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Jehovah's Witnesses: Why did Jehovah choose the Watchtower organization in 1919 at a time when the organization still had pagan practices?
The Watchtower claims the light is always getting "brighter and brighter" as (presumably) all the darkness within the organization is slowly weeded out, so why not wait until ALL the darkness was gone before picking the Watchtower Organization to be "God's sole channel of communication" on earth?
The Watchtower used to celebrate Christmas and birthdays, but now considers these practices as pagan.
8 Answers
- Anonymous5 years ago
It dosent take a great deal of spiritually or learning to proclaim the name of Jehovah Evan a 3 year old child can do that. Jehovah's witnesses were willing to make gods name known so Jehovah gave the go ahead.
As for Jehovah's sole organization or channel on earth freind any person anywere can make up their mind to serve Jehovah.
Wittnessing about Jehovah is what makes you a Jehovah's witnesses!
- ?Lv 65 years ago
He did not. The leadership is lying on Jehovah and Jesus. Their history proves that they have not been chosen by God and are not being directed by God. It's all a lie concocted to secure the authority of the leadership and get the members to give them unconditional obedience and loyalty.
It's a common tactic of cult leaders to proclaim that they've been given special appointment or authority from God. That way they can co-opt the members' fear of God, projecting it unto themselves, equating their instructions with God's instructions; obedience to them with obedience to God. This is exactly what the JW organization does.
- BrianLv 55 years ago
Jehovah did not pick "The Watchtower Organization". Jesus found Christians, those who followed him in the worship of his God and Father, and accepted them as fellow worshipers.
He did not find Trinitarians following him. He found them worshiping his as part of his God.
The food then was that Jehovahs kingdom, with Jesus as king, will rid the earth of satans system. That Jehovah is God, Jesus is king and high priest and that those who cling to this system will not be a part of Jesus' system.
- 5 years ago
Because imperfect humans can't weed out the darkness baby themselves they need gods direction .
Most Jws are good people with morals
Is you aim to stop them from being that way ? If not what would like them to do instead ?
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- Uncle ThesisLv 75 years ago
It wasn't about the organization and their supposed progress toward truth.
It was about sincerity, honesty, faithfulness.
- JasonLv 55 years ago
"God chose us/me to be His spokesman" is not a new religious gimmick. The Watchtower cult has certainly taken it to a new level of... WTF.
The JW belief that Jesus made an examination of all the world's religions in 1919 and picked THEM as the people who most accurately represented Him is based on faulty chronology in the first place - and arrogant presumption to wrap it up.
I encourage you to watch this video that explains the faulty date chronology that makes up the embarrassing foundation of WATCHTOWER'S claim to authority.
- IJAHLv 65 years ago
I don't believe he did especially when i was a witness i was told, you don't have to be a witness to be saved.all religion is a snare and a trap.
- crosseyedLv 65 years ago
hi there
quite obvious no such thing ever happened.
no "food at the proper time". fail. just try and ask a jw to show you the "food". 8 years on this site and none have been able to. trinity doctrine well they got words for days but fds shuts them up.