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:
- When Jesus died, he went out of existence.
- If Jesus was God, then God went out of existence.
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When discussing what happens after death, the Watchtower is selective in the texts it examines. Rather than looking at all verses that bear on the matter of conscious existence after death, it ignores passages that don’t support its doctrine. Draw these passages to their attention and ask for their explanation.