DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PURE CHRISTIANITY AND JEHOVAS WITNESSES?

wasting time?
ok sure....
u waste your time on arguing..
but answering a couple questions i asked.. isnt wasting time...
but hmm ill answer that myself..
if you said "what do you think?" that probably means that "yes" is an answer to every question i guess..
so you must be a very proud person (like we havent already noticed )... for thinking that of yourself..
hmm weird...

Your assumptions are bootless--however, as i noted, i doubt that any response on my part will alter your prejudice, and you are welcome to it . . .

ok.........


ok just as momma angel did..
i'll stop replying....
it's better for me to stop

Bye

bye
<waves>

Not correct. Witnesses will tell you that Jesus is not only God's son, he is God's only begotten son; and all things were created through him. (Proverbs 8:22,31; Colossians 1:15,16)

But he is not God's equal.

Neo,

Out of curiosity, are there different branches (denominations?) of JW, as there are with say Baptists, Methodists, etc.?

oh but he is..
thats one different thing
maybe i got it a little wrong..
but most Christians beleive that they ARE equal
because the Bible says "Jesus is God, but God isnt Jesus"
which just shows that Jesus is like God, in other words equal
pratically...

Yes Rosie. To some Christians (there are some that do not believe in the Trinity concept), we believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Just realize to some that sounds like three Gods.

Even though Neo and I do not believe exactly the same, he has great knowledge of the Bible and I have learned much from him.

neologist.... are you Christian? or..
can you just explain your beliefs to me please?
I'm curious.. wondering what it is that you beleive in that Momma Angel kind of disagrees with...

No. Everywhere you go in the world, everywhere, the same message is taught. There are no racial or class distinctions.

Without Jesus' sacrifice, we would have no hope.

As for what I believe, I should say I am not qualified to be a spokesperson for the Watchtower Society, though I use their resources heavily. Read a few of my posts. I may punch in both directions; but I know how to take a punch as well.

Thanx Neo. That's what I thought but I wasn't sure.

neo is thick skinned for sure, I have faith that he will survive.

I was raised a Jehovah's Witness though I was never baptised and I no longer believe in it though some beliefs I still hold.

Firstly they believe in one God and his name is Jehovah and if you pray you must use his name otherwise it won't be heard. It is like calling oi to your friend in a crowd and he doesn't know your there so if you use his name he should turn around and take notice.

Secondly Jesus is Jehovah's son and is the messiah. As far as I can tell Jesus has been around with god since point dot and apparently helped him create the world and everything else. Essentially Jesus was Jehovah's first creation.

Thirdly there are infinate amount of angels. God's henchmen. Satan was Jehovah's trusted angel and was sent to look after Adam and Eve, you know the story. Satan the Devil tricked many angels into following him and they became Demons.

Fourthly all religions that are not Jehovah's Witnesses are consider part of 'Babylon the Great world empire of false religion'.

1914 was the begining of the war of heaven and earth ie. Jesus vs Satan and ultimately Satan will loose. Hence all the evil **** going on in the world because Satan is running out of time and is trying to take as many people as he can.

JWs don't believe in an eternal soul. When you die you die. 'From dust to dust'.

Blood is sacred and should not be eaten. I still hold this belief.

When Jesus was on earth he preached the 'good news' therefore it is a christian's right to do likewise.

They believe in the ten commandments like all christians should.

At the end of the world after Satan is locked up there will be a paradise for all the rightious ones and as far as I believe everyone that has died will be reserected. They all get to live happily for a thousand yours and Satan will be released for quality control as you don't want any infidels in your paradise. Then when he is locked up again everyone gets to live for eternity in paradise.

Only 144,000 people go to heaven.

Thats as much as I know before I go any deeper.

Welcome to the forum, Turtle. This is a fun place to be, for sure. What you say is mostly true according to my understanding. I find it interesting that you refer to angels as Jehovah's henchmen. Don't think their number is infinite, though there are many.

I learned recently that Jehovahs only believe in the 144,000 witnesses are going to Heaven.

Wanda

Welcome to the forum, Itoo.

The thing I always hated about the idea of heaven was that you have to die first. And when you get there, what do you do?

Sky dive?

Then I found out that Adam and Eve would still be here if they had not sinned.

Who woulda thought?

Thank you neologist for the warm welcome.

You could probably sky dive if you wanted to. Not sure.

I was told that you will have lots to do, I know this seems hard to believe since you think...man eternity. I think it too. Forever seems like I would get bored, but I guess not. I'll have to wait and see what I can do.

About that sin and the fall, that stupid apple.

Wanda

You're hilarious!
Seriously though, before you go stating what they believe/don't believe, maybe you should check so you know what's what. If you really want to know what they believe, go to http://www.watchtower.org
Jesus & his ministry is a huge focus for JW's. The book of Matthew covers it. And you know what, Peter said to Jesus, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."?-Matthew 16:16. That is JW's belief too.

"No one comes to the Father except through me" - John 14:6, yes, that's right..which JWs do believe (your application of that scripture may be different than them, dunno).

Jesus and Jehovah are not one being - a JW belief/teaching. Several scriptures are used to back that up, like the one quoted above in Matt 16:16. Or Matt 11:27 "All things have been delivered to me by my Father"...I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty confident I'm not my own father.



Uhhhhh....where are you quoting from exactly? And um, "Jesus is like God", sure, he's God's son, (you're created by your parents, you look like them, you pick up their personality, you will be told "you're just like your father" the apple doesn't fall far from the tree so-to-speak)...But maybe you missed thinking about the latter part of your own quote..."God isn't Jesus". How can 2 beings be equal when the terms "like" and "isn't" are used? Though it looks like you caught it, since you said "practically" equal. But...just about equal, just not quite there...= not equal I do still want to know where you were quoting from though if you don't mind looking it up (if necessary).

Only one being in the Bible is referred to as not just mighty, but rather Almighty, and that's God himself (again, Jesus' father).

But anyway, with the whole God/Jesus being one, Trinity debate, what baffles me is this (just using the catholic religion in the following because it's what I found to quote for an example): The Roman Catholic Church states (found in The Catholic Encyclopedia): "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion."
And yet Pope John Paul II speaks of "the inscrutable mystery of God the Trinity."

...so I guess my final question is, how can something even a Pope doesn't understand, something he calls a mystery, be a central doctrine?