CULTS

• The Branhamites
• Jehovah Witnesses *MANY NEW ARTICLES*
  • General Information
  • The Term "Jehovah"
  • False Prophecies made by the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • The Abuse scandal in the Jehovah's Witnesses Church
  • Jehovah's Witnesses editions of the Bibles
  • The "New World Translation"
  • The Witnesses and John 1:1
  • The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Bible in General
  • Jehovah's Witnesses and the Cross:

  • The Doctrinal "Flip Flops"

• The Mormons  *MANY NEW ARTICLES*

  • The Mormons In General

  • The Book Of Mormon:

  • The Mormons And The Bible

• THE "ONENESS" PENTECOSTALS
• Other Religions and Cults

The Branhamites

• Branhamism / William Branham: This  is a profile of Branhamism and its founder William Branham.
• The Evils of Branhamism Examined 
• Cults Compared: A comparison of the similarities between the Branhamites and the Jehovah Witnesses

Jehovah Witnesses

General Information:

• Jehovah's Witnesses: Here is some information about this cult.
• The Presidents of the Watchtower: A listing (with pictures) of the six presidents of the Watchtower Bible and Tract society. 

• The Incredible Creed of the Jehovah's Witnesses: By Rev. Dr. Rumble, M.S.C.

• Questions! Questions! Questions!: The best way to evangelize Jehovah's Witnesses is to
  ask questions. This a wonderful site put together by a Catholic answering the Witnesses.
• What do the Jehovah Witnesses Believe?: some general information about the beliefs of this cult.

  Ousted Members Say Jehovah's Witnesses' Policy on Abuse Hides Offenses (New York Times, Monday, August 12, 2002)

• Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower: copyright 1995 BY: David Wesley an examination of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower.

• The Jehovah Witness Practice of Withholding The "Truth": 

• Watchtower Misquotes: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's claims to be the prophet of God, yet it mistranslates the Bible, takes verses out of context, makes false prophecies, and misquotes authorities all to make its position valid, its credibility is lost. 

• The Watchtower Society's own Publications Show the Ancient Jews Using graven  Images: The Jehovah's Witnesses are adamantly against any use of images for religious purposes. They hold the use of such images as a Pagan influence and against the scriptures and God's commandments. 

• Proverbs 4:18-19, and the Light Gets Brighter and Brighter: A look at the Witnesses (JWs) doctrine of the gradual development of scriptural understanding and biblical prophecy. 

• John 20:28 and Thomas's declaration that Jesus is God.

• Names and Titles of Yahweh, That Are Applied to Christ in the Scriptures

• Subliminal Images in the Watchtower's Publications :

The Term "Jehovah":

• The 1950 NWT acknowledges "Yahweh'" as the correct pronunciation of God's name: You read that correctly, the Watchtowers own 1950 edition of  the New World Translation stated that "Yahweh'" was the correct pronunciation of God's name.

  This is the Cover of the Oct. 8, 1968 issue of the "Awake!".  This issue falsely prophesied the world would end in 1975. It is one of many such examples from the Jehovah's Witnesses

• A Society Publication Acknowledges That The Term " Jehovah" Is the Result Of  A "Blunder": The Watchtower Society's Bible in Living English acknowledges  it is a "certainty" that the "spelling and pronunciation" of the name Jehovah was the result of a "blunder". 

• The Word "Jehovah" (in the NWT) Is A Example of A Man Made Tradition: The Use Of The Word "Jehovah" in The 1950 NWT is a prime example of the Watchtower Society's hypocrisy, and the following of a man made tradition .

• The Watchtower Society and the Term "Jehovah": When the Witnesses come to your door, there are four very important points we must remember when discussing the term "Jehovah"

• Is The Term "Jehovah" The Proper Name of God: or is it simply the Erroneous name of a cult of witnesses 

• The term "Jehovah" in the Christian Greek scriptures: Or is it a Erroneous name of a cult of witnesses and another example of the Horrible Translation Errors, found in the 1611 King James Version and The New World Translation?

• A Look At The Watchtower's "Criteria" For Using the "Divine Name" in the New Testament:  The making - braking of the rules and their biased usage. 

• The Development of the Name "Jehovah": "This is a chart showing the development of the man made word "Jehovah". 

False Prophecies made by the Jehovah's Witnesses:  

• Are the Jehovah's Witness "Prophets" of God?: The easiest way to answer this is to ask this question and get the answers from official Watchtower literature.
• Prophetic blunders of Jehovah's Witnesses: Faulty Prophetic claims of their "God directed" Organization. 
• Failed Prophecies of the Jehovah's Witnesses: A simple one page chart for you to print and give to the witnesses at your door. 

• 1925 A Perfect Example of a Failed JW Prophecy: "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly THEY ARE RAVENING WOLVES." (Matthew 7:15)

• The Deed To "Beth Sarim":  "Beth Sarim" is clearly one of the biggest embarrassments in the long and continuing list of embarrassments the Watchtower Society has created for itself.

• 1973,  Sell your Houses For the "The END IS NEAR": a false prophecy that wrecked the lives of many.  

• The Evolution of the Watchtowers failed Prophecy of the "Generation of 1914": For Years the The Witnesses have Prophesied that there would be "ONLY ONE GENERATION FROM 1914 TO THE END OF THIS WORLD". Throughout the 50's, 60's, 70's, and in the 80's this Prophecy was a common theme found in many of the Watchtower publications. 

The Abuse scandal in the Jehovah's Witnesses Church:

• "Witnesses abused? Church accused of failing children": An interview with sexual abuse victims Heidi Meyer & Amber Long and former elder Bill Bowen by Connie Chung
• Ousted Members Contend Jehovah's Witnesses' Abuse Policy Hides Offenses: New York Times article on Sexual Abuse. 

Jehovah's Witnesses editions of the Bibles:

• The Bibles of the Jehovah Witnesses, Then and Now: A Look  major changes in the text of the Bibles of the Jehovah Witnesses over the years.

• The Gradual Devaluing of The Sacred Scriptures in the Bibles of the Jehovah's Witnesses: A Chart showing the gradual Devaluing and eventual the elimination of 47 verses (and partial verses) in the Bibles of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

• The Jehovah’s Witnesses Uses and Eventual Rejection of the King James Version: another example of the ever changing doctrines and practices of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

• A Look At The Jehovah's Witness, Christadelphians, and Emphatic Diaglott Connection.

The "New World Translation":

• The Credibility Crisis of the New World Translation: The forward of the1950 edition of the NWT declared itself to be a uninspired and imperfect translation.

• The 1950 NWT acknowledges "Yahweh'" as the correct pronunciation of God's name: You read that correctly, the Watchtowers own 1950 edition of  the New World Translation stated that "Yahweh'" was the correct pronunciation of God's name.

• The Word "Jehovah" (In the NWT) Is A Example of A Man Made Tradition: The Use Of The Word "Jehovah" in The 1950 NWT is a prime example of the Watchtower Society's hypocrisy, and the following of a man made tradition .

• The term "Jehovah" in the Christian Greek scriptures: or is it a Erroneous name of a cult of witnesses and another example of the Horrible Translation Errors, found in the 1611 King James Version and The New World Translation?

• A Look At The Watchtower's "Criteria" For Using the "Divine Name" in the New Testament:  The making - braking of the rules and their biased usage. 

• The Problems "The New World Translation": The following is a list of problems that we have found with the New world Translation. In many instances the meaning of the Bible has been changed by apparently deliberate mistranslations, additions, or omissions.

• The New World Translation, Is It Really a Scholarly Translation?: The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) is the name of the Bible used worldwide by members of the Jehovah's Witness sect. The Watchtower Society claims this work to have been made directly into English from Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages.

• Does The Jehovah's Witness "Bible" The "New World Translation" Delete Whole Verses?: The New World Translation is the only Bible the Jehovah's Witnesses will trust! The Bible only Jehovah's Witnesses would trust!

• The New World Translation and The word "Punishment" in Matt. 25:46: The New World Translation dishonestly altered the text of Matthew 25:46, to elevate the word "punishment".

The Witnesses and John 1:1

• John 1:1 In The Various Watchtower Publications Of The Bible: Although the Witnesses argue that it should says "the word was a god",  John 1:1 does not read the same in all of the various Watchtower publications of the Bible.

• JOHN 1:1 And the Jehovah's Witnesses "Kingdom Interlinear Translation": In order to facilitate there denial divinity of Christ and the Christian doctrine of the Trinity  Jehovah's Witnesses there current Bible [The New World Translation]  altered the text of John 1:1 to say: "The Word was A god" (Emphasis mine). But it this a proper translation of the Greek? does the Greek have the definite articles "a" ?  for the answer to these questions and others we turn the Jehovah's Witnesses own text's. 

• JOHN 1:1 And the Jehovah's Witnesses "Emphatic Diaglott": The Emphatic Diaglott is often used by the Witnesses in a effort to support there alteration of the text of John 1:1. But does this 1864 interlinear really help there case.

• JOHN 1:1 The Jehovah's Witnesses and William Barclay's Translation: The Jehovah's Witnesses often point to William Barclay's Translation of the New Testament in order to help justify the alteration of the text of John 1:1 in there current Bible [The New World Translation]. 

• JOHN 1:1, The Jehovah's Witnesses And Johannes Greber's Rendering The New Testament: The 1983 the Watchtower condemnation of Greber's translation of the New Testament.

• John 1:1 and The " definite article" : Mark 11:26-27 and Luke 20:37-38 repeatedly uses the same Greek word " theos" that the NWT translates "a god" in John 1:1, with a very different results.

• Changes in the New World Translations text of John 1:1: A quick look at the Changes to the text of John 1:1 in the New World Translation.  

The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Bible in General

• The Oscillating Position as to The Preservation of The New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Are the ancient New Testament manuscripts Trustworthy? 

• The New World Translation Tells Us That The Angles Will "Worship" Christ (Heb. 1:6):

• THE WATCHTOWERS ALLEGATIONS THAT THERE ARE ERRORS IN THE BIBLE: 

Jehovah's Witnesses and the Cross:

• The Jehovah's Witnesses use of Crosses: Has the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society always held that Jesus Christ was tortured on a stake? Apparently not!! 

• Does the Greek word "Stauros" Mean "Cross" or "Torture stake":

• How Did the Early Christians depict the Cross in their art work?: A look at some of the ancient art work of the early Christians, and their portraits of the Cross.

• The Jehovah's Witnesses, The Crosses, and "Idolatry":  The Witnesses will often argue that the crosses supposed connection with paganism makes it's use automatically a form of "Idolatry". The question Is, are these teaching constant with other Witness beliefs?    

• The Watchtower's "Torture Stake", and pagan mythology: A Side by side look at the Watchtowers depiction of the death of Christ, and death Marsyas in ancient Greek mythology. 

The Doctrinal "Flip Flops":

• Proverbs 4:18-19, and the Light Gets Brighter and Brighter: A look at the Witnesses (JWs) doctrine of the gradual development of scriptural understanding and biblical prophecy. 

• The Jehovah's Witnesses and Christmas, did they always reject it? : A look at the Greek text and the statements of the scholars. 

• Will The men of Sodom be resurrected?: This is a issue that has perplexed the Witnesses for years, and they have flipped flopped on this issue repeatedly.  

• The Jehovah's Witnesses use of Crosses: Has the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society always held that Jesus Christ was tortured on a stake? Apparently not!! 

• The Oscillating Position as to The Preservation of The New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Are the ancient New Testament manuscripts Trustworthy? 

• The Jehovah’s Witnesses Uses and Eventual Rejection of the King James Version: another example of the ever changing doctrines and practices of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

• The " Johannes Greber's" Flip flop: In the early 1960's the watchtower used the works of a confessed Spiritualist and Medium named Johannes Greber to support their doctrines.

• The Watchtower's "flip flop flip" on Organ Transplants: Can witnesses have them or not? 

The Mormons:

        The Mormons In General:

• Mormons (Also called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.)

• Mormonism and it’s Mythology: As those nice looking young men with white shirts and black ties bicycle to your door, don't shoo them away. We present you with a few basics of Mormonism to keep by your door to help you defend yourself against these pesky "missionaries." Don't hesitate to make a further study of their doctrine  and origin to make a further, stronger refutation!

The Book Of Mormon:

• Problems with the book of Mormon:  

• Why does the Book of Mormon, contain disclaimers of inspiration?:
• Are There Verses In The Book of Mormon, That Deny Its Inspiration? The Answer to this question is "YES".
• Archeology, Anthropological and Historic Errors in the Book of Mormon: 
• Linguistic Errors Found in the Book of Mormon:  
• Book of Mormon Plagiarizes from the KJV 
• The Book of Mormon Even Quotes From The Preface to the 1611 King James Bible: 
• 74 Textual Changes in the book of Mormon:  This is a chart showing 74 major textual changes in the Book of Mormon between the years of 1920 and 1981. 
• Changes to the "Testimonies of the Witnesses", of the Book Of Mormon Mormon Missionaries often point to the "Testimonies" of the Three and Eight Witnesses as evidence to the existence of the Golden Tablets, and as "proof " of the validity of the Book of Mormon. This leaves us with two questions, how credible are these "Testimonies", and have they been altered?  The answer to these questions will come as a shock to the Mormon at your door. 
• A Letter From The National Geographic Society on the Book of Mormon: This is a scan of a  reply sent to me by the from the National Geographic Society regarding the Book of Mormon
• Smithsonian Institution's Statement Regarding The Book Of Mormon: A printable Statement from the Smithsonian regarding The Book Of Mormon
• A small Morsel of truth, found in the 1830 edition of the book of Mormon: The Title Page of the 1830 Book of Mormon reveals a interesting fact. 

The Mormons And The Bible:

• How Do The Mormons Regard The Bible?: When they come to your door the Mormons strive hard to give the appearance of honest Bible believing Christians., But6 this is not the case.
• The Book of Mormon Even Quotes The Preface to the 1611 King James Bible: 
• THE MORMONS AND THE KING JAMES VERSION :

THE "ONENESS" PENTECOSTALS

• Baptism administered "In the Name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost": Recently, a Protestant that I know during a discussion on the subject of baptism gave me this article." The historical evidence proves conclusively that baptism was originally ministered in the name of Jesus Christ, and NOT While invoking the name "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." (Wow.. that's a long name for a article.)   

• Is God One Person or More than One Person ?: Lets Look at the Prayers of Christ (God).

• If God is only one person than why does the Bible repeatedly use plural pronouns for God: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." (I John 5:7)

• LETS COMPARE JOHN 1:1 AND GENESIS: this is a short examination of several points of scripture which clearly show God to be more than one person.

• The Trinity: by David Goldstein LL.D,

Other Religions and Cults

• The Pentecostal "speaking in tongues": Over the last half century we have witnessed the incredible growth of the Pentecostal movement. Pentecostalism has even challenged the hold of the catholic church in south America, where there are 17 million Pentecostal members in brazil alone. It has been estimated that in the United States alone, 200,000-300,000 Catholics have become "Pentecostal" or "Charismatic". The hallmark of the Pentecostal movement is its believe in miracles specifically speaking in "tongues"

• Dispelling the Myth's of the KJV Onlyists: A quick look at some of the modern Myths held by King James Version supporters. 

• The "Fruits" of The King James Version: A Look at a few of the major the Cult's and Luciferians that use the KJV, as there Bible of choice.

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