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This
cult called Jehovah's Witnesses have their own translation of the Bible
called the New World Translation and 2 magazines called the Watchtower
and Awake! from which they get their spiritual food. They say that,
"It is through the columns of the Watchtower Jehovah provides direction
and constant Scriptural counsel to his people" (Watchtower, May 1,1964,
p. 277).
- They
believe there are, "three gods in one"(Let God Be True, New York:
Watch Tower , 1946, p.81 )
According to them Jesus is a created being. "Scriptural evidence indicates
that the name Michael applied to God's son before He left heaven to
become Jesus Christ and also after his return… Michael is actually the
Son of God "(Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 1152)In their New
World translation Bible 1950 edition, "The Word, or Logos, is not
God or the God, but is the Son of God, and hence is a god"
They say,"the holy spirit is not a person and is therefore not one
of the gods of the trinity"(Reconciliation, New York: Watch Tower,
p.115)
- The
substitutionary atonement is rejected by them and divine "Justice was
satisfied in mankind's suffering death, the just penalty of sin"(Let
God Be True, Brooklyn: Watchtower, 1946, p.115). An elite class
of 144,000 will be born again and the rest will have to settle for "everlasting
life on earth" (Let God Be True, p. 231).
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