Why don Jehovahs witnesses Baptise in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit?
They do repeat the formula at baptisms, declaring that the person is being baptised “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” What JWs will not be so keen to tell the public, however, is that they make it abundantly clear to all prospective baptismal candidates prior to baptism, that to make such a declaration is NOT to profess belief in the Trinity doctrine. They instruct interested people that the Father is called Jehovah, the Son is called Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit is merely ‘holy spirit’, or energy from God, like electricity, supplies of which can be obtained by doing certain things. Thus, ‘holy spirit’ does not actually have a name, because only persons have names. That, in itself, proves their repetition of the baptismal formula to be invalid. No JW is ever baptised in the name (singular) of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They can only ever be baptised in the name of Jehovah and in the name of Jesus Christ, according to their own theology.
