CHART OF SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE
“It is a serious matter to represent God and Christ in one way, then find that our understanding of the major teachings and fundamental doctrines of the Scriptures was in error, and then after that, to go back to the very doctrines that, by years of study, we had thoroughly determined to be in error. Christians cannot be vacillating — ‘wishy-washy’ — about such fundamental teachings. What confidence can one put in the sincerity or judgment of such persons?” (The Watchtower, May 15, 1976, p. 298)
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DOCTRINE |
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SECOND |
THIRD |
FOURTH |
| Will Sodom be resurrected? | ||||
| Identity of the “Superior authorities” of Romans 13:1 | ||||
| Identity of the “Faithful and Wise servant” of Matt. 24 | ||||
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Michael the Archangel |
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| Should Jesus be “worshipped”? | ||||
| Jesus referred to what when he said, “This is my body”? | ||||
| Date for the Beginning of Christ’s “invisible” presence | ||||
| Jesus died on a cross or a torture stake? | ||||
| Are Organ Transplants permissible for Jehovah’s Witnesses? | ||||
| Celebrating Christmas and birthdays | ||||
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Supporting War and Politics |
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Great Pyramid in Egypt |
Testimony of Fred Franz of the Watchtower Society at a 1954 Trial in Scotland:
“QUESTION: So that what is published as the truth today by the Society may have to be admitted to be wrong in a few years?
“ANSWER: We have to wait and see.
“QUESTION: And in the meantime the body of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been following error?
“ANSWER: They have been following misconstructions on the Scriptures.
“QUESTION: Error?
“ANSWER: Well. error.” (Douglas Walsh Trial, 1954, p. 114)
EPHESIANS 4:14-15: “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, and craftiness in deceitful scheming.”
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