2007-11-01 17:00:59 · 10 answers · asked by Cassandra 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes: Catholics have confession and penance....Jehovah's Witnesses have a form of confession and they have a penance where if you commit a sin that they think is worthy of Disfellowshipping, you have to come to Meetings for a year, sit at the back of the Kingdom Hall, have no one speak to you and prove to the congregation that you are properly repentant....
I will take the Catholic way, to this torture ( which I have personally experienced ) any day
2007-11-02 03:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The are both human beings, they both have dignity and deserve the respect that anyone expects to receive from others.
They TEND to belong to different cultures (hebrew vs say latin/spanish) but are basically people who believe different beliefs.
They are both believers of a God, a single God, and have very similar moral basis.
Where judhaism normally tries to convince it's followers to do good deeds, christianism tends to scare people from doing bad ones.
But then again, what do I know? Many people tried to kill Jews over the years, very few-if any- jews ever tried to start an anti-christian holocaust. But that's one of the problems of being a minority isn't it?
I see a lot in common between Jews and Christians, but I personally think that religion, like honor, has only brought death and sadness to this world and hope that some day we will finally grow up to read about these things in ancient history books.
2007-11-02 00:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by snakker2k 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they seem just the opposite to me. The Catholics have incorporated a lot of Pagan elements into their traditions and rituals. The virgin birth, the resurrection, rosaries, communion, Christmas, Easter, and most saint's days are Pagan traditions and Holy Days.
The JW's don't include any of the Pagan elements in their practices, and unlike most Christians are very careful not to commit idolatry with images of Jesus, flags, statues of Commandments or other graven images. It's a more stripped down, pure version of Christianity. Unfortunately, they still use the KJV.
I'm not sure, but they may practice additional dietary restrictions. The Catholics one restriction, no meat on Friday, is a remnant from the cult of Venus when people ate fish on Friday to honor the Goddess. The "Jesus fish" symbol they are so fond of represents the genitals of the Goddess Isis.
2007-11-02 00:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by Morgaine 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses are relatively unique among self-described Christians in that they understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom by Christ Jesus is a real government which will soon replace all earthly governments.
(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite
That Kingdom will rule over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.
(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”
(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
Until that resurrection, there is no suffering in "hell", or the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire
While a limitted number of humans will be resurrected to heaven to share in ruling over mankind, the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]
Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'
(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'
(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'
(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'
(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind
Learn more:
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_10.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/jt/
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
2007-11-02 08:19:57 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They both believe in God....other than that I don't see anything they have in common.
2007-11-02 00:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The fact that they're both greatly misunderstood and persecuted on these boards by so called "True Christians"?
2007-11-02 00:08:08 · answer #6 · answered by Evieve 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
AS west from east.
2007-11-02 00:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The need for oxygen comes to mind.
2007-11-02 00:08:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Not really. One is Christian and one is not. Give you a clue. The Catholics are Christians. You can figure out who is not.
2007-11-02 00:05:48 · answer #9 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 3⤊ 7⤋
they are human beings?
2007-11-02 00:08:10 · answer #10 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋