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Is the
Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?
The answer to the question is, "No. It is not Christian."
Like all non-Christian cults, the Jehovah's Witness organization
distorts the essential
doctrines of Christianity. It denies the deity of Christ, His
physical resurrection, and salvation by grace. This alone makes
it non-Christian. To support its erring doctrines, the
Watchtower organization (which is the author and teacher of all
official Jehovah's Witness theology), has even altered the Bible to
make it agree with its changing and non-Christian teachings.
Typical with cults that use the Bible
to support its position is a host of interpretive errors:
- Taking verses out of their
immediate context.
- Refusing to read verses in the
entire biblical context.
- Inserting their theological
presuppositions into the text.
- Altering the Biblical text to suit
their needs.
- Latching onto one verse to
interpret a host of others.
- Changing the meanings of words.
- Proclaiming some passages to be
figurative when they contradict their doctrines.
- Adding to the Word of God.
Additionally, the Jehovah's Witness organization requires of its
members regular weekly attendance at their "Bible Study"
meetings where they are repeatedly indoctrinated with anti-Christian
teachings. This is done by reading the Watchtower magazine, following
along with what it says, reading the questions it asks, and reciting
the answers it gives. In other words, the Watchtower
Organization carefully trains its members to let the Organization do
their thinking for them. For confirmation of this, please read Does
the Watchtower organization control the JW's thinking?
The Witnesses are told they will be
persecuted when they go door to door teaching their doctrines.
They are further told that this is simply the enemy fighting against
the God's organization because they are in "the truth."
So, when someone disagrees with them, they are conditioned to reflect
on what the Watchtower has told them. They then feel confirmed
in being in God's true organization on earth (like all cults claim).
They are strongly encouraged to have friends and acquaintances that
are only JW’s, thereby keeping outside examination to a minimum.
They are told to shun those who leave their group, that way, there is
no way to see why someone has left and no way to find out that they
are in error from those who have found the truth in Christ. They are
conditioned to shy away from any real biblically knowledgeable person.
An example of this is frequently found on the Internet. I was
once banned from a Jehovah's Witness chat room after I not only
answered their objections to the Trinity and deity of Christ, but
challenged them in return. Subsequently, my name was passed around to
all other Jehovah's Witness rooms where I was banned from them as
well. This is a frequent occurrence on the Internet where the
Jehovah's Witnesses are alive and well. It is obvious that
critical examination of their doctrines is not encouraged by the
Watchtower Organization.
The Jehovah's Witnesses consider
themselves to be Christians because they believe they are serving the
true and living God. Like many cults, they think they are the
only true church on earth. Yet, they deny the Trinity,
the deity of
Christ, the personhood of the Holy
Spirit, Jesus' physical resurrection, and salvation by grace
through faith.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are discouraged
from looking into Jehovah's Witness history or old Watchtower
literature which is replete with contradictions, altered doctrines,
and false
prophecies. Instead, they are indoctrinated repeatedly
against basic Christian doctrines (Trinity, deity of Christ, etc) and
into the notion that they alone are the true servants of God and that
all others are either in "Christendom" or simply
unbelievers.
Primarily, the Jehovah's Witness
organization is a mind control organization that uses its people to
pass out literature and send in "donations" to the
headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.
"Thus the Bible is an
organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an
organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely
they may believe that they can interpret the Bible." The
Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1967. p. 587.
The Watchtower organization of the
Jehovah's Witnesses is a non-Christian organization that uses its
people to promulgate false doctrines, sell a multitudinous amount of
literature, and expand its grip into the lives of its members and
their families.
It is a non-Christian cult.
More
Info:
Jehovah's Witnesses Deny That Jesus is Divine
Provided By:
CHRISTIAN
APOLOGETICS AND RESEARCH MINISTRY
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