Johannes Greber

The Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be God's only visible organization on earth today.
If that is true, why would they lie to us?

In 1962 they started to use a Spiritualist and Medium named Johannes Greber to support their doctrines and their Bible translation. (The New World translation)

Even when God Forbids us to consult them, follow them, or use them in any form.
The Bible condemns all forms of spiritualism.
Leviticus 19:31, 20:6,27 Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Galatians 5:12, Revelation 21:8

Even still the Watchtower society used him for 14 years!

The word, who is he? according to John 1962, pg. 5

The Watchtower, Sept. 15,1962 pg. 554

Make sure of all things, 1965, pg. 489

Aid to Bible understanding, 1971, pg. 1134

Aid to Bible understanding, 1971, pg. 1669

The Watchtower, Oct. 15, 1975, pg. 640

The Watchtower, April, 15,1976,pg.231

Now you may ask where's the lie?
In 1983 someone wrote to the Watchtower and asked about them using Johannes Greber in their publications.
The Watchtower said that according to the forward in Johannes Greber's 1980 translation of the Bible, he said that God's spirit world helped him translate his translation and his wife was a spirit medium.
So the Watchtower has deemed it improper to make use of a translation that has such a close rapport with spiritism. Deu. 18:10-12.

But back in 1955 in a book that they published called "What do the Scriptures say about survival after death" on page 88 it said that "It comes as no surprise that one Johannes Greber, a former Catholic clergyman, has become a spiritualist" also the same article was repeated in the Oct.1, 1955 Watchtower on page 603.

Then in the Feb.15,1956 Watchtower on pages 110-111 it said "Very plainly the spirits in which ex-priest Greber believes helped him in his translation"

They still used him in the 1987 Spanish version of the book called "Aid to Bible understanding" on page 1258. Even after they said that they only found out in 1980, which is not true, it was in 1955!

WHY DID THEY USE HIM FOR SUPPORT OF THEIR TRANSLATION OF THE N.W.T. BIBLE, AND THEN LIE ABOUT KNOWING WHO AND WHAT HE WAS?

The Watchtower puts out a book called a index that has all their subject listings from 1930-1985. How come they only show that they used Greber two times, once in 62, when they first used him and again in 83, when they said that they found out that he was a spiritualist? What about all the other times they used him? How come they didn't list the 1955 or the 1956 W.T. or the Survival after death book? (Those said that Greber was a spiritualist). They hide the fact that they knew who he was, A Spiritualist!
Sounds like a cover up to me!

Now since the organization has left out these references in their Index, when the average witness tries to look them up, he can't find them! It makes it very hard for him to check them out. Thanks to the organization!

DON'T PUT YOUR TRUST IN THIS ORGANIZATION. BUT PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST, FOR HE WILL NEVER LIE TO YOU, BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU, SO MUCH THAT HE DIED FOR YOU! JOHN 15:13

JUST ASK HIM TO COME IN TO YOUR LIFE AND HE WILL SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH HE DOES LOVE YOU! HIS LOVE IS AWESOME.
JESUS LOVES YOU!

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