One of the most commonly discussed (and easily refuted) changes that Jehovah's Witnesses made to the Bible when they produced their New World Translation (NWT) is their rendering of John 1:1. While virtually every reputable English translator from any religious...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Does Genesis 2:7 prove that a “soul” is just a physical human life?
Genesis 2:7 is a verse that commonly comes up in discussions with Jehovah's Witnesses or a variety of other annihilationist groups or individuals who deny that humans have any sort of "soul" that exists after physical death. The verse reads: "Then the Lord God formed...
Does the Septuagint vindicate the Watchtower interpretation of Isaiah 9:6?
Jehovah's Witnesses, who believe that Jesus is not God but rather is Michael the Archangel, have long struggled to provide an adequate answer as to why the coming Messiah is called "Mighty God" in Isaiah 9:6. Their most common answer is to try and minimize the weight...
Using the New World Translation to refute the New World Translation: John 1:1
Perhaps the most well-known difference between the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrinally slanted "New World Translation" of the Bible and reliable, scholarly translations (such as the NASB, ESV, KJV, etc.) is John 1:1. Christians have used this verse for centuries to...
The Watchtower, Armageddon, and the Twentieth Century
The Watchtower Organization has a history of false predictions, including the claim that their mission work would be entirely completed before the end of the twentieth century. Considered in context, these errors demonstrate that the Watchtower Society has no valid...
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Isaiah, and the state of the dead
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that man has no soul or spirit that continues to exist after death. They insist that when a man dies, he ceases to exist. Nothing of his person endures. Only his rotting flesh remains. Future resurrection is not the spirit of a man returning...
Does Jesus’ Promise to the Criminal in Luke 23:43 indicate that humans have an enduring soul?
Does Jesus' Promise to the Criminal in Luke 23:43 indicate that humans have an enduring soul? A central aspect of Jehovah's Witness doctrine is the denial that there is any soul or spiritual component of a person that continues to exist after the person dies. Death is...
Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Psalms, and the state of the dead
Jehovah's Witness teach that death is the complete cessation of conscious existence. There is no soul or spirit of a man that continues to exist when the body dies. When we breathe our last, we are completely wiped out of existence. Perhaps their most compelling...
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ecclesiastes 9, and the state of the dead
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that humans have no soul or spiritual component to their being that in any way endures after physical death. They assert that when someone dies, they cease to exist as a person, and their lifeless body is all that remains. One of the primary...
Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Human Soul
Jehovah's Witnesses claim that there is no part of a man that continues to exist consciously after death. They insist that human beings entirely cease to exist at the moment of physical death. They deny that humans have a "soul" or any spiritual component to their...