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Jehovah's Witnesses

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Created 2007-04-06
Jehovah's Witnesses

Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes and Prophetic Speculation. What Does the Record Show?

The Watchtower Society has often made grandiose claims for their organization. This thorough examination of their errors, doctrinal flip-flops, and prophetic speculations absolutely refutes any claim that this group is the only organization on earth that understands the "deep things of God."

From the back cover:

The publications distributed by the Jehovah's Witnesses often include grandiose claims for their organization. Typical are these excerpts from the July 1, 1973, WATCHTOWER:

...Jehovah's organization alone, in all the earth, is directed by God's Holy Spirit or active force...To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book....The only organization on earth that understands the 'deep things of God'! (p.402)

The April 1, 1972 WATCHTOWER adds: Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a 'prophet' of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show? (pp. 197)

Do the published interpretations of Scripture and prophecy by this organization support these lofty claims, or do they reveal them to be merely the opinions and speculations of men? What does the record show?

"...a tour de force for the serious Watchtower student. This seminal work covering Watchtower history up to the present is the most exhaustive compilation ever of their errors, doctrinal flip-flops and prophetic speculations."

-Leonard Chretien, Former Jehovah's Witness, author of WITNESSES OF JEHOVAH

"...the most thorough documentation of their history and beliefs ever written. The author's approach is respectful and scholarly, and without the rhetoric of similar books. A must have for the serious Jehovah's Witness critic."

-Randall Watters, Former Watchtower headquarters worker, editor of THE FREE MINDS JOURNAL

"Dr. Gruss has written the best historical study on the Watchtower Society. Here are the documented and controversial facts you won't find in the official history book of Jehovah's Witnesses. Devastatingly truthful!"

-Duane Magnani, Former Witness, author of numerous books on the Witnesses and President of Witnesses, Inc.

Edmond C. Gruss, Professor Emeritus at The Master's College, Santa Clarita, California, is the author of APOSTLES OF DENIAL; THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND PROPHETIC SPECULATION; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES--THEIR MONUMENTS TO FALSE PROPHECY; THE OUIJA BOARD: A DOORWAY TO THE OCCULT; CULTS AND THE OCCULT, and several other books on these subjects.

Table of Contents:

  1. Watch Tower Claims, Progressive Revelation, and the Interpretation of Scripture
  2. Jehovah's Witnesses--Proclaimers of God's Kingdom
  3. Russell's Bible Students Movement--a Millerite Offshoot
  4. Selected Quotations from Publications Associated with C. T. Russell and Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1876-1889
  5. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1890-1899
  6. Who is "that Faithful and Wise Servant"?
  7. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1900-1914
  8. Twenty Time-Proofs
  9. The Jehovah's Witnesses and 1914
  10. What Was Predicted for 1914?
  11. The "Seven Times" of Daniel 4:16
  12. The Year-Day Theory (Principle)
  13. Did Jerusalem Fall to Nebuchadnezzar in 607 B.C.?
  14. Jerusalem and the End of the "Appointed Times of the Nations" ("Times of the Gentiles")--Literal or Symbolic?
  15. The Jehovah's Witnesses and World War I
  16. The "Sign" of Christ's Presence in 1914 and " the Last Days"
  17. The "Sign" of Christ's Presence in 1914 and "the Last Days"--Continued
  18. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1915-1919
  19. The Laodicean Messenger and Period of the Church
  20. The Elijah and Elisha Types
  21. The Finished Mystery (1917)
  22. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1920-1929
  23. The Cedar Point Convention, September 5-13, 1922
  24. 1925 and the "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" Fiasco
  25. Will God Restore the Jews to Palestine?
  26. The Great Pyramid of Gizeh: God's Monument or "a Monument of Demonism"?
  27. Beth-sarim: A Monument to False Prophecy
  28. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1930-1939
  29. The "Man of Sin (Lawlessness)" (2 Thess. 2:3)
  30. The Great Multitude (Company, Crowd) of Revelation 7:9
  31. The "Devil's Calendar"
  32. Face the Facts (1938)
  33. Beth-Shan and the Return of the "Princes"
  34. The Olin Moyle Case and His Observations
  35. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1940-1949
  36. "Peace--Can It Last?" "Peace and Security" (1 Thes. 5:3)--A Final Sign?
  37. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1950-1959
  38. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1960-1969
  39. The "Superior Authorities" ("Higher Powers") of Romans 13: 1-7
  40. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1970-1979
  41. The 1975 Fiasco
  42. The Basis for the 1975 Fiasco
  43. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1980-1989
  44. Selected Quotations from Watch Tower Publications for the Years 1990-2000
  45. The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
  46. Speculation on "This Generation" (Matt. 24:34)
  47. Other Doctrinal Changes
  48. Conclusion: What Does the Record Show?
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