Bridge of Reason

    The above diagram is meant to illustrate the total apostasy of “Christendom” and an apologetic for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WBTS) – Jehovah’s Witnesses. I wonder if those of you who know the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses could put them in their right place in the diagram. Doug Harris, founder of Reachout Trust, points out in his book, The Jehovah’s Witnesses, Their Beliefs and Practices , “ It is very unlikely that Charles Taze Russell actually set out to create what today is known as the WBTS. Even if he did, his version is certainly not the one we have now. If Russell were alive today, he would be disfellowshipped because so many changes have taken place over the years.” Might it be said then that Jehovah’s Witnesses as we know them today started after Russell’s death? Indeed, Jehovah’s Witnesses as we know them, with their distinctive New World Translation (NWT) Bible, their elevation of just 144,000 to heaven, the blood transfusion controv...

Watching a documentary entitled Heaven: Beyond the Grave on demand… After about 40 minutes, the question comes up: Who gets to go to heaven? To give the documentary credit, Jesus is given pole position on the subject, and they quote: John 3:3 – “Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” and John 14:6 – “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Then three talking heads follow. Randy Alcorn : Is it exclusive to say that one can only be saved through Jesus? And I would say, absolutely it is. It is Jesus who said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me.” So I think we have to look at Jesus and say, Was that unloving and narrow of him to do? Well, certainly it isn’t unloving, because the very Jesus who said that, we’re told actually went to the Cross to die for the sins of the whole world. Father Michael Manning : I believe that Jesus’ love is much more expansive than...