|

If the name “Jehovah” is so important why isn’t it in the NT?

(Question #12) If the name Jehovah is so important, then why is it never used in the entire Greek New Testament? If men edited out the name of God, “YHWH," when they copied the New Testament, as only the Watchtower organization claims, then how can we have any confidence in any of the New Testament? Should we discard the New Testament or the Watchtower organization as [...]

2019-09-30T16:39:54-04:00November 25th, 2014|Categories: Answers|

Were 1st century Christians Jehovah’s Witnesses?

(Question #11) Why would the name God gave to His people not be "Christians" since Acts 11:26 says, "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch"? Why is the name "Jehovah's Witness" found nowhere in the New Testament, if that is God's divine name for His people under the new covenant? Why would God wait almost 2000 years to suddenly start using the name "Jehovah's Witness". [...]

2019-09-30T16:40:56-04:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Answers|

Why the name Jehovah’s Witnesses?

(Question #10) Why are you called, "Jehovah's Witnesses" and not "Christians"? Since Jehovah's Witnesses appeal to Isa 43:12; 44:8 for scriptural support that they should be called, "Jehovah's Witnesses" then what was the "new name" prophesied in Isa 62:2? Can't be "Jehovah's Witnesses", for God already used it 20 chapters earlier. Could the new name be "Christian" after our savior "Christ"? __________ Jehovah's Witnesses are called [...]

2019-09-30T16:42:40-04:00November 23rd, 2014|Categories: Answers|

How do we know there are vacancies for the 144,000?

(Question #9) How do you know that there were any vacancies, if any, in the 144,000 class if Jesus offered this to first century Christians? How can the organization know the exact number of vacancies today without any records from the first century? __________ This is an easy question for Jehovah's Witnesses to answer. It would appear as if the questioner has merely stumped himself. It is [...]

2019-09-30T16:43:27-04:00November 22nd, 2014|Categories: Answers|

What about the Watchtower’s 1935 date?

  (Question #8) How do you prove from the Bible that 1935 was the year for the selection to heaven stopped due to being filled? What is the difference between a Catholic appealing to "what the organization tells him" about December 25 being the date of Jesus' birthday and a Jw' appealing to "what the organization tells him" about the date 1935? Is it not hypocritical [...]

2019-09-30T16:44:42-04:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: Answers|

Can individuals understand the Bible?

(Question #7) Can individuals read & understand the Bible alone, or do they need an organization and it's publications to do so? __________ Since the time when God made a covenant with Abraham Jehovah's purpose has always been in connection with an organization of people. The nation of Israel accomplished the initial phase and Christ's congregation will be used to bring about the completion. In connection [...]

2019-09-30T16:45:30-04:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: Answers|

Can Jehovah’s Witnesses openly dispute Watchtower doctrine?

(Question #6) Can Jehovah's Witnesses hold and discuss openly with other Jehovah's Witnesses opinions that differ from orthodox Watch Tower doctrine? __________ No. Nor should it be allowed. Aside from prophetic interpretation and matters related to the return of Christ, the doctrines of the Watchtower Society are scripturally sound. It is the truth. Jehovah’s Witnesses who have doubts about the truth should not be allowed to [...]

2019-09-30T16:47:20-04:00November 20th, 2014|Categories: Answers|

The 1914 generation debacle

(Question #5) Since the Organization has received "new light" regarding the 1914 generation, and completely changed their view on this, does this mean that all the former Jehovah's witnesses who were disfellowshipped years ago for the same view the organization is now teaching will automatically be accepted into fellowship again? Were these Ex-Jw's in fact disfellowshipped for truth and knew things that the governing body did [...]

2020-11-16T09:28:31-05:00November 19th, 2014|Categories: 1914, Answers|
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