Testimony Labels ---------------- I mentioned before that I was producing labels ... I finished. They are printed on clear plastic shipping-labels, 3 inch by 4 inch. There are 12 different ones. They are supposed to be put on the front door and when the JW comes, he has to decide whether to knock or not. If he knocks, he will have to answer the questions. Each label starts with "Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled ..." ----------- Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. The 4/1/94 WT p. 31 says it is wrong to consult a demon or spirit medium even if he speaks the truth (see Mark 3:12; Leviticus 19:31; Acts 16:16- 18). Yet I heard that you claim that God has approved of per- sons that consulted a spirit medium. For example, according to the 2/15/56 WT pp. 110-111 a spirit medium named Greber translated the Bible while under demon influence. As stated in the 4/1/83 WT p. 31 the Watchtower Society published quota- tions from this demonized Bible for 14 years (1962-1976) in order to support their teachings (1) and you are required to be- lieve that God approved of this usage. If you had been a JW during those years would you have offered those publications in your door-to-door ministry? Is it just a coincidence that at John 1:1 Greber's 1937 Bible reads the same as your New World Translation (first published 13 years later in 1950)? 1: Greber was quoted in: 9/15/62 WT p. 554; The Word Who is He? According to John (1962), p. 5; Make Sure of All Things (1965 edition) p. 489; Aid to Bible Understanding (1971) pp. 1134, 1669; 10/15/75 WT p. 640; 4/15/76 WT p. 231. For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. The 6/1/94 WT p. 12 says you should break all ties with any religion that is not politi- cally neutral. But I heard that you are required to believe that God has approved of some that supported World War 1. Is this true? For example, in 1918 & 1919 the Watchtower Society bought war bonds (1), criticized those that wanted to remain neutral towards war (2) and praised the League of Nations (3), yet according to the 3/15/90 Watchtower pp. 10-15 this was the same time that God rewarded the Watchtower Society for be- ing neutral by appointing them as the "faithful slave" and giv- ing them "increased authority" greater than that of the apos- tles. If God did not reject the Watchtower Society for doing these things in 1918 & 1919, then do you say He reject per- sons that do these same things today? Have God's standards changed? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 1:May 15, 1918 WT p. 152 (=reprint p.6257); June 1, 1918 WT p. 168 (= WT reprint page 6268). 2:March 1, 1919 WT p. 67 (= WT reprint page 6395). 3:February 15, 1919 WT p. 51 (= WT reprint page 6389). Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. I heard that if someone from the period of 1918-1919 were still alive today and fol- lowed all the teachings of your religion from back then, includ- ing buying war bonds (1), praising the League of Nations (2), and celebrating Christmas (3), they would be disfellowshipped. Is this true? If these beliefs are unacceptable to God today, then why were they acceptable to God back in 1919 when the Watch- tower Society was appointed as the "faithful slave"? Have God's standards changed? If God rejects everyone with these beliefs today, did God reject the Watchtower Society for these beliefs back in 1919? Did the Watchtower Society really qualify as the "faithful slave" in 1919 as stated in the 3/15/90 Watchtower pp.13-15? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 1:May 15, 1918 WT p. 152 (= WT reprint page 6257); June 1, 1918 WT p. 168 (= WT reprint p. 6268); March 1, 1919 WT p. 67 (= WT reprint p. 6395). 2:February 15, 1919 WT p. 51 (= WT reprint p. 6389). 3:Jehovah s Witnesses Proclaimers of God s Kingdom (1993) p. 200. Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. The 6/1/94 WT p. 12 says you should break all ties with any religious organization that is not neutral towards politics. So would it be wrong to support the League of Nations, which you believe was part of the polit- ical "image of the wild beast" of Revelation 13:14-18? I heard that you believe that God has approved of some that did praise the League of Nations. The February 15, 1919 WT page 51 (= WT reprint p. 6389) said "We cannot but admire the high principles embodied in the proposed League of Nations . . . its purpose, when put into operation, will be to make of all na- tions of earth one great family, working together for the com- mon benefit in all the avenues of national life. Truly this is idealistic, and approximates in a small way that which God has foretold that he will bring about after this great time of trouble." If you had been in the Watchtower Society in 1919 when they said this, would you have broken off all ties with the Watchtower Society? Did Jesus break off ties with the Soci- ety or did he appoint them as the "faithful slave"? (See your book Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand! pages 195, 241-243). For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. Did you know that the Watchtower Society advocated worshiping Jesus until 1953 (Make Sure of All Things, 1953 edition, p.85) but since then any JW that does this is disfellowshipped? Could you show me the scriptures that say worshiping Jesus is a serious sin that requires disfellowshipping? Did you know that according to the current charter of your organization (the same charter mentioned in Reasoning from the Scriptures p. 202), one of the purposes of the Watchtower Society is "for public Christian worship of Al- mighty God and Christ Jesus"? Are you allowed to tell people in your door-to-door ministry that this is your purpose? What do these scriptures in your Greek Kingdom Interlinear show about worshiping Jesus (Greek proskuneo/proskunew)?: Revelation 5:13,14; Matthew 28:9; Hebrews 1:6. According to John 5:23 how much is Jehovah to be honored in comparison to Jesus? Why does the book Revelation Its Grand Climax at Hand! (1988) p.36 (in the box) advocate that "Jehovah is honored by four times"? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. Did you know that the Watchtower Society advocated worshiping Jesus until 1953 (Make Sure of All Things, 1953 edition, p.85) but since then any JW that does this is disfellowshipped? Could you show me the scriptures that say worshiping Jesus is a serious sin that requires disfellowshipping? Suppose a married couple, both loyal JWs, believed in 1953 that they should worship Jesus. Then the hus- band dies. Soon, the Watchtower Society changes and says that Jesus is not to be worshiped. But suppose then the wife disagrees and continues to believe as her husband did that Je- sus is to be worshiped and is disfellowshipped for her view. Then she dies. They both died worshipping Jesus but only one was loyal to the Watchtower Society. When Jesus judges them (John 5:22,23) will they be judged based on their worship of Jesus -and therefore receive the same judgment- or will they be judged based on how much they followed the Watchtower Society? Which issue is more important and decisive (Revela- tion 5:13,14; John 12:32,48; Matthew 23:8)? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. I heard that you are for- bidden to take blood transfusions and believe "Those who re- spect life as a gift from the Creator do not try to sustain life by taking in blood" (How Can Blood Save Your Life?; p.6, 1990). So why is it alright (1) for JWs to transfuse blood Factor VIII for hemophilia which is "made from blood plasma that is pooled from up to 5,000 different donors" (2) but any JW that donates blood to produce this Factor VIII is disfellowshipped3? Suppose a man that had hemophilia was a JW but his parents were not. Why could he accept Factor VIII donated from his parents but if his parents wanted to become JWs they would have to first stop donating their blood? Why could this man accept Factor VIII only from non-JWs rather than from "Jehovah s clean peo ple"? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 1:6/1/90 WT p.31; 6/22/82 Awake! p.25 2:4/22/86 Awake! p.5 3:6/15/78 WT p.30,131 Jehovah' s Witnesses: I am puzzled. Your book You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth on p. 53 says "God has seen to it that his Word has been protected not only from mistakes copy ists made but also from attempts of others to make additions to it . . . his Word would be kept in a pure form for us today. . . . Revelation 22:18,19" But I heard that JWs believe that God has allowed the New Testament to be tampered with, that His most sacred name "Jehovah" (hvhy) was removed and today there is no New Testament Greek manuscript that shows where it originally was. Is this true? So did God allow impor- tant words to be removed or not? Since there is no manuscript evidence proving anything important was removed why does your New World Translation add "Jehovah" 237 times to the New Testament? What does Revelation 22:18 say about adding any words to the book of Revelation? Why does your Bible add "Jehovah" to Revelation 22:5,6? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled, can you help me under- stand how you view this? Your Bible at John 1:1-3 says that Jesus is "a god" who was with God at the time he had a major role in making the universe. But what kind of role was it? Ac cording to Psalm 102:25-27 what role did Jehovah play in mak- ing the universe? According to Hebrews 1:2,10-12 what role did Jesus play in making the universe (see Reasoning from the Scriptures p. 414)? Did they both have the same role? So do these verses say that there was another "God" (Isaiah 9:6; John 20:28) with Jehovah when the universe was made? Then how many Gods made the universe, one or two? What does Isaiah 44:6,24; 45:5,6,18,21 say? Is there any God like Jehovah in heaven or on earth (1 Kings 8:23; Mark 12:29,32)? How much is Jesus like his Father according to Hebrews 1:3? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. If you heard of a church where its members regularly prayed to be worthy to listen to their preacher, would you consider that idolatrous? I would have thought so. But then what do you think of the 9/15/64 WT p. 574 which describes how appreciative JWs, before read- ing their Watchtower magazine, regularly ask God in prayer to make them worthy to read the Watchtower because it is Jeho- vah's message for you today? What do you think of the June 15, 1957 Watchtower page 370 paragraph 7 where it said: "It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the "slave" as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision."? Do you agree with the Watchtower's publica- tion The Nations Shall Know that I am Jehovah - How? (1971) that says on pages 59, 61, & 66 that the Watchtower Society was commissioned in 1919 as Jehovah's mouthpiece and as a prophet to speak in Jehovah's name? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. What do you think of the Watchtower's publication The Nations Shall Know that I am Je- hovah - How? (1971) that says on pages 59, 61, & 66 that the Watchtower Society was commissioned in 1919 as Jehovah's mouthpiece and as a prophet to speak in Jehovah's name? Was the Watchtower Society God's human channel of information in 1918-1922 when they proclaimed that "millions now living will never die" (Revelation Its Grand Climax at Hand!, 1988, p.152)? How many millions from that time period of 1918-1922 are in the Watchtower Society today? If Armageddon were to come today how many millions from 1918-1922 would never have to die? What does Deuteronomy 18:20-22 say about any- one that speaks in Jehovah's name a prophecy that does not come true? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 Jehovah's Witnesses: I am puzzled. According to your publica- tions your organization has "unsealed" Daniel since 1919 and has fulfilled Daniel 12:4,9,10 by making the correct under standing abundant in all the earth (1). So who is the rich and powerful "king of the north" as described in Daniel 11:40,43? The July 1, 1987 Watchtower magazine on page 13 paragraph 13 asked this: "13. (b) Who have fulfilled the roles of the king of the north and the king of the south since the end of the second world war?" How would you answer this today? Did you know that the same magazine on page 25 paragraph 17 said that the true understanding of the book of Daniel was unsealed or opened up in 1919? Does "unseal" mean giving an inaccu- rate explanation that needs to be repeatedly adjusted later or does it mean giving the correct understanding without any need of further corrections? For more information, call 1-800-WHY-1914 1: 11/1/93 WT p. 8,13; 10/1/86 WT p. 4; Our Incoming World Government - God's Kingdom (1977) p. 125 - Jay Hess (j.hess3@genie.geis.com) of the jesus-witnesses list --------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/apl/jw: jwlabel.txt .