Apologetics and Evidence

Some states make it easy to find the names and addresses for private land owners. Montana is one of them. Since COVID started, I have personally received a letter in the mail from a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) about a dozen times, and so have several people I know. The reason they started doing this is because they did not want to go door to door because of COVID issues. It is interesting to note that the people who send these letters out never provide their own personal mailing address, and never their last name. This makes it impossible to know exactly who they are. It is a sneaky, (and in our favor) counterproductive, and dishonest way to behave. It definitely seems to tell something about the character of the JW’s who choose to take this route (that they are cowards and their information is not worth the risk of their identity). The letters always include a tract from the Watchtower with them and a “friendly” letter from the person with no personal address or last name provided. The...

How your conversation will likely go with a Jehovah's Witness. The Videos… they have all seen them. The videos that they have seen are like when you start a new job and watch these old, poor quality, cheesy DVDs (or VHS) about how your job is performed safely. You’re sitting in the room alone for three hours and fifteen minutes, watching everyone in their PPE do the wrong things and then the right things, so you can know the difference between them. Anyone who has worked at Wal-Mart, or a factory, or is a heavy equipment operator knows exactly what “the videos” look and sound like.  Jehovah’s Witnesses (Hereafter, JWs) must go through a similar situation because their responses to my questions and challenges is exactly the same, often verbatim, every time. I have to assume that they have all seen the same video. I have not seen the videos myself, but I definitely seem to have a cumulative case for believing that they exist. Granted, this group of JWs I'm referring to are the ...

How much must one know about Jesus Christ in order to be saved? In other words, what is the limit of knowledge that God requires in order to confer salvific grace? “For God so  loved the world, that He  gave His  only begotten Son, that whoever  believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (NASB John 3:16). The Agent In the book of John, chapter three, verse sixteen, one can find a passage of scripture that has been used for many years as a summary for what Christians today call the Bible. With an analysis of this verse, one can plainly see that there is a goal that should be sought out by everyone. “For God so loved the world” allows the readers to see who this message is directed towards, aside from Nicodemus. With that in mind, one can see that the word “whoever” can address every reader and every “believer” as well. One of the goals readers should seek from this verse is very simple: That we as humans should desire eternal life. The real q...