"Whenanhonestmandi

scover
shehi
smi
staken,ei
therhest
opsbei
nghonestorhest
ops
bei
ngmist
aken".

(
Thi
sconciseart
icl
ewi l
lconsi
derWat
cht
ower
'scl
aimt
obespi
ri
tdi
rect
edi
ncompar
isont
o8of
i
tsf
ewselecteddoctr
ines)

Whyi
sitpr
opert
oscr
uti
nizet
het
eachi
ngsandcl
aim oft
heWat
cht
owerorGB?

Wat
cht
ower
,May1,1958p.
261;

I
sYourRel
i
giont
heRi
ghtOne?

Itisimpor t
ant.
..
thatyou"keept estingwhet heryouar einthefai
th,
"asPauldecl ar
ed.
Keepchecki ngtoseewhet hert het hi
ngsy oubel i
eveareinkeepingwi thGod'sWord.But
thequestionis,Ar eyouwill
ingt oputy ourr el
igi
ont hr
oughsuchat est?Thereisnothi
ng
tofear,becausei fyouhav ether ightreligi
ony oucanonl yber eassuredbythe
examinat
ion.Andi fwhatyoubel ieveisnoti nkeepingwit
ht heBibl
e,t henyoushoul
d
welcomet het r
uth,becauseitleadst ol ightandl if
e."

t
"r
uthal
onecanst
andupt
othegunsofcr
it
ici
sm,
fort
het
rut
hisnotaf
rai
dofanyquest
ions"

"I
tisaseri
ousmatt
ertorepr
esentGodandChristi
noneway,t
henfi
ndthatourunder
standi
ng
ofthemajort
eachi
ngsandfundamental
doctr
inesoft
heScri
ptur
eswasinerror
,andthenaf
ter
that
,togobacktot
heverydoctr
inest
hat,byy
earsofst
udy,
wehad

thoroughlydet
erminedtobei ner
ror.Chr
ist
ianscannotbev
aci
ll
ati
ng-'wishy
-washy'-about
suchf undamentalt
eachings.Whatconfi
dencecanoneputint
hesinceri
tyorjudgmentofsuch
persons?"W765/ 75p.298

NewLi
ght

"Tel
lme"heasked,"howcanIhav econfi
denceinany t
hing?HowcanIbelieveint
heBi bl
e,in
God,orhavefai
th?JusttenyearsagoweCat holi
cshadt heabsol
utet
rut
h, weputall
ourf ai
thi
n
thi
s.Nowt hepopeandourpriestsar
etel
li
ngust hisisnotthewaytobel
ieveanymor e,butwe
aretobel
ieve'
newthings.'
HowdoIknowt he'newt hi
ngs'wil
lbethet
rut
hi nfi
veyears?"
" 
Awake!
1970Apr22p. 8
"
Idugdeeperintotheteachingsofmyf ai
thandalsoconsul
tedwit
hresponsi
bleMormon
Chur
chleaders.Iwastoldthattheanswerstomyquest i
onsinv
olv
edmy ster
iest
hatoneday
woul
dbesol v
edast helightbecamebrighter
."
 Watcht
ower2013Feb1p.9

Accordi
ngtoWatcht
ower,WhenCatholi
csandMor monssaythatt
heli
ghti
sgett
ingbri
ght
er
thi
sisanexampleofthem bei
ngaf
alserel
i
gion.HoweverwhenWatcht
owerdoesitt
hisi
s
becausetheyar
ebei
ngguidedbyJehovah.

HowdoesWat
cht
oweri
tsel
ffar
eont
hescal
esofTr
uth?:

"I
fwewer efoll
owingamanundoubt edlyi
twouldbedifferentwithus;
undoubtedlyonehuman
i
deawoul dcontradi
ctanot herandt hatwhichwaslightoneort woorsixyearsagowoul dbe
regardedasdar knessnow; …Butwi thGodt her
ei snov ari
ablenessnei
thershadowoft ur
ning-
(James1: 17),
 andsoi tiswi t
ht r
uth;anyknowledgeorl i
ghtcomi ngfr
om Godmustbel i
keits
author. 
Anewv i
ewoft ruthnev ercancontradi
ctaformert ruth.
 "
NewLight"neverext
ingui
shes
older"l
ight"butaddstoi t
…"  
Zion'
sWat chTower 
1881 Febpp. 3,
188

Watchtowerhav echangednumeroussignif
icantbel
i
efscomplet
ely,
oftenti
meschangi
ngonly
tor
ev er
ttopreviousbeli
efs.I
nmanyinstancesoldli
ghti
nsteadofaddi
ngt onewli
ghtt
otal
l
y
ext
inguishesit
,itcont
radi
ctsit
sel
f.Thatwhi chwasnewlightmanyyearsagohasnowbecome
dar
kness-ol dli
ght:

"t
heWat chTowerPubl
icati
onsIndexincl
udestheheadi
ng“
Bel
i
efsClar
if
ied,
”whi
chl
i
sts
adjust
mentsinourScr
iptur
alunderst
andingsi
nce1870.
"W1202p.26para12

Throughouti
t'
shi
stor
ytheWat
cht
owerhasal
sopushedaheadmaki
ngnumer
ousf
alse
predi
cti
ons:

"
Jehovah'
sWitnesses,i
ntheireager
nessforJesus'
secondcoming,havesuggesteddatesthat
t
urnedouttobeincorr
ect.Becauseofthi
s,somehavecall
edthem f
alseprophets."Awake!1993
Mar22p.4(Si
ncethebibl
esay snooneknowst hedayorthehourwhyhavet heyinvent
edtheir
owndates?noticehowt heyexcusedthei
rfal
sepr
ophecycl
othi
ngi
twi
thdi
gni
tybybl
ami
ngi
t
ont
heir"eager
ness"forJesuscomi ng)

w975/ 1p.8par .1Ident i

fyingt heRi ghtKi ndofMessenger :"JEHOVAH GOD i sthe
GrandI denti
fi
erofhi st r
uemessenger s.Hei denti
fi
est hem bymaki ngt hemessageshe
deli
verst hr
ought hem comet r
ue.Jehov ahi salsot heGr eatExposeroff alsemessenger
s.
How doesheexposet hem?Hef rust
ratest heirsignsandpr edi
cti
ons.I nt hiswayhe
showst hattheyaresel f
-appointedpr ognost icat
ors,whosemessagesr eall
yspr i
ngf r
om
theirownf al
sereasoning—y es,theirfoolish,fleshlythi
nking!"(Q:I nthel ast130y r
s,what
rel
igiousgrouphashadmor esi gnsandpr edict
ionsfrustratedt hant heWT? )

TheGBJust
if
iesi
t'
schangesi
nbel
i
efst
hisway
:

"TheGoverni
ngBodyi sneit
herinspi
rednori
nfal
l
ible.Ther
efor
e,i
tcanerri
ndoctr
inal
matt
ersor
i
nor gani
zati
onaldi
recti
on..
..
..
.Ofcourse,
Jesusdidnottel
lusthathi
sfai
thf
ulsl
avewoul
d
produceperf
ectspi
rit
ualfood."W1202p.26par a12

TheGBclai
mstobenei
therinspi
rednori
nfal
l
ibl
e,t
hatcl
aimi
sacont
radi
cti
onandi
tdoesn'
t
hol
dwaterf
orv
ari
ousreasons

1.TheGBcl aimst
oreceiv
einstruct
ionfr
om Jehovah-"hol
yspir
ithel
psresponsibl
e
represent
ativ
esof"thef ai
thf
ulanddi scr
eetslave"atworl
dheadquarterstodiscerndeep
trut
hst hatwerenotprevi
ousl
yunder st
ood"(W107/ 15p.23par.
10)
,yettheycl
aim nott
obe
i
nspi r
ed.

Thatcl
aim cont
radi
ctsi
tsel
f.

Anotherwatchtower(W071/ 1p28p11)st ates" What,then,canwededucef r

om t hef act
thatoneoft he24el der
si denti
fiest hegr eatcr owdt oJohn?I tseemst hatr esurrected
onesoft he24-eldersgroupmaybei nvolvedi nthecommuni catingofdi v
inet ruths
today.
"(i
fdivi
netrutharebeingcommuni catedf r
om heav entheGBisdef i
nit
elyinspired,they
discl
aim bei
nginspiredbutwantt her ankandf i
letotreatthei
rwordsasi nspi
red.Theysayt hey
arenotinspir
edyetbyt hei
rwor dst heyimpl yit.theywantt oclai
mt heoffi
ceofi nspirat
ionbut
don'twanttheaccount abi
l
ityofinfall
ibi
lit
ythatcomeswi t
hit.wheni tcomestot histopic,
Watcht
owerspeaksfr
om bothsi
desofthei
rmout
h) Accor
dingt
othei
nsi
ghtoft
hescr
ipt
ures
vol
ume1itdefi
nes'i
nspi
re'
underINSPI
RATIONas:

"Thequali
tyorst
ateofbeingmovedbyorpr
oducedunderthedi
recti
onofaspiri
tfr
om a
superhumansource.Whenthatsour
cei
sJehovah,
theresul
tisapronouncementorwr
it
ings
thataret
rulyt
hewor dofGod"

I
fHolySpi
ri
thel
pstheGBdiscer
ndeept
rut
hst
her
esul
tmustt
her
efor
ebe"
wri
ti
ngst
hatar
e
t
rul
ythewordofGod"-i
nfal
l
ibl
e.

Thequesti
oni
sthi
s,si
ncet
heGBsay
s"i
tcaner
rindoct
ri
nal
mat
ter
sori
nor
gani
zat
ional
di
rect
ion"
,

I
nwhatwaydoesJehov
ah'
sHol
ySpiri
tdi
rectt
heWatcht
owerSoci
ety?Whatinfl
uencedoesi
t
hav
eonit
'sdoct
ri
ne?Doesi
tDi
rectt
heGBal l
thet
imetheymakeoff
ici
aldoctr
ines?

I
nt otalcontr
adicti
on,theGoverni
ngBodysay sHol ySpi r
itdoesnotdi r
ecttheOrganizati
ont
o
have inf
all
ibl
e i
nterpr
etati
onofScri
pture.Thisst atementi sbl
asphemous! .Itcl
aimst hat
accuracyisnol ongernecessar
yforGod, event houghi twasi nBibleti
mes.IfTruthcanmorph
i
nanongoi ngmanner ,whytheimportanceoff ollowingthesel eadersandnottheleadersof
anothersimil
arlyunguidedOrgani
zati
on?

Wat
cht
owerpubl
i
cat
ionscl
ear
lyst
atet
hatJehov
ahdi
rect
ed:

I
mper
fectpeopl
etoi
nfal
l
ibl
ywr
it
etheBi
ble

Hedi
rect
ed

Thefi
rstcent
uryApost
lest
omakei
nfal
l
ibl
egui
del
i
neswhendi
rect
ingt
heear
lyChr
ist
ian
congr
egati
ons

Butwheni
tcomest
oourt
imeHedi
rect
s

TheGov erningBodyt opr ovi

detheWat chtowerinourday-butt histimeGod' sOrgani
zationis
beinggui dedwi tht heinclusi
onofmi stakes,Watchtowerchangesi ncludenumerousf al
sedat es,
signif
icantdoct ri
neandt hepromot i
onofpagansy mbol sandt eachings.Doublestandardrules
onshunni ng,medi caladv i
ceandeducat ionhavebeenadv ersel
ylif
echangi ng,ev
enl i
fe
threatening.Falsehooddoesnotor i
ginatefr
om Jehov ah.Doct r
inalmeander i
ngcannotbe
j
ust i
fi
edasnewl ight;ratheri
tisproofthatGoddoesnotdi recttheWat cht
owerSociety.Eit
her
theHol ySpi ri
tdir
ect stheGBAl lthetimeornoneoft hetime.
2.Whenwecompar ethedi r
ecti
ongi v
entot hefi
rstcenturyGBandt heonegi vent odayt he
wat chtowert ri
estojusti
fyit'
serrorsbysayingthattheapostlesmademi stakes, "
likef i
rst-
cent uryservantsofGod, they(
JwGB)al sohadsomewr ongexpect ati
ons"(W9010/ 15p. 10
par15) ,Butthisisafalseanalogyorcompar i
son,becausewhi l
eitistruethatthef i
rstcentury
discipleshadsomewr ong"expectati
ons"theydidnotgoaboutpr eachingtoot herst hat
Jehov aht hroughhisspiri
thadr eveal
edtheseexpect at
ionstothem,t heykeptt heir
expect ati
onst othemselves,theyalsodidnoterrindoctrinal
mat terswhent eachi ngt he
congr egations.Howev ertheGBt odaydidn'
tjusthavefalseexpect ati
onsandt eachi ngs, t
hey
cl
aimt hatGodr evealedittothem.

Yesimper f
ectpeopl
emakemi st
akes,howeverwheni
nterpr
eti
ngscri
ptur
edoesimper
fect
ion
overr
idethepowerofthehol
yspiri
tandobscurei
tstr
uth?Isi
mperfect
ionmorepower
fult
han
holyspi
ri
t?

Atwhatpoi
nti
nli
fewi
l
lyoubespi
ri
tledwheny
oumakemi
stakesal
lthet
ime?

Whatpercent
ageoftheApostl
eswrit
ingsorlet
ter
sintheBibl
earewrong?-Zer
opercent
."What
per
centageofWatchtowerst
atement
shasbeenwr ong?"Thedif
fer
enceIscl
earbei
ngthatthe
Apost
lesweredi
rectedbyGod,theGoverni
ngBodyisnot.

Si
ncetheWatchtowerGov
erni
ngBodyi
sunli
ket
heApostl
esandnotdi r
ectedbyGodwhen
ar
ri
vi
ngatdoctri
ne,t
heyshoul
dnotbef
oll
owedbl
indl
y,wi
thoutquest
ion.

Thef
ail
eddat
epr
edi
cti
onsandongoi
ngpr
ophet
icchangespr
esentuswi
thoneoft
woopt
ions:

One:
Thei
nfor
mat
ioni
ntheWat
cht
oweri
sfr
om Jehov
ah,
inwhi
chcasehehasbeenmi
sleadi
ng
us

Or

Two:
Jehov
ahi
snotbehi
ndwhatt
he"
Gov
erni
ngBody
"pr
esent
sint
heWat
cht
owerpubl
i
cat
ions

3.
DoesJehov
ah'
sdi
rect
ioni
ncl
udef
alsehoods?

Watchtowerclai
mst hat"
ofcourseJesusdidnott
ell
ust
hathi
sfai
thf
ulsl
avewoul
dpr
oduce
per
fectspi
rit
ualfood."
 Watcht
ower 
2017 Febp.
26

"Ofcourse"
?Thistermisincl
udedi
nthesent
encet
osubtlyinf
luencethereader,
yetcomeswit
h
nologicalj
ust
if
icat
ion.I
fJehovahi
sperf
ect,
andheinspi
redBibl
ewr i
ter
st oprovi
detheBi
blet
o
beper f
ectandinfal
li
ble,f
orwhatpossi
blereasonwouldhedi r
ecthi
sorganisat
ioninourti
met o
i
ncludef al
sehoods?IftheWatcht
owerGoverningBodyproclai
mt obepartofthefait
hful
slav
e,
thenitshouldbeheldtothesamestandardast hesl
avei
nt hefir
stcent
ury.

TheGBcl aimt hatJesuswoul dnotprovide"per fectspiri

tualfood"throught hewat chtower ,i
n
otherwor dswhatJesuspr ovidesnowisi mper fectspiri
tual f
ood.Whati sthedi fference
bet ween" imper fectspir
itualfood"and" fal
ser eligiousteachings"?Theonl ydif f
erencei s
whet herWat chtowerisappl yi
ngt heter
mt ot heirownf al
set eachings,ort hef alset eachingsof
otherr eli
gions.WhenWat chtowermakesdoct rinal er
rorstheytel lt
hecongr egat i
onasa
disclaimer" ofcour seJesusdi dnottellushisf aithfulsl
av ewillproduceper fectspi r
itualfood",
howev erwhenot herr
eli
gionsmakedoct ri
naler rorstheyar equickt ol
abel t
hem asf alse
teachi ngs,teachingofdemonset c.Forthesakeofar gumentev enthoughJesuspr omi sedhis
faithfulslavewoul dnotpr oduceper f
ectspiri
tual f
oodwhataboutaccur atespi r
itual food?The
apost lesbackt hendidtheypr oduceperfectspi ri
tualfood?Di ditstopt hem f rom di spensing
accur atespi r
it
ual f
ood?Di dtheymakef al
sepr edi cti
onsorgi vedoct r
inesonl yt or eturnyears
l
at ertochangesuchbel ief scauseofnewl i
ght ?

Ift
hefai
thf
ulsl
aveunderthedi
rect
ionofhol
yspir
itnei
therproducesper
fectoraccur
ate
spi
rit
ual
foodthenwhat'
stheneedofbeingdi
rect
edbyhol yspir
it
?

Thet r
uthisthatJehov ahhasal waysbeenabl etoprovi
deinfall
ibleinformat ion,ev enthoughthe
humansusedwer efall
ibl
e.WhenHol ySpiri
tdirect
edJehov ah'
sf oll
ower s,ther ecor ded
stat
ement shav ealway sbeenaccurate.Thereisnoroom forerroneoust eachingsi fan
Organizati
onmakest heclaim Jehovahdir
ectsitandisGod' sonlytruepat ht otr ut
hand
salvat
ion.HolySpiri
tdoesnotdi rectanOrganizati
ontomakedoct r
inalerrororgi v
emi staken
organizat
ionaldir
ection,i
fitdoeshowwoul dthataff
ecttheimageofJehov aht hesour ceof
tr
uth?

Er
ror
smakei
tappar entHol
ySpir
itdoesnotgui
deWatcht
owerdoct
ri
neanymoresothani
thas
i
nanyot
herr
eli
gion.Keepthi
sinmi ndwhendel
vingi
ntot
hereal
i
tyofWatcht
owert
rut
h.

ThoughtheBibl
ewri
ter
swerenotinf
all
ibl
ethemsel
vest
heywer
edi
rect
edbyhol
yspi
ri
t,so
ever
ythi
ngtheywrot
eintheBi
blewasinfal
li
ble

FortheGov
erningBodytosaythattheHolySpir
itsimi
larl
ygui
destheiri
nter
pret
ati
onsandyet
theymakemistakesmustborderonblasphemy.Whent heHol
ySpiri
tdirect
saperson,
theydo
notgeti
twrong;other
wise,
whatwast hepointoftheHolySpi
ri
t'
sdirect
ion?
Onemustal
sowonder
,ifJehov
ahwantshi
sorgani
sat
iontobecleani
ncompar
isont
oal
lot
her
s,
whyhewait
edsol
ongtor ev
eali
mpor
tantl
i
fechangi
ngt r
uths.
 

Mostimpor tantly,i
fonlytheGov er
ningBodyf or mthe Fai
thf
ulandDi scr
eetSlave,whywai t
unti
l
 2012 tor evealthi
st r
uthtot hem ?Pri
ort o 2012,i
twasst at
edt hatJehovahhaddi spensed
tr
uththrought heSl aveclasssinceJesust ime, whichwascompr isedoft heenti
regroup
of 
144,000.Sincet hen,itwasonl ytheGov erningBodyaf t
ertheyear 1919.Surel
yJehov ahcould
havecorrectlyrevealedhissour ceoftrut
handl ightassoonasitwasmani festi
n 1919instead
ofall
owinghi sser vantstomisleadt hefl
ock, blaspheminghisgl
or i
ousname.

WhenKi ngDavi
dexpr essedhisdesir
etobuildJehov ah'
stemple,Jehovah'
sprophet"Nathan
repli
edt otheki
ng: “
Goanddowhat everi
siny ourheart,
forJehovahiswi t
hyou.
”* Onthatvery
night*,thewordofJehov ahcamet oNathan"andt oldNathanthatwasn'tJehovah's
i
nt enti
on.(
2Sam 7:3-17)Nathanhadpresumpt uouslyspokeninJehovah'snamehowev er
Jehov ahdidnotall
owhi sprophettomisl
eadt heking.Jehovahdidnotwai tf
oryearsbefore
i
nt erv
ening,"Onthatv er
ynight
"Godcor r
ectedNat han.

Accordingtot heBibl
e,t het rueconceptofl i
ghtbecomingbr i
ghterimpli
esthatprevious
doctri
newascor rect
,buti ncompl ete.However,t
heWat chtowerSocietyhaspromot edmany
si
gnifi
cantdoct ri
nest hatwer elaterdiscar
dedasi ncor
rect
.Ot hershavechangedbackandf or
th,
evenrev er
ti
ngt otheiroriginalposit
ion,ineachcasecontradicti
ngaf or
mertruth.Ist hel
ight
gett
ingbr i
ghter,dimmerordar ker?

I
thasr
egul
arl
ybeent
hecaset
hatWat
cht
owerdoct
ri
nei
snoti
l
lumi
nat
edbutecl
i
psed.

Asmuchast hewatchtowerjusti
fi
esitselfusi
ngambiguityl
ike"bel
iefscl ar
ifi
ed",
thesewer enot
clari
fications-thesewerewr ongteachings.Howmanywr ongteachingsdi dGodal l
owt o
becomepar toftheBi
blecanon?Nowcompar et
hatwit
hhowmanywr ongt eachi
ngsare
cont ainedwi t
hintheWatchtowerov erlessthen 
150 
years.Ongoingrev ersalofdoctr
inecan
onlyi ndicateGodisnotinvolvedinthesesocal l
ednewflashesoflightt hatlat
ertur
noutt obe
falsehoodsandOl dli
ght

InJohn16:12-15JesussaidthattheHolySpiri
twill
guidehisdiscipl
esintoalltr
uth.Sincet
he
GBareoffi
cial
l
y'notinspi
red'astheysaybutyetclai
mt ostil
lbe' gui
ded'byJesusandt heHoly
Spi
ri
tthenhoworwhywoul dJesusort hetheholySpir
it'
guide'them towardsfal
sehoodsor
'
err
orsindoctr
inalmatter
s,youcan'teatyourcakeandhav eit,
it'
seitheryou'
redirect
edbyholy
spi
ri
tornot.
Despitet hefactthatt heyhav emadesomucher r
orsi nt hepast ,theypl ainl
ytaket heposi ti
on
thattheyar ebey ondcor rectionori nstr
uctionbyany oneot herthanGodandChr i
st,"Jehov ah
andChr istdirectandcor r
ectt hesl aveasneeded, notweasi ndivi
dual s"(AstheFebr uar y1,
1952,Wat chtower ,pages79, par 11)Despi tet
hefactt hatt heyclaim nott obeinspi redand
i
nfall
ible,andev en" errindoct rinalmattersandorgani zat i
onaldirection"theyexpectust ot ake
thei
runi nspir
edf all
ibl
eopi nionsunquest i
onablyasr ev ealedtruthsfrom Godandt heyexpect
compl eteobedi encet o"directiont hatwer ecei
vefrom Jehov ah’sorgani zati
on"event houghi t
"maynotappearpr acticalfrom ahumanst andpoi
nt .Allofusmustber eadytoobeyany
i
nstructionswemayr ecei v
e, whet hertheseappearsoundf rom ast rategicorhumanst andpoint
ornot (
w1311/ 15p20par17) .

Bl
indobedi
enceiswhatt
hewatchtowerr
equi
resofi
tsadher
ent
sandbl
i
ndobedi
encei
swhat
i
ndoctr
inat
ionandpr
opagandapr
oduces.

g006/
22p.9DoNotBeaVi
cti
m ofPr
opaganda!

"THEREi sadi fference—abi gdi f

ference—bet weeneducat i
onandpr opaganda.Educat i
on
showsy ouhowt ot hink.Propagandat ell
sy ouwhatt othi
nk.Goodeducat orspr esentall
sidesofani ssueandencour agediscussion.Pr opagandist
sr el
entl
esslyforcey out ohear
theirview anddi scour agediscussion.Of tent heirrealmoti
vesar enotappar ent.Theysi ft
thef acts,exploit
ingt heusef ulonesandconceal i
ngt heothers.Theyalsodi stortand
twistfact s,speciali
zingi nliesandhal f-
truths.Youremot i
ons,noty ourlogical t
hinki
ng
abili
ti
es,ar etheirtarget .Thepr opagandistmakessur ethathismessageappear st obe
ther i
ghtandmor aloneandt hatitgivesyouasenseofi mpor t
anceandbel ongingi f
youf ollow it
.Youar eoneoft hesmar tones,y ouar enotal one,youarecomf ort
ableand
secure—sot heysay ."

I
fy ouwanttograspadi f
fi
cultdoctri
neorcontradicti
onoft hewat chtower,t
heGBt el
lsyouto
prayforunder
standi
ngasi fGodwoul dappeart oyouinadr eam andr eveal
theinformati
on.
AndsinceJwsbel i
evenott oexpectdiv
inerevelat
ionordi v
ineinspirati
on,whypr ayforJehov
ah
toenli
ghtenyouwithholyspiri
t?Howcoul dheanswert hepr ay
erwi t
houtdivinecommuni cat
ion
andinter
venti
ontherebyviol
ati
ngy ourbel
iefsinmi r
acles?

Anot
heri
stowai
tonJehov
ah?

Thisisunr eali
sti
cf orvari
ousreasons.Iti
sanotherwayofsay i
ngstopaskingquesti
onsand
obeywi thoutcompl ai
n.IfaBi
blestudentweretoapproachhispri
estshowinghimt hevar
ious
err
or sintheirteachingsandthepriestsayswaitonGodwi l
lthewit
nessencouraget hest
udent
towai tonGod?Woul dtheynotpersuadethestudentt
oleaveimmedi at
ely
?WhenWat cht
ower
don'thav eananswert oaquestiontheydread,sayi
ngwaitonJehov ahisj
ustanotherwayof
Christendom say i
ngGodi samy st
ery.
Ifprov
enthatGodacti
vel
ydirect
stheGover
ningBodywi t
houter
rors,
thentheyshouldbe
foll
owed,
butiftheyar
esi
mpl yBibl
est
udentsli
keothersi
ncerebutmisgui
dedreli
gionst
hen
eachwordshouldnotbetakenasgospel
.

TheGov
erni
ngBodycl
aims:
 

 
  
tobedi
rect
edbyGod'
sSpi
ri
t 

 
  
  
 but
 

 
  
notbei
nspi
red 

Bydef
ini
ti
ont
hisi
simpossi
ble.
 

TheGov
erni
ngBodycl
aims:
 

 
  
i
tmakesmi
stakes 

 
  
  
 but
 

 
  
i
tmustnotbequest
ioned 

Todosoi
sil
l
ogi
cal
 

Thi
sist
heequi
val
entofsay
ing"
fol
l
owuswi
thoutquest
ion,
evenwhenwear
ewr
ong.
" 

Thi
sisl
i
kesay
ing"
squar
eci
rcl
e"bot
hofwhi
chcannotexi
stt
oget
her
--
iti
sei
thersquar
eorci
rcl
e.

Si
mil
arl
y,ei
thert
heorganizat
ioncaner
rwhi
chmeansi
tisnotGod-
dir
ect
ed,
ori
tcannoter
r
whi
chmeansi ti
sGod-di
rected.
I
tcannotbeaGod-
dir
ect
edor
gani
zat
iont
hatcaner
r!

Numer ousdoctr
inal
changespromotedastruthwerelateradmitt
edaswr ong.Manycannotbe
dismissedas"br
ight
erli
ght"astheywer
esignifi
cantdoctri
nesthatwerewrongandcompl etel
y
repl
aced.ThoughJehovah'
sWi t
nessesdi
smi ssthi
s,doctri
nalchangesdomat t
eri
fareli
gion
clai
msdi r
ect
ionbyJehovah.Theydomat t
erwhenar eli
giondemandsunquest i
oni
ngobedi ence.

Constantchangesi
ndoct
ri
neandf
ail
edpr
edi
cti
onsar
ecl
eari
ndi
cat
iont
hatJehov
ahdoesnot
di
rectWatchtower.

WiththefalsehoodtheGBproducesundert hesocalleddir
ecti
onofholyspi
ri
tonenowcoul d
conveni
entlydoubtthei
rstat
usasanoi ntedbyGod.IftheHolySpi
ri
tcanmaket heGB100%
cert
aintheyhav et
heheavenlyhope,iftheHolySpiri
tdir
ectsJwstolocat
esheeplikeones"at
j
usttherighttime"
,whydoest hesamehol yspir
itf
ailtocommunicat
eJehovah'str
uthsclear
ly
totheGB?I stheHolySpir
itt
heproblem oristheGBt heprobl
em?

Wemaynott elluntrut
hsinhisname, f
orthatputsGodi nthel i
ghtofal i
ar.
"LetGodbef ound
tr
ue,thoughev erymanbef oundal i
ar.
"(Rom.3:4,NW)I nJer emiah'
sdayt hefalseprophets
prophesi
edliesinJehov ah'
snameandl i
edagainsthispurpose, f
oret
elli
nginhisnamewhathe
hadnotf or
etold.Therefor
eJehovahwasagai nstthem. Heexecut edjudgmentagai nstt
hem at
Jerusal
em'sdest ructi
onin 
607 B.
C.(Jer.23:
25;27:15) 
Rel
igiousliar
slikethem todaycannot
escapeal i
kejudgmentbutwi ll
meetal ikeendatAr mageddon.- -
W19562/ 1p. 88

-
 Rev
iewofSomeSpi
ri
t-Di
rect
edDoct
ri
nesandDi
rect
ions

Keytot
hispagei
stheconceptt
hatGoddoesnotdi
rectWat
cht
owerdoct
ri
nal
int
erpr
etat
ion,
as
prov
enbytheongoi
ngchangestoWatcht
owerdoct
ri
ne.

AWitnesswi
ll
ret
ortt
hatt
heBiblepr
ophesi
ed"LightGetsBri
ght
er"andsochangesar
e
i
ndi
cationWat
cht
owerisdi
rect
edbyJehovah.Thisisnothi
ngmorethanj
usti
fi
cati
onforer
ror
.

Thissectionhelpsprovethattheconceptofl
ightget
ti
ngbr i
ghterisnotval
id.Inmanycases,
Wat cht
owerdoct r
inehasnotbr i
ghtenedorbeenenhancedbutchangedandt henr
ev ert
edback
totheoriginal
positi
on;fl
i
p-fl
opped.Atotherti
mes,Watchtowerhasi nt
roduceddoctrineas
havingcomef rom Jehovah,onlyt
ol at
ermakeacompl et
er eversalt
owhatwassai d.Soi st
he
l
ightgetti
ngbr i
ghter
,di
mmerordar ker?

TheFol
l
owi
ngar
eanumberoft
hesedoct
ri
nes

1.
Danger
ousmedi
caladv
ice

a.Bl
oodt
ransf
usi
on

1958-Bl
oodFr
act
ionsar
eAccept
abl
e (
Wat
cht
ower
 1958Sep15p.
575)

1961-Bl
oodFr
act
ionsar
eUnaccept
abl
e

I
n1961itwascl
ear
lyspecif
iedt
hatbloodl
awappli
est
obot
hwhol
ebl
oodandcomponent
sof
bl
oodsuchasbl
oodfract
ionsandhaemoglobi
n.

"I
fyouhavereasontobeli
evethatacer
tai
npr oductcontai
nsbloodorabl
oodf r
act
ioni
fthe
l
abelsaysthatcer
tai
ntabl
etscontai
nhemogl obi
nthisisfr
om blood.
..
aChr
ist
ianknows,wi
thout
aski
ng,t
hatheshouldavoidsuchapreparat
ion. 
Watchtower 
1961Nov1p.669-SHOULDWE
TAKEBLOODFRACTI ONS?Wat cht
owersaysNO

Gr
adual
l
ybecomi
ngal
l
owedagai
n

1982-BloodComponentsandsomemi norcomponentsall
owed.Maj
orcomponents(
RBCs,
WBCs, Plasma,
andplat
elet
s)andhemodil
uti
onarefor
bidden.(
Awake!1982Jun22p.25)
-
SHOULDWETAKEBLOODFRACTI
ONS?Wat
cht
owersay
sYES

1995 -AcuteNormovol
emicHemodi
lut
ion(ANH)andautol
ogousbloodsal
vageprocedur
e(Cel
l
Saver)areaccept
abl
edespit
ebei
ngbri
efl
ystor
edoutsi
detheblood.(Wat
chtower
 1995August
1p.30)

2000 
-Majorchanget
obl
oodpol
i
cy,
wit
hal
lofbl
oodnowbei
ngal
l
owedwhenconv
ert
edt
o
minorf
ract
ions.

".
..
whenitcomest
ofract
ionsofanyofthepri
marycomponent
s,eachChri
sti
an,
aft
ercar
eful
andprayer
ful
medi
tat
ion,mustconsci
enti
ousl
ydeci
deforhi
mself.
" 
Watcht
ower 
2000Jun15
pp.29-
31

The Watcht
ower 2004Jun15pp. 19-23contai
nsadetai
leddiscussiononblood,
andincl
udesa
chartt
oshowsgr aphicall
ythattr
ansfusi
onsofwhol
ebl oodand'maj or
'component
sare
for
bidden.'
Maj
or' componentsareshownt oberedcell
s,whitecel
ls,pl
asmaandplatel
ets.
Howev er
,fr
act
ionsoft hesefourcomponentsmaybeused.

HowToRemai
nInGod'
sLov
e(2017)p.
247

I
nconsist
ent-TheWatchtower'
sst
andonbloodisinconsi
stent
.TheysayGod'
sstandar
dis
t
hatbloodmustnotbestored,
yetal
lowsJehov
ah'sWi t
nessestousebl
oodfr
acti
onsderi
ved
f
rom stor
edblood.

Toindi cat
ejusthowi nconsi
stentthisstandardis,
iti
swor thconsideri
ng i
mmunogl obul
i
n
i
njections,whicharenowal l
owedt obeusedbyWi t
nesses.(Awake! ofDec.8,1994)
Immunogl obulini
njecti
onsareusedasr eplacementther
apyi npeoplewhosebodydoesnot
produceenoughi mmunegl obuli
nort otreatpeopl
ewhohav enotbeeni mmunizedagainst
cert
ainv ir
alinf
ecti
onssuchashepat i
ti
sAandmeasl es.Ittakesabout3l i
tr
esofbloodtoget
enoughgammagl obuli
nforonei njecti
on.Thebloodistakenf r
om apooledbloodsupply,as
anti
bodi estothesediseasesarelikelytobeinthepool i
fenoughsampl eshavebeenadded
together.Accordi
ngt otheIDFPat i
ent/FamilyHandbookp.76;
"Bloodiscollectedfrom asmanyas60, 000people,
andthenpooledtoget
her.Thefir
ststepin
gammagl obulinproducti
onistospi nthebloodtoremoveallredandwhit
ebloodcells.Then,
thegammagl obuli
nsarechemi cal
lypurif
iedfr
om thel
iquidpl
asmai naseri
esofsteps
i
nv olv
ingtreatmentwi t
halcohol.Thisprocessresul
tsi
nt hepuri
fi
cati
onofanti
bodiesofthe
i
mmunogl obulinG( I
gG)class,butonlytraceamountsofIgAandI gM r
emaininthefi
nal
fracti
on.
"

I
tisv er
ydiff
icul
ttounderst andt hedoublestandar dt
hattheWat cht
owerhascr eatedhere.On
theonehandbl oodissaidt obesosacr edthatitmustnotbest ored,butpour edont ot
he
ground.Evensomeone' sownbl oodmustnotbest or
edforjustafewhour sandthent r
ansf used
backdur i
ngtheoperati
on.Cer tainbloodcomponent sar
ealsonotal l
owedt obeused, suchas
whitebloodcell
swhichmakeupl essthan1%oft hevol
umeofbl ood.Ont heotherhandt he
Wat cht
owerseesnot hi
ngwr ongwi thusingmedi cati
onmadef rom mixingandst oringthebl ood
of60,000peopletogether.Ifbloodi ssosacredthatitcannotbest oredf oratransfusi
ont hen
thestori
ngofbloodandpr ocessi ngiti
ntofr
acti
onsshoul dalsobedisallowed.

Doubl
eStandar
d-Jehovah'
sWitnessesusesigni
fi
cantquant
it
iesofmedi
calpr
oduct
sder
ived
fr
om bl
ooddonatedbyot
hersbutarefor
biddenfr
om donati
ngthei
rownblood.

Consi
dert
his,At
 Genesi
s 3:
3Godf
orbadeEv
efr
om eat
ingoft
hef
rui
toft
het
reeofknowl
edge.

"
'Butasf
or[eati
ng]ofthef
rui
toft
het
reet
hati
sint
hemi
ddl
eoft
hegar
den,
Godhassai
d,'
YOU
mustnoteatfr
om it
..
.'
"

Woul
dJehovahhaveconsi
deredi
taccept
ableifshehadjustni
bbl
edont
hepeel
,orf
ract
ionat
ed
i
tandpar
takenoft
hejui
ce,orsomehowjustextr
actedt
heVi t
aminC?

I
ftransf
usi
ngwholebl
oodisforbi
ddenli
ket
hef
rui
tinEdenwhyi
str
ansf
usi
ngbl
oodf
ract
ions
ofsuchfor
biddenpr
oductaccept
able?

I
fsteal
i
ngacarisacr
ime,
woul
ditbeanyl
essofacr
imei
fthet
hieft
ookt
hecarapar
tandt
ook
onl
ycomponent
sofit
?

Ifast
eali
ngaHondacari
s*f
orbi
dden*
,woul
dthethi
efbejusti
fi
edifhesimpl
ytookapartt
he
seat
beltoft
hecar
?Event
houghaseat
bel
tisi
nsi
gnif
icantcomparedtothemajorcomponent
s
oft
hecar
.Iti
sst
il
lacr
ime

Wemaybeabletogetaseat
beltf
rom ot
herbr
andsofv
ehi
clesbutt
aki
ngt
heseat
bel
tof*
that
f
orbi
dden*Hondabr
andwouldsti
l
lbeacrime

I
ftaki
ngwhol ebl
oodisacr
ime,whyi
staki
ngbl
oodfr
act
ionsnotacri
me?Af t
eral
l
,toget
bl
oodfract
ionsone*MUST*committ
hecri
meoftaki
ngbloodandsepar
ati
ngit
!

Eventhoughsomebloodfracti
onsmayoccurnat
ural
l
yapar tf
rom bl
oodt
hatdoesnotj
ust
if
y
taki
ngthem f
rom bl
oodit
self.Fort
aki
ngbl
oodisascript
uralcr
ime.

TheWatcht
owerusual
lyuseaf
alseanal
ogyt
ojust
if
yit
'sst
anceonr
eject
ingwhol
ebl
ood
tr
ansf
usi
ons.Theysay
:

“Doest hecommandt oabst ai

nf rom bloodincl
udebloodtransfusions?Yes.Toi ll
ustr
ate:
Supposeadoct orweret ot
el l
yout oabst ai
nfrom al
cohol
icbev erages.Woul dt hatsimplymean
thatyoushoul dnotdrinkalcohol butthatyoucouldhavei
ti nj
ectedi ntoyourv eins?Ofcourse
not!Likewise,abstai
ningfr
om bl oodmeansnott aki
ngiti
ntoourbodi esatall.Sot hecommand
toabst ai
nf r
om bloodmeanst hatwewoul dnotall
owanyonet ot ransfusebloodi ntoourveins.
”
Wat chtower2014WhatDoest heBi bl
eReal l
yTeach?p.130

Thi
scanbeappl
i
edt
obl
oodf
ract
ionst
oo

I
fyourdoctort
oldyounott
ot akeal
cohol
,woul
dy ouhavef
racti
onsofiti
nject
edi
ntoy
ourv
ein?
I
fGodsay sdon'
ttakebl
ooditalsomeansdon'
ttakebl
oodfract
ions.

Thebl ood, iti

sclaimed, bel
ongst oGod.Butt hatisconv eni
entlyforgott
enwhent heuseofbl ood
“fr
actions”i spronouncedt ol erabl
e!Buti twoul dhardlydotoacceptf oranysecul arusewhat
exclusivelybelongst oGod, becauset hatwoul dbet hesameasusi ngst ol
enpr oper t
y!Astolen
carisast olencarandi twoul dnotmaket het hef
tmor et ol
erableifthecari ssepar atedint
o
“pri
mar ycomponent s,”sayt hemot or,coachandt hetransmission,andt hensepar atedf ur
ther
i
nto“ fractions”suchascar bur et
or,pistons,hood, doorsanddr iveshaft.Onlyifthecari snot
stol
enwoul donehav et herightt otakei tapartanduseorsel l i
tassmal lpart
s.Andi ft
hecaris
notstol en,allpar
ts,bothbi gandsmal l
,canpr operlybesepar atedandusedatwi l
l.Soi fbl
ood
“fr
actions”canbet olerated, cert
ainl
yt he“ majorcomponent s”andev enwhol ebloodcan!

Thisdoublestandardhasal soledtoJehov
ah'sWi t
nessestaki
ngfr
om societysomethi
ngthat
theyarenotpreparedt ogiv
eback.Jehovah'
sWi tnessesr
efusetodonat
ebl oodfort
hebenefi
t
ofotherpeople,buttheypartakeofthemedical
benef i
tst
hatari
sefr
om thedonatedblood
supplyofothersfreel
yf ort
hemselves.
They'
l
lref
useabor t
ioncauseofrespectf
orli
febutI
fpushcomestoshove,theypr
efertheir
ki
dstodiecauseofr ef
usingtr
ansfusi
on,somuchforr
especti
ngl
i
fe.ImagineaJwki d'rescued'
fr
om abor
tiononlytocomeoutandspendaweekoutoft hewombindir
eneedofat ransfusion,
whatwouldrespectforl
if
edictat
e?

Accordi
ngto1Sam 14:32-
35eventhoughSaul
'smenat
emeatwi
thbl
oodJehov
ahdi
dnot
dest
roythem causet
heirsi
tuat
ionwasdesper
ate

WhenJesuswasonear
thheshowedt
hatpr
ocedur
eswer
enotmor
eimpor
tantt
hanpeopl
e,i
n
Luke6:
1-4i
tsay
s

""
Nowonasabbat hhewaspassi ngthroughgr ai
nfi
elds,andhisdiscipl
eswerepluckingand
eati
ngtheheadsofgr
ain,rubbi
ngthem wi tht hei
rhands.2 Atthi
ssomeoft hePhariseessaid:
“Whyareyoudoingwhatisnotlawfulont heSabbat h?”3 ButinreplyJesussaidtothem: “
Have
youneverr
eadwhatDav i
ddi dwhenheandt hemenwi t
hhim werehungr y?4 
Howheent ered
i
ntothehouseofGodandr ecei
vedthel oav esofpresentati
onandat eandgav esomet othe
menwithhim,whichi
tisnotlawfulforany onet oeatbutforthepriestsonl
y"

Jehov
ahdi
dnotst
ri
keDav
iddowncausehi
ssi
tuat
ionwasexcept
ional

Alsowhenthewomanwi t
htheflowofbl
oodbroket
hemosaicl
awbybeinginthecr
owdand
touchi
ngJesus,di
dJesusrebukeher
?Jesusunder
stoodt
hatl
i
fei
slar
gerthanthel
ett
eroft
he
l
aw.

b.Or
gant
ranspl
ant
s

1961-Accept
abl
e

"I
sthereanyt
hingi
nt heBibleagainstgivi
ngone' seyes(afterdeath)tobet r
ansplant
edt osome
l
ivi
ngperson?-
L.C.,
UnitedSt ates.Thequest i
onofplacingone'sbodyorpar tsofone'sbodyat
thedi
sposalofmenofsci enceordoct orsatone'sdeathf orpurposesofsci enti
fi
c
exper
imentat
ionorreplacementi nother
si sfrowneduponbycer t
ai nrel
igi
ousbodies.Howev er
,
i
tdoesnotseem thatanyScr iptur
alpri
ncipleorlawisinvolved.I
tt her
eforeissomethingthat
eachindi
vi
dualmustdeci deforhimself.
"Wat chtower1961Aug1p. 480Quest i
onsfrom
Readers

1967-
Unaccept
abl
e

Transplant
sf or
biddent
oWit
nessesascanni
bal
ism.Thi
scont
inuedt
obet
hecaset
hrought
he
1970's.(Watcht
ower1967Nov15pp.702-
704)
1980-Accept
abl
e

TheSociet
yovert
urnedt
hedeci
sionandt
ranspl
ant
sbecameaccept
abl
eonceagai
n.
(Wat
chtower1980Mar15p.31)

I
magi nebei ngt heWi tnesspar entofachi l
dt hatneededaki dneyt r anspl antin 1970.Al t
hough
the  Awake!  1949  Dec22haddescr ibedt r
anspl antsas" wonder sofmoder nsur ger y",
i
n  1967 Godr ev ealedt hattranspl antswer ewr onginhi seyes.The  Wat cht ower 1967  Nov15
pp. 702-704  statedt hatbeingnow" enl i
ghtenedbyGod' swor d"God' speopl eunder stoodt hat
transplant sar eagai nstdi vi
nepr i
nciplesandcanni balisti
c.Thepar ent smustsi ncer elyhav e
bel i
evedt heywer eputt i
ngJehov ahf irstwhenwat chingt hei
rchi l
ddi e,refusingt hem t he
oppor tuni tyofpossi blesur vival t
hroughat ransplant.Howwoul dthatpar entfeel onr eading
the  Watcht ower  1980 Mar15p. 31-" ThereisnoBi bli
cal commandpoi nt edlyforbiddingt he
takingi nofot herhumant i
ssue.I tisamat terf orpersonal deci sion."Theenl ightenment
of 1967  hadpr ovedt obedar k, harmf ulandi nneedofl atercor rection, ar egressivedoct r
inethat
resul t
edi nt heunnecessar ydeat hofmember s.Whenadoct rinechangesandt henr evertsback
tot heor iginalposi ti
ont hisisnotev idenceofl i
ghtget ti
ngbr ighter, itisev idenceofal ackof
Hol ySpi ri
tdi r
ect ingtheGov erningBody .

3.
Doubl
est
andar
dsofShunni
ng

"I
nsomei nstances, thedisfell
owshippedf amilymembermayst il
lbeli
vi
ngi nthesamehomeas
partoftheimmedi atehousehol d.Sincehi sbei ngdi
sfell
owshi
ppeddoesnotsev erthef amil
y
ti
es,normal day-to-dayfami lyacti
vit
iesanddeal i
ngsmaycont i
nue.Yet,
byhi scourse,the
i
ndividualhaschosent obr eakt hespir
itual bondbetweenhim andhisbeli
evingfamily
.Sol oyal
famil
ymember scannol ongerhav espi r
itual f
ell
owshipwit
hhim".(mycomment -
This
i
nstructi
oni mpliest hatnormal famil
yr elationshi
psarenottobeinter
ruptedonlyspiri
tual
acti
viti
es)

"Whatifthedi
sfell
owshippedrelati
vei sli
vi
ngout sidetheimmedi atefamil
ycircleandhome.
Alt
houghtheremightbeaneedf orlimitedcont actonsomer areoccasiontocarefora
necessar
yfamil
ymat ter
,anysuchcont actshoul dbekeptt oami ni
mum.Loy alChrist
ianfamily
member sdonotlookforexcusestohav edeali
ngswi thadi sfel
lowshippedrel
ati
v enotli
vingat
home."(Mycomment s-previ
ousl
yt heinstructi
onwast hatnormal f
ami l
ydeali
ngscancont i
nue
whereasnowdon'teventrytosustain"normal familydeali
ngs,cutt hem of
fifnecessary)(lvp.
207-
209)

"Whatofamanwhoi sdi sfel

lowshippedbutwhosewi feandchi l
drenarestil
lJehovah’s
Wi t
nesses?Thereligi
oust ieshehadwi thhisf ami l
ychange, butbloodt i
esremain.The
mar ri
agerel
ati
onshipandnor malfamilyaffectionsanddeal ingscont i
nue.(
mycomment s-why
shouldbloodti
esr emainandnor mal familyaffectionscont i
nueint hecaseifthefatheri
s
disfel
lowshi
pped,whydoest hispri
nci
pl enotappl ytodi sf
ellowshi
ppedchi l
drenli
vingout si
de
thehomeaswel l
?Whi chbi bleprinci
pledictatest hatonest andardshouldbeappl i
edt othe
fatherwhil
eanotherdifferentonet otheson? )
("htt
ps:/
/www.jw.org/
finder ?
docid=502012472&pr efer
=lang&wt l
ocale=E)

Despi
teourpainofheart,wemustav oi
dnormal contactwi
thadisfell
owshippedfami
lymember
bytel
ephone,textmessages,l
ett
ers,e-
mail
s,orsocialmedia.
"Wat cht
ower2017Octp. 16(my
comment-pretendyourdisf
ell
owshippedr
elati
veisdead,iftheycallyoudon'tpi
ckev
ent hough
theymaybef acingal
if
eanddeat hscenar
io,wemustcutcont actswiththem)

TheDoubl
est
andar
dsi
nthedi
sfel
l
owshi
ppi
ngar
rangementi
smi
ndbl
owi
ng.

4.
Chr
ist
masCel
ebr
ati
on

Accor
dingt
othebookGod'
ski
ngdom r
ulesp.101par
.8-
9

"TheBi bleStudentsl ongacknowl edgedt hatChr i

stmashaspaganr ootsandt hatJesuswasnot
bor nonDecember25.Zi on’sWat chTowerofDecember1881st at ed:“Mi l
li
onswer ebr ought
i
ntot hechur chfrom Pagani sm.Butt hechangewasmost l
yinname, forthepaganpr i
ests
becamechr i
sti
anpr iestsandt hepaganhol idayscamet obecal l
edbychr i
st i
an
names​ —Chr i
stmasbei ngoneoft hesehol i
day s.
”In1883, undert het i
tl
e“ WhenWasJesus
Bor n?”theWat chTowerr easonedt hatJesuswasbor naboutt hebegi nningofOct ober .
*Yet,
theBi bl
eSt udentsdi dnotatt het imecl ear l
yseet heneedt ostopcel ebratingChr istmas.I t
cont i
nuedt obecel ebr atedev enbymember soft heBrooklynBet hel f
ami ly.After1926, howev er
,
thi
ngsbegant ochange. (
Not i
cehowt hewat chtowert r
iestosubt lyshiftthebl amet oav oid
responsi bi
li
ty,i
nsteadofsay i
ngt he'f ai
thful sl
aveatthet imedi dnotcl earlyseet heneed. ..
'they
say" t
heBi blestudent s"asi feachBi blest udenthadt heaut hori
tyt ointerpretscr i
pt ureor
producedoct r
ine.Ther ealquest i
oni sev ent houghthef ai
thfulslaveknewt hatChr istmaswas
pagan,whydi dittake45y earsf rom 1881t o1926bef orest oppingsuch' demoni c' celebrat
ion
asi twere?Whydi dn'thol yspiriti
nfor mt hem orbet t
erst i
l
lwhydi dtheyr efuset oheedt hev oice
i
ft hespi ri
twhent heyknewofi t
sor iginsi n1881?Woul dJehov ahandChr isthav eappoi nteda
di
sobedi
entst
ubbor
nsl
avei
n1919?

I
tisgoodtonotethatsupposeabr otherbr
oughtthi
stotheattenti
onoft heGBt henthat
Chri
stmasisnottobecelebrat
ed,hepr obabl
ymighthavebeendi sfell
owshippedforbeingan
apostat
e,t
ryi
ngtocausedivisi
oninthecongregat
ion,whi
lethefaithfulsl
avethemselveswould
havebeentherealapost
atescelebr
atingaholi
daywithpaganoriginevenafterlear
ningthetr
uth
aboutit
.AsJames4: 17says"ifsomeoneknowshowt odowhati sr i
ghtandy etdoesnotdoit,
i
tisasinforhi
m. "

5.
ROMANS 13:
1-WHO ARETHE"
SUPERI
OR AUTHORI
TIES?
"

1886-Ear
thl
ygov
ernment
s-Di
vi
nePl
anoft
heAges,1886,p.
266

1889-Ear
thl
ygov
ernment
s-Ti
meI
sAtHand,1889,p.
81

1929-GodandChr
ist-Wat
cht
ower1929Jun1p.
163

1932-GodandChr
ist-Vi
ndi
cat
ion,Vol
.3,1932,p.
13

1943-GodandChr
ist-TheTr
uthShal
lMakeYouFr
ee,1943,p.
312

1951-GodandChr
ist-w511/
1p.21"
aheav
ywei
ghtwasl
i
ftedf
rom hi
speopl
e"!

1959-GodandChr i
st-Jehov
ah'
sWitnessesi
ntheDi
vi
nePur
pose,p.
911963-Ear
thl
y
pol
it
icalgov
ernment
s-W631/ 1p.31

1975-Ear
thl
ypol
i
ticalgov
ernment
s-1975Year
book,p.
238

1980-Ear
thl
ypol
i
ticalgov
ernment
s-W805/
15p.
4

Note:Whyhav ethechurchesal wayshadt hecor rectunderstandingofRom 13: 1and

neveroncewaveredintheirview,whileGodsoneandonl yt ruer eli
gion(WT)changedit
fr
om beingri
ght,tobeingwr ong?Priortothef ait
hfulsl
ave ar r
ivingin1919CTRussel l
gotitri
ght,t
henaf t
erthef ai
thfulsl
ave appear
edt heygoti twr ong!Itfi
nal
l
yfli
ppedback
tothepre-
fai
thful
slaveteachingaf t
erover30y earsofbei ngwr ong.Asusual
,eachWT
changewasbackedby" conclusi
vescript
uralproof"and" new light".

6.
WILLTHEMENOFSODOM ANDGOMORRAHBERESURRECTED?
1879YESWTJul
y,1879p.
1

1951'
UTTERI
MPOSSI
BILTY'
WT5/
1/51p.
287

1952NOWT6/
1/52p.
338

1965YESWT8/
1/65p.
479

1967NOWT1/
7/67p.
409

1974YESAwake!8/
10/
74p.
20

1982NOYouCanLi
veFor
ever
..
.p.
179par
a.9(
OldEdi
ti
on)

1988NOWT6/
1/88p.
31

1988SOMEWI
LLI
nsi
ghtOnTheScr
ipt
ures,
Vol
.1,
p.616(
rel
easedJune17t
h1988)

1988YESI
nsi
ghtOnTheScr
ipt
ures,
Vol
.2,
p.985*

1988NORev
elat
ion-I
tsGr
andCl
i
maxp.
273

1989NOYouCanLi
veFor
ever
..
.p.
179Par
a.9(
NewEdi
ti
on)

*Note:I
nsightvol
.2p.985say si
twasonlythecit
iesthatunder
wentev er
last
ingdestr
ucti
on
andnotthepeople,asift
hehouses,
roadsandbuildi
ngscommi ttedt
hesins!WellIguessthi
s
ti
esinwithJude1:7"asSodom andGomorrah,andtheciti
esaroundthem aroundthem i
na
si
mi l
armannertothese,hav
inggi
venthemselvesovertosexuali
mmor ali
tyandgoneaf t
er
str
angeflesh,
aresetfort
hasanexample..
."

7.
Gener
ati
onAndf
alsepr
opheci
es

MILLI
ONSNOW LI
VING WI
LLNEVER DI
E(anext
ensi
ve9+y
earpr
eachi
ngcampai
gn1918-
27)
-
-w909/15p.17par.6

"BlessJehovah'sHolyName!" in1922,J.F.Rut herf

ord,t henpresidentoft heWat ch
TowerSoci et
y,addressed" conv enti
onersatCedarPoi nt,Ohio,andsai d:"
Since1914t he
Kingofgl oryhast akenhispower...Theki ngdom ofheav eni sathand;t heKing
rei
gns;Satan'sempi r
ei sfalli
ng;mi ll
ionsnow l ivi
ngwi l
lnev erdie.Doy oubel i
eveit
?...
Thenbackt ot hefi
eld,O yesonsoft hemosthi ghGod!Her aldt hemessagef arand
wide.Thewor ldmustknow t hatJehov ahisGodandt hatJesusChr i
stisKi ngofkings
andLor dofl ords.Thisist hedayofal ldays.Behold,t heKingr eigns!Youar ehis
publici
tyagents.Theref
oreadv ert
ise,adv er
ti
se,advert
ise,t heKingandhi skingdom."
w772/15p.104Just i
ceforAll
—How?When?-thedet
ail
sofJesus'prophecycombi
ne
wi
ththefactsofhistoryinourtimetoprov
ethatour
si st
hegenerat
ionthatwil
lsee
t
hatchangeovert
or uler
shipfr
om heav
en

WT September11952,page543"Somepersonslivi
nginA.D.1914whentheser
iesof
for
etoldevent
sbeganwil
lal
sobel i
vi
ngwhent heseri
esendswithAr
mageddon."
Allt
he
eventswil
lcomewi t
hint
hespanofagenerati
on."

WT 5410/
15p.612A MessageofEncour
agementandVal
ue

"Trul
yIsayt oyouthatthi
sgener at
ionwillbynomeanspassawayunt i
lallt
hese
thi
ngsoccur.
"Whataconsol i
ngfactthatis!Alltheset
hingswouldhappeninone
gener
ati
on!Thesuddenwor seni
ngofwor ldcondit
ionssinceWorldWarI,whi
chbrokeout
for
tyyearsago,washereforetol
dt oendwi thi
nonegener at
ion,wi
thi
ntheli
fet
imeof
peopl
ewhoar enow atleast40y earsold!

Awake!7110/
8p.16TheGr
eat
estPr
essur
eofAl
lTi
meBegi
ns

Howlongaper i
odoft i
meiscover
edbythe"l
astdays"
?Jesusli
mit
edi
tatmostt
o'one
gener
ation'
from beginni
ngtoend.(
Matt
.24:34)Thi
smeansthatsomeper
sonswhosawt
he
begi
nningofthe"lastdays"i
n1914woul
dliv
et oseetheend.

WTOct
ober15,
1988page4

"TheSi
gn—Ar eYouHeedingIt
?""Mightitbe,t
hough,thatthesi
gncoul
doccuroverthespan
ofmanyhumangenerat
ions?No.Thesignistooccurduringonepar
ti
cul
argenerat
ion.The
samegener
ati
onthatwi
tnessedthebeginni
ngofthesignwi l
lal
sowit
nessi
tscli
max"

Af
tert
imehadpr
ovent
hegener
ati
ont
eachi
ngt
obet
hei
deasofmenandnot

hol
yspi
ri
t,t
hewatchtowercont
radict
edit
'sdoct
ri
neof1988whichstat
esthatt
hegenerat
ion
woul
dnotover
lap,
itwil
lspanduri
ngonlyonegenerat
ion,i
nthef
oll
owingart
icl
eItsay
s:

WTApril15,2010,"
HolySpir
it
'sRoleintheOutwor
kingofJehovah'
sPurpose"
.para13-14:
"
How,then,arewetounderstandJesus'wordsabout"t
hisgener
ati
on"?Heevidentl
ymeantt
hat
t
heli
vesoft heanoi
ntedwhower eonhandwhent hesignbegantobecomeev identi
n1914
woul
dov er
lapwiththel
ivesofotheranoint
edoneswhowoul dseethestar
tofthegreat
t
ri
bul
ati
on."

Whatdowel
ear
nfr
om t
hesef
alsepr
edi
cti
ons?Lett
heAwaket
ell
us:

"Tr
ue,ther
ehavebeent hoseinti
mespastwhopr edi
ctedan" end"totheworld,ev
en
announci
ngaspeci
fi
cdat e.Yetnothi
nghappened.The' end'di
dnotcome.Theywer e
gui
ltyoffal
sepr
ophesy
ing.Why ?Whatwasmi ssing?Missingfrom suchpeopl
ewer e
God'struthsandt heev i
dencethatHewasusi ngandgui di
ngthem.
"(Awake,Oct.8,1968)
(Deuter
onomy18: 20-22)'I
fanypr ophetpr esumptuouslyspeaksawordi nmynamet hat
Ididnotcommandhi mt ospeakorspeaksi nthenameofot hergods,thatpr
ophet
mustdi e.21Howev er
,youmaysayi ny ourheart:" How wil
lweknow thatJehovahhas
notspokent hewor d?"22Whent hepr ophetspeaksi nt henameofJehov ahandthe
wordi snotfulf
il
ledordoesnotcomet rue,thenJehov ahdidnotspeakthatword.The
prophetspokeitpr esumptuousl
y.Youshoul dnotf earhim.'
"

8.
Fai
thf
ulSl
ave

-w0711/
1pp.29-
30par
.12Sear
chi
ngI
nto"
theDeepThi
ngsofGod"

A secondexampl eofdeept hi
ngsthathavebeenr evealedt ousconcernsGod'spurpose
toselect144,000from amongmanki nd.Weacceptt het eachingt
hatalloftheanointed
oneslivi
ngonear t
hatanygi venti
meconst i
tut
e"thef aithf
ulanddiscr
eetslave"t
hat
Jesussaidwoul dpr ov
idetimely"
food"forhisdomestics.WhatBibletextsprovethat
thi
sunder st
andingiscorrect
?

NOTE-Thi
shassi
ncebeenr
eveal
edt
obeunt
rue,andnoBi
blet
ext
scanpr
ovei
twas
cor
rect
.

-w856/ 1p.17par .7WalkWi thConfi

denceinJehovah'
sLeadershi
pBymeansofhi s
wri
ttenWor dandthehol
yspiri
t,Godreveal
edt ohi
smoder n-
dayserv
antsthattheyear
1914mar kedtheendofunint
errupt
edrul
ebyGent il
enationsandalsot heheavenl
y
enthronementofthegl
ori
fi
edJesusChrist,God'
schoiceasKi ngoverallmanki
nd.

NOTE-Thi
swasnotr
eveal
edunt
ill
ongaf
ter1914.Forar
ound50y
ear
sitwasr
eveal
ed
t
obe1874.

w767/ 15p.435par s.15-16KeepingaBal ancedVi ew ofTi meJustassur el

yast he
generati
onl i
vingandhear ingJesus'warningi nthef irstcenturywasthegenerati
ont hat
experi
encedaf ulf
il
lmentofhi swords,justassur el
ywi l
lthisgener
ati
on—thegeneration
seeingt hemaj orful
fi
ll
mentofhi s" si
gn"identif
yingt helastday softhissyst
em of
thi
ngs—bet hegenerati
ont oexper
iencethegl obaltri
bul at
ionduet ocome.—Mat t
.24:34.
16What ,then,hasGodr eveal
edtousaboutt his?Hecer tai
nlyhasnotleftuswi t
hout
guidance.

NOTE-Theunev
ent
fulpassi
ngoft
imehassi
ncer
eveal
edt
hist
obej
ustassur
elyf
alse.
Thesequotesprov
ethatGoddoesnotr ev
ealt
heset
hingsatal
l,butt heyobv
iousl
y
ori
ginat
edwi t
h'manoffl
eshandbones'(w849/1p.
18) .I
tisblasphemytoclaimt hese
fal
seteachi
ngwerefr
om God!

Whyi sitthattheONLYcor et eachi

ngsnott ohav echangedar eonest hatcomef rom
the1800'
s?-theonestheyshar
ewi thot
herrel
igi
ons.Al loft heteachingssi ncet hefaithful
slavewerechosenandappr ovedbyChr isthav ebeenf armor eunr el
iablet hantheear l
i
er
teachi
ngsoft hepee1919non-sl
aveclassandnodi fferentfrom Chri
stendom!ALLt he
uniquedoctri
nesofJW' shavechanged.Thewor d" unique"isv eryimpor tanthere.I tis
onlydoctr
inesuniquetoJW' sthatcanmaket hem the" t
ruth"
,becausei fot herreli
gions
teachthem thentheyalsomayhav ethet r
uth.Itist r
uet hatal otoft heircoret eaching
hasnotchanged,butt hesearedoctri
nesshar edwit hcer t
ainotherreli
gions.Eachr eligi
on
holdi
nghalfpi
eceoftr
uth.

Not i
cealltheabov edoctri
nalcorrect
ionsto"foodattheproperti
me"t hatwer
emade
since1919.Howt henisi tplausi
blethatJesushadbeenusi
nghisholyspi
ritt
odi
shout
thesesortofhar
mf ulmi
sleadingspi
rit
ualfoodSi
nce1919?

TheWT di sf
ellowshippedpubl isher
si nt
hepastf orthi
ngswhi charenow ok,andt aught
manyt hingswhi chwoul dseey oupromptlydi sfel
l
owshippedf orteachi
ngt hem t
oday.
Todayy oucanbedi sf
ell
owshi ppedandshunned, notfordisagreeingwi t
hendur i
ngBi ble
trut
h,butf ordi sagreei
ngwi thacur r
ent,changeabl eWT v i
ewpoint.Si
mpl y,youcan'ttrust
whaty our eadi nthepubl i
cationstodaybecauset omorr
ow itwi l
lallchangeagai n.I
nf act
theonlysaf edoct r
inethati scontinual
l
yst atedandnev erchangesi s" TheGB ar e
alwaysright".Couldi tbet hat2Ti m 3:7appl ies?(2Ti3:7)"al
way slearningandy etnev er
abletocomet oanaccur ateknowl edgeoft ruth."

Thet erm" t
hel ightgetsbr i
ghter "real
lymeanst hattheWTwer ewr ongaboutsomet hi
ng
soar enowchangi ngtheirmindsabouti t,andy ouhadbetteracceptt hosenew i deas.
That" new l
ight"isf unnystuff!Somet imesi tgetsbr i
ght
er,t hendar kagai n,thenbr i
ght
again,butthatnew l i
ghtisnev er,NEVER wr ong!Sot obeliev etheSociety '
st eachi
ngsi s
tobelievethis:TheWT ar enev erwr ong,t herear enogreyar eas. Whatt heBi blesaysis
i
ncidental
.Eithery ouar e100%wi th'presentWTt rut
h'oryouar eundersuspi cion.Every
ti
meWTchangeat eachi
ngt her eisnoapol ogyorsenseofwr ongi
ngt hosewhower e
expell
edf orholdingbel i
efsthatt heWTt hemsel v
esnow f ollow.
Fi
nal
thought
s

g006/
22p.9DoNotBeaVi
cti
m ofPr
opaganda!

"Educationshowsy ouhow t othink.Propagandat ell

sy ouwhatt ot hi
nk.Propagandists
rel
entlesslyforceyout oheartheirview anddi scouragediscussi
on.Theysiftthef acts,
exploit
ingt heusef ulonesandconceal i
ngt heot hers.Theyal sodistor
tandt wistfacts,
speciali
zinginl i
esandhal f-
tr
uths.Thepr opagandistmakessur et hathismessage
appear st obet her ightandmor aloneandt hatitgivesyouasenseofi mportanceand
belongingi fyouf ollow i
t."

I
tdoesn'tmatterwhatt
heBi blesays,whatt heWTt eachingsare,orwhati str
ue.Allt
hat
mat t
ersisthatyouagreewi thever
ything,evenifi
tmakesabsol ut
elynosenseatal l
.
Anythingel
seandy ou'
reanev i
lapostate,becauseconformityandunitytr
umpsBi bl
e
trut
h.TheWThasnohesi t
ationindiscardingyouifyour ef
usetobel i
eveeachandev er
y
revi
sion.

w756/ 1p.324Mi ll
i
onsHav eLef tt heChur ches—Shoul dYou?"Ther easonst hatpeople
giveforabandoningt hechur chesar emanyandv ari
ed.Moreoften,ther easoninvol
ves
changesi nRomanCat holicteachingi nr ecenty ears.Thesehaveconf usedmanyper sons
whot houghtthattheyhadt hetrueapost ol
icr el
i
gi on.AsoneCat holi
cpr i
estintheU. S.
putit:"I
ft hethi
ngst heChur chhassai di nt hel ast10y ear
saret r
ue,t henev er
ythi
ngit
saidfort helast2,000y earsisf alse."(
Wat chtoweri squi
ckandeagertopoi ntoutfl
awsin
otherrel
igi
onbuttheyf ail
t oapplythesamest andar dstothemsel
ves)

Wat chtower11/ 15/1963" Thet r

uer el
i
gionoft heoneGoddoesnotdi sagreewi t
hi t
sel
f,
denyi tsel
forgetdi videdwithitsel
f.I
fithadinternaldi
sagreement ,contr
adicti
onand
disunity,itcouldnev erstand;itcouldnotbesi mpl etr
uth;i
twoul ddi sagreewi ththe
scientifi
cl awsoft heuni ver
se;itcoul
dnott ri
umphi nthel ong-dr
awn- outconfli
ctbetween
tr
uer eli
gionandf alse."(watcht
owerhistor
yisfi
ll
edwithconstantdramaofdi sagreei
ngwith
i
tselfwheni tcomest odoctri
nes)

Accordingt
oWat cht
ower'
shistory,
New Lightisactual
lyoftenNew Hi ndsi
ght.Somet
hing
fail
s?New Light.Ti
mer unsout ?New Li ght
.Iti
salsoi nt
erest
ingthatwhenaJW
discer
nsaner rorinaWat chtowerteachingitisregardedas" doubti
ngJehovah"or
apostasy.Yetwhent heGov erni
ngBodydoesi t
,itisregardedas" new li
ght"
.

Whenanobj
ect
iveexami
nati
onisappl
i
edt
othewat
cht
owerandi
t'
sfoundt
obei
ner
ror
,theGB
wi
llt
ell
yout
o"WaitonJehovah"
Ify our efuset otaket hatadmoni t
iont heny oucanqui cklybeaccusedofbei ngsel f
wil
led,pr oud,pr esumpt uous,runningaheadofGod' sar rangement ,orcausi ngdi visionin
thecongr egati
on.'
Wai tonJehov ah'i sanexcusef ori naction,ort oav oiddi scussing
somet hing.I t
'sanat temptatendi ngt heconv ersati
on.Ty pi
call
yi tisusedmai nlywhen
thecr edibil
ityoftheWat chtowerOr ganizat
ionort hel eader '
saut hori
tyisinquest i
on.
Whensomecompl etelyincompr ehensiblenew under standing( whichi sgoi ngt obe
changedi nt henextf utureWat chtower)i spublishedorwhenaner rori
spoi ntedoutand
peopleexpr esstheirconcer n,theyar easkedt o" waitonJehov ah"."Whati sJehov ah
waiti
ngf or?"DoesJehov ahdelay ?Doeshet ransmitinaccur ateinformation?Whent heysay
waitonJehov ahtheyar ereal
lysay i
ngwai tont heGBf orJehov ahdoesnott r
ansmi tobscur e
contradictorymessages.

Truepr ophetsofbi blet imesl ikeDanielwai t

edonJehov ahtogai nenl i
ghtenmentr egar di
ngy et
tobef ulfil
l
edpr opheci est heydi dnotunder standatt hetime,stilltheywai tedonJehov ah.they
didnotgoabouti nter
pr etingthesacr edsecr etofGodwhenGodhadnotr evealedany thingt o
them.Ont hecont r
aryt heWat cht
owerpr esumpt uouslymakesi nt erpretati
onoft hingsJehov ah
hasnotr eveal
edcl aimi ngt ospeakf orhim, forci
ngwor dsoutofhi smout hasi twer eandi na
sense" runningaheadofGod' sar r
angement ".Sowheni tcomest omaki ngunf ounded
predictionsandgi vingmi stakendoct ri
nesandor ganizati
onaldirection,whor eal
lyneedst o
waitonJehov ah?Hav et heGBbeenset t
ingagoodexampl einthisr egard?Hav etheiract i
ons
ofpresumpt uouslyspeaki ngforGodnotcausedi v i
sioninJehov ah'sear thlycongr egation?
Hav et heirfail
edpr opheci esandunr eli
abledi r
ectionnotbr oughtaboutconf usionmi sleading
honesthear t
edt r
uthseeker s?
Whor eal
lyist heonet eachingcommandsofmenas
doctrines( Mark7: 7-9),From Jehov ah'
sstandpoi ntWhor eall
yistheapost atecausi ngdi visi
onin
hisear thlycongr egation?Theansweri smi ndbl owing!

Whatshoul
dyoudonow?

Shoul
dyouacceptaglassofwat
ercont
aini
ngpoi
sonj
ustbecauset
hegi
verassur
esy
out
hat
mostofwhatyou'
regett
ingi
swater
?No

Shoul
dweacceptt hedoct r
inethattheGBisdi
rect
edbyspir
itevent
houghtheyhav
e
consi
stentl
yprovedtoteachfalsehoodandmakefalsepr
edi
ctionsi
nthepastandwil
lrepeat
sameint hefut
urejustbecausetheyassur
eusthatmostofwhatwear eget
ti
ngis"t
het r
uth"
?
No

"
Ahal
ftr
uthi
sawhol
eli
e"
 Appendi
x

WTsugarcoat
edTer
msusedf
orI
ncor
rectWat
cht
owerDoct
ri
ne

"err
ors" "
mi splacedzeal " " previousf ai
lures" " misunder standings" "
mi splaced
opti
mi sm" "hopesandexpect ati
ons" " mi splacedexpect ations" " errorsi nt heir
teachings" " inaccur at
econcept s" "f
ormer lycher i
shedv i
ews" " vi
ewsi nneedof
refinement" " cheri
sheder r
ors" " oldt rut hs" "expectat i
onsneedi ngsome
adjustment " " clarifi
cati
ons" " eager ness"" unr ealizedhopes"" mi si
nterpretati
ons"" our
understandi ng"" wrongexpect ations"" premat ureexpect ations"" disappoi nted
expect ati
ons"" incompleteconcept s"" seriousdi sappointment s"" mistakesi nt heir
understanding"" anexpr essedopi nion"" wrongbel iefs""pastt rut hs"" pr
emat urei nt hei
r
expect at
ions""mi sconceptions""
mat tersonwhi chcor recti
onsofv i
ewpoi nthav ebeen
needed"" mi st akes"

WTf
ier
ybl
azi
ngTer
msusedf
orI
ncor
rectDoct
ri
neofOt
herRel
igi
ons

"demoni cideas" " divi

siv
eteachi ngs" " f
alsest ori
es" "
falseteachings" " f
alse
prophet s" " falsereli
giousv i
ews" "
f al
ser el
igiousphi l
osophi es" " Goddishonour ing
doctri
nesofBaby l
ont heGr eat"" nauseat ingt eachi
ngs" " pagandoct r
ines"
"unscri
pturalt eachings" "demoni ct eachings"" f
alsehoods"" fal
seteachers"" fal
se
doct r
ines""falsepr ophecies""falsereli
gioust eachi ngs"" doct
rineswi thpaganr eli
gious
r
oot s"" thedisf i
guringofGod"" Goddi shonour ing"" godlessmy ths"" whori
shsy stem of
Babylonishr eligi
on"

Question:Whydoest heWT useadi ff

erent,higherst andardt omeasur eot herrel
igi
ons,
comparedtot hestandardi tusest omeasur ei tself
?( Mt7:1-5)" Stopjudgingt hatYOU
maynotbej udged;f orwi t
hwhatj udgmentYOU ar ej udgi
ng,YOU wi l
lbej udged;and
withthemeasur ethatYOU ar emeasuringout ,theywi l
lmeasur eoutt oYOU.Why ,then,
doy oulookatt hest raw iny ourbrother'
sey e,butdonotconsi derther afterinyour
owney e?Orhow cany ousayt oy ourbr ot
her ,'Al
low met oext ractthest raw fr
om
youreye'
;when,l ook!ar afterisiny ourowney e?Hy pocri
te!Firstextractt heraft
er
from yourowney e,andt heny ouwi l
lseecl ear l
yhow t oextractt hestr
aw f rom your
brother
'sey e."