Jehovah does not need an
organization, nor has he used an
organization for most of human
history. For 2,500 years, from
creation until the Israelites, there
is no mention of any
organization. God dealt directly
with individuals. From the death
of the Apostles until the
formation of the Watchtower
Society in the 1800's, what
group represented God's
organisation?
The most important concept
behind being a Jehovah's
Witness is that you need to
follow the Watchtower
organization for salvation. This
article shows that there is no
legitimate basis for such a
concept.
Early Christians were organised
into congregations, as are
Christian religions today. For the
spread of Christianity it may be
necessary to create
organisations. For example, in
modern times religious groups
often need to establish legal
entities or organisations in order
to purchase halls to meet in and
for the publication of literature.
The Watchtower Society goes a
step further by saying that being
part of their particular
Organization is an essential
requirement of salvation. The
leaders of the Watchtower
Society, the Governing Body, are
said to be appointed by Christ
and the only means by which he
directs his true followers today.
"Consider, too, the fact that
Jehovah's organization alone, in
all the earth, is directed by God's
holy spirit or active force. (Zech.
4:6) Only this organization
functions for Jehovah's purpose
and to his praise. To it alone
God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is
not a sealed book." Watchtower
1973 Jul 1 p.402
"However, the Governing Body
are appointed through the holy
spirit under the direction of
Jehovah God and Jesus Christ."
Watchtower 1990 Mar 15 p.18
"These overseers faithfully seek
to apply instructions received
from Jehovah God and Jesus
Christ by means of the faithful
and discreet slave and its
Governing Body." Watchtower
1990 Mar 15 p.20
"Christ thus leads the
congregation by means of the
spirit-anointed "faithful and
discreet slave" and its Governing
Body." Examining the Scriptures
Daily 2007 p.34
This is the most significant
concept behind being a
Jehovah's Witness. Believing in
God is not what makes a Witness
unique, as a large portion of
people believe in God. Trusting in
the Bible is not the key factor to
being a Witness, as billions of
people believe they follow the
Bible. It is belonging to the
"Organization" that distinguishes
a Witness and makes them feel
solely worthy of salvation.
The word organization never
appears in the Bible, yet
organization appears 16,789
times on the 2006 Watchtower
Library CD. This is because
belonging to an organization is
not a Scriptural requirement, but
rather a common concept
amongst high control groups as
a technique of building a
member's high degree of
conviction and uniformity.
This raises the following
questions;
Is membership of an
organization essential for
salvation?
Has Jehovah always operated
through an organization?
Requirement of Salvation

@op with all this your constant attack on JWs,it has made people more interested in joining them,one thing i know in in life is this,when something is being contiually attacked,it means there is truth there and that is what is making you paranoid.

You are an apostate. Be-careful, cause you may be sinning against the holy spirit.

[/size][size=8pt]1975 watchtower quotes.[b]1975 watchtower quotes.[/b]1975 watchtower quotes.


From 1966 to 1975, the
Watchtower regularly implied
that Armageddon would arrive in
1975. However, ask one of
Jehovah's Witnesses about this
date and they will invariably deny
there ever being such
statements. The following
exhaustive list of quotes show
the Watchtower left little to the
imagination regarding 1975.
In 1980, the Watchtower made a
post-1975 admission that it had
encouraged the viewpoint that
Jesus earthly rulership would
begin 1975.
"With the appearance of the
book Life Everlasting-in Freedom
of the Sons of God, and its
comments as to how appropriate
it would be for the millennial
reign of Christ to parallel the
seventh millennium of man's
existence, considerable
expectation was aroused
regarding the year 1975 . ...
Unfortunately, however, along
with such cautionary
information, there were other
statements published that
implied that such realization of
hopes by that year was more of a
probability than a mere
possibility ." Watchtower 1980
Mar 15 p.17
The regular implications that
1975 would bring Armageddon
resulted in many Jehovah's
Witnesses firmly believing this
was going to be the end. The
growth rate of publishers
immediately before and after
1975 shows the significance of
this year in Witness minds and
the effect of its failure to
eventuate.

[/size][size=8pt]1975 watchtower quotes.[b]1975 watchtower quotes.[/b]1975 watchtower quotes.


From 1966 to 1975, the
Watchtower regularly implied
that Armageddon would arrive in
1975. However, ask one of
Jehovah's Witnesses about this
date and they will invariably deny
there ever being such
statements. The following
exhaustive list of quotes show
the Watchtower left little to the
imagination regarding 1975.
In 1980, the Watchtower made a
post-1975 admission that it had
encouraged the viewpoint that
Jesus earthly rulership would
begin 1975.
"With the appearance of the
book Life Everlasting-in Freedom
of the Sons of God, and its
comments as to how appropriate
it would be for the millennial
reign of Christ to parallel the
seventh millennium of man's
existence, considerable
expectation was aroused
regarding the year 1975 . ...
Unfortunately, however, along
with such cautionary
information, there were other
statements published that
implied that such realization of
hopes by that year was more of a
probability than a mere
possibility ." Watchtower 1980
Mar 15 p.17
The regular implications that
1975 would bring Armageddon
resulted in many Jehovah's
Witnesses firmly believing this
was going to be the end. The
growth rate of publishers
immediately before and after
1975 shows the significance of
this year in Witness minds and
the effect of its failure to
eventuate.