What are some good arguments I can talk about when the Jehovah Witnesses come back? I am a Christian?

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Answer 1

When was the last time any of their prophecies came true. Oh wait that would be zero.

Answer 2

There's really no point in arguing with them about the Scriptures, since anything you say will "go in one ear and out the other" with the vast majority of them.

Still, there may be a few whose eyes aren't pasted shut and when presented with factual evidence that Jehovah's Witnesses are false prophets, may be able to see the light. Many are unaware of the history of false prophecy of the Watchtower and there are a few who, when presented with actual evidence that the WT has claimed to be a prophet, prophesied in Jehovah's name, and proven false - are honest enough to see they've been misled.

Most will blindly continue to follow the "blind man", but it's worth a try. Go to freeminds.org and print out a few of the actual quotations from WT literature saying that Jesus returned to the earth in 1874; the governments of the world would no longer rule the earth after 1914; Armageddom would begin in the 20th century, etc, etc.

Read it to them....don't just give it to them to read. They won't read it. Ask them about it. They'll instinctively deny it, say that it's all lies, or say that even if it's the truth, it's not important. But as time goes on, their eyes may begin to open, especially as their Watchtower-hopes prove once again to be only empty promises.

Answer 3

Brandi,

It really depends on the opening you are given when talking with them. As a former witness I will often ask them to show me in the bible where it says Jesus is Michael the arch angel.
They will go the their passages, but none of them say Jesus is Michael. Only with twisting can one remotely come to that conclusion. However I will stick with their verses a long time. I will make the point to the witness, either they prove Jesus is Michael or they say Jesus is not Michael.

Answer 4

Jehovahs Witnesses are Christians, and if you were a true Christian I believe you could come up with your own arguments.

Answer 5

You're never going to be able to argue them into accepting Christ, but you can point out that they altered the Bible, they picked several days for the rapture, none of which happened, that they are in agreement with the pharisees that Jesus was a blasphemer (Matthew 26:60-67) since they think he's not God, etc.

Answer 6

Revelation 21:6 and Isaiah 44:6. Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Tell them you believe in the deity of Christ and salvation by faith, not works.

Answer 7

How to witness to Jehovah’s Witnesses:

First don’t argue with us. We didn’t come to your door to argue. Nobody wins an argument (contrary to what others have said). Please understand that for one to win an argument, one of the individuals would have had to change their mind. If we feel that all you want to do is argue we will leave. By leaving we aren’t “running away” we are following the counsel at Matt 10:12,13.

Next don’t try to tell us that we must believe the trinity. According to the New Encyclopedia Britannica (1976), and the New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967) the trinity is not found in the bible, and the Apostles did not believe anything even remotely approaching that idea in the bible. The Encyclopedia Americana (1956) says that the trinity does not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God, it is, on the contrary a deviation from their teaching.

So if you say that you can “prove” the trinity using the bible, you are either misunderstanding what the bible is actually trying to say or you are purposely trying to teach falsehoods.

Next don’t say that “my” bible is inaccurate or full of mistakes. According to Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament. by Jason BeDuhn, associate professor of religious studies at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Arizona,
The New World Translation “is one of the most accurate English translations of the New Testament currently available” and “the most accurate of the translations compared.” One of the bibles it was compared to was the NIV. John 1:1 was one of the verses compared and the NWT was the only bible translation that translated it correctly. (He did say he preferred “and the Word was divine or godlike to “a god”, but a god is an accurate and truthful translation).

Speaking of the NIV, when Edwin H. Palmer, Th.D., Executive Secretary for the NIV’s committee was asked why they didn’t translate Jehovah’s name correctly and accurately in their bible in the almost 7000 times it appears, he stated that they spent $2 million dollars and if they had translated God’s name correctly as Jehovah or Yahweh instead of LORD, they would be throwing that money away. He also said that we are the victims of 350 years of the King James tradition.

So my question is if they mistranslated Jehovah’s name 7000 times to “sale bibles” what else did they mistranslate? (2 Corinthians 2:17)

If the reason they didn’t use Jehovah’s name was “Jewish Tradition” remember what Jesus said about Jewish traditions and God’s Word at Matt 15:6, the Jews had made God’s Word invalid do to their traditions. Therefore is following Jewish tradition a good idea when it comes to translating God’s Word?

Another point you shouldn’t bring up is the immortality of the soul. Unless you can disprove Ezekiel 18:4 and Matt 10:28 which says that the soul will die and also be destroyed as punishment for sin. Please remember that the first recorded lie in the bible was to the effect that if we disobey God we will not die. (Gen. 3:4) So if you tell me that the soul does not die you are repeating the lie Satan told Eve.

Add to this the fact that according to Eccl. 9: 5 & 10, the dead are conscience of nothing at all and Jesus liken death to sleep (Matt 9:24; John 11:11-14). Finally let’s not forget that eternal life is a reward for faithfulness, not something we already have.

Another point you shouldn’t mention is “All those who believe that Jesus is Lord will go to heaven.” Please notice what Jesus said about John the Baptist at Matthew 11:11. No one can deny John’s faith in Jesus, but he won’t even be a lesser one in heaven, so how and where is John to receive his reward for faithful service? (Matt 5:5) This is in harmony with what the bible says about King David (Acts 2:34) not going to heaven. Another point about heaven is don’t say Jehovah took Enoch to heaven because Jesus denies this at John 3:13.

So what is the best way to witnesses to one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Well, instead of waiting for one to come to your door, call your local Kingdom Hall and ask for a personal study of the bible, study once or twice a week, attend all the meetings for 6 months. If you haven’t learned to witness to Jehovah’s people in this time period, pray to Jehovah and ask him to help you remove whatever it is that is holding you back.

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Answer 8

Why would you want to argue with them, that is why they are out knocking on doors. Thank them for their interest in you and close the door. If you don't like that there are plenty of rude ways to send them away.

Answer 9

go to movieforumz.com and see a documentary under "documentary " category about jehovah witnesses ill give you more that u need

Answer 10

Know your Bible well. Know especially where Jesus claims to be God, etc (John 1, Jesus' trial, etc.). That is where they will debate you the most. They have little circles they like to argue in, so beware. Actually, be offensive. Ask them questions instead of them asking you questions.

Answer 11

Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians.

Sadly, anti-Witnesses and trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.

The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".

In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded


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