Since 1976 all doctrinal decisions have been made by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses, a group of elders at the. The approach to scripture modeled by the jehovah s witnesses involves group interpretation as opposed to individual study. Add this valuable jw accessories to your jw library. Jehovahs witnesses have appealed against the decision. The witnesses do not in any way claim that the translation. The jehovahs witnesses are intent on denying the full divinity of jesus christ. The ruling, which ended months of litigation suspended since. Russia bans jehovahs witnesses bible as extremist literature. Each of us regularly spends time helping people learn about the bible and gods kingdom. Charles taze russel was not the founder of jehovahs witnesses. The verse is rendered correctly by the new american standard bible as looking for. List of watch tower society publications wikipedia.
They do not allow their members blood transfusions, protect pedofiles, treat women like second class citizens, and expect everyone who is not a jehovahs witness to be murdered in a horrific armageddon. Jws have been medically ignorant their whole history. Jehovahs witnesses regard all christian churches, their teachers, writers, and preachers as part of the evil world system, under the control of satan. Study the bible by topic with the help of these downloadable books and brochures. Jehovahs witnesses, on the other hand, explicitly deny the deity of christ. The story of the struggle between loyalty to god and loyalty to ones religion. Denies that jesus is the christ messiah or denies that he is the son of god.
As their interpretations of the bible evolved, witness publications decreed that saluting national flags is a form of idolatry, which led to a new outbreak of mob violence and government opposition in the united states, canada, germany, and other countries. If meaning resides in the bible alone there would be no need to rely on either gods unfolding revelation or the unique insights of the john class e. Further while, for religious enlightenment jehovahs witnesses study a number of books published by the watchtower society. There are others, however, of special interest to catholics that are less wellknown and rarely discussed. Audio books and signlanguage videos are also available in many languages. Antijehovahs witnesses websites article about anti. I simply did not believe in the bible and god, and by extension any. Jehovahs witness bible, jewish, christian, muslim books. This website is dedicated to exposing the jehovahs witness religion, commonly referred to as the watchtower, watchtower bible and tract society, or the society.
The watchtower bible and tract society of new york has published a variety of tracts, brochures, books, and bible study aids in addition to those. Their best known publications are the magazines, the watchtower and awake. I asked jehovahs witnesses if they believe jesus was a god. Charles taze russell began a bible study group in pittsburg in 1870, which evolved into this strange religious organization. Worldwide membership of jehovahs witnesses reached 1,624 in 5,323 congregations by the time of rutherfords death. Jehovahs witnesses use the standard 66book protestant bible, but usually use their own translation thereof they do reference other translations from time to time, but generally use the new world translation. This little book came about following a bible study with a jehovahs witness couple in prince rupert, british columbia.
You are so antijehovahs witness that there is nothing anybody can say to change your mind about us. Church history biblical history biographical portraits prayer witnessingsoul winning marriage and family creation catholicism islam mormonism jehovahs witness masonryeastern star bible prophecy occult dr. I am studying with jehovahs witnesses, and one thing i read on your website said that the jehovahs witnesses are not allowed to study the bible on their own without watchtower literature. The bible is the foundational text for the worlds largest religion. Russia bans jehovahs witnesses translation of bible. The jehovahs witness movement has been on a yearlong drive to. The watch tower bible and tract society produces a significant amount of printed and electronic literature, primarily for use by jehovahs witnesses. Its fair to say that the nwt is quite, lets say, distinctive in places, and has received a fair amount of criticism.
Choose a language from the language box, and click search to see the publications and formats available in that language. May 25, 2014 education on the mind controlling religious cult posing as the one true religion to ensnare people and escape paying taxes. Awakening of a jehovahs witness and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Introduction in another post, i detailed some of the more egregious theological errors being supported by the the jehovahs witnesses mistranslation of the bible the new world translation, or nwt. Because we witness, or talk, about jehovah god and his kingdom, we are known as jehovahs witnesses. However, the jehovahs witness brothers i study with often encourage me to read and study the bible whenever i get. In addition to their wellknown magazines the watchtower and awake.
Read or listen to on books of the bible, bible story book. Those are issues that should concern all christians. He was not around at all during any of those publication sates 1921 and onward, by the look. Translating the bible a hazardous task and why do jehovahs witnesses have complete unity. The bible is much like a map or so to speak some people cannot read it without taking it the wrong way but that is why jehovahs witnesss have other literatures to. Other jehovahs witness literature has also been declared extremist in 2016 and. Jehovah s witnesses, anti semitism and the third reich. Jehovahs witnesses, christian group originating in the united states at the end of the 19th cent. But this is problematic since it would imply polytheism. In this article i will explore the very significant differences between historical christianity and the jehovahs witnesses beliefs. The beleaguered russian community of jehovahs witnesses says it will fight in court a ban on its version of the bible in the latest blow against the religious group. Every jehovahs witness will tell you that they are christians. What bible do jehovahs witnesses read from answers.
Jehovahs witnesses, antisemitism and the third reich. Thus, jehovahs witnesses maintain that only wbts literature is reliable and can be trusted to interpret the bible correctly. The jehovahs witness version in the new world translation says, in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was a god. Simply click on a link to view or download a publication. We prove with their own official publications that they are based on lies and deception.
Year book of jehovahs witnesses, annually from 1934 to 1939. The publications of jehovahs witnesses are organized into the year that the works were published, and in descending order. And you can see how much the new world translation deviates from kjv, asv, and byington in their own online library. In languages where it is available, though, we especially appreciate the new world translation of the holy scriptures for its use of god s name, for its accuracy, and for its clarity. Christian group originating in the united states at the end of the 19th cent. The antitypical jubilee that would mark gods intervention in earthly affairs would take place probably the fall of. Jehovahs witnesses believe and teach that jesus christ is the.
The beliefs of jehovahs witnesses are based on the bible teachings of charles taze russellfounder of the bible student movementand successive presidents of the watch tower society, joseph franklin rutherford, and nathan homer knorr. The theme of prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, endtime calculations, armageddon, and the witnesses denial of hell are all considered in the a to z of jehovahs witnesses, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 crossreferenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts. Although some books look like duplicates, they are not. Interestingly, the jehovahs witnesses refuse to use the symbol of the cross used in other christian faiths, citing their own biblical translation that christ died on a stake and not on a cross. The kremlin has closed jehovahs witnesses prayer halls and banned the groups translation of the bible as part of a campaign against minority religions. Exposing the jehovahs witnesses cult eternal evangelism. Jan 28, 20 this pin was discovered by donna hawkins. In fact, they claim that jehovahs witnesses have a history almost 6,000 years long, beginning while the first man, adam, was still alive, that adams son abel was the first of an unbroken line of witnesses, and that jesus disciples were all jehovahs witnesses too. Do jehovahs witnesses have their own version of the bible. See more ideas about ex jehovah witness, jehovah and jehovahs witnesses. Jehovahs witnesses new world bible, other jehovahs witness and muslim books, an article on the jewish concept of the holy land, a jewish historical novel claimed to incite hatred of catholics, a book on christian women persecuted for their faith and an atheist slideshow.
The author spent 15 years as a fulltime worker and five years as a circuit overseer with oversight of several congregations of jehovahs witnesses and was imprisoned for following the witness teaching against military service. Why russia is afraid of jehovahs witnesses the conversation. Bad translations of the jehovahs witness bible, the new. The jehovahs witnesses publish their own version, the new world translation of the holy scriptures, and offer it free to interested individuals. There are over eight million jehovahs witnesses in 240 countries worldwide. The watchtower society approaches its biblical translation and interpretation with a clear antitrinitarian bias. New world translation of the holy scriptures by anonymous, the children act by ian mcewan, ellens song by ben kalla. The jehovahs witnesses, who claim more than 170,000 faithful in russia, have come under increasing pressure in recent years, including a ban on distributing literature deemed to violate russias antiextremism laws. The watchtower was first published by charles taze russell, founder of the bible student movement, in 1879, followed by the inception of the. Watchtower books publications of jehovahs witnesses. The main false doctrines taught by the jws henceforth used to abbreviate jehovahs witnesses are as follows.
Many of the changes have involved biblical chronology that had earlier been claimed as beyond question. Russian courts banned the jehovahs witnesses bible as extremist literature thursday, after deeming it not a bible. I remember that first year after id left the jehovahs witness faith. Jehovahs witnesses, antisemitism and the third reich bible. It was from the weekly meetings we had during 1994 that i discovered the extent of anticatholicism behind the watchtowers message. I feel compelled to answer this because i am rather annoyed by the people who chose to use this question as a platform to denigrate jehovahs witnesses. The antichrist is not merely one individual person or entity, for the bible says that there are many antichrists. Permission to distribute on internet granted november 15, 2010. The watch tower bible and tract society produces religious literature primarily for use by. Jehovahs witnesses do have their own bible the new world translation but they also use other bible translations. Yearbook of jehovahs witnesses, annually from 1940 to 2017. History of the jehovahs witnesses cult one may learn the story of the beginning and progress of the jehovahs witness cult by studying its major leaders.
They believe that jesus can be called a deity or a god, but only in the sense that an angel can be thus called. It can be proven, without a doubt, that they are a manmade false religion. The new directive from a jehovahs witness representatives says. Jehovahs witnesses have used many different translations in their study of the bible. The vyborg city court banned the new world translation of the bible after an expert study from moscows center for sociocultural expert studies cses deemed that it was not a bible. They affirm the deity of god the father, and specifically deny the deity of jesus christ. Enter part of the title to see matching publications. By the end, i think you will see that gulf is indeed wide between true, biblical christianity, and the theology taught by the watch tower. They are not happy with the fact that countless jehovahs witnesses have become biblical christians as a result of the book. Reasoning from the scriptures with the jehovahs witnesses. Jehovahs witnesses have received criticism from mainstream christianity, members of the. Can jehovahs witnesses accept medical treatment of plasma.