Witnesses and Mormons to be called Christian?
2007-10-21 15:23:48 · 21 answers · asked by Isthatso 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The second one. I hate when JW's and mormons claim to be Christians while leading people to Hell.
2007-10-21 15:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 5⤊ 7⤋
Um, Neither. I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
2007-10-22 11:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ is the Son of Jehovah God. The Bible can't be any more clean than that on the matter.
Jehovah's Witnesses follow Jesus' example in all aspects of our lives. Jesus Christ is King of Jehovah God's Kingdom. He is also head of the congregation and we recognize His God given authority and respect his position.
Jehovah is our God and we worship Him only.
How much MORE Christian do we gotta be? We even do the work Jesus commands his followers to do. We preach and teach the good news of the Bible.
2007-10-21 23:26:45 · answer #3 · answered by Xyleisha 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is all irritating. but if you're going to make me choose......
Actually, after re-reading the question, Christianity IS a religion and JW's and Mormons ARE Christian. I don't know if that point is irritating, but the fact that they wear white socks with black pants is :)
2007-10-21 22:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Bgirl9488 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mormons ARE Christians. If you studied their beliefs you would know that and not ask such an ignorant question.
Mormoms believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior, hence the name of the their church "Church of Jesus Chist of Latter Day Saints." Just because they believe you should do good acts in addition to faith does not exclude them from being Christian.
2007-10-21 22:34:28 · answer #5 · answered by Wintergirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll chose 3b, those who seem to feel that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian.
Jesus made it clear that he was the Son of God, not God the Son.
Why do people have such difficulty accepting Jesus' words on this?
2007-10-22 10:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by NMB 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mormons to Christian is a huge difference
i hate it!
2007-10-21 22:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Christianity IS a religion--with thousands of different tribes--bottom line is obeying Christs laws and overcoming your ego--which is exactly what Buddha taught as well!
2007-10-21 22:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by huffyb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians.
A few self-described "Christians" have claimed that the title applies uniquely to those who believe precisely as they do. They apparently take for themselves a role which properly belongs to Christ himself.
(Matthew 7:21-23) Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, ...and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Ironically, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
Learn more!
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20050422/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
2007-10-22 14:29:25 · answer #9 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since Christianity is a personal relationship with Lord-God Jesus, it is not religion. However, that does not irritate me.
It somehow irks me though that Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons call themselves Christians, so I would have to say 2. ( They have made their own Bible translations to make their message more biblical )
2007-10-21 22:38:31 · answer #10 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
What's more irritating is someone claiming their branch of Christianity or other church that worships Jesus is THE one, when Jesus states in the Bible they ALL are.
2007-10-21 22:27:44 · answer #11 · answered by Tara662 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋