i am christian, and i am curious about mormon and other religions like Jehovah's Witnesses
2006-11-20 06:42:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This question is comparable to one by a misogynist which asks:
"I am a human and I am curious about other groups such as women."
Trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.
The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".
In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/
2006-11-20 13:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both the Mormon religion and Jehovah's Witness religion are what mainstream Christians call cults. They both claim to have had a new revelation from God, and both claim that all other Christian belief is wrong and theirs is right. Mainstream Christians only rely on the Bible as a source of revelation, and accept that they being human may be incorrect in their interpretation of the Bible.
The Mormon religion was founded by Joseph Smith in the 1830s. He claimed that the angel Moroni showed him some golden plates that became the Book of Mormon and restored true Christianity to the world. This book is the new revelation of God according to them.
Jehovah's Witnesses was founded in the 1870s by Charles Taze Russell. He became convinced that the mainstream Christian church was wrong about the Trinity and hell, and the 'Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society' was founded. The aim of Jehovah's Witnesses is to turn others from what they consider to be false religion (including other Christian denominations) to the true worship of Jehovah.
2006-11-20 07:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by THOMAS S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Mormons claim to be Christian, but their god is the father of Satan and they believe that Satan is their brother. They decorate their temples with inverted pentagrams, believe in contact and revelations from the dead, and put occult symbols on their magic underwear so that they can be their own gods.
Since I was raised in the Mormon church and my family has been in it since 1853 with Brigham Young as polygamists with the blood atonement doctrine, the Adam-God doctrine, the Mountain Meadows Massacre, etc. I can tell you it has been hell in my life.
Jehovah's Witness denies that Jesus is God. It is also a very dangerous cult.
2006-11-20 17:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by kirstycristy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had wondered about that too. I met a Jehovah's witness about 5 months ago and have been learning quite a bit about them. One way to learn about them is to study with one. You can look up a local kingdom hall in the phone book and ask them to send someone to your house to tell you about them. There website is www.watchtower.org. At this site you can find what their beliefs are.
I also was curious about what the mormons were. I found the mormon website and found out about Joseph Smith and his incredible story. It is uncredibly unbelievable. I read a book that tell all about them . At one time , long ago, they had more women in their group that men, so one man would marry at least 2 or more wives. You probably know what the New testament says about one man having one wife. Their website is www.mormon.org if you want to find out for yourself.
Hope this helps.
2006-11-20 08:30:09 · answer #4 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with another answer - most religions differ as to "who" Jesus was, what he did and why/if he was here.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have a brief list of basic beliefs called the 13 Articles of Faith. #1 We believe in God the Father, in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
PLEASE don't listen to Kristy, she is always spreading falsehoods about the church which is really sad. I think she must have had something happen that made her leave the church and hate it so much. Almost everything that is in the temple and that goes on there is in the bible, most people would be quite surprised....we love the Lord, we worship Christ and our Heavenly Father and know that it is only through Jesus Christ that we can be perfected and return to live with our Heavenly Father. Yes, we do believe God the Father is the spirit father of Satan and Christ and ALL of us. Our Heavenly Father created our spirits, Christ created our bodies and everything else on the earth, with instruction from the Father.
If you would like to know more, contact some local LDS missionaries or contact me and I will try to answer any question.
2006-11-21 10:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Log onto www.lds.org if you have curiosities about the Mormon faith. Take your time and look at the doctrine, the Q and As, and what scriptures are followed. Focus on what values the LDS religion adheres to and the reasons thereof.
Be careful of other sites about Mormons that will purposely mislead you.
2006-11-20 06:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cannot speak for Mormons but Jehovah's Witnesses believe in one God and Father of all persons. They believe that Jesus Christ is his only begotten son and that he was created by God first before anything else (Colossians 1:15). They believe that he (Jesus Christ as a spirit being with God in heaven) helped God in creating all other things ("all things were created through him and for him"). They believe that the Bible is inspired of God in all it's parts and they look to it for answers even to the questions that it raises. They believe Jeremiah 7:31 when it says that it would never come up into God's heart to burn his children alive in fire so they believe that the commonly agreed upon definition of hell has little to do with the Bible definition. They believe that God never does anything without first letting his faithful servants know his purposes and warning them and they believe they are not only recipients of those messages but also have the responsibility to carry them to others. They love eachother and act in harmony with that love.
2006-11-20 08:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A really good book on that is "So What's The Difference?" written by Fritz Ridenour, not sure about the spelling on his last name. It covers all the major religions, plus explains the cults etc. I got mine at Family Christian Store, but I imagine most bookstores would have it.
2006-11-20 07:06:31 · answer #8 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nearly all of the religions of the Western World have one thing in common and that is the requirement that you suspend your logical reasoning powers and just accept what they tell you. In other words they want you to 'take leave of your senses' although they don't express it in those words. All the other stuff of the major religions is simply variations on the 'word of god' which some call Jehovah, some Allah, some call Yahweh, and some Jesus. Other wise they're about the same.
2006-11-20 06:47:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your interest is to be commended. For information about the Christian Witnesses of Jehovah, check out the links below:
Jehovah alone is God Almighty.-- Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18
Jesus is the Son of God.--Luke 1:32
We must learn about the only true God, and about the one he sent forth, Jesus Christ. Jesus himself said so. - John 17:3.
2006-11-20 06:46:37 · answer #10 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋