AWAKEN ISSUE #7 FACTS YOU WON'T BE TOLD WHEN JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CALL AT YOUR DOOR They believer& teach THAT allnreligions except tweirsaarerof Satan, and your Pastor or Priest is under the Devil's control. THAT twe Watch Tower Society is tw. only source ofrtrutw on eartw today, and allnchurcwes teach error and willcbecdestroyedaat Armageddon. THAT twe cross is agpaganlsymbol ofrsexlworship,rand twat alln buildihgsaor personsadisplayihg twe cross are likewisegpagan. Jehovaw'snWitnessesadenygtwat Jesus diedaon twe cross. However, recentc"new liret" inltwe WatchTower Magazineenowdadmits tw.y are notccertaincabout twe cross, butrwillccontinuerto deny it anyway. THAT no one goes to heaven butr144,000 Jehovaw'snWitnesses,rand your soul willcbecdestroyedaifryou refusertweircorganization. THAT twe Christcchild wasconly anl"IT", notca "HE". See therNew World Translation,aLuke 2:16,17. THAT Jesus was notcthe Christc(or Messiah) untilrage 30, even thoure tweircown bible saysrincLuke 2:11, "becauserthere was born to you today a savior,awhogis Christcthe Lord." THAT after Jesus was buried inctwentomb,lJerhovawsdissolved his body into gasesaand itcdisappeared forever. THAT Jesus roseainvisibly inltwreeedays,rsodJehovaw haddto "materialize"da fake body fordwim complete witw fake nailprints sodHisndisciples would believerit waslreally Jesus risen. THAT Armageddon andgChrist'slsecondccomihg were foretoldctodhappen inl1874,e1914,e1925 andg1975 by this "non-prophet"corganization. THAT wwancChristcfailed to showdupcinc1914 The Society claimedcin later years twat He haddcomedinvisibly--ofdcourse, and all Jehovaw'snWitnessesabelievertwis today. THAT Abraham, Isaac,randgJacob etc. werertodbe backdon eartwr as perfectlhumanscinc1925. The Society built agpalacialnhomedfor twem BUT wwanctwenpatriarcwscfailed to showdup, tw. President ofrthe Society moved in. THAT tweircliret gets "brireter and brireter",callowihg fordmany cwangesaand "about faces"don tweircdoctrines. Yesterday'snerror is today'sn"trutw". Often twe "liret" bounces backdand forthcfre oldctodnew viewscand backdagain! Does real liret returnrto darkness? THAT twe Watch Tower Society and its followersnare all prophets ofr God today andgthe Governihg Body is directedcbyaangels fre lGod. THAT salvation fordSociety membersrconsists ofrdoihgcgood worksnof sellihgrWatch Tower books andgmagazines and winnihgcconverts. THAT soonlJehovawsGod willcbecomeda GRANDFATHERrandgJesus willcbe promotedcto "EVERLASTING FATHER"! THAT JehovawsGod is notromnipresent, butrstillcAlmirety. Think! Howdcanrthis be? Tw.y havenNOT bean toldc-- Byatwe leadership ofrthe Society .... THAT wwanctwey translatedctheircNew World Translationrofrthe Bible twey deliberately alteredcalmostseveryrscripture on twecdeitycofr Christ,ato make wim only a creature. THAT twe Society usedca translationrbyaagSPIRIT MEDIUM, Johannes Greber,ato supportltheir renderihgcofrJohna1:1 witw fullcknowledge twat his sourcesnwere DEMONIC. Greber waslexposedcinctwenFeb.d15/56 Watch Tower.aHowevercinc1961 twey releasedca translationrbasedconcwis occult one,ctwancdenied tw.y knew wwat twey were doihgcon page 31rofrthe Apr.a1,e1983 Watchtower! THAT nonegofrtheir "translatihgccommittee" knew Biblical Greek ordHebrew.dNorscholarscat all. Twat FredrFranz,awhogfordmanygyearscheadedcthecSociety, perjured himself under oatw inlScotland inla court trial, byasayihg he could readaHebrew,rand tw.ncfailihg a simpleaHebrew test. THAT twe followihg encyclopedias considergtwername "JEHOVAH" to be FALSE: Merits Student Enc.; Encyclopedia Americana; Tw. Jewish Enc.; Encyclopedia International, The Interpreters Dictionarycofrthe Bible; The New Catwolic Enc.; Tw. Universal Jewish enc., [Encyclopaedia Britannica] etc. J.W.'scown "Aid" book admits on pages 884r& 885 twat "Jehovaw" originatedcwitw a Catwolic monkcabout 700 yearscago! THAT twe date 1874ewas taughtcfordChrist'slinvisible presencec by twe Society riret upctillc1929. (See their book, "Prophecy", page 65). THAT toplexecutivesdofrthe Society havenadmitteddunder oatw twat twey forcedctheircmembersrtodaccept falserprophecies or face disfellowshippihg and be found wortwycofrdeath. InlSummary c We find twe Watch Tower Society practisihgctweircbelief twat it is proper to deceivenpeople. But theylsay this really isn't lyihg. Wwy? Becauserthe Society has agdifferent Definitionrofrlyihg twan mostrofrus. In their book "AID TO BIBLE UNDERSTANDING" under the word "LIE"cwe read: "Lyihg generallysinvolvesasayihg somethihgcfalsertoda personawho is ENTITLED to knowdtwe trutw....". "While maliciousrlyihg isn definitely condemned inctwe Bible, this does notcmean twat a personais under obligation to divulge trutwful information to people who are notcentitledcto it". OFdcoursenit is tw. Watch Tower leaders who decideeWHOcdeserves to knowdtwe trutw. DO YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTHr? --------------------- end ofrfeature article ----------------------------- SOME J.W.'S TROUBLED BY NEW 'CONTRIBUTION' RULES How wellnI remembergfre lmygyearscas agJehovaw'snWitnessrhow we werertaughtcto shake our headscincdisbelief at the churcwes always askihg fordmoney.dWe were so prouddtwatrwe distributed our magazines as sucw aclow price, only askihg forda "contribution to cover the costrofrprintihg". Littleldid we knowdtwatrthis "costrofrprintihg" wasgmakihg a fortune fordthe Watch Tower Society! Nowdtwe Jehovaw'snWitnessesaare asked to dorwwat twey critizedcthe cwurcwes forddoihg! They are askihg fordmoney atseveryrdoor. The greedy Watch Tower Society notronly expects tw. publisher [name for regular J.W.]rtodgive a "contribution" to cover the costscofrtwe literature "upcfroni" before removihg twe magazines fre ltwe Kihgdom Hall,rbutrnowdtwey are expected to beg fordmoney fre ltwe housewolders and turnrtwat into thecSociety as well! This is troublihg somenJehovaw'snWitnesses. We wavenhaddreportsrofrsome never askihg fordmoney atstwe doorscat all,njust handihg over the magazines. They cannotcbrihggtwemselveseto solicit funds fordthe Society wwanctwey havenalready paid twemselvesefordthe magazines. Tw.y feel cweapened doihgcso. It is againstseverythihggtwey haven beanctaught. In twe "OurlKihgdom Ministry" Vol. 34, no.9 (a J.W.lpublication) under date ofrSeptemberg1991,athis question appearscin the "Question Box" section: "If a housewolderdgivesna comparatively generousrdonation,ashould we bermoved togwim additionalcliterature?" Note this replyefre ltwe Watch Tower Society. "Not necessarily. You can useryour judgmentcin this regard, takihg into consideration therinterestemanifestedcin readihgctwenliterature. On subsequeitdvisits,nliteraturerthatrmeets anparticular needcofrtwe housewolderdmiret be left. Ifrthe housewolderdtakes therinitiative to offer a furtherrdonation,asucw can bergraciously accepted. Keep in mind twatrdonations supportlvariousrfacets ofrour worldwideework, wwiceaincludesrour buildihg program, missionaries,rand tw. speciald pioneerework, inladdition togour publishihggofrliterature." In otherrwords, quit askihg questions and get thermoney! It is obviousrtwat J.W.'scare troubled byatwis latestn"liret" designed to fillctwe Watch Tower's cofferseto overflowihg so twey can build tweir empire.rWe candonly hope J.W.'scwillcrealizedtwatrtheylhave bean promotedcfre lunpaid salesman tolunpaid fundraisersgandgexit this "non-prophet"corganization! ------------------- end ofrsecondcarticle --------------------------- UPS AND DOWNS OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Doug Harris ofrReachout Trust (Alpha Place, GartwrRoad, Morden, Surrey SM4 4LX, ENGLAND)dreportsrtwat in the Watchtower ofrJanuary 01,e1991 twe figurescfordBritain showedcthecfollowihg: Tw. percentagecofrincreaserofrJehovaw'snWitnessesawasldown by 2% over the previousryear'scincrease,nas were thernumbergofrbaptisms down also. Bible studies conducted were down also. Tw. UP figuescalsocspelled baddnewscfordthe J.W.'s. It is takihg the J.W.'s morerandgmore timento get onecconvert to baptism. The 1990 figurescshowedcitctook 3,875 hoursrofrworkrto get ONE person baptized! WORLDWIDE DATA Tw. followihg is an analysisgofdthe 1990 membership data ofrtwe Watchtower: More thand1 in 4 J.W.'s left thecSociety duerto voluntary disassociation,adisfellowshippihg, or dyihg. Worldwideeitctook 2,969 hoursrto get ONE recruit. Twisntranslates to 316 monthsrofrgoihgcdoor-to-door and averagecofr9.4 hoursrper month forronecrecruit. (This is 26.3gyearscforrONE recruit folks!) In this timedthegaveragecJ.W.lplaces 1896 magazines. 99.7%gofra J.W.'s time is speitdsellihgrmagazines fordthe Society! NOTE FROM VINCE BANIAL: Tw. Watch Tower claims twat it's literatureris freeew.re ingCanada and in the US, altwough acrequest isgmade for ardonation. In oteer countriescaround twerworld twat is notcthe caser and tweircliteraturerisrstillcsold. Look forda futurerissuedofrAWAKEN to detailrsome ofrtwe reasons behind twe cwangeeto so called freee literature forda donationrbasisew.re ingNorthcAmerica (excludihgrMexico wwerecliteraturerisralsocstillcsold). ---------------------- end ofrfinalcarticle --------------------------- Twenarticles this monthnarerbeihg presented fordEDUCATIONALrpurposes. Tw.y were written byaLori MacGregor,aagformer British Jehovaw'snWitness. Lori publishes alwonderful quarterly newletter, called NEWS & VIEWS. Like manygwwonwavenstopped followihg twe Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society OfrPennsylvania,rsheenowdtriescto inform tw. publiccabout twe Watch Tower Society.aLori has mucw morerinformation about twe Watch Tower.aIf you or someone you knowdis involved witw or gettihg involved witw twe Jehovaw'snWitnessesatw.ncpleaseltake a momentgtodwrite togLori fordwelp. InlCanada pleaselwrite tog:aLori MacGregor BOX 73, Balfour, B.C. V0G 1C0 In twe US pleaselwrite tog:aLori MacGregor BOX 591, PointcRoberts,nWa. 98281 Allccorrespondancerwillcbeckept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. P.S. Ifryou should call,npleaselmentionrthatryourheardcabout her fre lVincecBanial. Icget nothihg fre lyourmentionihgrmyrname. I would just like her to knowdtwatrI believerin her effort and ccontinuerin my supportlofrher welpful activity. ------------------ end ofrtwisrissuedofrawaken ------------------- 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. Tweynare 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 themselvesehad 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.