{"id":1284,"date":"2013-03-01T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T16:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2013-05-03T09:11:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T14:11:41","slug":"quiz-jehovah-or-the-watchtower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/quiz-jehovah-or-the-watchtower\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz: Jehovah or the Watchtower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\" alt=\"Jah or WT Quiz\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/JahOrWTQuiz.png?resize=300%2C300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" align=\"left\" \/>Instead of answering <a title=\"The New and Improved 80 Questions!\" href=\"http:\/\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/the-new-and-improved-80-questions\/\">80 questions<\/a> (as Witnesses are required to do in order to qualify for baptism) I hereby give a shortcut alternative for coming to know &#8220;the truth&#8221;: Only 17 questions!<br \/>\nPlease answer each of the following questions either &#8220;Jehovah&#8221; (i.e. the God of the Bible) or &#8220;the Watchtower&#8221; (i.e. the Watchtower Society aka the Governing Body).<\/p>\n<p>In answering, keep in mind that Witnesses &#8220;only go by the Bible,&#8221; so answer these questions from a biblical perspective, being prepared to backup your answers with Scriptures. This quiz is pretty easy. There are no trick questions here: your first answer is probably the correct one.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, the first question has been answered for you, but the rest is up to you&#8230;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<th align=\"left\">Jehovah__<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Watchtower<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who outlawed organ transplants as &#8220;cannibalism&#8221;?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" checked=\"checked\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">2.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said that celebrating birthdays was a sin?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">3.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said smoking was a sin?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">4.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said oral sex between a husband and wife was a sin?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">5.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said that vaccinations were against God&#8217;s &#8220;everlasting covenant&#8221;?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">6.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who declared that blood transfusions are a sin?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">7.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said not to add to his law?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">8.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who prophesied that 1925 would &#8220;certainly&#8221; see the resurrection of Abraham?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">9.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said &#8220;millions now living will never die&#8221; back in 1921?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">10.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said that the generation living in 1914 would never die?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">11.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who was looking forward to 1975?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">12.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said that those whose prophecies failed to come true were &#8220;false prophets&#8221;?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">13.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said germs don&#8217;t cause disease?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">14.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said &#8220;there is no such thing as rabies&#8221;?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">15.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who created germs and rabies?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">16.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Who said that the Governing Body were judged to be &#8220;faithful and discreet&#8221; back in 1919?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">17.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Based on the above answers, who do the Witnesses follow?<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><input id=\"rightAns\" type=\"checkbox\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><input onclick=\"if (document.getElementById('rightAns').checked) { alert('Congratulations! You passed the test! You know the truth!') } else { alert('In order to pass, please answer question 17 correctly.')}\" type=\"button\" value=\"Submit Your Answers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/smmcroberts.net\/logpage.php?l='Blog:Quiz'\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mceSubscribe2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smmcroberts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/subscribe2\/tinymce3\/..\/include\/spacer.gif?w=840\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of answering 80 questions (as Witnesses are required to do in order to qualify for baptism) I hereby give a shortcut alternative for coming to know &#8220;the truth&#8221;: Only 17 questions! Please answer each of the following questions either &#8220;Jehovah&#8221; (i.e. the God of the Bible) or &#8220;the Watchtower&#8221; (i.e. the Watchtower Society aka &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/quiz-jehovah-or-the-watchtower\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Quiz: Jehovah or the Watchtower&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3vZ6t-kI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/www.smmcroberts.net\/blog\/the-new-and-improved-80-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":0},"title":"The New and Improved 80 Questions!","author":"smmcroberts","date":"August 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An RCL Exclusive! 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