Updates listed at the bottom of the post. Last updated Mar 8 at 2:25 PM. FINAL EDIT with conclusion. Author's Note:   This post focusses on the actual context of the words and related symbolism, not on incidental peripheral concepts unimportant to its interpretation. Many of their opposers have criticized Jehovah's Witnesses on "the faithful and discreet slave." But let us examine the merits of our critics arguments on the verses in question. The method of discovery used here is proof by exhaustion, a tried and true method. But first, let us review the Scriptures and the stand of Jehovah's Witnesses. Source: “The Faithful and Discreet Slave” Jesus himself related the prophecy, saying: "Who really is the faithful steward, the discreet one, whom his master will appoint over his body of attendants [or "domestics"] to keep giving them their measure of food supplies at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on coming finds him doing so! I te...

On multiple occasions, I have come across those claiming that the “WTBTS” (They love to make us look like puppets of a corporation,) acts like a “mediator” between us and God, but let's take a look at Christendom* and then compare them to Jehovah's Witnesses, and see who really are acting like the mediators. I think we all know that the Catholic Pope openly claims the position of mediator. Then there are the ministers, priests, reverends, deacons, presbyters, evangelists and self-professed prophets who claim to be the sole channel through which revelation is coming to their congregations. They will say “I'm right and I'm never wrong.” Many have taken the words of Wycliffe, Wesley, Luther and Calvin as the sole determiners, or the foundation, of modern doctrine. Many of them, especially evangelists and the Pope, like to sit upon gold thrones and take “prayer requests”. (1 Corinthians 4:8-13, 18-21) When people ask Jehovah's Witnesses to pray for them, we say, “i...

Many will claim that Jehovah's Witnesses are "false prophets" because the Faithful and Discreet Slave (now identified as the governing body, See WT July 15, 2013) "claims to be a prophet" and has given dates about when the world would end. In fact, the majority of our opposers are often obsessed with this issue to a seemingly unhealthy degree. Did the organization actually provide these improper dates? Yes. Is the organization a "false prophet"? No. Were the first century disciples false prophets because they said that the disciple John would not die as a misinterpretation of Jesus words, "If it is my will for him to remain until I come, of what concern is that to you"? (John 21:21-23) A similar thing occurred among Jehovah's Witnesses when it was said that many of those living at a certain time would never die, because of incorrect understanding. Clearly such things do not make them false prophets. Was the prophet Nathan a false pro...