Friday, March 22, 2013

Why do Jehovah's Witnesses observe the Memorial since they don't believe that Jesus is God? and don't they celebrate Jesus' resurrection?

This is the question I was asked:

What are they observing? That a man (who claimed to be God) died on a tree? Did their version rise from the dead?




The best explanation that I can give you of the Jehovah's Witness belief:


That God's son who is the only being created directly by the Father took the form of a man and died a sacrificial death to break the curse of Adamic sin.
When he died he was non-existent, but held in the Father's memory so that his life-pattern could exist again in spirit form.
Though Jesus neither commanded nor blessed any holidays, he did tell us to observe this and only this. 

1 comment:

  1. The Bible CLEARLY states that Jesus rose from the dead in a PHYSICAL form. "Handle me and see. A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." Also, Jesus ate. How does a NON EXISTENT anyone eat? AND.... here's something J.W.'s will tell you... that Jesus made up those bodies to make the disciples believe that He had risen. Hmmmm.... if someone tells you something and it's not true, what is THAT called. A lie. Jesus deceived His disciples, right? A J.W. will tell you that He didn't deceive them. But if he told them something that wasn't true, then what did He do? DID Jesus rise from the dead, Physically? A J.W. will say NO. But he went around with these make shift bodies to prove something that didn't happen. So he lied. How can Jesus be THE WAY, TRUTH and life when He lied? "To inspire faith." The J.W. will reply. To inspire faith in a LIAR? People get that happening to them every day. Or at least every four years . (Cue rim shot ;) ) Would that not make Jesus a deceiver? Asking pointed questions is better in jangling JW faith in their organization is better than TELLING them their teachers are lying to them. Asking questions, from the BIBLE and keeping ON TOPIC will force them to wrestle with questions to which the Watchtower will have no valid answer.

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