{"id":70728,"date":"2024-10-31T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=70728"},"modified":"2024-10-31T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:38:10","slug":"the-watchtower-built-on-sand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watchtower Built on Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>The Watchtower Built on Sand<\/h1>\n<h2>An Expos\u00e9 of the Doctrine of the So-Called &#8220;Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>by Bryan Matthew Dockens<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand-introduction\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-1-false-prophecy\/\">Shaky Pillar #1: False Prophecy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-2-false-hope-of-heaven\/\">Shaky Pillar #2: False Hope of Heaven<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-3-false-hope-of-earth\/\">Shaky Pillar #3: False Hope of Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-4-false-hope-of-hell\/\">Shaky Pillar #4: False Hope of Hell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-5-denial-of-christs-deity\/\">Shaky Pillar #5: Denial of Christ&#8217;s Deity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-6-confusion-about-blood\/\">Shaky Pillar #6: Confusion about Blood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-7-distraction-over-names\/\">Shaky Pillar #7: Distraction over Names<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Watchtower Built on Sand \u00a9 2024 by Bryan Matthew Dockens is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/ . Copied here with the author&#8217;s permission. <strong>Printed copies can be purchased at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DL6K5WBL\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DL6K5WBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because Jesus taught, &#8220;Freely you have received, freely give&#8221; (Matthew 10:8), permission is granted to duplicate and distribute this material without compensating the author, provided it is done without financial gain. Although it is personally encouraging to know the material I write is being shared, there is no obligation to inform me when this is done.<\/p>\n<p>I accept full accountability for all that I teach, but cannot claim any credit as all glory belongs to God. Constructive feedback is welcome. Please email me: BryanDockens@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Quotations of Scripture are from the American Standard Version.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watchtower Built on Sand An Expos\u00e9 of the Doctrine of the So-Called &#8220;Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses&#8221; by Bryan Matthew Dockens Introduction Shaky Pillar #1: False Prophecy Shaky Pillar #2: False Hope of Heaven Shaky Pillar #3: False Hope of Earth Shaky Pillar #4: False Hope of Hell Shaky Pillar #5: Denial of Christ&#8217;s Deity Shaky Pillar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70753,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-3-false-hope-of-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":70728,"position":0},"title":"Shaky Pillar #3: False Hope of Earth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaky Pillar #3 False Hope of Earth \"Even persons now dead will enjoy the paradise earth\" (You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, Copyright 1982 by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Page 165). So-called Jehovah's Witnesses believe the saved who don't make it to heaven will enjoy Paradise\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70740,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-1-false-prophecy\/","url_meta":{"origin":70728,"position":1},"title":"Shaky Pillar #1: False Prophecy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaky Pillar #1 False Prophecy \"But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble\" (Zion's Watch Tower, July 15th, 1894, page 226). Many times over the years, beginning with a prediction of 1914, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70759,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-4-false-hope-of-hell\/","url_meta":{"origin":70728,"position":2},"title":"Shaky Pillar #4: False Hope of Hell","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaky Pillar #4 False Hope of Hell \"Hell could not be a place of torment because such an idea never came into the mind or heart of God. Additionally, to torment a person eternally because he did wrong on earth for a few years is contrary to justice\" (You Can\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70772,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-watchtower-built-on-sand\/shaky-pillar-6-confusion-about-blood\/","url_meta":{"origin":70728,"position":3},"title":"Shaky Pillar #6: Confusion about Blood","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaky Pillar #6 Confusion about Blood \"Jehovah's Witnesses are well known for taking these Bible commands to heart. They reject all transfusions involving whole blood or the four primary blood components-red cells, plasma, white cells, and platelets\" (The Real Value of Blood, Awake!-2006, page 10, http:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/102006283). 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