Bridge of Reason

  Jesus, Moses, and Elijah Death The Watchtower Society teaches that at death a person goes into a state of ‘non-existence’ and those opposed to Jehovah will be annihilated. “ Death Definition: The ceasing of all functions of life. After breathing, heartbeat, and brain activity stop, the life-force gradually ceases to function in body cells. Death is the opposite of life.” - Reasoning from the Scriptures, WBTS, 1985, p.98. “ Paul speaks of those who have known the truth, have been partakers of holy spirit, and then have fallen away .The ransom could no longer help them; hence they would receive no resurrection .This illustrates the future before them: complete annihilation.” - Insight on the Scriptures, Vol.2, WBTS, 1988, p.792. Genesis 2:17 – They argue Jehovah warned Adam against disobedience, which would lead to death. Ecclesiastes 9:5 – Insist the dead are conscious of nothing. Resurrection The personality and character, of a person worthy of resurrection, are in Go...

  'Father, into your hands I commend my Spirit' Luke23:46 We are looking at how Jehovah’s Witnesses think about the elements of the Christian Pasch (Easter). We have looked at the cross in two previous posts, and there is a major study on the Watchtower ‘cross’ coming in our next newsletter. If you haven’t already you may want to sign up to our mailing list from our website . Ecclesiastes On their website the Watchtower addresses the question, ‘What happens when you die?’ ‘ The Bible says: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” ( Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalm 146:4 ) Therefore, when we die, we cease to exist. The dead can’t think, act, or feel anything.’ Proof-texting is commonplace with Jehovah’s Witnesses and, almost invariably, it gets them into all kinds of trouble. If they insist Ecclesiastes 9:5 is talking about the afterlife they must deal with the rest of the chapter, which doesn’t help their case at a...