QuestionstoAsktheJehovah'sWitnesses

MartynMcGeown
(SomequotationsarefromtheJehovahWitnesses[JW]NewWorldTranslation[NWT])

1.InJohn20:28,ThomasreferstoJesus(inGreek)ashokuriosmoikaihotheosmoi.Thistranslatesliterallyas"theLordof
me and the God of me." Why does Jesus in John 20:29 affirm Thomas for having come to this realization ("thou hast
believed")? If Jesus really wasnt the Lord and the God of Thomas, why didnt Jesus correct him for making either a false
assumptionorablasphemousassertion?
2. Jehovah says in Isaiah 44:24, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself and
spreading out the earth all alone." How do you reconcile this with the Watchtower teaching that Jehovah first created Christ
andthenChristcreatedeverythingelse?
3.If,astheWatchtowerteaches,thetitleoftheLordJesusasthe"firstborn"inColossians1refersto"firstcreated"andis
notatermofpreeminence,howdoyouexplainJeremiah31:9whereGoddeclares that Ephraim is His firstborn? It is clear
from Scripture (Gen. 41:5152) that Manasseh, not Ephraim, was the firstborn in time. Is Jesus not therefore, as Creator,
supremeoverHiscreationandnotthefirstcreatedbeingproducedbyJehovah?
4.IfonlyGodcansaveandthereisnootherSaviourthanGod(Isa.43:11)thendoesntthatmeanthattheNewTestament
referencestoJesusasSaviourpointtoHisdeity?Ifnot,thenhowdoyoureconcileJesusroleasSaviourwithIsaiah43:11
andHosea13:4?
5.IfJesusplacedHimselfonanequalparwiththeFatherastheproperobjectofmanstrust(asHedidinJohn14:1),then
wouldnt this have been blasphemous unless Jesus Himself truly is God and Saviour? Similarly, how can it be the Fathers
willthat"allmenshouldhonourtheSon,evenastheyhonourtheFather"(John5:23),ifGodsaysinIsaiah48:11thatHe"will
notgive[His]gloryuntoanother."AlsohowdoyouexplainJesuswordsinJohn17:5inthelightoftheaboveconsiderations?
6.HowdoyoureconcileJehovahsstatementinDeuteronomy32:39that"thereisnogodwith"Him,aswellasthestatement
in Isaiah 45:5 that "there is no God beside" Him, with the Watchtower teaching that Jehovah is God and Jesus is a god
besideHim?(SeeJohn1:1intheNWT.)
7. In Luke 20:38 we read that Jehovah "is not a God of the dead but of the living." The Greek word theos ("God") is used
withoutthedefinitearticleho("the").SinceJehovahsdeityisnotdiminishedbythisGreekconstructioninLuke20:38,why
doestheWatchtowerseektodiminishChristsdeityinJohn1:1whichusesthesameGreekconstruction?
8.IfJesusismerely"agod"accordingtotheNWTversionofJohn1:1,isheatrueGodorafalsegod?
9.Sinceallthe"Iam"sayingsofChristintheGospelaccordingtoJohn("Iamthebreadoflife""Iamthegoodshepherd,"
etc.) are clearly intended to be related to one another, why does the NWT correctly translate ego eimi as "I am" throughout
JohnsGospelexceptinJohn8:58whereittranslatesegoeimias"Ihavebeen?"WhydidtheJewswanttostoneChristin
John8ifallHesaidwas"BeforeAbrahamwas,Ihavebeen,"anddidnotusetheDivineName,"IAM,"fromExodus3:14?
10. Since Jehovah is called "mighty God" in Isaiah 10:21, just as Jesus is called "mighty God" in Isaiah 9:6, does this not
meanthattheWatchtoweriswrongwhenitclaimsthat"mightyGod"referstoalesserdeity(cf.Jer.32:18)?
11. Since Jesus is "the same yesterday, today and forever" (Heb. 13:8), how can the JWs claim that Jesus was an angel,
whobecameaman,andthenbecameanangelagain?
12.SinceMichaelthearchangelcouldnotrebukethedevilbyhisownauthority(Jude9)andJesuscouldanddid(Matt.4:10),
doesntthisprovethatJesuscannotbeMichaelthearchangel?
13. Jesus said in Luke 24:39 that He was not a spirit and proved this by the fact that He had a fleshandbones body. How
doesthisfitwiththeWatchtowerteachingthatJesuswasraisedasaspiritualcreaturewithoutaphysicalbody?
14.SinceJesusdeclaresthatHewouldraise"thistemple"(John2:19)andby"thistemple"HemeansHisownbody,asJohn
2:21teaches("hespakeofthetempleofhisbody"),isntJesusteachingHisbodilyresurrectioninthispassage?
15.HowcanJehovahbe"Lordoflords"(Ps.136:3Deut.10:17)andsharethistitlewithJesusinRevelation17:14?
16.HowcanJehovahbe"thefirstandthelast"(Isa.44:6)whereasJesuspossessesthistitleinRevelation1:17?
17.HowcanJehovahbetheOnebeforewhomeverykneeshall bow (Isa. 45:2223) and Jesus also have this honour (Phil.
2:1011)?
18. If in Isaiah 40:3 a way is prepared for "Jehovah," why does Mark 1:13 apply this to Jesus Christ? Was not John the
BaptistpreparingthewayforJesusChrist?HowthencanweescapetheconclusionthatJesusisJehovah?
19.InRevelation22:1213theOnewhoiscomingisclearlytheLordJesus,whoisheredesignated"AlphaandOmega."How
then can we escape the conclusion that Revelation 1:8 also refers to Jesus Christ ("Alpha and Omega") and calls Him the
"Almighty,"therebyteachingthatJesusHimselfisAlmightyGod?

20. If in 1 Corinthians 8:6 there is "one Lord," namely Jesus Christ, does this mean that God the Father is not Lord? How,
then,cantheWatchtowerclaimthattheFatherstitleof"oneGod"rulesoutJesusbeingGod?
21.IfthenameofJehovahistheonlynameforsalvation (Isa. 43:11), why doesActs 4:12 say of Jesus Christ: "Neither is
theresalvationinanyother:forthereisnoneothernameunderheavengivenamongmen,wherebywemustbesaved?"Isit
nottruethatJesusisJehovahsalvation,"Godwithus"(Matt1:23)asourSaviour?
22.IntheNWT,everytimetheGreekwordproskuneoisusedinreferenceofGoditistranslated"worship"(e.g.,Rev.5:14
7:11 11:16 19:4: John 4:20 etc.). However, every time proskuneo is used in reference to Jesus Christ it is translated as
"obeisance" (Matt. 14:33 28:9, 17 Luke 24:52 Heb. 1:6 etc.) even though it is the same word in the Greek. What is the
reasonforthisinconsistency?
23.Colossians1:16,speakingofJesus,teachesthat"allthingswerecreatedby him, and for him."The Watchtower claims
thatJesuswasMichaelthearchangelatthetimeofthecreation. Would an angel create all things for himself? How do you
explainthissinceGodAlmightyissaidtohavecreatedallthingsforHisownpleasureinRevelation4:11?
24.IftherighteousdeadhavenoconsciousnesshowcanRevelation14:13describethemas"blessed"andenjoying"rest?"
Similarly,howcanthewickeddeadhave"norestdayandnight""forever"(Rev.14:11),iftheyareannihilatedandnolonger
exist?
25. If the Holy Spirit is Gods impersonal active force, how can He be lied to and called God in Acts 5:34? How can an
impersonalforcebeblasphemed(Matt.12:31)?Howcananimpersonalforcebegrieved(Eph.4:30)?Howcananimpersonal
force have a will (I Cor. 12:11)? How can an impersonal force have a mind since He "searches" (the same word is used in
John5:39)thedeepthingsofGodandknowsthemindoftheGod(ICor.2:1011)?Howcananimpersonalforceteach(John
14:26),command(Acts8:2913:2)andintercedeorpray(Rom.8:26)?
26.TheBibleusesimpersonalthingstodescribetheHolySpiritsuchaswaterandfire.TheWatchtowerarguesfromthisthat
Heistherebynotaperson.WhatthenofGodwhoiscalled"aconsumingfire"(Heb.12:29),animpersonalthing?
27. Since Ephesians 2:89 teaches that salvation is by grace through faith, which faith is not of ourselves but is the gift of
God(cf.Titus3:5Rom.3:20Gal.2:16),whydoestheWatchtowerteachsalvationbyworks?
28.Paulsays,"GodforbidthatIshouldglory,saveinthecrossofourLordJesusChrist"(Gal.6:14).Whatdoyougloryin?
CanyoutrulymakePaulsconfessionandstillretaintheJWdoctrineofsalvation?
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website!...They'lldefinitelyhavesomethingtothinkaboutforawhile."England