to try and explain Scripture, but they are viewed as QUASI-INSPIRED, almost like a new Bible chapter that arrives every week?
Should false prophecy vividly tell the JWs they devoted much of their life to a false religious organization?
God's Word is the same past, present and future.
2007-10-13 00:24:39 · 13 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Adara: I do NOT hate Jehovah's Witnesses. I just do not belive in their doctrines. Since they insist calling them Christians, I think I have the right to question their belief system.
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2007-10-13 01:11:24 · update #1
In a normal Watchtower maganizes are about 100-150 verses of the bible quoted from different versions,
Are you suggesting that that 150 verses are false? then why you quoted form that verse if they are false.
Why when you quoted 5-6 verse of the bible is true and when we quoted 50 verse of the same bible you have in your hand is false? why because you say so?
you are a simple human that quoted from the bible, we are humans like you that quoted from the same book the diffferences is that we quoted 5-10 times more of that book than the average people, don´t believe just reiew all your questions and check the answers of JWs and the answers of the rest of the people and see the differences.
2007-10-13 06:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
I don't view them as " QUASI-INSPIRED" and I don't know anyone who does.
Why do you neglect the simple fact that Jehovah's Witnesses have NEVER repeat NEVER claimed to be inspired?
"God's Word is the same past, present and future"
Yes it is but is your understanding of it the same as it was last week, last month, last year, 10 years ago? Every time I read from the Bible I learn something new.
"Should false prophecy vividly tell "
Except there hasn't been any false prophecy as there hasn't been ANY prophecy. Jehovah's Witnesses do not claim to be inspired.
2007-10-13 03:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by NMB 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, witnesses do not see the Watchtower and Awake! as inspired from Jehovah, or any other publication for that matter.
But this does not mean that they can "question" what is written.
When witnesses read any of the publications from the WBTS, they take that informatioin as "correct and true," until something else may come out that disagrees, disputes, or changes the previous viewpoint.
Pauley
2007-10-13 16:16:43 · answer #3 · answered by Pauley _ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think any Jehovah's Witness sees the magazines as inspired, but they certainly are spiritual "food at the proper time." (Matthew 24:45)
There are many religions who claim to be Christian but have openly ignored Jesus commands:
"Continue to love your enemies." (Matthew 5:44)
"You are no part of the world." (John 15:19)
Yet many Christian faiths have condoned war and meddle in politics. Not so with Jehovah's Witnesses. In the spirit of fairness, would it not also be good to highlight those faiths who have misrepresented God through outright bloodguilt and involvement in political affairs?
2007-10-13 05:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Iron Serpent 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that they are the only true Christians and that God is working through them exclusively. The believe that their Governing Body is "the faithful and discrete slave" whose job it is to dispense spiritual food to "the other sheep". In other words, what the Watch Tower Society says is what God says. So, although they deny to be inspired, or to be prophets, the reality is they must accept whatever the Governing Body tells them. To question them is to question God.
It's a pity they just don't read the Bible exclusively and pray to God for his Holy Spirit to guide and direct them. It's a pity that they refuse to do any independent research or think for themselves. They will never acknowledge that the organisation has ever made false predictions. Pray for them.
2007-10-13 06:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The JW guidance the Biblical actuality from the good information Bible from the Greek. although . the Greek Septuagint and Greek New testomony is ALL GREEK TO THEM to that end whilst the Watchtower Errs and the different classes they Print they continually have the reality interior the good information Bible :) LOL to that end the undertaking Greek Orthodox Catholics ( Gr. commonplace ) Apostolic Christian
2016-11-08 04:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by colbert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know of the watchtower and how they are viewed.
But, Whats God's word according to you from the past, present or the future?
2007-10-13 00:33:55 · answer #7 · answered by jason 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Exactly GOD's WORD is the same yesterday, today and forever more. How many of there prophets have been able to predict the end. None. It is good to see some JW's on the internet and maybe these work in pairs or bigger groups I just wonder. But at least they here and maybe will see that they are so misleading.
2007-10-13 00:33:56 · answer #8 · answered by Wally 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, only the bible is inspired.
2007-10-13 06:44:50 · answer #9 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Watchtower magazine defines dogma -- and the elders enforce the definitions, rigidly. It's nearly at the point where it doesn't matter what the Bible says.
2007-10-13 01:04:47 · answer #10 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋