Jehovahs Witnesses: Is the Watchtower a prophet? If so is it a TRUE prophet?

First of all, Jehovah's Witnesses categorically and emphatically deny they have ever made any prophecies or that they have ever claimed to be inspired prophets. "The Watchtower does not claim to be inspired in its utterances, nor is it dogmatic. It invites careful and critical examination of its contents in the light of the Scriptures. Its purpose is to aid others to know Jehovah and his purposes toward mankind, and to announce Christ's established kingdom as our only hope." Watchtower, 15 August 1950

Now read this: The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah (1971) pages 70-71: "Jehovah would confirm him as a prophet before them by causing what Ezekiel prophesied to come true... Likewise it was a trying mission upon which the modern Ezekiel class was sent, to religious people of the same type as those in Ezekiel's day. But regardless of how Christendom views or regards this group of anointed witnesses of Jehovah, the time must come, and that shortly, when those making up Christendom will know that really a prophet of Jehovah was among them... Since the year 1919 C.E. the anointed remnant of Jehovah's witnesses have found it to be just like that as they have spoken fearlessly the word of Jehovah in the midst of Christendom."

Watchtower, 1 April 1972, page 197: "So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come?... These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?... This prophet was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses... Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a prophet of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show?" To answer that question, go to this link: http://jwfacts.com/images/prophet-w72.gi%E2%80%A6 (click in the red sections for clearer image)

The record shows that Jehovah's Witnesses not only consider that since 1919 the anointed remnant are the modern-day Ezekiel class, Jehovah's prophet, but even the International Bible Students were Jehovah's prophet (pre 1930's). Furthermore, the record goes on to show that this prophetic class have been getting it wrong since long before 1919 and continue to have to adjust and amend their teachings the further away they get from 1914.

I sincerely doubt, though, that any Witness would ever admit they ever claimed to be prophets, in spite of the written evidence to the contrary. However, they have acknowledged that they aren't perfect and that they have made mistakes in the past, but since their intentions were good then that's all right, they think. On the other hand, they hotly deny they ever said that Armageddon was due around October 1975 and any Witness who got that impression was reading too much into what was said by the Governing Body. Go to the link below to read the Watchtower and Awake! articles that raised everybody's hopes and expectations and whipped the faithful up into a frenzy. Current Witnesses are bound to adopt the party line and place blame elsewhere. Some of those who remain do so because they've nowhere else to go and they are frightened of what will happen to them if they are shunned.

Although they deny being prophets, they claim they are Jehovah's sole channel of communication (since 1918). Which begs the question, how come they've been getting things so badly wrong since 1918? Check out the link below for evidence of all their failed prophecies and how they have been forced to alter their teachings on the meaning of "this generation" now it's almost 100 years since Jesus is supposed to have started ruling from heaven.

If I want to know something about the Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, I would go to their official web site and read it for myself rather than take a bias few of some discrented observer. Show some respect towards people, and you will get respect back.

JW's nor their publications have ever claimed to be prophets