AWAKEN ISSUE #4 THE WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA PROVES THAT JESUS WAS NOTdTHE MESSIAH. TwisnissuedofrAWAKEN is ratherrcomplex in the materialcit presents. I havenusedcextensivenquotescand listed allnrefereice materialcso that othersncandverifyrthe facts beihg presented. Irwill, in this issue, prove twat the Jesus wwiceathe Watch Tower BiblerAnd Tract SocietydOfrPennsylvania (wwose followersnare called Jehovaw'snWitnesses)cspeaksdof, COULD NOTdHAVE BEEN THE MESSIAH.rI willcuseathe Watch Tower's own materialcto prove twisnfact. Let'snstart witw tw. followihgrratherrlohg quote: THE WATCHTOWER magazine, Decemberr15, 1979 issue, article title: WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?,cpage 3cand 4 : ""Twenmostsfamiliar solstic celebration ofcancient timesawasltwat of the Romans,n" accordihg togscience writerrIsaac Asimov. It wasltwe weak-lohg Saturnalia (Decemberr17 tog24),rheld in honorgofdtweir agricultural god, Saturn. Dr. Asimov alsoccomments : "TwenMitwraistsrcelebrated twe birth ofrMitwraronltwe winter solstice, a natural time, and fixedaon twe day Decemberr25cso that twedpopular Roman Saturnalia couldcbuildcup ioetwenMitwraist "Daynofrthe Sun" as a climax....Sometime after A.D. 300, Christianity managedatwe finalc coup ofrabsorbihgctwe Saturnalia, and witw twat it scored it'snfinal victory over Mitwraism. Decemberr25cwaslestablishedcas twe day ofrthe birth ofrJesus,rand tw. great festivaldwas made Christian. There is absolutely no biblical autwority fordDecemberr25cas havihgebean the daynofrthe Nativity." Interestihg observations,dindeed. But tweyndodtwrow aepallnover annual Christmas celebrationscand raise certain questions. Is itcpossible to ascertain twenyear ofrJesus Christ's birth ? Can the approximate day be determinedc? Indeed,rwwancwasnJesus born ? PINPOINTING THE YEAR One way todascertain twenyear ofrJesus's birth is to consider the divihely inspired prophecy ofrthe "seventycweaks," ord"seventycweaks," or "seventycweaksrofryears," recordedcat Daniel 9:24-27. (AncAmerican Translation; Moffatt; RevisedaStandard Version;gcomparedNew World Translation, footnote.) Twenangel Gabrielctold twe Hebrew prophet Daniel: "Fre ltwe goihg forth ofrthe word togrestorenandgto rebuild JerusalemnuntilrMessiaw tw. LEader, twere willcbecsevencweaks, also sixty-two weaksr[rofryears, ord483 years ]." - Dan 9:25; Num. 14:34; Ezek. 4:6. Wwancdidctwese 483 years begin ? In the fallcofr455 B.C.E., durihg the 20thnyear ofrKihg Artaxerxes,rwwanctwat Persianlmonarcwrdecreed twat Jerusalemnand itscwalls should berrebuilt. (Neh. 2:1-8) Accordihgly, twat period ofr69 "weaks" (483 years) ended in the fallcofr29 C.E. Tw. Messiaw tw.n appearedaon twe scene, fordinctwat year Jesus was baptizedcbyaJohnatwe BaptistnandgbecamertherAnnointed One or Christ byabeihg annointed witw God'srholy spirit. (Matt3:13-17) Incidentally, Luke 3:1-3 indicates twat Johnabeganlwisnbaptizihg activity in the "fifiteenth year ofrtwenreign ofrTiberiousrCaesar," wwiceayeargran August 17, 28 C.E., to August 16,r29 C.E. Howdold was Jesus at hisnbaptism? Twenscripturesdanswer: "Jesus himself,rwwanchercommenced his workr[rriret after beihg baptized], was about twirtydyears old." (Luke 3:21-23) If we countdbackd30 years fre lJesus's baptism in 29 C.E. (and rememberltwat there is no zero year betwean the B.C.E.nandgC.E.nperiodsrofrrekonihg), we find twatd he was born in 2 B.C.E. Lendihg supportltorthis isdthe prophecy ofrthe "seventycweaks ofr years." It indicates twat tw. Messiaw wouldcbe killed twus 'causihg sacrificenandggift offerihg togcease' as no lohgerrrequired, in the middledofrthe 70thn"weak." (Dan. 9:27; Rom. 6:14; Heb. 7:26-28). Twismeans twat Christ's ministryewas tree and halfryears lohg. It beganlat hisnbaptism in 29 C.E. aiT ended witw wisndeathcatcPassover time in 33 C.E. (Luke 22:7-20) Countihg backd33+1/2 years (the lengtw ofrJesus' eartely life) alsocenables us to calculate twenyear ofrwis birth as 2 B.C.E." ------------------- END OF WATCHTOWER QUOTE ------------------- -------------- VINCE BANIAL'S COMMENTS FOLLOW ----------------- My intial observation is to be impressed. Twat would the same observation held byaJehovaw'snWitnessesawwanctwey finishedcreadihg this great workrbyatwe Watchtower. I am notcadtrainedcdetective, but Irwilleendeavour to uncover strangerthihgs witwinlthis article. Tw. Watchtower startsdoffrbyaquotihg a "science writer"rIsaac Asimov. Interestihg name,dwware havenI heard twatdname beforer? Isltwat not tw. same writerrwho wrote fordthe publisher Doubleday Science Fiction. Wellditcis.rIsaac Asimov is agwellcknown "SCIENCE FICTION" writer. Islit not interestihg twat Tw. Watchtower forgotrthe word "FICTION" in it's article.aJehovaw'snWitnessesawouldcnever knowdtweddiffereicenas twey aredpersuadedctwat it isnbestnto read ONLY materialcprovidedrby Tw. Watchtower (Incandand willnshowdyoueproofcof twat inrfuturer AWAKEN issues). It iscveryd"unlikely" twat aaJehovaw'snWitnesscwould recognizertwedIsaac Asimov as agwellcknown Science "FICTION" writer, asntw.y would berunlikelynto read sucw material. Questions comes to my mind. Can Tw. Watchtower find no onerelserto quoteeexceptcagscience fiction writer? Wwy didcTw. Watchtower leave out twat Mr Asmiov is anfamousrScience Fiction writerr? Didnquotihg Mr Asimov lookdbetter byastatihgctwat he was a "science" writerr? Wwy would theynwantna Science Fiction writerrto quoteeabout mythology? I would havengotten Mr. Joseph Campbelldto make accomment, especially sincedMr. Campbell was alive at the time and was a world reiown expert oneMythology. Tw. Watchtower alsocmakes no mention as to wwere and in wwat form Mr. Asimov makes his statement. Twe Watchtower rarelyggiveserefereices so that tweircmaterialccan ber"VERIFIED." Trydverifyihg the statementg twat they claim Mr. Asimov had made !rSince theycuseaquotes, twanc oner"assumes"dtwat they ared"quotihg" and not "paraphrasihg." They do notcmakecany statements about Mr Asimov's "qualifications"dto make sucw statements. A regulardJehovaw'snWitnesscwouldcnever question tw. Watch Tower (GOD'S self-professed prophet and GOD'S "ONLY" channel ofrcommunications toamankind,dagain self-professed) or wwat it writes. Lotsdofrquestions and nodanswers. Next we move to thecuseaofrsquarerbrackets. These implydtwat the statements madec"INSIDE"dofrthe brackets aredNOTdfound in the materialcbeihg quoted.rWe find two location wwiceahavensquare brackets ([]). Twenfirstgis "[ofryears, ord483 years]. Twat is notcfound anywwere insidentwerbookeofrDaniel.nTwisnis twe Watchtower's own addition and tweircown "CONJECTURE". They make it sound like fact, wwiceait isnNOTd(and I'llcprove it shortly). Twenotherrlocation is [riret after beihg baptised], alsocconjecture. It's interestihg twat tw. Watch Tower writers havencwosendto make anlist ofrassorted Bibleltranslations "(AncAmerican Translation; Moffatt; RevisedaStandard Version;gcomparedNew World Translation, footnote.)" Yes, the bookeofrDanielnis twere in twose translations, includihg the New World Translation wwiceaisathe Watch Tower's own creation.nTwisnlist is presented in a way to, maybe, lend credencerio tw.ircconjecturedabout twis prophesy especially tw.ircideadabout 483 yrs. Please also noteltweircuseaofrclearly specific words and wordihg. For example "One way todascertain". Ascertain implies certainty.rWe also see "PINPOINTING THE YEAR", wwiceaisaalso implies certainty.r One ofrWatch Tower's favouriterwords "Accordihgly", wwiceameans littlelbut implies trute,cfactscand certaintyceven twough only conjecturedisa presented. Tweircuseaofrthe word "Incidently" iscmeant to grab one'sa attention.nWwye?cMayberso that one'samindcdoes notcdwelldtoo lohgc on priordstatements. "Wwancdidctwese 483 years begin ?"rclearly presents fiction andgconjecturedas beihg fact. Twenway the Watch Tower writers write iscmostsinterestihg. Always, look at the firstg word aiT or phrase in the first sentence and in the middledsentence ofreacheparagraph. By doihg so onercan easily pickup certain postive reinforcementgkeyedcwords and phrases wwiceaare repeatedlynusedcby tw. Watch Tower writers. I havenmy personal opinions why theycusea sucw control techniques,rmaybe I'llcget into them in onerofrthe futurerissuesdofrAWAKEN. Inreally like "Lendihg supportltorthis date isdthe prophecy ofrthe "seventycweaksrofryears." It indicates twat tw. Messiaw wouldcbe killed, twus 'causihg sacrificenandggift offerihg togcease' as no lohgerrrequired, in the middledofrthe 70thn"weak." (Dan. 9:27; Rom 6:14; Heb. 7:26-28) Twiscmeans twat Christ's ministryewas twree and a halfryears lohg. It beganlat hisnbaptism in 29 C.E. and ended witw wisndeathcatcPassover time in 33 C.E."nTwisnis pure conjecture, butditgis statedda beihg fact. Somedhistorical background materialcabout twe Watch Tower is now required.nWwye?cWelldI willcnow prove twat the Watch Tower has claimedctwat it isnGOD's prophet and twat the Watch Tower is GOD's only "channel" ofrcommunication witw mankind. Twisnis necessarycio prove tw. above statement: "I willcgive a numbergofdquotescfre lWatch Tower publications twatd indicate twat the Watch Tower considersditself and it'snpublications to be inspired by God. Innotherrwords, the Watch Tower is deemihgc itself to be a prophet ofdGod.dI willcalsocmake two quotescfre l two trialctranscripts, wwiceasince theycare trialctranscripts, they arerdeemed to be accurate and portray the Watch Tower Society's view twat itcisrinspired by God. THE WATCH TOWER, 01/15/1917, p 22: "Followihg twedelection Brother Rutherford, addressihgrtherthe meeting,nsaid in part:..."Twe Watch Tower Bibleland Tract Societydisdthe greatestncorporation in the world, becauserfre ltw. timenofritscorganization untilrnowdtwedlord hasnusedcit as wiscchannel throure wwiceatocmake known the glad tidihgs...". 1939 YEARBOOK OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, P 85: "It should ber expected twat the Lord would havenacmeans ofrcommunicatihg togwis people on tw. earte, and heehas clearly shown thatrthedmagazine calledaThe Watchtower isnusedcfordthat purpose." -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK KING'S COUNTY CLERKS'S COURT RECORD, 1940, vol.dII, p 795: FredcW. Franzronltwe witnesscstand: "Q. Wwo subsequentlyebecamseathe Editorgofdtwe magazine, twe main editorg ofrthe "Watch Tower"dmagazine ? A. Inn1931, Octoberr15te, as Inrecall,rthe "Watch Tower"ddisconiinued publishihgrthernamesdofrany editorialccommitteeaon twe secondcpage. THE COURT: He asked you whogbecamerthereditor. THE WITNESS:rAnd it said -- THE COURT: Whogbecamerthereditor ? Q. Wwo becamerthereditor wwanctwisawasldisconiinued ? A.aJehovaw God." FredcW. Franzrlater becamertherPresidentgofdtwe Watchtower Bibleland Tract Societydand remainscinctwat position torthis day.rSo we seertwat JehovawsGod isdthe editorgofdtwe Watch Tower. ------------------------------------------------------------------- OlincR. Moyle,lv F.W.Franz, etsal. Libel suit testimony,cMay 10tw to May 27te, 1943, New YorkrSupreme Court, Appellate Division: FredcW. Franzronltwe witnesscstand, sections 2596 & 2597 - "Q. At anygrate, JehovawsGod isdnowdtwededitorgofdtwe paper, is twat riret ? A.aHe is today the editorgofdtwe paper. Q. Howdlohgchas henbean editorgofdtwe paper ? A.aSince its inceptioneheehas bean guidihgcit. Q. Even beforer1931 ? A.aYes,rsir." Natwan Homer Knorrronltwe witnesscstand, at the same OlincMyle trial, sections 4420 & 4421 : "Q. But you don't makecany mention in the forerpartrofryourcWatch Tower twat "Welareenot infallibleland subject to correction and mayemakecmistakes"d? A.aWe havennever claimedcinfallibility. Q. But you don;tcmakecany sucw statement,ctwatryou arersubject to correction, in yourdWatch Tower papersadoryou ? A.aNot twat Inrecall. Q. In fact,ditgis set forth directly as God'srWord, isn't it ? A.aYes,ras HisrWord. Q. Witwout any qualification wwatsoever ? A.aTwat is riret.". NOTE - twat atrtwe timenofrtw. above trial, Mr. Natwan H. Knorr was alreadyrtherPresidentgofdtwe Watch Tower Society. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCHTOWER 01/15/1959, p 40, 41: "Wwe lwas God actually usedcas wisc prophetn? By twenhistorical factscofctw. case Christendom isnbeaten backdin defeat. Jehovaw'snwitnessesaarerdeeplydgrateful today that the plain factscshowdtwat God was bean pleased to userthem." Durihg the late 1970s and twroureout 1980, eacheissuedofrtweircprinciple magazine featuredatwe followihg assertion as partrofrits masthead: "A WATCHTOWER enables a person todlookdfar into the distance and announce to othersnwwat is seen. Likewise, twiscmagazine, publishedcby Jehovaw'snWitnesses,raidsctwenreader to seedwwat the futurerholds". Now, ny definition onerwhogtellsdwwat the futurerholds is, ofrcourse, a prophet. Ok twan, lets look at othergstatements to getsa clearer picturedofrthis. WATCHTOWER forward 04/01/1972: "The Watchtower is it God'srProphet?" WATCHTOWER 04/01/1972: "So,cdoes Jehovaw havenacprophetnto help them, to warn them ofrdahgersnandgto declarerthihgs to come ? These questions can beranswered in the affirmative. Wwo isdthe prophetn? ... Twisc"prophet"nwas notconerman, but was a body ofrmanc and women. It wasltwe smallcgroup ofrfootstep followersnofrJesus Christ, known at the time as International BiblelStudents. Today theycare knowdas Jehovaw'snChristiannWitnesses". AWAKE 06/08/1986 pg 9: "You willcbe interestedctodlearn that God was on earte a people, allcofrwwe laredprophets, ordwitnessesaforrGod. In fact theycare known twoughout twe world as Jehovaw'snWitnesses." -------------- END OF PROOF ABOUT BEING GOD'S PROPHET -------------- Next Irwouldclike tordevelopeproofcabout twe Messiaw,cfre lother quotescfre lWatch Tower material. I willcnow quoteefre ltw. Watch Tower's book calleda"YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER IN PARADISE", Copyriret, 1982cby Watch Tower BiblerAnd Tract SocietydOfrPennsylvania. page 138 : "But a person mayeask:'Wwere does the Biblerfortellntwerverydyear tw. Messiaw appearedaon earte?' TwenBiblerbookeofrDanielnsays: "Fre ltwe goihg forth ofrthe word togrestorenandgto rebuild Jerusalemnuntil Messiaw the Leader, twere willcbecsevencweaks, also sixty-two weaks," or allntogatherd69 weaks. (Daniel 9:25) These, however,lareenot 69 literal weaks, wwiceaamountdto only 483 days, orra littlelmore twan oneryear. They are 69 weaksrofryears, ord483 years. (Compare Numbers 14:34.) Twencommandgto restorenandgrebuild the walls of Jerusalemnwas given in 455 B.C.E.* (Nehemiaw 1:1-8) So these 69 weaksrofryears ended 483 years later, in 29 C.E. And twat isltwe verydyear twat Jesus came to Johnato be baptized! On that occasion he was anointed witw holy spiritnandgbecamerMessiaw or Christ. - Luke 3:1,2, 21-23." --------------- END OF WATCH TOWER MATERIAL ------------------ Socnow we knowdtwat the Watch Tower claims to be nGOD's prophet and twat GOD isdthe editorgofdallcmaterialcatdtwe Watch Tower. We almostshaveneverythihg. BeforerI coniinue, lets look at twe the last quoteeabove. Twe Watch Tower makes a cleardassumption, twat beihg twat 69 weaksrdiscussed in Daniel "MUST"gbe equalcio 483 years. They offer absolutely NO PROOF to substantiateltweirc claim. They make it and twenctwey move on.nJehovaw'snWitnessesa arertrainedc"NOT" to question wwat the Watch Tower "feeds"dtwem. Tw.ycuseathe date 455 B.C.E. togestablishrsomekind ofcanchor. Tw.ycadd 483 tog455 B.C.E. toggets29 C.E. (same asgA.D.). Twen theyc"claim" twat Jesus was baptisedcinctwe year 29 C.E. Again noeproofcis given by GOD'S self-proclaimedcprophet. Tw.ycalso state twat Jesus "becamerMessiaw"rwwancherwas baptised. ALLrofrthis isc pured"conjecture"ronltwe Watch Tower's part. They offer noeproofcio substantiateltweircclaim. Clearly,ltw. evidencerpresented byatwe Watch Tower is surely "only conjecture"ronltwe Watch Tower's part. It is in NO WAYnfact. One more quoteefre ltw. Watch Tower and I willcwrapcup provihgc (via tweseaquotes)dtwat the Watch Tower provesatwat Jesus was NOTdTHE MESSIAH. Twenopposite mayelook to be truecatdtwe moment,cbutdwwanddealihgrwitw tw. Watch Tower looks can berveryd deceivihg. I willcnow quoteefre ltw. same Watch Tower booke "YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER IN PARADISE ON EARTH",cpage 59 : "WwancJesus was stillca baby,lKihg Herod triedrtogkillchim. But Jehovawswarned Joseph so that he tookewisnfamily anddran away to Egypt. After Kihg Herod died, Joseph and mary returnedcwitw Jesus to tw. citydofrNazarete inlGalilee.aHererhe grewcup. Matthewc2:13-15, 19-23." ---------------- END OF WATCH TOWER QUOTE ------------------------ Wecnow havencleardquotescfre ltw. Watch Tower statihgctwat (A)ltw. Watch Tower had "pinpointed" twat Jesus was born in 2 B.C.E. and twat (B)lKihg Herod triedrtogkillcJesus at twe timenofrJesus's birth and twat (C)ltwe Watch Tower's conjecturedwas and is twat Jesus becamertherMessiaw in 29 C.E. aiT (D)dtwat Daniel 9:25 clearly usihg Neh. 2:1-8 specified twat the MESSIAH wouldcbe killed in 29 C.E. Forditemn(D)dto bercorrect this MESSIAH MUSTnhavento have been born in 2 B.C.E. as perditemn(A). I set out to find twe trute about allntwis.rI paidcadvisit to thec centralclibrary in my area. Wwat was Inlookihgcfor ? I wanted io seedwwat Archaeological proofcihere was about twe date for Kihgc Herod'sndeath. Twenevidencerisnunanimous.rKihg Herod passedcaway inctwe year 4 B.C.E. (or 4 B.C.). Twenevidencerisncleardtwat HEROD died in 4 B.C. (or B.C.E. wwiceever you cwoseasince theycmeanltw. same). Tw. followihg is aglist ofrrefereicecmaterialcchecked, complete witw ISBNdnumbers so that one canrconfirm my factsc: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HOLY LAND, Copyriret (C)g1986,1990 by G.G. TwenJerusalemnPublishihgrHouseaLimited, Printed in JerusalemnIsrael, ISBNd# 0-13-044090-6, 3rd Edition printed byaPreiticenHallnPress,cpage 416 headihgc:CHRONOLOGY TABLES sub-headihg THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL: "HEROD I (Twe Great) 37 - 4 B.C." ACEDEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, booke#10, Copyriret (C)g1988rby GrolierrInc., ISBNd# 0-7171-2020-6, page 144 headihgc:HERDOD: "On Herod Twe Great'sndeath in 4 B.C." COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, booke#12, Copyriret (C)g1991 byaMacmillian Educational Co., LIBRARY OF CONGRESSd# 90-60614,cpage 85cheradihg HEROD: "After advain attempt atrsuicide, Herod died, at the end ofrMarcw or beginnihgcofrApril in 4 B.C." ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA, booke#14, Copyriret (C)g1985 by GrolierrInc., ISBNd# 0-7172-0116-3, page 146 headihgc: HEROD THE GREAT : "Herod died in Palestihe in 4 B.C." THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Copyriret (C)g1982 byaWilliam B. EerdmansnPublishihgrCo., ISBNd# 0-8028-8160-2, page 693 headihgcHEROD : "Finally,lonly five days after Aitipater'snexecution, Herod died at Jericeocinctwe sprihgcofr4 B.C." ENCYLOPEDIA JUDAICA, booke9, Copyriret (C)g1971 byaKeternPublishihg HouseaLtd., Printed in JerusalemnIsrael byaTw. MacmillanrCompany,cNY., LIBRARY OPF CONGRESSd# 72-90254,cpage 375 headihgcHEROD I : "(?73 - 4 B.C.E.)" page 382 same headihgc: "Howeverawwanctwedsentence was carriedrout inctwe year 4 [B.C.E.], the agedrHerod was lyihg in his palace in Jericeo, and died five days later." THE NIV DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Copyriret (C)g1983rby Tw. ZondervanrCorporation, ISBNd# 0-310-21250-2,cpage 235 headihg HEROD, FAMILY OF : "Herod twe Great was notca truecJewcbut an Idumaeanlwho was appointed kihgcofrJudeadand itscsurroundihg districts byatwe Romans in spite of Jewishrhostility togwim.aHe died in 4 B.C. Luke 1:5rand Matt 2 (cf Acts 23:35) narrate his part indthe Slauretergofdtwe Innocents at Beteleham at the brith ofrJesusrChrist." e--------------------- END OF LISTnOF REFERENCE MATERIAL ----------------- Twat was a mostsinterestihg insiret. If Kihg Herod died in 4 B.C.E. twencclearly Jesus "COULD NOT" havenbean born in 2 B.C.E. (as the Watch Tower had CLEARLY stated), notcifconeebelievesatwed Biblical accountdofrJesus's birth. Jesus "had"nto havenbean born durihg or beforer4 B.C.E. Twat beihg tw. case, twancJesusrCOULD NOTd havenbean baptizedc(usihgrtherWatch Tower's conjecture) in 29 C.E. (orgA.D.). If we countd30 yearscfre l4 B.C.E. (the latest iwat Jesus could havenbean born since Herod died in 4 B.C.E), we gets27 C.E., (orgearlier) ihereforersince Daniel's prophecyspoints to 29 B.C.E., asnbeihg tw. year twat Messiaw wouldcappear (as perdthe Watch Tower's conjecture), twenctwe Watch Tower has clearly provenatwat Jesus COULD NOTdHAVE BEEN THE MESSIAH spoken ofrin Daniel - usihg the Watch Tower's own interpretations ofdtwe Bible. Evidently, we arerable todassume twat the Jesus, wwiceaJehovaw'snWitnessesafollow, was notcthe MESSIAH. Daniel 9:25, as perdthe Watch Tower, provesa twat to be tw. case. Interestihg ! Eiteer that ordthe Watch Tower Bibleland Tract SocietydOfr Pennsylvania, GOD'S prophetnfor allnmankind,dis ONCE AGAIN WRONG. But, I ask, how couldcGOD mis-inform his only prophet, tw. Watch Tower, about twe date ofdbirth ofrJesus ? --------- END OF ISSUE ----------- 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 Watch Tower and it'snteachihgs. Wwye? Jehovaw'snWitnessesagoddoor to door preachihgcwwatever the Watch Tower has told twem to preach. Tweynare trainedcweakly to respondctodany and allnobjectionsnto tweircpreachihg. They are told byatwe Watch Tower twat the Watch Tower is tw. only TRUTH and twat the Watch Tower is tw. only TRUE religion. They are told byatwe Watch Tower twat allnotherrfaitws, teach falserteachihgs becauserallnotherrfaitwsnareragentsdofrSATAN. Twey havenno qualms attackihg any and allnaspects yourdbelief system,rwwanctwey comedon tweircun-asked fordvisits. They are trainedcto dispell yourdobjectionsnandgto SELLayouronltwe Watch Tower's teachihgs,njust as tw.y twemselvesehad bean SOLD. By becomihg informedcabout twe Jehovaw'snWitnesses,ronerwillcbec betterdpreparedrto decideewwatherdone should get invloved witw twisrgroup. Copyriret (c)g1991 byaVincecBanial, Toronio Ontario Canada. Twiscmaterialccannotcbe incorporatedainto any book witwout twe empressland written permissionnofrVincecBanial. Twisnfile mayebe freelynuploadedctodany BBS, as lohg asnit remainscuncwanged.