The Watchtower does not believe in everlasting conscious punishment. It states:
“The very idea of eternal torment is repugnant to God. His maximum punishment for the wicked is to revoke the gift of life.”[i]
I recommend that you counter the Watchtower’s annihilation-of-the-wicked doctrine with a soundbite such as this: Continue reading
The Watchtower cites 1 Corinthians 15 as “proof” that Jesus could not have been resurrected with a physical body.
1 Cor. 15:40, 42-44, 47-50: There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly bodies is one sort, and that of the earthly bodies is a different sort. So also is the resurrection of the dead. . . . It is sown a physical body, it is raised up a spiritual body. . . . The first man [Adam] is out of the earth and made of dust; the second man [Jesus Christ] is out of heaven. As the one made of dust is, so those made of dust are also; and as the heavenly one is, so those who are heavenly are also. And just as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one. However, this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom.” (There is no allowance here for any mixing of the two sorts of bodies or the taking of a fleshly body to heaven.)[1]
You can see how Jehovah’s Witnesses turn this into soundbites:
Let’s see how we can come up with a soundbite response. Continue reading
In an effort to prove that Jesus was resurrected as a spirit creature, the Watchtower notes that Acts 10:41 says, “He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”
Based on this, they ask, “Why did not others see him too? Because he was a spirit creature and when, as angels had done in the past, he materialized fleshly bodies to make himself visible, he did so only in the presence of his disciples.”[i]
You can answer this argument with two soundbites: Continue reading
If Jesus rose from the dead in a physical body, how did he suddenly appear in the middle of a locked room?
Let’s see if we can come up with a soundbite answer for this Watchtower question. Continue reading
The Watchtower argues against the bodily resurrection of Jesus by claiming that if Jesus’ body rose from the dead, he would have taken back the payment for our sin debt.
Let’s see how to respond. Continue reading
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