Section I | Introduction | |
1. | Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses? | 6 |
2. | Who are the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses? | 6 |
3. | How have the Watchtower Society's presidents shaped the organization? | 6 |
4. | What attracts people to the Jehovah's Witnesses? | 10 |
Section II | The Worldview of the Jehovah's Witnesses: Practices and Teachings | |
5. | What is the religious worldview of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and what logical results flow from it? | 12 |
6. | Does the Watchtower Society really claim to be the only organization on earth through which God works? | 13 |
7. | Why do Jehovah's Witnesses prohibit practices like military service, saluting the flag, celebrating holidays, and blood transfusions? | 14 |
8. | What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about Christianity? | 15 |
Section III | The Theology of the Jehovah's Witnesses | |
9. | What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about God and the doctrine of the Trinity? | 18 |
10. | What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about Jesus? | 22 |
11. | What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about salvation? | 23 |
Section IV | Analysis and Critique: Does God Speak Only Through the Watchtower Society? Four Tests Examining This Claim | |
Test 1 | If God speaks only through the Watchtower Society, then the New World Translation (or NWT) must be accurate. But is it? | |
12. | Do Jehovah's Witnesses claim that their Bible (the New World Translation, or NWT) is accurate? | 30 |
13. | What do recognized Greek scholars believe about the accuracy of the NWT? | 31 |
14. | What are some examples of NWT mistranslation? | 33 |
Test 2 | If the Watchtower Society is the sole channel for God on earth, then according to the Bible its prophecies must come true. How reliable have its prophecies been? | |
15. | What does the Watchtower Society teach and claim about prophecy? | 41 |
16. | Has the Watchtower Society ever given false prophecies? | 42 |
17. | Is the Watchtower Society hypocritical? | 47 |
Test 3 | If the Watchtower Society is God's sole channel for communication on earth, then its scholarship should be trustworthy--but is it? | |
18. | Has the Watchtower Society ever lied, covered up, or changed important doctrines, dates, and Bible interpretations? | 48 |
Test 4 | If the Watchtower Society admits it received much of its teachings from angels or spirits and those teachings have proven to be false, is such a source trustworthy? | |
19. | Has the Watchtower Society ever claimed to receive information from angels or spirits? | 51 |
| Conclusion | |
20. | What can you do if you are a Jehovah's Witness who desires to live for God and Christ and yet are unsure about what you have been taught? | 53 |
| Appendix | 56 |
| Recommended Reading | 58 |
| Websites | 58 |
| Notes | 59 |