Post by warrior on Nov 25, 2012 4:23:55 GMT -5
Following the question yesterday I thought I'd just give a little info on this group in this section under the guidelines of exposing.
Jehovah's Witnesses have claimed the mantle of Christians and deny it to all other groups. Publicly they display themselves as pious Christians fighting ungodliness. They claim that their NWT of the Bible is the only reliable one. Charles Taze Russell was their founder.
They are Monotheistic Unitarians (same as muslims). They accept God but deny the Trinity. For them, Jesus was just a man and certainly not God. They are not into the Holy Spirit or any signs and wonders, although their leaders claim spiritual guidance from spirits! So theirs is a lesser god. This helps you to understand why they put so much emphasis on talking and training on talking.
They exclusively have salvation in a tiered system like Islam. They are taught dependency on their governing body through the watchtower and elders that their bible needs guidance in studying and interpretation. To go against their teaching is put themselves outside the community and away from salvation. So fear is a powerful motivator. Russell taught that lies were acceptable in the grand scheme a bit like Taqiyah so you can expect them to lie to you to appear closer to you. It is a cult by definition. They maintain a powerful control over the lives of their victims. They claim that the man (ransom sacrifice) died on a post not a cross and that there was no resurrection. It is not the only religion to attack the deity of Christ and deny the cross. Their bible does this by not actually being a translation at all but a transcription filtered through their own beliefs. For example, the Greek word for worship is translated as worship when applied to God. The exact same word is transcribed as obeisance when applied to Christ. Of course, it is necessary to corrupt the bible to achieve their ends but when truth is flexible... They have made various prophesies that have not come to pass including the return of Christ. When it didn't happen they said it did but He was invisible but "every eye shall behold him..."
In short, they are deceived and in bondage. If God sends them your way, He has sent lost sheep. Be salt and light. Share the love of God and pray for them.
Jehovah's Witnesses have claimed the mantle of Christians and deny it to all other groups. Publicly they display themselves as pious Christians fighting ungodliness. They claim that their NWT of the Bible is the only reliable one. Charles Taze Russell was their founder.
They are Monotheistic Unitarians (same as muslims). They accept God but deny the Trinity. For them, Jesus was just a man and certainly not God. They are not into the Holy Spirit or any signs and wonders, although their leaders claim spiritual guidance from spirits! So theirs is a lesser god. This helps you to understand why they put so much emphasis on talking and training on talking.
They exclusively have salvation in a tiered system like Islam. They are taught dependency on their governing body through the watchtower and elders that their bible needs guidance in studying and interpretation. To go against their teaching is put themselves outside the community and away from salvation. So fear is a powerful motivator. Russell taught that lies were acceptable in the grand scheme a bit like Taqiyah so you can expect them to lie to you to appear closer to you. It is a cult by definition. They maintain a powerful control over the lives of their victims. They claim that the man (ransom sacrifice) died on a post not a cross and that there was no resurrection. It is not the only religion to attack the deity of Christ and deny the cross. Their bible does this by not actually being a translation at all but a transcription filtered through their own beliefs. For example, the Greek word for worship is translated as worship when applied to God. The exact same word is transcribed as obeisance when applied to Christ. Of course, it is necessary to corrupt the bible to achieve their ends but when truth is flexible... They have made various prophesies that have not come to pass including the return of Christ. When it didn't happen they said it did but He was invisible but "every eye shall behold him..."
In short, they are deceived and in bondage. If God sends them your way, He has sent lost sheep. Be salt and light. Share the love of God and pray for them.