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watchtower quotesThis section provides lists of quotes from Watchtower publications regarding a range of Jehovah's Witness doctrine. It presents Watchtower teaching through the use of quotes with minimal comment. This makes it ideal for anyone that may be discouraged from reading information written by former Witnesses.
Year 2000 - End will be in the 20th century
Apostates
Bible only for 144,000
Black skin
Blame Members
Charity
Close of the heavenly calling
Discipline Children
Divorce
End Soon, So Near, Imminent, Few Years
Gambling
Happiest people - Jehovah's Witnesses
Higher Education
Homosexuality
Jehovah's Witnesses Unique
Marriage & child bearing
Marriage - not in the new system
Martial arts
Masturbation
"Only" Jehovah's Witnesses
Oral sex
Pagan practices
Psychiatry & hypnosis
Publisher growth
Rape can be fornication
Sport
Sterilization
Theocratic Warfare & Lying
Transplants
Trust the Governing Body
Vaccinations
Voting
Women submission
Worldly people
Yoga
After reviewing quotes from the Watchtower over a succession of years, several aspects become apparent:
- The beliefs of Witnesses change over time or contradict themselves
- The Watchtower dictates over a vast array of areas in the life of followers, regularly without any direct Scriptural backing
- Many Watchtower beliefs are US centric, unusual, and remnant of 19th century thinking
This calls into question whether a man-made organization should be making rules based on personal interpretation of ambiguous Scripture or principles. Jesus criticised religious leaders of his day for such rule-making.
This is a valuable resource for people researching the Watchtower Society, people studying with Witnesses that would like to know information beyond the basic introductory Bible study book, and current Witnesses that would like an easy reference point.