JW's believe that they are the only true religion that has God's holy spirit working with them. That they are the only religion that has God's favor and they are the only ones who will be saved at the end..? correct me if I am wrong.
If this is the case , being what you believe..then doesn't that seem a little judgemental on your part of all others..Shouldn't God have a say in it?
2007-06-12 06:35:10 · 9 answers · asked by lynne44 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am not trying and hope I never offend any of the JW's. They are good people who love God very much..These are questions that I have wondered about .
2007-06-12 06:39:38 · update #1
It is only judgmental if it is true. Which it is not. Thereby it is being judgmental. So much so that they need their own "custom" translation of the Bible to jive with their doctrine.
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in a Holy Spirit. There is no Trinity, (Let God be True, p. 100-101; Make Sure of All Things, p. 386); The Holy Spirit is God's impersonal active force, The Watchtower, June 1, 1952, p. 24); Their church is the self-proclaimed prophet of God, (The Watchtower, April 1, 1972, p. 197); They claim to be the only channel of God's truth, (The Watchtower, Feb. 15, 1981, p. 19).
2007-06-12 06:38:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes they do. But lets be fair. Most Religions have an "exclusivity clause". True Christianity does. So does Islam.
Lets be honest. Either One religion is true, or none of them are. They all can't be true because they all have belief systems that conflict with each other.
So, based on the axiom that "A" can't be non-"A" in the same way, and at the same time, only One or none can logically be true.
Now of course, some are "closer" to the Truth than others. For instance, even though the version of christianity put out by the Watchtower Society, IS a false system of belief, they ARE much "closer" to Truth than, say, Hinduism. Which does not accept any of the tenants of Christian Theology. (At least not in any way that the Christian Church would accept.)
So, its like a math problem.There is only one correct answer, but some sums are closer to being correct than others.
If you want to insist that Jehovahs Witnesses are "judgemental". O.K. I can accept that. But they are no more "judgemental" than my own Faith. (Evangelical Christianity).
After all, Jesus did say that, "I am the Way". There is no other, (per Him).
It is just unfortunenet that the Watchtower Version of Christianity falls so far from what Jesus expounded and taught, that it cannot by any stretch even be called Christianity.
It is only by its own adherets, and people who themselves are just as ignorant of True Christianity as they are, that it is referred to as "Christian" at all.
...theBerean
2007-06-12 10:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by theBerean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
considering that I made my vows to serve Jehovah always, it doesn't easily remember the position I serve that factor. no matter if that's His will and prefer to enable the ministry to pass on longer, (permitting thousands of thousands extra to go back to understand him), then I settle for that decision. the information although isn't that a lot different. There are nevertheless in ordinary words a rather small form of the "born again" Anointed Christians, and as you verify with, they are component of that technology which will nevertheless see the top. So, because that's Jehovah's selection (and that i do not comprehend the day or hour) i will proceed to "stay in expectation". a million years from now, who will care if it replaced into 2 years or two decades? I easily were living in expectation for 40, and few extra gained't damage. You look to overlook extremely some the different words of Jesus. (Matthew 24:36-40 4) 36 “on the issue of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, yet in ordinary words the daddy. 37 For basically because the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of guy will be. 38 For as they were in lately before the flood, eating and ingesting, adult adult males marrying and females human beings being given in marriage, until eventually the day that Noah entered into the ark; 39 and they took no be conscious until eventually the flood got here and swept all of them away, so the presence of the Son of guy will be. 40 Then 2 adult adult males will be contained in the sphere: one will be taken alongside and the different be abandoned; 40-one 2 women human beings will be grinding on the hand mill: one will be taken alongside and the different be abandoned. 40 2 save on the watch, for this reason, because you do not comprehend on what day YOUR Lord is coming. 40 3 “yet comprehend one component, that if the householder had accepted in what watch the thief replaced into coming, he might want to have saved wide awake and by no ability allowed his abode to be damaged into. 40 4 in this account YOU too educate yourselves waiting, because at an hour that you do not imagine to be it, the Son of guy is coming. even as that "day" is unknown, it replaced into no longer unknown that Noah and his international replaced into living in a time of the top. there replaced into the seen signal of the ark construction, and the ministry of Noah. So, why might want to Jesus let us know to "saved wide awake" if it replaced into no longer a risky time to be drowsing? And as you comprehend from 2 Timothy 3, the international is totally all for its fulfillment of the first 5 verses.
2016-11-23 14:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Matthew 13:49) That is how it will be in the conclusion of the system of things: the angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous
Note that it is not humans but angels who primarily perform the separating work. Of course, only Jesus and Jehovah make the final judgment regarding each individual.
(John 12:48-49) The word that I [Jesus] have spoken is what will judge [a person] in the last day; 49 because I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment
(John 8:16) if I do judge, my judgment is truthful, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me
(Matthew 12:36) They will render an account concerning it on Judgment Day
(John 5:22,27-30) [The Father] has committed all the judging to the Son... 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. 28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out... I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
(Acts 17:30-31) God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. 31 Because he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man [Jesus] whom he has appointed
Learn more:
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http://watchtower.org/e/20041201/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20020715/article_02.htm
2007-06-12 06:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You must understand that The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society started out as a fringe Christian cult with Charles Russell as its leader, after his death the cult was taken over by a guy called Judge Rutheford who wasn't really a judge. Rutheford extended the cult aspects of the WTBT to cut off the outside world and force the congregation into a strict way of life. Since then they have maintained their seperation from the world in general but have lost many members due to none of their predictions coming true. All cult like Christian sects and some of the mainstream sects are extreamly judgemental denying membership in their congregations to people of different economic, racial, ethnic, and social backgrounds.
2007-06-12 06:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The Truth Will Set You Free
"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." So declared Jesus as he was teaching the multitudes in the temple in Jerusalem. (John 8:32) Jesus' apostles could readily identify Jesus' teachings as the truth. They had seen abundant evidence of their teacher's divine origin.
TODAY, however, some may find it difficult to identify the truth Jesus spoke about. As in the days of the prophet Isaiah, today there are "those who are saying that good is bad and bad is good, those who are putting darkness for light and light for darkness, those who are putting bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." (Isaiah 5:20) With numerous opinions, philosophies, and life-styles being promoted nowadays, many people feel that everything is relative and that there is no such thing as truth.
When Jesus said to his audience that the truth would set them free, they responded by saying: "We are Abraham's offspring and never have we been slaves to anybody. How is it you say, 'You will become free'?" (John 8:33) They did not feel a need for anyone or anything to set them free. But then Jesus explained: "Most truly I say to you, Every doer of sin is a slave of sin." (John 8:34) The truth that Jesus was talking about can open the way to freedom from sin. Jesus said: "If the Son sets you free, you will be actually free." (John 8:36) So the truth that frees people is truth about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is only by faith in the sacrifice of Jesus' perfect human life that anyone can be freed from sin and death.
On another occasion Jesus said: "Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth." (John 17:17) The word of God as expressed in the Bible is the truth that can bring freedom from superstition and false worship. The Bible contains the truth about Jesus Christ, which leads people to put faith in him and opens the way to a bright hope for the future. It is a splendid thing to come to know the truth of God's Word!
How vital is it to know the truth? Many religions today, while claiming to follow the Bible, are largely influenced by human philosophies and traditions. Often, religious leaders seem not as concerned with the accuracy of their message as they are with its acceptance by the masses. Some feel that God is satisfied with any form of worship, as long as it is sincere. But Jesus Christ explained: "The hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him."—John 4:23.
If we want to worship God acceptably, we must know the truth. This is an important issue. Our eternal happiness depends on it. Therefore, everyone should ask himself: 'Is my way of worship acceptable to God? Am I genuinely interested in learning the truth of God's Word? Or am I afraid of what a careful investigation might reveal?'
We are humans so we are not perfect the one the is going to Judge us is Jesus Christ, we are not allowed to judge anybody.
Matthew 7:1-5: Stop judging that YOU may not be judged; 2 for with what judgment YOU are judging, YOU will be judged; and with the measure that YOU are measuring out, they will measure out to YOU. 3 Why, then, do you look at the straw in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the rafter in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Allow me to extract the straw from your eye’; when, look! a rafter is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First extract the rafter from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to extract the straw from your brother’s eye.
2007-06-12 06:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's judgmental; but don't worry--I'm sure they have plenty of Watchtowers in hand that defend their stance on everything.
Personally, I'd like to know exactly what Jehovah's on trial for, much less why he needs Witnesses there for it. It's not like they all saw him do whatever he got in trouble for. Where's Jehovah's Attorney, that's what I'd like to know!!
2007-06-12 06:40:31 · answer #7 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not at all. Jehovah appointed Jesus Christ to be judge.
2007-06-12 07:59:27 · answer #8 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Born agains think only the saved get to Heaven - how is that any different?
2007-06-12 06:43:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋