Jehovah's Witnesses: Answered Verse by Verse

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Summary: Get A life People!
Review: I appreciate that the author is writing about respect and compassion but I dont understand how anyone can have time to worry so much about another religion let alone another persons chosen beliefs. As a fellow Christian (ie..Christian=ChristLike -To try ones best to have a life that conforms to principles taught by Christ) I believe in following our Savior Jesus Christ - and his first commandment was to love one another - not to prove each other wrong. I dont think you need a book like this to tell you how to treat Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormoms, Catholics, Buddists, Jews, or any other religion. The Bible already told us how to treat our fellow man - as ourself! Just love them. And dont worry about the rest - thats Gods job.

Imagine if someone in ancient times wanted to know about Jesus' beliefs... what answer might that person get if they went and asked one of the Pharisees about the beliefs of Christ?? A BIAS ONE FOR SURE! If you want to know what Jehovah's Witnesses beleive...Ask a Jehovah's Witness!

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Summary: Great content, but no strategy.
Review: I felt this book did an exceltent job at telling its reader what the Jehovah's Witnesses believe and explaining what is wrong with each incorrect belief. He tells of blood transfusions, the cross, Michael, and other things, and he gives his personal testimony. This was a wonderful book, but the only problem was that now I don't know how to apply this information! I know more than many JW's do, but now I am like a computer to a caveman! It would be really useful, if only he could plug it in! I think this is a great first time book to prepare you for defensive warfare against the JW's that come to your door.

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Summary: False Reasoning
Review: I read this and "How to answer Jehovah's Witnesses Subject by Subject" by David A Reed and "How to Answer Jehovah's Witnesses" by Dr. Robert Morey. All three are excellent resources but all different in the approach they take to teach the reader in this area. This book is good for the verse for verse answer's but did not have the answer for when they use Proverbs as an example for the creation of Christ. The answer was addressed in Dr. Morey's book for that verse. Additional resources can be found at David Reed's internet site- Comments to the Friends. I have purchased original books from the Watchtower Organization (1968 Watchtower, 1972 Awake, 1975 Jehovah's Witness Yearbook etc.)just to verify for myself some of the information stated in Dr. Morey's book and everything that I have checked does confirm what has been said.

In addressing the JW who wrote above, see my response for the book written by David Reed on Jw's answered subject by subject. In addressing the person who wrote that it does not matter what other people believe and we should get a life I ask him to consider the following. Paul said to tell the TRUTH in love, not just to love. Jude 1:3 says to defend the faith. Titus 1:9 says to rebuke those sharply so that they will be sound in the faith. Galations chapter 1 says that anyone who preaches a different Gospel than what Paul taught was accursed and 1 Corinthians chapter 15 does not say anything about Christ returning in 1914 as JW's assert. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees publically and continually to show their errors (Mathew Chapter 23 & many others. Consider for a moment that we actually care about JW's, Mormons and other false religions and try to tell them about the only true gospel of Jesus Christ. Consider that people have died from not recieving blood transfussions from the watchtowers teachings and ask yourself if you should keep quit. We ask JW's to look at the scripture as the final authority to see if what they believe is true as the Bereans did in the book of Acts. Go to James Whites site(alpha and Omega ministries, where you can get a MP3 download that shows how they changed the Bible into the New World Translation and edited sections just to match their beliefs. This book is a great resource and I strongly recommend it and Crisis of Conscious.

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Summary: False Reviews
Review: I thought I should inform people looking for contorversial literature on Jehovah's Witnesses that a reviewer who claims to be "A Reader" from America, or various cities or states, is really a JW. He or she claims to be have been investigating the Jehovah's Witness cult, then was given these books. Well, this person has put pretty much the same review for almost all controversial literature on JWs on this site, and many other online sites. This person has not read all these books.

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Summary: False Reviews
Review: I thought I should inform people looking for contorversial literature on Jehovah's Witnesses that a reviewer who claims to be "A Reader" from America, or various cities or states, is really a JW. He or she claims to be have been investigating the Jehovah's Witness cult, then was given these books. Well, this person has put pretty much the same review for almost all controversial literature on JWs on this site, and many other online sites. This person has not read all these books.

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Summary: Real Fear
Review: Most of the people who are so quick to criticize JW's without ever discussing their doubts about their beliefs with a JW, and making claims that they "know the facts" are indeed trying to decieve. Every single teaching of the JW's are directly from the Bible. Let them bring any bible they wish to bring to disprove any teachings, as well as any interpatation of the Hebrew and Greek languages as an aid to their quest to disprove that the JW's teach only from the bible. The Real Fear that these people have is the knowledge or fear that once they know the Truth you cannot deny it, which having an acurate knowledge of the teachings of Jesus Christ the Only Begotten Son, not a trinity as many religions try to teach and the Father, who Does Have a name, one that has been removed by most part from bibles used today to hide the name of Jehovah. Isn't the the term god a title such as governor or priest? Everyone has a name and would we not want those who we love or who love us to use our name, or call us hey you. Jehovah is the Grand Creators name, and he revealed this was His name to use so that we would know His name as we know Jesus' name, so when we worship him, it is as personal as a relationship can be, as He knows us by name, even to the number of hairs on our head. It is easier to what is easy, that is the way Satan wants it in his last remaining short time he has left to take with him. But doing what is required of Jehovah God to be acceptable is not easy but having an accurate understanding of his inspired Word will not just "get you saved" as many religions believe is all that is required of us, but getting to know Jehovah, and His perect love for us by sending His only begotten Son, to come to earth and live a perfect life and to die for us, and to be our Redeemer, in the presence of God is not easy, but was hard but loving for all of us.

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Summary: A very good resource on JW use of Scripture
Review: This book begins with a short introduction. It then has short chapters outlining the basic teachings of the Watchtower and critiquing the Watchtower's "New World Translation." Then the bulk of the book is an index of verses from both the Old and New Testaments that are relevant to JWs. Then the last three chapters contain a short outline of Watchtower history, "Techniques for Sharing the Gospel with Jehovah's Witnesses," and Reed's testimony of how he came out of the Watchtower.

The verse-by-verse evaluations are excellent. The cover both verses JWs cite that they claim support their doctrines and verses showing that their doctrines are false. For the former, Reed gives a concise explanation of how the JWs are misusing the verse. For the latter, Reed explains what doctrine of the Watchtower the verse refutes and why.

This is a very helpful resource to have around when a person gets "stumped" by something a JW says. He or she can look up the verse in this book and be prepared for the next time. And the JW, if he or she is open enough to listen, can see what "the other side" has to say about important verses.

The opening and closing short chapters also contain helpful information. But given their brevity they do not provide a lot of detail. For further study on such subjects one would have to consult other books. But Reed's testimony is very interesting.

Reed's companion book "Answering Jehovah's Witnesses: Subject by Subject," would be another helpful resource to have around. It provides further details on subjects addressed in this book. And for additional Biblical study on subjects relevant to JWs, consult my book "Scripture Workbook: For Personal Bible Study and Teaching the Bible." It contains three chapters on the Trinity and one on various other Watchtower teachings.

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Summary: Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse
Review: This book is a great study tool for all christians. New christians should acquire it in order to have a deeper understanding of the JW teachings. After reading this book you will be equiped for when a JW comes to your door.

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Summary: False Reasoning
Review: When I told someone I was investigating what JWs believed someone gave me this book (in addition to several others) in hopes of "snatching me from the cult". This book surely will fool the inexperienced- but every single point made by this author is easily refuted by the Bible. He "uses" Bible verses out of context. He also shows a complete lack of knowledge concerning 1st Century culture and language. The problem so many of these writers have is that they often try to impose the semantic limitations of English on Hebrew and Greek terms. For example, the word "God" has a wide range of use in the ancient languages but the author ignorantly tries to convince readers of baseless points like..since Jesus is called "God" he must be Almighty God. UTTERLY FALSE REASONING. This reasoning will easily be squelched by any serious Bible student (many personages are called by the title "God" because the Bible allows many to be given the title "God" without ehm being equal or the same person as YHWH- seem Psalms 82:1,6 where human judges and kings were called "God" because the authority given them by YHWH- because they represented Him. Just one of many examples.) Don't be fooled by human philosophy.