WRONG! JW's are Not Christians!!! They are a CULT.
FACT .............
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christianity died with the last of the apostles. They believe Christianity was not resurrected until their founder, Charles Taze Russell, began organizing the Watchtower Society in the 1870s. In their view the cross is a pagan symbol adopted by an apostate church and salvation is impossible apart from the Watchtower.
FACT.........
The Watchtower Society compromises the nature of God. They teach their devotees that the Trinity is a “freakish-looking, three headed God” invented by Satan and that Jesus is merely a god. In Watchtower theology Jesus was created by God as the archangel Michael, during his earthly sojourn became merely human, and after his crucifixion was re-created an immaterial spirit creature. JWs also deny the physical resurrection of Jesus. According to Russell, the body that hung on a torture stake either “dissolved into gasses” or is “preserved somewhere as the grand memorial of God’s love.”
FACT............
The Watchtower teaches that only 144,000 people will make it to heaven while the rest of the faithful will live apart from Christ on earth. Thus in Watchtower lore there is a “little flock” of 144,000 who get to go to heaven and a “great crowd” of others who are relegated to earth. The heavenly class are born again, receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and partake of communion; the earthly class do not. To substantiate the notion that heaven’s door was closed irrevocably in 1935, JWs point to “flashes of prophetic light” received by Joseph F. Rutherford at a JW convention in Washington D.C. Other false “flashes of prophetic light” include Watchtower predictions of end-time cataclysms that were to occur in 1914…1918…1925…1975.
FACT..........
Under the threat of being “disfellowshipped,” Jehovah’s Witnesses are barred from celebrating Christmas, birthdays, or holidays such as Thanksgiving and Good Friday. Even more troubling are Watchtower regulations regarding vaccinations, organ transplants, and blood transfusions. In 1931, JWs were instructed to refuse vaccinations—by 1952, this regulation was rescinded. In 1967, organ transplants were ruled a forbidden form of cannibalism—by 1980, this edict was erased. In 1909, the Watchtower produced a prohibition against blood transfusions. No doubt, this too will one day become a relic of the past. In the meantime, tens of thousands have not only been ravished spiritually by the Watchtower Society but have paid the ultimate physical price as well.
FACT.........
Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that the New World Translation (NWT) is the “work of competent scholars.” Conversely, they contend that other Bible translations are corrupted by religious traditions that are rooted in paganism. In reality, the NWT is the work of a Bible Translation Committee with no working knowledge of biblical languages. Their bias is so blatant that Dr. Bruce Metzger, professor of New Testament at Princeton, not only characterized the NWT as a “frightful mistranslation” but as “erroneous,” “pernicious,” and “reprehensible.”
FACT.........
The NWT mistranslates the Greek Scriptures in order to expunge the deity of Jesus Christ. Against all credible scholarship, Jesus is downgraded from God to “a” god in John 1 and demoted from the Creator of all things to a mere creature who created all other things in Colossians 1. According to the translation committee of the Watchtower Society, as noted above, Jesus was created by God as the archangel Michael, during his earthly sojourn was merely human, and after his crucifixion was recreated an immaterial spirit creature.
Now I can go on and on if you choose to do so but any normal person, who is not brainwashed by the false teachings of the JW's can see that this is a CULT and is as far from Christianity as a snake is from a Bird.
Accusation:
WRONG! JW's are Not Christians!!! They are a CULT.
Response:
All Christianity was considered a CULT once by the Jews. So I guess they are in good company,.
BTW: Angered name calling proves NOTHING. Also, the feeling they have for us as false Christians is mutual.
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False Accusation:
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christianity died with the last of the apostles. They believe Christianity was not resurrected until their founder, Charles Taze Russell, began organizing the Watchtower Society in the 1870s. In their view the cross is a pagan symbol adopted by an apostate church and salvation is impossible apart from the Watchtower.
Response:
False: They claim that after the death of the apostles the apostasy BEGAN to gradually creep in until it finally predominated when Constantine became Emperor.
That’s a full approx 300 years you are ignoring. Also false is your claim that they believe that true Christianity TOTALLY disappeared. They always reminded us in their literature that there were always remnants of true worship and true worshipers present during the time that elapsed until the restoration.
True, they alone consider themselves the restoration based on their perception that they alone resemble 1st century Christianity in being apart from the world, on strictly upholding the moral Christian requirement’s, and most importantly, because the feel that thay alone are imitating Jesus by vindicating Jesus’s Father’s name.
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The Watchtower Society compromises the nature of God. They teach their devotees that the Trinity is a “freakish-looking, three headed God” invented by Satan and that Jesus is merely a god. In Watchtower theology Jesus was created by God as the archangel Michael, during his earthly sojourn became merely human, and after his crucifixion was re-created an immaterial spirit creature. JWs also deny the physical resurrection of Jesus. According to Russell, the body that hung on a torture stake either “dissolved into gasses” or is “preserved somewhere as the grand memorial of God’s love.”
Response:
False!
1. As I clearly explained to you in my last post but you cunningly choose to ignore, they teach that Jesus was created as the only begotten son of God and that one of the titles he holds is Michael the chief of all angels. Angel means messenger-BTW. A little research would have told you that. In short, what you WANT or NEED to believe of JWs isn’t necessarily what they actually believe. Judging by your constant inaccuracies, it is probably safe to assume that it is just the opposite. LOL!
2. They do not claim that Jesus became merely a regular joe. They teach that he became the equivalent of the first Adam, and therfore was perfect physically and mentally and sinless.
3. What Russell taught once isn’t exactly what JWs believe today. So you are cunningly using a source that it very often totally inaplicable. I suggest a little more honesty in order to conserve what little believability you might still enjoy amongst your gullible followers.
What JWS teach is that Jesus’s Earthly body was consumed as all sacrifices under Law were required to be consumed. the rest is your pathetic attempt at ridicule.
BTW
The Shroud of Turin indicates the Jesus bogy underwent a transformation.
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Partially False accusation:..
The Watchtower teaches that only 144,000 people will make it to heaven while the rest of the faithful will live apart from Christ on earth.
Response:
True about 144000
Lie about those on Earth:They teach that those on Earth will live under the blessings of God’s kingdom under the rulership of Christ.
There is no separation from Christ if one is faithful, That is an absurdity.
What you really mean is that you consider to be with Christ to be with him in heaven and that to be on a Paradise Earth as Adam and Eve were is to be separated from Christ. That has absolutely no scriptural support since we are with Christ right now if we have faith in his Ransom Sacrifice and ware citizens of God’s kingdom even if we are on Earth.
But there is a serious flaw in your thinking about the New World and those who will be allowed to live there. This is revealed by your derogatory use of the word “relegated” and your depiction of such persons as being totally separated from Christ.
Instead those living on Earth after Armageddon are described as being blessed in fulfillment of the prophecies found in the OT in the books of Isaiah and Malachi, which include a mention of Christ as bringing about a transformed Earth where righteousness is to dwell.
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True Accusations:
Thus in Watchtower lore there is a “little flock” of 144,000 who get to go to heaven and a “great crowd” of others who are relegated to earth. The heavenly class are born again, receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and partake of communion; the earthly class do not. To substantiate the notion that heaven’s door was closed irrevocably in 1935, JWs point to “flashes of prophetic light” received by Joseph F. Rutherford at a JW convention in Washington D.C. Other false “flashes of prophetic light” include Watchtower predictions of end-time
cataclysms that were to occur in 1914…1918…1925…1975.
Response:
1. True about the predictions which didn’t come true.
2. True about only 144,000 being born again.\
3. True that only they are permitted to participate of the emblems during the celebration of the Lord’s Evening Meal or Last Supper.
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Accusation
Under the threat of being “disfellowshipped,” Jehovah’s Witnesses are barred from celebrating Christmas, birthdays, or holidays such as aThanksgiving and Good Friday. Even more troubling are Watchtower regulations regarding vaccinations, organ transplants, and blood transfusions. In 1931, JWs were instructed to refuse vaccinations—by 1952, this regulation was rescinded. In 1967, organ transplants were ruled a forbidden form of cannibalism—by 1980, this edict was erased. In 1909, the Watchtower produced a prohibition against blood transfusions. No doubt, this too will one day become a relic of the past. In the meantime, tens of thousands have not only been ravished spiritually by the Watchtower Society but have paid the ultimate physical price as well.
Response:
True. They do not participate in celebrations which can be traced back to pagan sources and are also told not to allow blood transfusion or eat blood based on the prohibition mentioned in Genesis, mentioned under the Law of Moses and mentioned in the NT. Some have indeed died by refusing a blood and others perhaps for not allowing a transplant during the time it was said to be sinful.
BTW
First Century Christians also refused to eat blood. Look it up. It is common knowledge.
Acts 15
28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: 29
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood,
Accusation:.
Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that the New World Translation (NWT) is the “work of competent scholars.” Conversely, they contend that other Bible translations are corrupted by religious traditions that are rooted in paganism. In reality, the NWT is the work of a Bible Translation Committee with no working knowledge of biblical languages. Their bias is so blatant that Dr. Bruce Metzger, professor of New Testament at Princeton, not only characterized the NWT as a “frightful mistranslation” but as “erroneous,” “pernicious,” and “reprehensible.”[/quote]
Response:
A translation stands or falls on its own merit. The Apostles who were fishermen such as John, and Peter, were not intellectuals and yet God provided them with the wisdom necessary to serve him as he did with those who took part ion constructing the Tabernacle and the temple.
So your criticism is actually a lack of faith in God’s ability to empoer humans to accomplished his will. Fortunately, I don’t have that difficulty.
BTW
They are right in omitting the word "hell" since it propagates the pagan idea of God roasting humans alive forever. Also the word hell is a mistranslation of Tartarus, Gehenna, and Sheol.
It is also commendable that the try to restore the name of God in the Bible as opposed to following the superstitious custom of substituting it with Lord. Of course such things are really not important to you since you most likely agree with those misinterpretations and other such tampering and unjustifiable inclusions by translators with an agenda.
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Accusation:
The NWT mistranslates the Greek Scriptures in order to expunge the deity of Jesus Christ. Against all credible scholarship, Jesus is downgraded from God to “a” god in
John 1 and demoted from the Creator of all things to a mere creature who created all other things in
Colossians 1.
Response:
1. There are reliable sources which say that they are justified in having translated John 1:1 in that way based on the analyzes of the original Greek..
2. Yes they say he was begotten by God or created. But No, JWS do NOT consider Jesus as a MERE creature as you are claiming. Instead, they teach that he is the only begotten Son of God, our Lord and Savior, the King of God’s Kingdom which includes the whole universe, the one assigned to judge both living and the dead and the only one presently having immortality via being the exact representation of his heavenly father.
So that MERE snide remark is just totally YOUR seemingly brainwashed preferred way to see what they are saying in order to more easily malign.
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According to the translation committee of the Watchtower Society, as noted above, Jesus was created by God as the archangel Michael, during his earthly sojourn was merely human, and after his crucifixion was recreated an immaterial spirit creature.
Reply:
Didn’t you just say the same thing a little bit ago?
First, Jesus was originally a spirit living in heaven. So your aversion to Jesus being an immaterial spirit is ridiculous. He left the spirit realm and assumed a material form for one purpose-to die for our sins.
Then of course, having accomplished that mission, he assumed his original spirit form in order to return to heaven since as we are told by Paul in his letter to we Corinthians, flesh and blood CANNOT enter the heavenly kingdom, Or arent’t you familiar with that either?
1 Cor 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 50
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
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1 Peter 3:18 NIV
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
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Threatening to continue with lies?
Now I can go on and on if you choose to do so but any normal person, who is not brainwashed by the false teachings of the JW's can see that this is a CULT and is as far from Christianity as a snake is from a Bird.
Nothing unusual. The Devil has been continuing on and on for millennia.
That doesn’t make his constant lying any less reprimandable-does it?
