Are you agree with me that any of christians can´t say that Mormons or JWs are cults?

Question

cause they are supporting a president that belongs to a cult so they are helping the cult.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_el_pr/romney_evangelicals

Yes Nina but your leader support the Mormon president and lately their church.

Answer 1

Well, There are a LOT of people that are hypocrites out there and no because Jehovah's Witnesses are the true religion and are not cults. I'm not going to point any fingers because that would be wrong but there are a couple of them that are answering your question that aren't Witnesses and you can really tell, its just a shame that they don't know the truth and learn about Jehovah and Jesus. Anybody saying that we are a cult doesn't really know what we believe in and don't understand why we don't get involved in politics.

Neutrality
Def: The position of those who do not take sides with or give support to either of two or more contending parties. It is a fact of acient and modern-day history that in every nation and under all circumstances true Christians have endeavored to maintain complete neutrality as to conflicts between factions of the world. They do not interfere with what others do about sharing in patriotic ceremonies, serving the in the armed forces, joining a political party, running for a political office, or voting. But they themselves worship only Jehovah, the God of the Bible; they have dedicated their lives unreservedly to him and give their full support to his Kingdom.

What scriptures have always had a bearing on the attitude of true Christians toward participation in carnal warfare?
Matt. 26:52: "Jesus said to him: 'Return your sword to its place, for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword.'" (Could there have been any higher cause for which to fight than to safeguard the Son of God? Yet, Jesus here indicated that those disciples were not to resort to weapons of physical warefare.)

Isa. 2:2-4: "It must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established above the top of the mountains.....And he will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore." (Individuals out of all nations must personally decide what course they will pursue. Those who have heeded Jehovah's judgment give evidence that he is their God.)

2 Cor. 10:3, 4: "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage warefare according to what we are in the flesh. For the weapons of our warefare are not fleshly, but powerful by God for overturning strongly entrenched things." (Paul here states that he never resorted to fleshly weapons, such as trickery, high-sounding language . or carnal weapons, to protect the congregation against false teachings.)

Luke 6:27, 28: "I [Jesus Christ] say to you who are listening, Continue to love your enemies, to do good to those hating you, to bless those cursing you, to pray for those who are insulting you."

Is it not true that Jehovah allowed ancient Israel to engage in warfare?
Jehovah directed ancient Israel to use warfare to take possession of the land that he himself designated as their inheritance and to execute people whose depraved practices and defiance of the true God caused Jehovah to view them as being no longer fit to live. (Deu. 7:1, 2, 5; 9:5; Lev. 18:24, 25) Nevertheless, mercy was shown to Rahab and to the Gibeonites because they demonstrated faith in Jehovah. (Josh. 2:9-13; 9:214-27) In the Law covenant God laid down rules for warfare that he would approve, stipulating exemptions and the manner in which this warfare was to be carried out. Such were truly holy wars of Jehovah. That is not true of the carnal warfare of any nation today.

With the establishing of the Christian congregation, a new sistuation came into existence. Christians are not under the Mosaic Law. Christ's followers were to make disciples of people of all nations; so worshipers of the true God would in time be found in all those nations. However, what is the motive of those nations when they go to war? Is it to carry out the will of the Creater of all the earth or is it to further some nationalistic interest? If true Christians in one nation were to go to war against another nation, they would be fighting against fellow believers, against people who prayed for help to the same God that they did. Appropriately, Christ directed his follwers to lay down the sword. (Matt. 26:52) He himself, glorified in the heavens, who henceforth carry out the execution of those who showed defiance of the true God and His will.----2 Thess. 1:6-8; Rev. 19:11-21

What Scriptures have always had a bearing on the attitude of true Christians toward involvement in political issues and activities?

John 17:16: "They are no part of the world, just as I [Jesus] am no part of the world."

John 6:15; "Jesus, knowing they [the Jews] were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain all alone." Later, he told the Roman governor: “My kingdom is no part of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom is not from this source.”

James 4:4: "Adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore, wants to be a friend with the world is constituting himself an enemy with God." (Why is the matter so serious? Because, as 1 John 5:19 says, "the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." At John 14:30, Jesus referred to Satan as being "the ruler of the world." So no matter what worldly faction a person might support, under whose control would he really come?)

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Reasoning from the Scriptures
World

What is the attitude of true Christians toward the world and toward people who are part of the world?

John 15:19: "YOU [Jesus' followers] are no part of the world, but I have chosen YOU out of the world, on this account the world hates YOU." (Thus true Christians are no part of the mass of human society that is alienated from God. They care for normal human activities, but they shun attitudes, speech, and conduct that are characteristic of the world and that conflict with Jehovah's righteous ways.)

James 4:4: "Adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore, wants to be a friend with the world is constituting himself an enemy with God." (Because Christians are imperfect, they may at times get soiled through contacts with the world. But when counseled from God's Word, they repent and correct their ways. However, if some, by deliberate choice, ally themselves with the world or imitate its spirit, they show that they no longer are true Christians but have become part of the world that is at enmity with God.)

Rom. 13:1: "Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their relative position by God." (Those who heed this counsel are not rebels, trying to overthrow the gov'ts of the world. They subject themselves to the authority of polictical rulers, obeying them as long as the demands of such rulers do not conflict with God's requirements. Such gov'ts were foreseen and foretold by God. They exercise authority, not because he empowered them, but by his permission. In his due time he will also remove them.)

Gal. 6:10: "As long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to us in the faith." (So, true Christians do not hold back from doing good to their fellowmen. They imitate God, who makes the sun shine upon both wicked people and good.----Matthew 5;43-48.)

Matt. 5:14-16: "You are the light of the world....Let your light shine before men, that they may see your fine works and give glory to your Father who is in the heavens." (For others to give glory to God because of what Christians do, it is obvious that those who are Christians must be active witnesses to the world concerning God's name and purpose. It is to this activity that true Christians give primary emphasis.)

Answer 2

evaluate THIS: Jesus went from village to village & city to city & from living house to living house preaching approximately his father interior the heavens and his kingdom, see the gospel bills, be conscious how he urged his followers to try this, here Matthew 10:11-15. be conscious additionally the christian training from Jesus as quickly as we detect the deserving ones, here Matthew 28:19 & 20. A Cult/Sect is to persist with a mans suitable's, Jehovah's Witnesses persist with God's training by way of Jesus Christ, they do no longer seem to be human men, so Jehovah's Witnesses are actually not a Cult, via the very definition of the be conscious Cult. All actual Christians could obey Jesus their chief & savior, if he says try this, we would desire to continually attempt our suitable to do it, because of the fact the very be conscious Christian skill to persist with Christ or Christ like. I basically see Jehovah's Witnesses following Christ's instructions at present out of all the so pronounced as Christian denominations, i contemplate whether the rest study the bible and comprehend it! can no longer supply precise records on Mormons.

Answer 3

For Mormons...someone who has that faith should defend themselves, because I don't know much about the religion.

As for Jehovah Witnesses... the religion is NOT political...they don't even vote!! As for the belief of , there is only one true god who's name is Jehovah, his son Jesus Christ, and God's promise of a paradise earth, doesn't sound like a cult to me. Does it to you?

Face it... society will call any religion that they don't believe in or understand a cult.

Answer 4

a cult worships man, like charles manson or jim jones. we worship Jehovah God. a cult live together. we maybe your next door neighbor. we work on jobs. a cult member does not work. we live in 236 lands. our children go to school. we do what Jesus Christ commanded us at Matthew 28 verse 19 and 20.

Answer 5

your question is confusing.

for one thing, Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT a cult and neither are we political.
why say that we are supporting a 'president'? - we know that the only answer to mankind's problems is 'god's kingdom' - not a government run by men

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses are not a cult. They are kind and I enjoy very much the conversations that I have with the lady that visits me.

Answer 7

If you look under the definition of cult it has all religions due to different beliefs.And only one believes in the true God.Which is our creator,Jehovah

Answer 8

Honestly, most anyone can say most anything, however I think it wrong to call us cultists as we aren't. You do have a point about people calling others names.

I also think it odd Any one claiming to be Christian would get involved in Politics.

Answer 9

All religions are cults. Just things like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam among others are older and more widely accepted cults.

Answer 10

Don't really understand your question, but from what I read, Yes, if christians support the mormon and J.W. for anything, then Yes we are supporting a cult religion and furthering the prophesies of God. It is said to happen, but we should not help it. If we are who we say we are, then we need to quit being tolerent of other peoples religions and start standing firm in what we believe and ,ake sure people know ther eis a place called heaven adn hell. And let them know we will be spending an eternity somewhere.

Answer 11

I think any religious group is a cult. But that's not necessarily a bad thing........

There is no mormon president......yet.