55 reasons Jehovahs Witnesses will never be reformed

by Frank J. Toth

1. Teaching that true Christianity is an organization instead of

a way of life
2. Claiming salvation is dependent upon belonging to the JW
denomination
3. Claiming that the organization speaks for and is controlled
by Jehovah, thereby equating the organization with God
himself
4. Centralizing authority in an organization instead of letting
Christ be the head of each Christian
5. Claiming that the faithful and discreet slave is the
anointed class rather than each individual Christian who
shows himself
or herself to be responsible and obedient to Christ
6. Teaching that the early Christians were led by a governing
body
7. Teaching that Jesus appointed the anointed remnant as
his true church in 1919
8. Viewing the socalled anointed class (actually, the
governing body) as Gods channel and prophet
9. Placing WT literature above the Bible
10. Frequently taking Bible texts out of context in order to
build support for the organizations manmade teachings and
procedures
11. Teaching that Jesus returned in 1914 and is invisibly
present since then
12. Teaching that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE when
no historical records confirm this and the actual date is
believed by nearly all historians to be 587 BCE
13. Falsifying the fact that Charles Russell predicted for 1914
the end of the world, not Christs return
14. Lying about a socalled increase in earthquakes, warfare,
famines, persecution, etc., since 1914
15. Contradictorily condemning military organizations and
frowning upon JWs who choose alternative service in lieu of
military service while the headquarters organization at the
same time owns stock in a military product organization
(REGI)
16. Taking a conflicting stand with regard to the United
Nations, claiming that it is the wild beast of Revelation that
leads all
nations in a fight against God and Christ at Armageddon, but
signing on as an NGO member and publishing articles that
present the UN in a favorable light
17. Teaching that its wrong to celebrate birthdays and all
holidays
18. Teaching that Abraham and the faithful men and women of
old are not among the holy ones who will rule with Christ in
his Kingdom
19. Interpreting Jewish restoration prophecies as fulfilled in
the anointed remnant
20. Teaching that the Scriptures are directly addressed only to
the remnant of anointed ones
21. Teaching that only the anointed must be born again
22. Teaching that the great crowd are not begotten or
anointed by the Holy Spirit
23. Teaching that the great crowd are Gods grandchildren
and not his sons and daughters
24. Teaching that the great crowd are not members of the
bride of Christ
25. Teaching that Jesus is not the mediator between God and
the great crowd of Revelation chapter 7
26. Teaching that the resurrection of the anointed precedes
the resurrection of the other sheep and that it has already
begun
27. Teaching that only anointed JWs will receive immortality
in the resurrection
28. Inviting only the anointed to partake at the memorial
29. Claiming that spiritual food comes from the anointed
class whereas nearly all the writers of WT publications are
members of the other sheep class
30. Creating a climate of fear by authoritarianism
31. Controlling what individual JWs may read of Biblerelated
publications that are not produced by the WT Society
32. Arrogantly pretending that the JW organization maintains
higher standards than any other religion and proclaiming
publicly that all other churches are members of Babylon the
Great
33. Forbidding attendance and participation at other churches
34. Class distinctions such as governing body, anointed
remnant and great crowd of other sheep
35. Class distinctions such as publishers, auxiliary pioneers,
regular pioneers, special pioneers, circuit overseers, district
overseers, Bethelites, Governing Body, etc.
36. Prohibiting women from serving in any meaningful role in
the congregation while expecting them to do the bulk of the
work in field service
37. Constantly prodding the membership by means of
literature, meetings and conventions to do ever more and
more in the service of the organization, promoting an
atmosphere where many feel their best is never good enough
38. Setting dates for Armageddon and thereby urging the
membership to abandon normal living, this often resulting in
the ruination of health and family life, as well as creating
employment and financial hardships
39. Teachings that lead the members to believe righteousness
and salvation can be earned by devoted and loyal support of
the organizations slavish programs
40. Keeping meeting attendance and field service records as a
gauge of an individuals spirituality
41. Organizationally requiring no blood transfusions instead of
letting it be a matter of conscience, thereby cruelly informing
all members that they will be shunned by the organization if
they accept a transfusion that might restore health following a
life threatening accident or illness
42. Allowing their own infants and children to die instead of
allowing doctors to give them necessary blood transfusions
43. Teaching that the congregation of Matthew 18:17 is the
body of elders
44. Holding heresy trials and disciplinary hearings in secrecy
from the rest of the congregation
45. Withholding information that would be helpful to persons
who have been accused of wrongdoing
46. Conducting heresy trials of members who have doubts or
who think differently upon the Scriptures
47. Defining apostasy as against the organization instead of
against God
48. Being quick to disfellowship instead of making efforts to
restore persons who have done something wrong
49. Unnecessarily and abusively shunning members even for
minor infractions such as smoking or not complying with the
whimsical directives of elders, thereby causing personal and
family turmoil that often results in immense guilt, shame, fear,
depression, bitterness, hatred, murder and suicide
50. Prohibiting fellowship with disassociated persons who
show no inclination toward causing dissension
51. Showing favoritism by advising innocent victims to leave
it to Jehovah instead of the elders taking decisive action to
deal with some members who have been accused of harmful
wrongdoing.
52. Ignoring or minimizing clear evidence of child molestation
and other abuses simply because only one witness is available
to testify against the member accused of such serious
wrongdoing
53. Covering over and hiding damaging facts about the JW
organization
54. In many cases, neglecting the care of their own sick and
elderly members who no longer have the strength and energy
to attend all the meetings and to be regular in field service
as they did for most of their lives
55. Blatantly lying to the public by declaring to news media
that members may leave the organization at any time, of their
own free will and without any repercussions from the
organization