Which non-trinitarian Christian group is the best? And why?

Question

Christadelphians, Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter-Day Saints, Oneness Pentecostals, The Way International, Unitarian Universalists, or any other that you know.

Answer 1

Questions like this imply that Jehovah's Witnesses are interested in becoming popular, but that is simply not true. The ONLY opinions of ongoing interest to a true Witness are those of Jehovah and Christ Jesus. Those who work to ingratiate themselves with some human or human group are not doing God's will.

(1 Thessalonians 2:4) We speak, as pleasing, not men, but God, who makes proof of our hearts.

(Matthew 6:20,21) Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


Jehovah's Witnesses have the true religion. They are Christian (of course), but they are unique for their rejection of paganisms, use of God's personal name, and global preaching by every active adherent. No other religious organization can claim such purity of worship.

These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.


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Answer 2

It sounds like the folks who are answering have gotten a bit confused. Christianity is not determined by if you believe in the Trinity or not. Christianity is determined by if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and the Savior of mankind. Many Christians do not believe in the Trinity. I for one was never taught the Trinity, and I was raised Southern Baptist.

As to which church is the best, I think that it all boils down to what you personally believe, and what you are looking for. Perhaps you could investigate each church, and their teachings, and make an informed decision for yourself. Each person will tell you that his church is better than someone else's. If you ask a Christian Scientist if his church is the best, he will tell you Yes. A Jehovah's Witness will tell you his church is best. And on, and on.

I am a Latter-day Saint, and I think that my Church is best. But, I leave it up to you to investigate, ask your questions, and make a decision for yourself.

For information on the Latter-day Saints, you can visit www.mormon.org .

Answer 3

The claim is being made here that those who do not accept the Trinity aren't Christian. Yet the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Christian as:

Main Entry: 1Chris·tian
Pronunciation: 'kris-ch&n, 'krish-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin christianus, adjective & noun, from Greek christianos, from Christos
1 a : one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ. No mention of the Trinity.

I can't really speak for the others as I do not have in depth knowlegde of them, buy I beleive Jehovah's Witnesses are correct. That's why I have been one for almost 34 years.

Answer 4

The trinity is not a Christian teaching. According to the Catholic Athanasian Creed's definition: "So there is One Father, not Three Fathers; one Son, not Three Sons; One Holy Ghost, not Three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore or after Other, None is greater or less than Another, but the whole Three Persons are Co-eternal together, and Co-equal."

I invite you to search the Bible, especially the 27 books of the Christian Greek Scriptures, to see for yourself if Jesus and his disciples taught a Trinity. As you search, ask yourself:

1. Can I find any scripture that mentions “Trinity”?

2. Can I find any scripture that says that God is made up of three distinct persons, Father, Son, and holy spirit, but that the three are only one God?

3. Can I find any scripture that says that the Father, Son, and holy spirit are equal in all ways, such as in eternity, power, position, and wisdom?

Search as you may, you will not find one scripture that uses the word Trinity, nor will you find any that says that Father, Son, and holy spirit are equal in all ways, such as in eternity, power, position, and wisdom. Not even a single scripture says that the Son is equal to the Father in those ways—and if there were such a scripture, it would establish not a Trinity but at most a “duality.” Nowhere does the Bible equate the holy spirit with the Father.

The reason the Bible does not clearly teach the Trinity doctrine is simple: It is not a Bible teaching. Had God been a Trinity, he would surely have made it clear so that Jesus and his disciples could have taught it to others. And that vital information would have been included in God’s inspired Word. It would not have been left to imperfect men to struggle with centuries later.

Since the trinity is not a Christian teaching, believers in it cannot be considered Christian.

Answer 5

Tequesta is a bit far from Texas so I probably will not be part of your group but may The Spirit Who made all things whose name you apparently know bless your efforts. I spell his name eYshua but I suspect it is the same. Question got you a bunch of dog droppings and male bovine manure didn't it.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses for following Jesus command to make disciples in all lands.

Answer 7

Jehovahs witnesses because they teach straight from the bible, even if you dont have the bible we use take out your bible and we can prove it from there, our bible is not that much different except for the fact that it doesn't omit Gods name Jehovah

Answer 8

The churches you mentioned are not Christian because it is not trinitarian. What baptismal formula do they use?

Christians are baptized "in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." They are not baptized "in the names" of the Father, Son and Spirit because there is only one God, the Most Holy Trinity. The baptismal confession of faith has three parts because "the faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity" (St. Caesarilus of Arles).

The Trinity is the central mystery of Christian life, the source of all the other mysteries, and the most fundamental mystery in "the hierarchy of the truths of faith." The whole history of salvation is identical with the way God revealed himself as Father, Son and Spirit.

Peace and blessings!

Answer 9

It is good that you listed the LDS in the group of non-trinitarians because that is where they truly belong.
This is a contradiction of course. If you are trinitarian, you are Christian. If you aren't trinitarian, then you aren't a Christian.

Answer 10

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What Do Biblical Unitarians Believe?

(Our Statement of Beliefs)

http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=113

Biblical Unitarianism is not to be confused with Unitarian Universalism.

Biblical Unitarians believe in God, Jesus Christ, and the gift of holy spirit.

It is our intention to promote the truth of one God and one Lord with this website.

We are not going to discuss “other Christian topics” on this website, but please check out our website TruthOrTradition.com, which covers a variety of other biblical topics and our expanded Statement of Beliefs.

We believe that the Scriptures are “God-breathed,” perfect in their original writing, without flaw or contradiction, and provide the only sure and steadfast basis for faith. Understanding the Scripture is attainable by applying logic and sound principles of biblical interpretation, in conjunction with the spirit of God in us. [For further study, see our book The Bible: You Can Believe It!]

We believe that the Heavenly Father alone is God (John 17:3).

We believe that God (the Father) is:

Supreme – greater than all others
Omniscient – having infinite knowledge or understanding
Omnipresent – present in all places at the same time
Omnipotent – having unlimited power
The Creator of the heavens and earth.

He (the Father) is whom we worship as “God.”

We believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16; Rom. 1:4).

We believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesied about in the Old Testament Scriptures (Gen. 3:15).

We believe that he was born in Bethlehem to Mary, a virgin, who was betrothed to Joseph (Matt. 2:1; Luke 1:26-33).

We believe that through Mary he was directly descended from David according to the flesh, as promised to David (Rom. 1:2-4).

We believe that God was literally his father, in that God created his (Jesus') life in Mary (Luke 1:35).

We believe that because of God being his father and Jesus' not being descended from Adam, that he was genetically perfect—“the Last Adam.” Jesus achieved behavioral perfection by continually choosing to subject his will to God, his father, all the way to his last breath on the Cross (1 Cor. 15:45; Heb. 5:7).

We believe that in his earthly ministry Jesus was granted all authority on earth by God to teach, heal, raise the dead, forgive sins, and act on behalf of his Father, whom he represented (Acts 2:22, John 3:34, Heb. 1:3).

We believe that on the third day after he died, God honored his promise and raised Jesus from the dead and gave him a new body that was and remains incorruptible (Acts 10:39-41; 13:29-31).

We believe that God also highly exalted Jesus, gave him the “seat” at his right hand (made him His right hand man), made him “Lord,” and gave him all authority in heaven and on earth (Phil. 2:9-11; Acts 2:36; Matt. 28:18).

We believe that God has essentially given Jesus functional equality with Himself, and that only with regard to the throne is God greater than Jesus (Gen. 41:40; Matt. 28:18).

We believe that Jesus was designated by God to be the mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5).

We believe that God is “holy” and that He is “spirit,” and that He is often referred to as the “Holy Spirit” in Scripture. God is the Giver, and the gift He gives via the new birth is “holy spirit,” His divine nature (Isa. 6:3; John 4:24; Acts 2:38). [For further study, see our book The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power to be Like Christ.]

We believe that when the Last Adam has completed his mission of restoring the Paradise that the First Adam lost by his disobedience, including the creation of a new heaven and earth, Jesus will again be subject to God (1 Cor. 15:24-28). [For further study, see our book The Christian's Hope.]

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as for what i believe, i believe the '''biblical unitarians''' are more biblically accurate than any of the others that i have checked out, and i have checked out all of them that you listed.
i have many years of research / study in christianity v.s. the bible truth.
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