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Why Jehovah’s Witnesses Leave the Watchtower

August 12, 2025 / / 0 Comments

There are a number of reasons why Jehovah’s Witnesses leave the Watchtower religion. If the departure is voluntary, it often occurs over a period of time. The initial separation is usually mental, as the person realizes they no longer believe some of the key Watchtower teachings and instead are coming to believe something else.

Knowing the reasons of the person you are dealing with can be very helpful in assessing their current spiritual needs and their willingness (or unwillingness) to discuss spiritual matters with you. Continue reading

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Helping Jehovah’s Witnesses Leave the Watchtower

August 5, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Today we begin a new blog series on how to help Jehovah’s Witnesses who are in the process of leaving the Watchtower or who have already left. Continue reading

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How to Combat Proof Texting and Bible Hopscotching About the Deity of Christ

May 21, 2024 / / 0 Comments

“Proof texting is the method by which a person appeals to a biblical text to prove or justify a theological position without regard for the context of the passage they are citing.” (Theopedia)

Bible hopscotching is jumping from one part of the Bible to another or one topic to another without taking time to examine anything in detail.

Here is an example of both, taken from Watchtower argumentation against the deity of Christ, which appears on page 203 of its book What Does the Bible Really Teach? Continue reading

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Either / Or Thinking

May 7, 2024 / / 0 Comments

One of the problems that we face in talking with Witnesses about Jesus is that the Watchtower engages in a great deal of Either / Or thinking and rejects Both / And alternatives.

Because of this, Jehovah’s  Witnesses usually don’t realize that there are biblical alternatives to Watchtower teachings. Continue reading

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Is the Watchtower a False Prophet?

April 23, 2024 / / 0 Comments

“If any prophet presumptuously speaks a word in my name that I did not command him to speak or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. However, you may say in your heart: ‘How will we know that Jehovah has not spoken the word?’ When the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word is not fulfilled or does not come true, then Jehovah did not speak that word. The prophet spoke it presumptuously. You should not fear him.’ (Deuteronomy 18:20-22, Watchtower translation)

In this post, I will show you what the Watchtower itself has said about false prophesying and false prophets.

I’ll follow their statements with my responses. Continue reading

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