How are Jehovah's Witnesses like Muslims?
2007-02-28 02:08:32 · 8 answers · asked by mohammadwasafalseprophet 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm going to let y'all vote on this question, but the reason I asked was I was all caught up in the Jehovah's Witness jihad today when one came a-banging on my door. Not knowing much about their agenda I listened to her yammer on for few minutes. A few things struck me as silly, but during the course of the chat, I asked her a few questions which I haven't the space here to list in full, but when she told me it's wrong to defend one's self with force and that Catholicism was a false religion because the Jehovah's Wackos do not believe in the Triune God I resisted the temptation to strike her down for being a tool of Lucifer and just shut the door. Remember the greatest con in the world is Satan convincing you he doesn't exist, and the second greatest con in the world is that only 144,000 people of all JWs throughout all time will be saved by the Grace od God. (6.5 million current JW) How did they come up with that particular number?
2007-02-28 11:41:31 · update #1
Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses (and most Jews) reject the pagan notion of a triune God.
As Christians, however, Jehovah's Witnesses reject the notion that Jesus was a mere human prophet. Jehovah's Witnesses are nontrinitarian Christians who believe the bible to teach that Jesus Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as 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!
Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. But Jehovah's Witnesses recognize the bible truth that Jesus the Son is distinct from and not equal to God the Father (see Scriptures below).
Jesus and the Almighty are separate distinct persons, and the Almighty created Jesus as His firstborn son.
(Colossians 1:15) the firstborn of all creation
(Mark 10:18) Jesus said to him: 'Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.
(Revelation 3:14) the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God
(Philippians 2:5-6) Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God
(John 8:42) Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth
(John 12:49) I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak
(John 14:28) I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am
(1 Corinthians 15:28) But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him
(Matthew 20:23) this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father
(1 Corinthians 11:3) I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; ...in turn the head of the Christ is God
(John 20:17) I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.
(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah
(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many "gods" and many "lords," there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him
Thanks again for an opportunity to share what the bible actually says about the distinct persons of Jesus Christ the Son and Jehovah God the Father!
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020515/
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-02-28 07:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I see little in common aside from your obvious disdain for both. When I looked up a definition of Jihad, it described as a militaristic branch of Islam.(Please if someone knows the beliefs of Jihad better go ahead and answer below correcting this definition) We Witnesses are not militaristic. Maybe if you listed what you consider to be the beliefs of Jihad members I could more easily find a correlation.
2007-02-28 17:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How are they like Muslims? I'm not sure about that other than they are not Christians. They predicted the end of the world several times in the past 70 years or so, none of them came true. They do believe in a new world, right here on planet earth, where all will live in happiness and peace. They have in common that their works count toward their afterlife. The more they sacrifice for their cause, the better position they will attain then.
2007-02-28 02:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by VW 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well, the Muslims, like most every other religion, has tried to get their members to follow the teachings of Christ about the house to house work, only to fail. They've been trying to get their followers to distribute the Universal Challenge magazine.
2007-02-28 04:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They do not belive that Jesus is God.
They do not celebrate christmas.
that's all i can think about now.
2007-02-28 02:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Osunwole Adeoyin 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the bacha's answer but also they take the Bible out of context and use it to make their own religion.
2007-02-28 02:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Their disbelief in Jesus' deity.
2007-02-28 02:12:05 · answer #7 · answered by bacha2_33461 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No comparison.
2007-02-28 02:11:55 · answer #8 · answered by holly 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋