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         It doesn't take much effort for the inquirer to find out that the Society spends
       a lot of space writing about the inferiority of the Son of God.
       Jehovah'sWitnesses are happy to discuss their that Jesus can't be God. "After
       all", they will say, "how could he be God, because the Bible says he didn't
       even know when he was coming again." (Mt. 24:36).

       If he didn't have that foreknowledge--how could he be God? Doesn't God
       know all things?" Would the Jehovah's Witness who said that be comfortable
       in saying that their god Jehovah wasn't absolutely sure that his son would
       come again? Does the Jehovah's Witness realize that his god did not
       predestine the second coming of Christ because he didn't know if Jesus would
       succeed in his first coming? I didn't know that and neither do most Jehovah's
       Witnesses. There are many other Watchtower secrets or shadowy doctrines
       that Jehovah's Witnesses are either not fully aware or totally misunderstand. I
       was most interested in the teaching that the god of Jehovah's Witnesses learns
       new things. in other words, receives "new light" from his angels! That's right,
       the society teaches that since he doesn't know all the details of what men are
       doing, he is constantly being taught or updated on the latest information of
       human action! His angels are not only messengers for him but also to him!

      Introduction...


     The Jehovah's Witnesses say they want to tell us
     what they believe:

          "Actually, Jehovah's Witnesses are interested in you and your welfare.
           They want to be your friends and to tell you more about themselves,
           their beliefs, their organization, and how they feel about people and the
           world in which all of us live."


     One of their key beliefs is that God is almighty--the supremely
     intelligent person:

           Jehovah's Witnesses believe in Almighty God, Jehovah, Creator of the
           heavens and the earth . The very existence of the intricately designed
           wonders in the universe surrounding us reasonable argues that a supremely
           intelligent and powerful creator produced it all . Just as the works of men
           and women reflect their qualities, so do those of Jehovah God. The Bible
           tells us that "His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world's creation
           onward, because they are perceived by the things made." Also, without
           voice or words, "the heavens are declaring the glory of God."
            --Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1-4.


     Here in a few brief points, is the Watchtower Society's view of this
     so-called "supremely intelligent and powerful creator" --On the
     subject of Jehovah's foreknowledge.


    1. Foreknowledge and foreordination are defined:

           "Foreknowledge means knowledge of a thing before it happens or
           exists;also called prescience. In the Bible it relates primarily, though not
           exclusively, to Jehovah God the Creator and his purposes. Foreordination
           means the ordaining, decreeing or determining of something beforehand; or the
           quality of being foreordained."


     2. God's foreknowledge is shown to be limited. For example, Charles
          T. Russell the Society's founder answered this question on God's
          knowledge of whether or not a man will be faithful to Him:

           "Does God's word anywhere say that God knows at the time of anybody's
           consecration that the one consecrating would not be faithful? Ans. There is
           nothing in the Bible to indicate anything of that kind."


     3. When is God's foreknowledge used? Not all the time. They tell us
          that foreknowledge is used selectively in order not to "intrude" upon
          man's free will. They say:

           "For instance. just as the creator is free to do as he chooses, he has created
           man with a free will. Out of regard for this, the Creator does not fix or
           foreordain the path each individual will take. Does this conflict with God's
           ability to see into the future? No! To illustrate: A radio enables one to hear
           world news in the home, but it must first be switched on and the right station
           selected at the correct time. Likewise with the Creator's power of
           foreknowledge; he makes discretionary and selective use of it, showing
           regard for the free will he gave to man."


     Furthermore, they say:

           "The apostle Paul counseled Christians endowed with the gift of prophecy:
           "Gifts of the spirit of the prophets are to be controlled by the prophets. For
           God is a God, not of disorder, but of peace." (1 Corinthians 14:32,33) Such
           prophets would not speak out indiscriminately but would share their prophetic
           messages in an orderly way. To do this, self-control was needed. Certainly,
           then, God is also able to use his foreknowledge selectively, using it only
           when there is a reason or a purpose for doing so.--Compare Genesis
           22:1,12."

     It is believed that for God to know what man will do, would get in the
     way of man's work to "succeed"

           "...he does not choose always to intrude his foreknowledge into what his
           creatures are going to do, but lets them exercise their free will as free moral
           agents...God is not now exercising foreknowledge of whether we individuals
           will succeed or not, but he is leaving it entirely up to each one of us."



     4. The Society's god's divine ignorance is best explained in their
          teaching about the fall of man. They say he had no need for such
          knowledge:

           "If God knew that Adam and Eve were doomed to failure, placing everlasting
           life before them would have been a cruel hoax."

           "In the face of absolutely no Scriptural evidence that Jehovah foreknew this
           trio's transgressions, on what basis can it be argued that He did? No sound
           basis. He would not have to foreknow the rebellion of these three in order to
           cope with it. Nor need he foreknow the works of demons and men at this
           time in order to accomplish his purposes. No more so than would a man,
           intending to cut the weeds from a plot of ground to make a garden, have to
           foreknow the acts of insects dwelling in the jungle of weeds and which
           constitutes their home. Regardless of what the insects might do, they
           could no more prevent the man from cutting the weeds than man could prevent
           God from accomplishing the divine works. God needs to foreknow man's
           opposing efforts no more so than the man needs to foreknow the insect's (Isa.
           40:22) In either case the intended purpose can be carried out regardless of
           the opposition, since it is so insignificantly feeble in comparison with the power
           of the purposer."


     5. God's foreknowledge is de-emphasized and his "purpose" is emphasized.
         His purpose is explained this way:

           "Throughout the Bible record, God's exercise of foreknowledge and
           foreordination is consistently tied in with his own purposes and will. "To
           purpose" means to set something before oneself as an aim or an object to
           be attained. (The Greek word prothesis, translated "purpose," means, literally,
           "something placed or set forth beforehand.") Since God's purposes are
           certain of accomplishment, he can foreknow the results, the ultimate realization
           of his purposes, and can foreordain them, as well as the steps he may see fit to
           take to accomplish them."


     6. This "purpose" of the Watchtower god is revealed in the selection of a
         class, not individuals for salvation. The Society claims Bible texts:

           "...describe the foreordination of as class of persons, namely the Christian
           congregation, the "one body" (1 Cor 10:17 of those who will be joint heirs
           with Christ Jesus in his heavenly kingdom.--Eph. 1:22,23; 2:19-22;
           Heb 3:1,5,6. If these words apply to specific individuals as foreordained to
           eternal salvation, then it follows that those individuals could never prove
           unfaithful or fail in their calling, for God's foreknowledge of them could not
           prove inaccurate and his foreordination of them to a certain destiny could
           never miscarry or be thwarted."


     7. God is not omnipresent. Why? He is restricted to a body in a location:

           "Some would have God omnipresent or as a Principle without a body or an
           organism. But not so. Jehovah God as a person has a body and a location,
           even as indicated by Jesus' words: "I came out from the Father and...am going
           my way to the Father."


     8. Because he is restricted to a place, he needs a communication system which
         can get information to him. This system of a type of divine glasses and a divine
         hearing aid are his angels. The Society's first president began this teaching
         when he said:

           "What would be the use of the Father's receiving the angels into His presence
           unless there was something to be communicated? Our understanding is that
           God's foreknowledge of our affairs and interests is gained by methods with
           which we are acquainted. We may assume, however, that the mediums used
           are largely the angelic messengers."


     So it appears that the Society's Jehovah is a very limited god indeed! Not only
     does he NOT know the future and therefore does not know ALL THINGS, but
     he is dependent upon gaining that knowledge from angels which means that
     they, at least at some point, know things that god does not know!

                  For a more detailed account with photocopies please see the book,
                               THE HEAVENLY WEATHERMAN, Magnani.