What do I know about Jehovah Witness That Tells Me A Lot?

Question

When ever I have written about Jehovah Witness I get very strange but Interesting answers. I am told I do not know what I am talking about. Having strange relationships with Jehovan Witness I can say the following, which will bring in response that I have no idea what I am talking about. But to question is to bring out the worst in people. In other words I do not give a d----.

The Witness say that Jesus was not to put to death on a cross. Having looked into this matter. Having read having talked, and having not looked at that pice of fantanice the NT. I find that Jesus was put on a cross. Historic evidence shows that. Read and understand I say.

Lets talk about NT. NT is a pice of fantanice developed by PAUL who went on to pay a few men to write this very interesting work. Prove me wrong? You can not!! Why do Jehovah Witness go on believeing this work of a NUT who could not stand the Jews, or the fact that JEsus was a Jew.

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses reject the notion that Paul and 'paid accomplices' invented false teachings to create an apparent counterfeit "New Testament". This is easily disproven in that the bible books of the apostles Peter and John (and Jesus' brother James) were written well after Paul's writings, yet these later writings agree remarkably with and never contradict Paul's bible books.

It seems far less possible to be certain of the exact shape of the instrument of Christ's death. Thus, Jehovah's Witnesses certainly do not "denounce" the cross. Instead, Witnesses believe that the bible plainly forbids idolatry of any kind, including the worshipful use of icons such as crucifixes.
http://watchtower.org/bible/1jo/chapter_005.htm?bk=1jo;chp=5;vs=21;citation#bk21
http://www.watchtower.org/bible/ac/chapter_017.htm?bk=ac;chp=17;vs=29;citation#bk29

(1 John 5:21) Guard yourselves from idols.

(Acts 17:29) We ought not to imagine that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man


The exact shape of Christ's instrument of death is hardly a central doctrine of the faith, but Jehovah's Witnesses do happen to believe that Jesus was almost certainly impaled on a simple stake, rather than a cross of two intersecting beams. Of course the Romans had the ability to create a cross, and probably did. But ask yourself: why they would have bothered when a simple stake would have worked just as well or better?

The bible most assuredly does NOT offer any proof that the stake was actually a cross of two intersecting beams. The actual facts of the bible may be enlightening to examine...

You may be interested to see how your own copy of the bible translates Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, and Acts 10:39. The King James, Revised Standard, Dyaglott, and Jerusalem Bible translate the instrument of Christ's death simply as "stake" or "tree" because the original wording simply does not support the idea that this was more than a piece of upright wood.

It is also eye-opening to examine how the first-century Christians felt about idols of any kind, much less one that glorified an instrument of death.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/200604a/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050508a/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/19960715/article_01.htm

Answer 2

An important reason is that Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros′. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·ros′] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.”

In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xy′lon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.”

do a study of simple greek and find out the truth about the word xylon or stauros

Answer 3

What do you know about JW's? It sounds like you have seen the truth about the cross. Jesus was put on a cross and not a torture stake. This other about the NT is a problem though. If you have proof that Paul paid people, show it!

Answer 4

You don't believe that the Greek Scriptures (NT) are inspired by God. How did you get to this conclusion?
No matter what we'll say you probably won't change your mind.


I don't think you did enough research on the cross. Let me give you a hand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross
http://www.albatrus.org/english/religions/pagan/origin_of_cross.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570847/Cross.html


http://www.watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm

Answer 5

Check out the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.
In Strong's, the word cross is referenced to the Greek dictionary as word #4716.
4716-stauros-a stake or post(as set upright),i.e. a pole or cross(as an instrument of capitol punishment; fig. exposure to death, (subdue) passion or selflessness.
What the Strong's does not reveal, is how they made the leap to 'cross'. This happened as a result of the Greek sciptures being translated into Latin before they were translated into M.E. in 1611. The Latin word supplied in the Latin Vulgate was 'crux', the closest word in Latin.
Even if we were to accept the word cross as being accurate(which it cleary is not,see "The Two Babylons, by the late Rev. Alexander Hislop), the simple fact remains that at no time or place ANYWHERE in the Bible was anyone instructed to make an image of a cross for any reason whatsoever. I appreciate the JW stand of how insensitive it would be for someone to make an image of a murder weapon and cherish it in remembrance of the son of the God whom we claim to love.
So, I guess, anyone embracing an obviously pagan symbol, and then saying they are doing it to honor a man who was murdered by it says a lot.

Answer 6

You seem to know very little. Though I am curious how not being a Witness made you lose your dog as your claimed in an earlier Q

Answer 7

What does it matter what he died on? If he had been beheaded, would you carry an ax around your neck?