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Changing Light

Click for Table of Contents Table of Contents THE FOLLOWING IS BASED SOLELY ON PUBLISHED WT MATERIAL AND TEACHINGS. This information from the WT Society has been taught and preached as indisputable truth, provided by Jehovah God himself to his earthly channel of the Faithful Slave, to be served as ‘food at the proper time’.

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Vasectomy

Watchtower 15 June 1999 p  27/28 Since sterilization procedures are now said to be reversible on request, might a Christian view them as [an acceptable] birth-control option? .. Christians [should] shape their thinking and deeds by God’s esteem for reproductive potential. (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8; 2:2, 5-8) This would reflect mature sensitivity to Scriptural indications. Yet,

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Vaccinations

Watchtower has traditionally been strongly anti-vaccination The Golden Age 1921 Oct 12 p.17 Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice… Use your rights as American citizens to forever abolish the devilish practice of vaccination. [Emphasis Added] The Golden Age 1923 January 3rd, p.214 The public is not generally aware of how large

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Women

Watchtower 1956 September 15 p.571 Marriage Ceremony and Requirements 13 The wearing of rich clothes is not necessary for a civil marriage. The main thing is to be dressed neatly, becomingly, and, as a Christian, to be spiritually well-clothed with love, humility, obedience and faithfulness. A wedding ring may not be customary or may be beyond one’s

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Has the Society ever altered its publications without notice to suit its changing prophecies?

Yes. Quietly the Society shifts its position when an embarrassing prophecy is made and then remains unfulfilled. For example, a crucial change was made in the 1923 version of Studies in Scriptures in order to bring it into line with the Society’s changing prophecies. The earlier version has: “…the deliverance of the saints must take

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Did the Society misrepresent the New Catholic Encyclopedia on its position concerning the trinity?

Yes. The Society suggests that the New Catholic Encylopedia denies the historic trinity: It teaches that…this doctrine was unknown to the Hebrew prophets and Christian apostles…it also admits that the doctrine must be dated as from about three hundred and fifty years after the death of Jesus Christ.” The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life, p. 22

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Did the Society quote the famous Bible translator Westcott out of context?

Yes. The Society gives the impression that Westcott supports the concept that John 1:1 should be translated “the Word was a god” (note the small “g”). Watchtower, Jan. 15, 1975, p.63 But as can be seen, Westcott holds to an entirely different view based on the grammar:The Word was God “…simply affirms the true deity of the

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Beth-Sarim

Beth-Sarim, which means “House of Princes” in the Hebrew language, was a handsome estate built in San Diego in 1930 by the Watchtower Society. Its history is variously represented by the Society. See wikipedia What was the purpose of the construction of Beth-Sarim? Beth-Sarim was, according to a recent Society yearbook, built as a home for one

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