Category: Death and Resurrection (page 1 of 11)

Did Jesus Go Out of Existence?

In the mind of Jehovah’s Witnesses, because Jesus died, Jesus can’t be God.

The substance of the Watchtower’s argument can be expressed in a simple syllogism:

  1. When Jesus died, he went out of existence.
  2. If Jesus was God, then God went out of existence.

Where have they gone wrong?  Continue reading

Die God Die?

The Watchtower has stated: “The majority of Christendom’s churches say that there are three persons in one God, that he is, as it were, a “three-headed” God. They teach that when Jesus died, God died.” (The Watchtower, “Are the Churches Leading the Nations Into Collision With God?”, 10/15/71, p. 627)

It’s clear that the Watchtower is trying to make the concept of the deity of Christ appear absurd.

Before we respond to the substance of the Watchtower’s argument, let’s address two threshold challenges. Continue reading

Bodily Resurrection: Answering Watchtower Arguments #10-11

For the last 2 weeks, we have been looking at some of the Watchtower’s arguments against the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Today we will look at the final two arguments. Continue reading

Bodily Resurrection: Answering Watchtower Arguments #5-9

Last week we looked at four arguments the Watchtower makes against the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Today we will continue with 5 more such arguments and how to answer them. Continue reading

Bodily Resurrection: Answering Watchtower Arguments #1-4

The Watchtower presents many arguments against the bodily resurrection of Christ.

It’s not possible in “key points” blog posts to go into the same detail as the chapter itself. Instead, I’ll give you thumbnail sketches of what I consider to be their best arguments against the bodily resurrection and give you good ways to respond. Continue reading

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