Bridge of Reason

  Christians around the world are celebrating what is, perhaps, the greatest event in human history – the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For millennia we have believed that Christ was raised bodily, that the body He inhabited while living was raised to perfection. In 1 Corinthians 15 v 35-54 we find details of what His (and our) new body looked like, it is not the same, and yet it is. Sown perishable it is raised imperishable, it dies physical, it is raised spiritual. Jesus’ body clearly had unearthly powers as we can see from it popping in and out of locked rooms at will (John 20 v 19) and vanishing before people’s eyes (Luke 24 v 31). But the Watchtower would have us believe this was all a big con. They claim that Jesus was not raised bodily but as a spirit, that Jehovah somehow dissolved His physical body into its constituent atoms to hide it away. They claim that Jesus only appeared to be in physical form in order to convince His disciples that He had indeed been raised. The...

  I came across this post from Carlos Rigdon on a facebook group that discusses the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses.  With his permission I am reposting it here as I believe he has something interesting to say on the matter.  I have made a few minor amendments to the original because, as a charity, Reachout Trust has to be slightly more circumspect in our postings! "Jehovah’s Witnesses love to claim that those who criticize the governing body are like Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rebels who spoke against Moses and were destroyed by God. They love to compare their leaders with Moses. But that comparison collapses the moment you actually open your Bible. Moses had undeniable evidence of divine appointment, when God sent Moses, He didn’t expect people to blindly trust a human committee. He gave clear, supernatural proof of His backing. Exodus 4:1–9 - God gave Moses visible signs: a staff that became a serpent, a hand that turned leprous and healed, water that turned to blood. E...

  In their latest update #4, the Jehovah’s Witnesses' Governing Body has announced that toasting and ‘ clinking glasses’  is now allowed at the individual Jehovah’s Witness’s ‘ bible trained conscience’ .  This, Governing Body member Stephen Lett tells us, is due to ‘ prayerful consideration’  by the Governing Body.  This doesn’t sound unreasonable; who could possibly object to toasting, it’s such an innocuous custom?  The answer to that is the Governing Body itself, until now. Ever since 1952, and possibly earlier, the Watchtower has roundly condemned this practice due to its ‘ pagan roots’  in ‘ false religion’ .  The 15 May 1952 Watchtower (page 319), has this to say on the matter Jehovah God and Christ Jesus are not honored by having pagan customs of toasting switched to them, or to human s In 1968, in an answer to  Questions from Readers,  the 1 Jan Watchtower states If a Christian is going to make a request f...

  In the film “The Sixth Day”, based in the near future where cloning of pets is allowed but not of humans, the main character, Adam, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, wakes up in a taxi, not knowing how he got there.   He travels home only to see another man inside with his family; this man looks exactly like him.   Before being able to confront the imposter, Adam is attacked by unknown assailants and has to run.   This being an Arnie movie there are lots of shoot outs and the body count is high as Adam attempts to find out what is going on. It turns out that he has been cloned and the cloning company is trying to clear up the loose ends.   Spoiler alert; it turns out he is the clone and the other Adam is the original.   The story highlights some problems with the Watchtower’s ideas about ‘resurrection’.   They teach that, at death, who we are ceases to exist; there is no soul or spirit that survives death, nothing of our essence continues on. ...