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Title: Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?
Source:
CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY
URL Source: http://www.carm.org/jw/cult.htm
Published: Nov 1, 2008
Author: CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTR
Post Date: 2008-11-01 16:51:30 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Views: 238
Comments: 4
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. 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 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, and collects "contributions" for distribution of a multitudinous amount of literature, and expand its grip into the lives of its members and their families. It is a non-Christian cult.
- 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.
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#1. To: Hayek Fan (#0)
Thank you for posting. I did my duty and tried to turn Richard away from this but I was rebuffed so I shook the dirt off my sandals and left the city. My duty is done.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx If there was a true religion, it would be able to express its entire doctrine in a few paragraphs, simply, clearly, and without any ambiguity whatsoever. It would probably say something like this: Quit acting like a bunch of idiotic selfish children. Treat other living beings decently, with some respect and care for their well being. Realize life is horribly unfair, but that you can do something about that, by being fair and compassionate in your daily actions. Lying, cheating, stealing and killing only ends up making everyone miserable in the long run, so don't do it, mmmkay? Something that is innately bad doesn't suddenly become good just become some imbecile in a uniform or with a fancy title says so. If they have to coerce or punish you in order to do what they want, what more proof do you need of how genuinely rotten they are? "It's for the good of my (nation, family, race, creed, color, faith, bowling league etc.), and therefore requires that I do some awful thing" is the lamest damned excuse in the universe. Don't fall for it. Use your brain, it's there for a reason. Oh, and if God wanted you all to spend your entire lives kissing His ass, he would have given you lips the size of tractor tires. Wise up already.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of its very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#2. To: IndieTX (#1)
 | Gold and silver are REAL money, paper is but a promise. |
#3. To: Elliott Jackalope (#2)
Oh, and if God wanted you all to spend your entire lives kissing His ass, he would have given you lips the size of tractor tires. Wise up already.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of its very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#4. To: IndieTX (#1)
Eh, a waste of time in my opinion judging from the demeanor of his posts that I've seen here. He'll fit right in with that organization.
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