Does The Watchtower Endorse Spirit Mediums?
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Does The Watchtower Endorse Spirit Mediums?
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If you ask a Jehovah's
Witness today what he thinks about the occult and spiritism, you're bound to
get a negative response. After all, the April 1,2000 issue of The Watchtower
and the July 22,2000 issue of Awake strongly warn its readers about the dangers
of these demonic practices. They even quote Deuteronomy 18:10-12 proving that
consulting spirit mediums, fortunetellers or channelers is detestable to
Jehovah. However, does the Watchtower always practice what they preach?
Lets go
back to the
April 1, 1983 edition of The Watchtower. In the Questions
from Readers section, someone asked, "Why in recent years, has The
Watchtower not made use of the [bible] translation by the former Catholic
priest, Johannes Greber?" The answer in a nutshell is that when the
Society found out by reading the foreword of Johannes Greber's 1980 edition of
his New Testament, that he was a spirit medium, they stopped using his
translation for support. You see, for 14 years the Watchtower used Greber's New
Testament translation to give credence to their own peculiar New World
Translation. Particularly John 1:1, which is basically identical in both translations.
The
fact is, however, that the Watchtower Society knew that Johannes Greber was a
spirit medium way before they read it in the foreword of his 1980 translation.
They already knew this after reading the foreword of his 1937 edition. This can
be verified by reading the February 15, 1956 edition of The Watchtower,
pages 110 and
111. Here, they
exposed Johannes Greber as a spiritist and author of the book, "Communication
With the Spirit World: Its Laws and Its Purpose". They also warned their
readers that the spirits that helped Greber translate his New Testament are of
antichrist.
May I
ask, why did the Watchtower quote Johannes Greber's bible translation from 1962
to 1976 to support their doctrines all the while knowing that he was a spirit
medium? The following are the publications where Greber's New Testament is used
for support:
It is interesting
that Greber's translation also renders the Word as "a god" in John
1:1. Why do the Watchtower and spirit mediums have a common interest in calling
Jesus "a god" and not "God", as do all versions that are
translated by recognized Greek scholars? Why did the Watchtower use this
demonic translation for support in the first place since Deuteronomy 18:10-12
is clear in forbidding all contact with the occult? Couldn't they have used a
recognized authority and not a spiritist for support? Obviously, the spirits
that helped Greber cannot be trusted.
Furthermore,
if the Watchtower is correct in calling Jesus
"a god", why in John 5:23 does Jesus demand that all honor the
Son, just as they honor the Father? Why would a created being demand the same
honor as the Creator receives? And why did Jesus say in John 15:26, that when
the Spirit of truth comes from the Father, that one will bear witness of
Himself and not Jehovah?
The
wrong answer to these questions will result in everlasting judgment. We here at
Tower To Truth want you to choose the right answer which leads to everlasting
life. Please, put your eternal salvation into the hands of Jesus Christ. For
there is no other name under heaven by which we are saved (Acts 4:12). Clearly,
the Watchtower Society is not God's organization. It has deceived, lied to and
misdirected many honest, God-fearing people since its inception in 1879. Don't
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