What is more insane: Jehovah's Witnesses that completely disregard John's writings or others who ignore Paul?

Question

1 Corinthians 8:6 is clear that there is a distinction between God and Lord God ( Living God, JEHOVAH, YHWH). Revelation 14 is clear that there is distinction between the Lamb of God, and the Father Almighty.

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses neither disregard John's writings nor Paul's. Interestingly, the Scriptures cited in this so-called "question" simply do not make the points the "questioner" supposes.

(1 Corinthians 8:6, NWT) there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are

(Revelation 14:1, NWT) And I saw, and, look! the Lamb standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.


Here are those verses from multiple alternate translations:

(1 Corinthians 8:6)
NASB: yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
GWT: But for us, "There is only one God, the Father. Everything came from him, and we live for him. There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ. Everything came into being through him, and we live because of him."
KJV: But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
ASV: yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
BBE: There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
DBY: yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
WEY: yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
WBS: Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
WEB: yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
YLT: yet to us is one God, the Father, of whom are the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are the all things, and we through Him

(Revelation 14:1)
NASB: Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.
GWT: I looked, and the lamb was standing on Mount Zion. There were 144,000 people with him who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
KJV: And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
ASV: And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
BBE: And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.
DBY: And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.WEY: Then I looked, and I saw the Lamb standing upon Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 people, having His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.
WBS: And I looked, and lo, a lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
WEB: I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
YLT: And I saw, and lo, a Lamb having stood upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousands, having the name of his Father written upon their foreheads;

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Answer 2

The most insane, is this false accusation, by the questioner, we do not disregard any scriptures. we also proclaim the distinction between Jehovah and the Lamb of God(Jesus)You obviously do not know much about Jehovah's Witnesses or you would know these things about us.

Answer 3

If you're going to ask a question, why not first get the facts right?

It is completely wrong to say that Jehovah's Witnesses disregard John's writings, completely or otherwise.

It is impossible to answer a question that starts off on the wrong foot, the question then becomes nonsense.

Answer 4

As has already been explained, Jehovah's Witnesses accept, believe, and teach All Scripture as the word of God, including the writings of John. (2Timothy 3:16, 17; John 17:17)

EXAMPLES:

We believe that Jesus is, not God the Son, but rather the Son of God. John 20:30, 31 - "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that ►►►Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God◄◄◄; and that believing ye might have life through his name."

Jesus was, not Almighty God, but ►►►was WITH God◄◄◄. John 1:1, 2 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH God, and the Word was God. The same ►►►was in the beginning WITH God◄◄◄."

Jesus spoke of himself as being someone other than God in John 17:3 - "And this is life eternal, that they might know ►►►thee the only true God, AND Jesus Christ,◄◄◄ whom thou hast sent."

Although many saw Jesus, we believe John's writings that no one has ever seen God:
John 1:18 - "►►►No man hath seen God at any time◄◄◄, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."
1-John 4:12 - "►►►No man hath seen God at any time.◄◄◄ If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."

That is just a few examples of John's writings, all of which we accept, but are rejected by the churches in general. Need more - just ask! (Plus of course some prior to me gave others above.)

Answer 5

Incorrect.

JWs belive in the entire bible and any bible. (2Ti 3:16)

1 Corinthians 8:6 Correctly points out that there is NO trinity.

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him;

then

and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

Answer 6

And what exactly are you making reference to?

We do not disregard John's writings. In fact, in Revelation 14, it also speaks of a 144,000 - do you disregard John's writings?

Answer 7

I'm not sure what you are referring to. We believe that Jehovah and Jesus are separate individuals. We worship only Jehovah. We don't disregard any part of the Bible.

Answer 8

I think that Christians who completely disregard the law in the OT are just as insane.

Christians have to disregard the OT laws in order to stay out of Jail. They also have to disregard science and a complete lack of physical evidence and replace it with Faith in tradition and script written by pre-industrial men.

Answer 9

The more insane is your pointless question.

Answer 10

The fact that anyone would listen to John or Paul as opposed to G-d.