As an introduction, my family has felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to witness to someone in need of the truth of the gospel. She came to us tring to share her message from the Watchtower Society. Since last October, we have been meeting searching for truth. Out of respect for her existing beliefs, we use only the Watchtower publications and those they have allowed their members to read to help her and her companions see the truth of the gospel. At this time, I would like to post some of those notes hoping they may be of value to other seekers or other Society members brave enough to search for truth.
To bring you up to speed, We began working through their "What does the Bible Really Teach" publication. For several chapters, we showed where the New World Translation has either retranslated God's word, or added to it in order to create a plausible case for their beliefs. However, they have always been insistent on discovering the truth of the trinity together. SO we started studying "Should you Believe in the Trinity" three weeks ago. So far, there has been some enlightening moments.
When I pointed out that most of their quotes contained elipses and that the text within the elipses negated the claim they were making, they dismissed this by stating" the author was just trying to make the point that different people have different opinions. However, I think it is always important to express someone's opinion as they stated it. When I pointed out that most of the "scholars" they were using to refute the trinity also refuted many of the central beliefs of the Society, they also stated that they were sure that was isolated to only possible one or two of the authors. However, a simple exploration of almost all of the scholars will reveal that they are anti-Christian. Below is a summary thus far.
Should you believe in it?
This first section basically poses the question, "If there are two systems of belief which one should you choose. " It quotes anti-Christian authors as stating that the trinity isn't correct. However, that is like asking an evolutionist for his view on creationism. The results are predictable.
The statement is made that if the trinity were genuine, there should be no question. This implies that all truths create no question to anyone. The logic is ludicrous. Gravity is fairly straightforward, yet thousands fall to their death each year.
The challenge is made that "our entire future hinges on our true nature of God." This is at the heart of why we are seeking TRUTH.
Next they create this blasphemy paradox that if you believe in trinity, you blaspheme God and if you don't you blaspheme God.
As an introduction, this section is just that, a teaser. No real evidence is given
How is the Trinity Explained
There is a short explanation of the trinity from the catholic church and the Greek orthodox church
Beyond the grasp of Human Reason
Continuing in their pursuit of quoting authors out of context, they attempt to back their confusion claim with the Encyclopedia Americana supports the argument. This out of context claim is an embarrassment for the Society when the encyclopedia passage is read in context.
The article goes on to identify several people who either state or believe the trinity is a "mystery" It is important to note that no scripture is used at this point. The general statement being projected is that all believers in the trinity don't even know what it is, setting the reader up for the next section.
Not a God of Confusion
This section puts forth the argument that because 1 Cor. 14:33 read out of context states "God is not a God of confusion" and since the trinity is confusing, therefore, the trinity cannot be correct. Of course, we all know that there are numerous doctrines in the Bible that are confusing. By reading the 1 Cor 14 account, we can clearly see that the scripture is in reference to multiple christians speaking in another language at the same time without an interpreter. Hardly a case for "no confusion allowed.
For example, when I asked to be shown where the 144,000 Society members that will go to heaven is in the bible, I immediately got a response that it was so confusing that it would require several bible studies to understand. So much for the confusion argument.
The closing argument is that God makes things so simple, a fisherman could understand it. Then they cite numerous verses that attempt to support this dubious claim. Unfortunately, they do not cite the scriptures where the "fishermen couldn't reason out the simplest concepts Jesus was teaching or the times Jesus got angry at their stupidity.
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