Watchtower Quotes Teachings

 

Gambling With The Lives Of Millions.

Watchtower quotes range from amusing, to dishonest and even dangerous. It becomes apparent when scanning through the history of Watchtower writings that there is no special guidance behind the writings.

Ironic Quote about Coercion

Referring to people leaving their religion to join Jehovah's Witnesses:

"No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family." Awake! 2009 Jul p.29 (p.28)

Regarding those disfellowshipped from Jehovah's Witnesses:

"Really, what your beloved family member needs to see is your resolute stance to put Jehovah above everything else - including the family bond. … Do not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped family member, for example, through e-mail." Watchtower Study Edition 2013 Jan 15 p.16

Favourite Quote about Growing up

"If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. ... Therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in highschool and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!" Awake! 1969 May 22 p.15 Click here for scan

43 years later, as the class of '69 consider retirement, the Watchtower continues to proclaim the short-sightedness of higher education and a career.

"No doubt, school counselors sincerely believe that it is in your best interests to pursue higher education and to plan for a secular career. Yet, their confidence lies in a social and financial system that has no lasting future." Watchtower 2012 Jun 15 p.23

Obedience

It is disconcerting to read the demands of the Governing Body for unquestioning obedience.

"All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not." Watchtower 2013 Nov 15 p.20

The ongoing errors and false predictions made by the Governing Body prove they are not guided by a direct link to God. For followers to be expected to follow all instructions, even when they appear unsound, is dangerous, and they type of comments made by the leaders of death cults, such as Jim Jones in Jonestown. Would you drink Kool-aid if instructed to? It may sound unlikely, but none of the 913 that died in Jonestown joined with such an expectation.

Doomsday Quotes

There have been no end of false predictions of the world's end for over a century.

"But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble." Zion's Watch Tower 1894 Jul 15 p.226

"Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith then Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge." Watch Tower 1923 Apr 1 p.106

"... the remaining months before Armageddon." Watchtower 1941 Sep 15 p.288

"Shortly, within our twentieth century, the "battle in the day of Jehovah" will begin against the modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom." The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah p.216

Homosexuality Quotes

Watchtower advice on masturbation and homosexuality is damaging, illogical and unproven.

"In fact, masturbation can lead into homosexuality. In such instances the person, not satisfied with his lonely sexual activity, seeks a partner for mutual sex play. This happens much more frequently than you may realize. Contrary to what many persons think, homosexuals are not born that way, but their homosexual behavior is learned. And often a person gets started when very young by playing with another's sexual parts , and then engaging in homosexual acts." Your Youth(1976) p.39

"Helpful in this regard, then, is appreciating the fact that autoeroticism or masturbation is no mere innocent pastime but rather a practice that can lead to homosexual acts." Watchtower May 15 1970, p.315

Quotes regarding Women

Watchtower is a patriarchal society that believes women are lesser than men. Women cannot be teachers in the congregation and must consider spiritual brothers and their husbands to be their heads. Most damaging are quotes regarding how women may have deserved being beaten or raped, and even that being raped could be considered as having committed the sin of fornication.

"Thus if a Christian woman does not cry out and does not put forth every effort to flee, she would be viewed as consenting to the violation." Watchtower 1964 Jan 15 p.63

"So by no means would it be proper quietly to submit to rape, as that would be consenting to fornication." Watchtower 1968 Jun 1 pp.345-50

““On one particular day,” says Selma, “I didn’t want to have a Bible study. The night before, Steve had hit me as I had tried to prove a point, and I was feeling sad and sorry for myself. After I told the sister what had happened and how I felt, she asked me to read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. As I did, I began to reason, ‘Steve never does any of these loving things for me.’ But the sister made me think differently by asking, ‘How many of those acts of love do you show toward your husband?’ My answer was, ‘None, for he is so difficult to live with.’ The sister softly said, ‘Selma, who is trying to be a Christian here? You or Steve?’ Realizing that I needed to adjust my thinking, I prayed to Jehovah to help me be more loving toward Steve. Slowly, things started to change.” After 17 years, Steve accepted the truth.” Watchtower 2012 Apr 1 p.29

Kingdom Ministry 2015 Mar p.6

Apostates

Conscientious objectors to Watchtower teachings are demonised as apostates.

"Apostates “quietly” bring their ideas into the congregation, like criminals who secretly bring things into a country. ... The Bible says that apostates are mentally diseased ... " Watchtower 2011 Jul 15 p.11

"Strong hope enables us to resist apostates and their gangrenous "empty speeches."" Watchtower 2013 Apr 15 p.11

Strange Advice

The Watchtower and Awake! (previously called Golden Age and then Consolation) have contained a lot of incorrect and naive medical advice.

"Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice... We are in the last days; and the devil is slowly losing his hold, making a strenuous effort meanwhile to do all the damage he can, and to his credit can such evils be placed... Use your rights as American citizens to forever abolish the devilish practice of vaccinations." Golden Age 1921 Oct 12 p.17

"A peculiar factor sometimes noted is a so-called 'personality transplant.' That is, the recipient in some cases has seemed to adopt certain personality factors of the person from whom the organ came." Watchtower 1975 Sep 1 p.519

"Sustaining one's life by means of the body or part of the body of another human...would be cannibalism, a practice abhorrent to all civilized people." Watchtower 1967 Nov 15 pp.702-704

"The bobbed hair craze is sure to lead to baldness, sooner or later. The reason for this is that human hair is like a tube sealed at the free end. When the hair is cut, the oils which are the life of the hair become dissipated. The reason why men grow bald so quickly is that they have their hair cut so frequently and, in addition, wear tightly fitting hats, which cut off the circulation of the scalp." Golden Age 1924 Nov 19 p.100

"There is no food that is right food for the morning meal. At breakfast is no time to break a fast. Keep up the daily fast until the noon hour." Golden Age 1925 Sep 9 pp.784

"If any overzealous doctor condemns your tonsils go and commit suicide with a case-knife. It's cheaper and less painful." Golden Age 1926 Apr 7 p.438

"Sleep on the right side or flat on your back, with the head toward the north so as to get benefit of the earth's magnetic currents. Avoid serum inoculations as they pollute the blood stream with their filthy pus.... Stop chewing gum, as you need the saliva for your food." Golden Age 1929 Nov 12 p.107

"Medicine originated in demonology and spent its time until the last century and a half trying to exorcise demons. During the past half century it has tried to exorcise germs." Golden Age 1931 Aug 5 p.728

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5 Responses to Watchtower Quotes Teachings

  1. Greg says:

    Here’s another hard-to-believe Watchtower Quote (brought to our attention courtesy of the Watchtower Examination youtube channel. Thanks, Winston!!)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrDGA9AgeWg

    From the Watchtower – April 15, 1951, p240 pars23-24

    (Begin Quote)
    God’s organization is more important to him than the salvation of an immoral or disobedient creature. The vindication of Jehovah’s sovereignty and the keeping his name above reproach is of higher importance than the preservation of willful sinners. Hence these paramount things must come first. Accordingly God shows due respect for the organization which bears his name. He executes his judgments against the defilers and keeps it clean. … Since God so respects his organization, then we must exercise fear and must respect it too. …
    (End Quote)

  2. Greg says:

    All of these selected snippets are but a small handful of the countless snippets one could possibly assemble from the pages of Watchtower’s history. I REALLY love the sentence that reads:

    “It becomes apparent when scanning through the history of Watchtower writings that there is no special guidance behind the writings.”

    I’d like to encourage everyone to please think seriously on that. Would a loving God who really cares about people be behind this ridicule-worthy kind of advice?

    I’m working on writing an article entitled: “Learning to Trust your Doubts”. It addresses the very fact that all of these QUOTED ABSURDITIES really defy intelligence of any kind.

    So let me see if I’ve got this straight: Watchtower can author and print and circulate these deadly ideas, and yet, when you simply quote them, YOU ARE THE ONE called APOSTATE !?!?!?

    Trust Your Doubts! If something you read or hear from Watchtower doesn’t make sense to you, it might actually be because it DOESN’T make sense!

    Warmly, Consolingly, and Encouragingly,
    -greg

  3. Nubby Tope says:

    Cut your own throat instead of having your tonsils out? What madness! Would Jesus have suggested this, even in fun? I think not! This is NOT Christian!

    • jacqueline says:

      Nubby Tope hello and thank you for commenting. I remember some of these quotes. That transplanting organ was cannibalism until they needed a kidney transplant. People actually obeyed them. My dad had a third grade education and said no one but his doctors would help him decide His health. He took blood transfusion in 1958 against Nathan Knorr will. He died disfellowshipped because he refused to come back even tho they can to him before his death. My 76 year old brother still believes because he died. DF that he went into second death. I think some of my other siblings do also. Doctrines I f men. I will ask a brother to p I st some more of the good ones here. Also we might figure out a way for you to come on with us by talking. Take care

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