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and He interacts with others on a personal basis, including the Father and the Son. Very clearly, then,
the Watchtower’s position that the Holy Spirit is a force goes again the clear, consistent testimony of
the whole of Scripture.

The Trinity: Biblical or Pagan

JWs believe that God is not a triune God, but only "Jehovah God" (Let God Be True, pp. 100-101); they
teach that Trinitarianism is a belief in three gods, and thereby, Satan-inspired polytheism. Rutherford
wrote: "... sincere persons who want to know the true God and serve him find it a bit difficult to love and
worship a complicated, freakish-looking, three-headed God. The clergy who inject such ideas will
contradict themselves in the very next breath by stating that God made man in his own image; for
certainly no one has ever seen a three-headed human creature" (Let God Be True, 2nd ed., pp. 101-102).

JWs believe that the idea of the Trinity has satanic origins and is another lie made and told by
Satan for the purpose of reproaching God’s name. They say the concept of the Trinity was
adopted by the church some three hundred years after Christ died by Emperor Constantine
(Nicaean Creed)

They argue that the word, “trinity” is not in the Bible, so therefore it is false.

Point out that the word, “Jehovah” is also not in the Bible. The word was originally formed by
superstitious Jewish scribes who joined the consonants YHWH with the vowels from “Adonai.” The
result was Yahowah or Jehovah. So, if one is to argue that the doctrine of the Trinity is unbiblical
because the word, “Trinity” does not appear in the Bible, then by the same logic, the doctrine of
Jehovah must also be considered false since that term does not appear anywhere either.

There are many doctrines that are scriptural, but the word does not appear in the Bible.
For example, “theocracy” does not appear, yet does that mean that God’s kingdom does
not exist (of course, JWs believe they are the “theocratic kingdom” of Jehovah). The
word “rapture” does not exist, but the doctrine is taught clearly in I & II Thess.

WITNESSING NOTE: Does the fact that the word “theocracy” is not in the Bible rule out
the possibility that it is a biblical concept? (no). To be fair and consistent, then, does the fact that the
word “Trinity” is not in the Bible rule out the possibility that it is a biblical concept?

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

NWT: This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one
whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ

JWs say that Jesus clearly distinguished Himself from God, calling the Father “the only true God.”

According to the Watchtower Society, Jesus clearly distinguished Himself from God, calling the Father
“the only true God”.

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