Politely, I mean. You don't share the same beliefs, but if you claim the same label, "Non-Jehovah's Witness Christians" is a bit long, if you want to talk about "them" in conversation.
By mainstream I mean churches that express the Apostles & Nicene Creeds in doctrine or in principle.
2007-08-15 16:59:30 · 10 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christendom, the term used by JWs, means the Christian body or the community of all Christians. this term comes from Corpus Christianum.
A Latin term:
Corpus Christianum is a term that came into being about the time of Emperor Constantine to be a uniting term about 325 A.D.
Attention Hot - A JW that applies the word "Christian" to non JWs is in an APOSTATE mind.
JWs do not consider anyone that is non JW a Christian. These non JWs may claim to be Christian but are under the influence of Satan the Devil and the demons.
Christendom is the term and is mis-applied.
English readers may think of Christendom as Christ and His KingDOM
In historical terms Christendom has and often means the nations that are considered to be populated by people following some form of "Judeo-Christian" belief system.
2007-08-16 17:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by troll to troll 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christendom.
2007-08-16 00:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Christendom.
2007-08-16 17:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Octavia 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Members of Christendom.
Simple & straight to the point.
EDIT:
trolltotroll,
Ur not a Witness r u?
Then why answer a Q FOR J's W's ?
Just asking.
except for saying its mis-applied,
really good answer.
2007-08-16 10:26:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Members of Christendom, of which we are no longer a part of.
We have obeyed the Biblical command to "get out of her" found in the book of Revelation.
LOBT
2007-08-16 11:00:23 · answer #5 · answered by Micah 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Um, Christians, Christendom, Un believers, Humans, um.... neighbors, relatives, Bob, if that is his name, etc. How do Baptists, Catholics, etc refer to non believers of their faiths??
This reminds me of my friend Tammy. She is, um, rather short. For a while allot of people came up to me and actually asked me, What do you call her. I usually simply responded, Tammy.
2007-08-17 18:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses use the term "Christendom" to describe all non-Witness Christians and non-Witness Christian institutions.
http://watchtower.org/e/20040301/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_09.htm
2007-08-16 11:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Worldly people.
2007-08-16 11:05:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
right on numbr one.
2007-08-16 00:52:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
We call them simply "non-believers." They don't believe what we believe, so why call them anything else?
2007-08-16 00:03:53 · answer #10 · answered by SisterCF 4 · 3⤊ 6⤋