Do you see any similarities between Mormons, Jehovahs Witnesses and Islam? Similarities about Women?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses well-recognize that the limited number who will rule with Christ Jesus as "kings and priests" must include a significant plurality (or perhaps even a majority) of women. Among all intelligent beings, then, the divine hierarchy will have women second only to Christ Jesus.

Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which will soon replace all earthly governments).
(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite
(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand
(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him

The men and women who make up the 144,000 are selected by God from among two thousand years of Christians. Over whom will they rule? Over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.
(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”

Hell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire


Almighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling. Each person "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%*) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]

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Answer 2

No way!　Like they say, man is the head of the home but the woman is the neck that turns the head!
Maybe what the press says about Mormon women says they have a bad deal, but talk to anyone of them and they will say no way! The man and women are equal, just have different roles.
I don't know about Islamic women, or Jehovah's Witnesses but its not my job to judge, so I will leave it at that.

Answer 3

Why do you place up statements that are based on your opinion and not actuality? The e book of Mormon isn't a distortion. it incredibly is a separate e book of scripture and is a 2d testomony of Christ. It does not replace the Bible. we are under no circumstances "worshiping a faux Jesus" and we are surely Christian! in case you believe in Christ, you're a Christian! aside from the actuality that JWs and Mormons are the two Christian religions and have missionaries, i'm no longer particular there are the different similarities. To the guy above that proclaims we purely deliver out 19 12 months previous youthful adult men as missionaries, you ignored the 21 12 months previous youthful girls folk and retired couples!

Answer 4

Women in the Mormon church do not preach. Neither do women Muslims.
But in obedience to (Psalm 68:11) Jehovah himself gives the saying; The women telling the good news are a large army.

But they do not "teach in the Kingdom Hall"
(1 Timothy 2:11-15) Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 Also, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was thoroughly deceived and came to be in transgression. 15 However, she will be kept safe through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and sanctification along with soundness of mind.

Answer 5

Most monotheoistic religions, at their very roots if nothing else, seem to have an intrinsic distaste for females.

I try not to think evil of any of these groups as a whole, except Mormons, I really don't like Mormons, but that's my problem.

But women's rights is a really, really *big* issue to me and I have a really, really *hard* time not wanting to kill a bunch of Muslims with my bare hands when I think about clitoral circumcision.

I would be so much cooler about religion if so much of it wasn't gender-centric crap. That's not to say all of it is, or everyone who practices it must be.. but there is deffinetly an underlieing current of sexism.

Until that's gone, I'm afraid I must be the enemy of monotheoism. My morality allows me to be nothing less.

*edit* See, that Mormon guy hits the nail right on the head. "Men are the head of the household, but women are the neck that turn the head."

Alright, let's say the woman wants a job but the man doesn't want her to. Who should win? The person who's life it is or the head of the household?

Answer 6

Yeah. Women get the dirty end of the stick. We are merely tarnished accessory that a man tolerates out of need, and certainly not equal in any of those religions.

Answer 7

Yes, women are slaves/property.

Answer 8

Well, of course...!

They all place women in a subservient roll... second classed or even lower. It's rather disgusting, too, isn't it?

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Answer 9

What beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses set them apart as different from other religions?

(1) Bible: Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God, and instead of adhering to a creed based on human tradition, they hold to the Bible as the standard for all their beliefs.

(2) God: They worship Jehovah as the only true God and freely speak to others about him and his loving purposes toward mankind. Anyone who publicly witnesses about Jehovah is usually identified as belonging to the one group—“Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

(3) Jesus Christ: They believe, not that Jesus Christ is part of a Trinity, but that, as the Bible says, he is the Son of God, the first of God’s creations; that he had a prehuman existence and that his life was transferred from heaven to the womb of a virgin, Mary; that his perfect human life laid down in sacrifice makes possible salvation to eternal life for those who exercise faith; that Christ is actively ruling as King, with God-given authority over all the earth since 1914.

(4) God’s Kingdom: They believe that God’s Kingdom is the only hope for mankind; that it is a real government; that it will soon destroy the present wicked system of things, including all human governments, and that it will produce a new system in which righteousness will prevail.

(5) Heavenly life: They believe that 144,000 spirit-anointed Christians will share with Christ in his heavenly Kingdom, ruling as kings with him. They do not believe that heaven is the reward for everyone who is “good.”

(6) The earth: They believe that God’s original purpose for the earth will be fulfilled; that the earth will be completely populated by worshipers of Jehovah and that these will be able to enjoy eternal life in human perfection; that even the dead will be raised to an opportunity to share in these blessings.

(7) Death: They believe that the dead are conscious of absolutely nothing; that they are experiencing neither pain nor pleasure in some spirit realm; that they do not exist except in God’s memory, so hope for their future life lies in a resurrection from the dead.

(8) Last days: They believe that we are living now, since 1914, in the last days of this wicked system of things; that some who saw the events of 1914 will also see the complete destruction of the present wicked world; that lovers of righteousness will survive into a cleansed earth.

(9) Separate from the world: They earnestly endeavor to be no part of the world, as Jesus said would be true of his followers. They show genuine Christian love for their neighbors, but they do not share in the politics or the wars of any nation. They provide for the material needs of their families but shun the world’s avid pursuit of material things and personal fame and its excessive indulgence in pleasure.

(10) Apply Bible counsel: T hey believe that it is important to apply the counsel of God’s Word in everyday life now—at home, in school, in business, in their congregation. Regardless of a person’s past way of life, he may become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses if he abandons practices condemned by God’s Word and applies its godly counsel. But if anyone thereafter makes a practice of adultery, fornication, homosexuality, drug abuse, drunkenness, lying, or stealing, he will be disfellowshipped from the organization.

(The above list briefly states some outstanding beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses but by no means all the points on which their beliefs are different from those of other groups.)

Does the Bible downgrade women or treat them as if they were inferior persons?

Gen. 2:18: “Jehovah God went on to say: ‘It is not good for the man to continue by himself. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.’ ” (The man is not here described by God as being a better person than the woman. Rather, God indicated that woman would possess qualities that would complement those of man within God’s arrangement. A complement is one of two mutually completing parts. Thus women as a group are outstanding in certain qualities and abilities; men, in others. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:11, 12.)

Is the assigning of headship to men demeaning to women?

Being under headship is not in itself demeaning. Headship contributes to the handling of matters in an orderly arrangement, and Jehovah is “a God, not of disorder, but of peace.” (1 Cor. 14:33) Jesus Christ is under the headship of Jehovah God, and he finds great satisfaction in that relationship.—John 5:19, 20; 8:29; 1 Cor. 15:27, 28.

A relative headship is also assigned to man, particularly in the family and in the Christian congregation. God has not given to man absolute authority over woman; man must answer to his head, Jesus Christ, and to God for the way that he exercises such headship. (1 Cor. 11:3.) Furthermore, husbands are commanded “to be loving their wives as their own bodies” and to ‘assign honor’ to their wives. (Eph. 5:28; 1 Peter 3:7) The sexual needs of a husband are not put above those of his wife in God’s arrangement for married couples. (1 Cor. 7:3, 4) The role of a capable wife, as outlined in the Bible, emphasizes her value to the household and the community. It allows a broad field in which she can use initiative while demonstrating her appreciation for her husband’s headship. (Proverbs 31:10-31) T he Bible commands children to honor not only their father but their mother as well. (Eph. 6:1-3.) It also gives special attention to caring for the needs of widows. (James 1:27) Thus among true Christians, women can find great security, true appreciation for themselves as individuals, and personal satisfaction in their activity.

The dignity of woman’s position in God’s arrangement is further shown by the fact that Jehovah refers to his own organization of loyal spirit creatures as a woman, his wife, the mother of his sons. (Revelation 12:1; Gal. 4:26.) Also, the spirit-anointed congregation of Jesus Christ is spoken of as his bride. (Revelation 19:7; 21:2, 9) And from a spiritual standpoint there is no distinction between male and female among those called to share in the heavenly Kingdom with Christ.—Gal. 3:26-28.

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