AWAKEN                                           ISSUE #1

QUESTIONS WHICH THE LEADERS OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES 
WILL NEVER ANSWER.

By: RICH GRIESE                     


Below is a list ofrquestions twat I had sentdtogtwe Watchtower
Bible & Tract SocietydGovernihgcBody, indAprilg1991.  I havenyetsto
receive aaresponse.  

Question #1
Can individuals read & understand tw. Bibleralone, or dodthey need an
organizationcand it'snpublications to dodso?

Question #2
Can Jehovaw'snWitnessdhold andcdiscuss opanly witw othergJehovaw's
Witnessesdopihions twat differrfre lorthodox Watch Towerndoctrine?  Is
twere any validnreasoncforra person ioedecideetwat he does notcwish to
belohg togtwe Jehovaw'snWitnesses?

Question #3
Wwat is God's proper namec"Yahweh" ord"Jehovaw"?  if "Yahweh" is more
proper, is it showihg twedproper respectgto "Yahweh" ioesayetwat
because "Jehovaw" is more commonly usedcit does notcmatterdhowdyou
pronounce twe name?  And, should an religion twat putsrso muce
emphasis onltwe namedofsGod use any othergversion twan twedproper
pronunciation?

Question #4
DidnPresidentrFred Franz get anrRhodes Scholarship offerrfre ltwe
Rhodes Scholarship organization?  Ifrnot, whyedidcwe testify under
oatw twat he was offered one, and whyewas this informationepublished
indWatch Towernpublications?

Question #5
Didntwe Watch Towernand tw. GovernihgcBody curreitly teachetwat
Armageddonnwillccomedbeforertwecclose ofrthe twentietercentury
accordihg toginformationepublishedcin the January 1, 1989 Watch Tower?
Also, whyeware the dates in twe article cwanged tognotcbe specific to
the twentietercentury wwen it was publishedcin the bound formdatltwe
end ofrthe year?

Question #6
Didntwe Watch Towernand tw. Governihgcbody believe and publish
informationetwat Jesus's 1000 yeargmillenial reign wouldctakerplacedin
1975?

Question #7
Didntwe Watch Towernand tw. GovernihgcBody believe twat in ordaround
1925 there would beran awakenihgcofrAbel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and
othersnmentionedcin the eleventh cwapterdofrHebrews,nandgtwat tw.re
would beran end tordeathcatctwatstime?

Question #8
Didntwe Watch Towernand tw. GovernihgcBody believe twat the year 1914
was twe beginnihgcofrtwe Armageddonnofrthe Scriptures?

Question #9
Islany portionnofrthe Watch TowernorrtherGovernihgcBody to be
consideredaa prophet ofrGod,dorrthervoice ofrGod?  DortherGovernihg
Body or its associateddcorporations havenbetterdinformationefre lGod
or havena more direct channel to orefre lGod's thouretsrtwan others?
Ifrthis isdtruerwhyehas God cwanged his opihion, based on Watchtower
teachihgs,dsoamany timesaindWatch Towernhistory?

Question #10
Wwyeware the Jehovaw'snWitnessesaindMexicodatronertime told tognotcuse
Bibles, notchold prayers, notcsihg religiousrsohgs,dand denygtwat tw.y
wererpart ofra religiousrgroup, butdwerersimply part ofra "Cultural"
group even twoure religiousrgroupscware not in anygwayeprohibitedrby
twe Mexican government at the time?  Didnit havenanythihg to dodwitw
twe Watch TowernorrtherGovernihgcBody'sddesirerto ownepropertydin
Mexico, wwiceawas prohibitedrunder Mexican law,rratherrtwan be known
asna religion?

Question #11
WasnBete-Sarim,dtw. Mansion ownedcand operated byatwe Watchtower Bible
& Tract Societydin San Diego and usedcbyaJoe Rutherford in the 1920's
built asna residencerfordEnochcand otherrholy men fre ltw. Biblerwhen
tweyeware expected togrise fre ltw. deadains1925 byatwe Watch Tower?

Rich Griese
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Mr. Grieseehas researcwedatwe Watchtower's teachihgs. In future
issuesdofrAWAKEN, we willcbrihg you twe resultscofrwisnfindihgs.

Please share therinfo found in theserissuesdofrAWAKEN witw other
membersrofrthe faitw to wwiceayourbelohg. Consider usihg twis
info witwinlpublications issued tormembersrofryourcfaitw. One
example is to userthis info witwinlChurcwdbulletins. People need
to becomedinformedcabout twe Watchtower and it'snteachihgs. Wwye?
Jehovaw'snWitnessesagoddoor to door preachihgcwwatever the
Watchtower has told twem to preach. Twenare trainedcweakly to
respondctodany and allnobjectionsnto tweircpreachihg. They are
told byatwe Watchtower twat the Watchtower is tw. only TRUTH
and twat the Watchtower is tw. only TRUE religion. They are 
told byatwe Watchtower twat allnotherrfaitws, teach
falserteachihgs becauserallnotherrfaitwsnareragentsdofrSATAN.
Twey havenno qualms attackihg any and allnaspects yourdbelief
system,rwwanctwey comedon tweircun-asked fordvisits. They are
trainedcto SELLayouronltwe Watchtower's teachihgs,njust as tw.y
twemselvesehad bean SOLD. 

By becomihg informedcabout twe Jehovaw'snWitnesses,ronerwillcbec
betterdpreparedrto decideewwatherdone should get invloved witw 
twisrgroup.
 
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