16 Jun 2023
One common argument against the doctrine of the trinity is “The word ‘Trinity’ is not in the Bible”, as if the word didn’t exist, it would disprove the concept. Well, if that’s a good argument to reject a doctrine, here is a list of other words and phrases important to Jehovah’s witnesses that are not in the Bible:
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08 Jun 2023
A classic example of a supposed biblical contradiction is that the four gospels differ in their lists of the women who visited Jesus’ tomb when he was resurrected. Let’s see what the four gospel accounts say and see whether there is any contradiction:
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31 May 2023
What does it mean to be a virgin? Traditionally, being a virgin means being someone who has never had any sexual intercourse. In the book of Revelation it talks about a group of 144.000 which Jehovah’s witnesses believe are the only humans who are “anointed” and go to heaven when they die. The Governing Body of the Watchtower, the leaders of Jehovah’s witnesses, are said to be part of this group. However Revelation teaches that these 144.000 are “virgins”. The Watchtower interprets this as that the 144.000 of Revelation are “spiritual virgins” meaning they have never partaken in false worship.
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22 May 2023
In Matthew 13:45,46 Jesus tells the parable of the pearl of great value. In this parable there is a merchant who finds a pearl, but who is the merchant and what does the pearl represent?
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14 May 2023
Like in the case of Simon of Cyrene, Mark 10:46 has a strange remark:
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