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1 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 38265 | ||
Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian? (www.carm.org/jw/cult.htm) The answer to the question is, "No. It is not Christian." Like all non-Christian cults, the Jehovah's Witness organization distorts the essential doctrines of Christianity. It denies the deity of Christ, His physical resurrection, and salvation by grace. This alone makes it non-Christian. To support its erring doctrines, the Watchtower organization (which is the author and teacher of all official Jehovah's Witness theology), has even altered the Bible to make it agree with its changing and non-Christian teachings. Typical with cults that use the Bible to support its position is a host of interpretive errors: Taking verses out of their immediate context. Refusing to read verses in the entire biblical context. Inserting their theological presuppositions into the text. Altering the Biblical text to suit their needs. Latching onto one verse to interpret a host of others. Changing the meanings of words. Proclaiming some passages to be figurative when they contradict their doctrines. Adding to the Word of God. Additionally, the Jehovah's Witness organization requires of its members regular weekly attendance at their "Bible Study" meetings where they are repeatedly indoctrinated with anti-Christian teachings. This is done by reading the Watchtower magazine, following along with what it says, reading the questions it asks, and reciting the answers it gives. In other words, the Watchtower Organization carefully trains its members to let the Organization do their thinking for them. For confirmation of this, please read Does the Watchtower organization control the JW's thinking? The Witnesses are told they will be persecuted when they go door to door teaching their doctrines. They are further told that this is simply the enemy fighting against the God's organization because they are in "the truth." So, when someone disagrees with them, they are conditioned to reflect on what the Watchtower has told them. They then feel confirmed in being in God's true organization on earth (like all cults claim). They are strongly encouraged to have friends and acquaintances that are only JW’s, thereby keeping outside examination to a minimum. They are told to shun those who leave their group, that way, there is no way to see why someone has left and no way to find out that they are in error from those who have found the truth in Christ. They are conditioned to shy away from any real biblically knowledgeable person. An example of this is frequently found on the Internet. I was once banned from a Jehovah's Witness chat room after I not only answered their objections to the Trinity and deity of Christ, but challenged them in return. Subsequently, my name was passed around to all other Jehovah's Witness rooms where I was banned from them as well. This is a frequent occurrence on the Internet where the Jehovah's Witnesses are alive and well. It is obvious that critical examination of their doctrines is not encouraged by the Watchtower Organization. The Jehovah's Witnesses consider themselves to be Christians because they believe they are serving the true and living God. Like many cults, they think they are the only true church on earth. Yet, they deny the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personhood of the Holy Spirit, Jesus' physical resurrection, and salvation by grace through faith. The Jehovah's Witnesses are discouraged from looking into Jehovah's Witness history or old Watchtower literature which is replete with contradictions, altered doctrines, and false prophecies. Instead, they are indoctrinated repeatedly against basic Christian doctrines (Trinity, deity of Christ, etc) and into the notion that they alone are the true servants of God and that all others are either in "Christendom" or simply unbelievers. Primarily, the Jehovah's Witness organization is a mind control organization that uses its people to pass out literature and send in "donations" to the headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. "Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible." The Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1967. p. 587. The Watchtower organization of the Jehovah's Witnesses is a non-Christian organization that uses its people to promulgate false doctrines, sell a multitudinous amount of literature, and expand its grip into the lives of its members and their families. It is a non-Christian cult. |
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2 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | wannabe | 38274 | ||
Hi Kalos, Since you do know a little about the witnesses then you know I couldn't be one. I'd be forbidden to hold these chats with trinitarians. However I do know abou the witnesses background because I dated a girl that was in the witnesses for four years and was disfellowshipped for hanging in Bars (It wasn't a Godly thing to do)They gave her a few warnings but she kept doing bad and thats when we met [doesn't say much for me I know]. Now, even though I am not a witness I will stand up for something when I know another individual is making false accusations. I do know their only site is [Watchtower.org] I also know they had other sites claim to be associated with them but they are not. I know God allows them to carry his name "Jehovah" in their title because in case you haven't noticed, most of the modern Bibles translated that name into "LORD", You may still see it though in Psalm 83:18 [KJV] Now if you are at all familiar with Biblical history you will be shocked to discover the name they carry and for the reason. It has been removed and so people will know the "Divine" name that was given "Jehovah" was translated from the hebrew "Yahweh" or Yehowah" [JHVH] and [YHWH]was given by God Almighty to write in the hebrew scriptures nearly 7000 times and now you see "LORD" What Jehovah"s Witnesses did was put it back where it belonged! The alterations of the Bible didn't occur until 1530 in English by William Tyndale. So you see Kalos, you have it backwards. *The 3rd commandment from the ten commandments That was given to us by God is "You shall not swear falsely by the name of the lord [Hebrew:....] your God... *Now in the [Hebrew:....] of that commandment was the tetragramamaton that was given by God [YHWH]it is written in Hebrew consonants I can't put in the computer. This is the Greatest "Divine" name that was ever given to us and even put in the 10 commandments by God and has been removed by man. You might want to re think what you are saying is associated with a "cult" *You stated "Altering Biblical text to suit their needs" *You stated "latching on to one verse to interpret another" *You stated "changing the meanings of words" *You stated "Adding to the word of God" [Every trinitarian I talk to keeps doing this to me] *You stated "Proclaims some passages to be figurative when they contradict their doctrines" If you give some references of which you are referring to,I will do my best in trying to clear it up for you. |
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3 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 38326 | ||
Greetings Wannabe! Do we ever find YHWH in the New Testament? Every time an Old Testament passage is quoted in the NT where YHWH occurs, it is translated as 'kurios' or Lord. How then can it be 'wrong' for us to translate the Hebrew word YHWH as 'LORD'? If your point was valid, then we would find the trasliteration 'YHWH' in the Greek text, but we don't. When Jesus Himself quoted Is. 61, He used 'kurios', not 'YHWH'. So, did Jesus 'remove' the Divine name? Jevovah's witnesses make a big issue of this because everyone loves a conspiracy. It sounds important to say that they are 'restoring' the lost name of God. Yet, they didn't even transliterate it correctly in their very own name - YHWH is Yahweh, definitely not Jehovah. But, put all the smoke and mirrors aside and we find that Jevovah's witnesses teach false doctrine. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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