Another Look at the Jehovah's Witnesses

Chances are, the vast majority of us know about the mission's efforts of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Some of us may have even had Jehovah's Witnesses come by, trying to convert us to their beliefs. I remember a couple summers ago, we had a couple Jehovah's Witnesses come by my home, and I actually didn't realize that they were Jehovah's Witnesses until I recognized the Watchtower logo on one of the magazines they had in their bag. But, I don't think that a lot of us are fully aware of what they believe, and the autocracy that the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society holds over the lives of the members. I encourage you to watch this series of videos if interested.















"Now, actually, concerning false prophecy, we read "And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'—when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him." (Deuteronomy 18:21-22)

A Glimpse at the Theology of Jehovah's Witnesses

Similar to the cartoon that I posted regarding Mormonism, we see the heretical theology of the Jehovah's Witnesses exposed. The group was founded by Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916). Now, besides the theologies mentioned in the cartoon, Jehovah's Witnesses reject the doctrine of the Trinity, argue that while the atonement removed the effects of Adam's sin, the work of the atonement won't be completed until the faithful survivors of Armageddon return to heaven under the rule the Jehovah. They also refuse to be subject to human government, and deny the existence of a hell of eternal conscious torment, and teach that Satan has been anihilated. Perhaps most famously, they believe that Jesus Christ has returned in 1914.

Admittedly, I'm only fleshing this stuff out from Walter Martin's Kingdom of the Cults.