Jehovah's Witnesses: Is it true?

Question

“As for civil authority, they say they owe their only loyalty to a "Theocratic Kingdom" and refuse the duties of earthly citizenship. There are two groups in the world, the "Theocratic Kingdom" and "Satan’s Organization." This latter includes all churches and governments. Just as among the churches the papacy is the "Beast" par excellence, so amongst the nations are America and Britain.”


Excerpt from the article:
What Jehovah's Witnesses Believe
By Canon Francis J. Ripley
This Rock Magazine

No answers yet? Where are the Jehovah's Witnesses in this forum?
They answered the other questions why can't they answer this one?

NMB
Make my day. Say this is not true. It does not matter who wrote the article. The issue is whether the author is citing from a fictitious source or does the citation come from your own publications?

Answer 1

Whoa abel! I just looked at your other questions.
You indeed have a disliking for this religious group don't you?
Maybe they haven't answered because they think you won't listen & they're wasting their time.
Just a thought sir

Lol @ NMB's same reply to all of your questions.
Though he does have an excellent point there

Answer 2

No.

The worst misunderstandings might be corrected thusly:
"As for civil authority, Jehovah's Witnesses say they owe their PRIMARY loyalty to a "theocratic kingdom" and understand the duties of earthly citizenship to be SUBJECT TO SUCH DIVINE CITIZENSHIP. Thus, for example, Witnesses do not observe bans on their godly work or submit to military conscription.

Jehovah's Witnesses do NOT believe that anything in the bible refers to the papacy, but do believe that hypocritical false Christianity AS A WHOLE is more reprehensible than other false religions. Adherents of false religion MUST "flee from Babylon the Great" to avoid judgment at Armageddon.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bible to teach that America and Britain constitute a 'seventh world power' which takes the lead in empowering an 'eighth world power' which they believe to be the United Nations. Because the eighth world power seeks to take the place of God's global Kingdom government, that eighth power has no divine commission (other human governments are called "God's ministers for public good" in the bible).

Answer 3

Why do you accept the word of someone who is not one of Jehovah's Witnesses? If I want to know what Baptists believe should I ask a Methodist? Do I ask someone of the Jewish religion what Catholics believe?

So why would I ask a Catholic priest what Jehovah's Witnesses believe?

To add,

I have read the following article and I didn't see a single source for his 'information'. I can only conclude that this is his OPINION then.

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/WHOARE.HTM

It's sort of difficult to reply when you don't supply a source for your material isn't it.

Here's something everyone might want to consider if they are not Catholic. This is a direct quote form the person's writings. While it is directed at Jehovah's Witnesses, it would apply to others as well.
"The Bible

The Jehovah's Witnesses are not true Bible Christians. They reject the only authority there is in the world for the Bible, namely the Catholic Church."

Do you accept that ?

Answer 4

It is in imitation of early Chirstians,

Early Christians refused to serve in the Roman army, in both the legions and auxilia, considering such service as wholly incompatible with the teachings of Christianity.

Says Justin Martyr, of the second century C.E., in his “Dialogue With Trypho, a Jew” (CX): “We who were filled with war, and mutual slaughter, and every wickedness, have each through the whole earth changed our warlike weapons,—our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into implements of tillage.” (The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, p. 254)

In his treatise “The Chaplet, or De Corona” (XI), when discussing “whether warfare is proper at all for Christians,” Tertullian (c. 200 C.E.) argued from Scripture the unlawfulness even of a military life itself, concluding, “I banish from us the military life.”—The Ante-Nicene Fathers, 1957, Vol. III, pp. 99, 100.

“A careful review of all the information available goes to show that, until the time of Marcus Aurelius [121-180 C.E.], no Christian became a soldier; and no soldier, after becoming a Christian, remained in military service.” (The Rise of Christianity, by E. W. Barnes, 1947, p. 333)

“It will be seen presently that the evidence for the existence of a single Christian soldier between 60 and about 165 A.D. is exceedingly slight; . . . up to the reign of Marcus Aurelius at least, no Christian would become a soldier after his baptism.” (The Early Church and the World, by C. J. Cadoux, 1955, pp. 275, 276)

“In the second century, Christianity . . . had affirmed the incompatibility of military service with Christianity.” (A Short History of Rome, by G. Ferrero and C. Barbagallo, 1919, p. 382)

“The behavior of the Christians was very different from that of the Romans. . . . Since Christ had preached peace, they refused to become soldiers.” (Our World Through the Ages, by N. Platt and M. J. Drummond, 1961, p. 125)

“The first Christians thought it was wrong to fight, and would not serve in the army even when the Empire needed soldiers.” (The New World’s Foundations in the Old, by R. and W. M. West, 1929, p. 131)

“The Christians . . . shrank from public office and military service.” (“Persecution of the Christians in Gaul, A.D. 177,” by F. P. G. Guizot in The Great Events by Famous Historians, edited by R. Johnson, 1905, Vol. III, p. 246)

“While they [the Christians] inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any active part in the civil administration or the military defence of the empire. . . . It was impossible that the Christians, without renouncing a more sacred duty, could assume the character of soldiers, of magistrates, or of princes.”—The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, Vol. I, p. 416.

It is in harmony with Paul's words, that our citizenship is in heaven, and we are ambassadors for Chirst.

Satan offered Jesus what in exchange for worship?

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