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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?


Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?
by Matt Slick


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 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, for in this 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 and not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."1

The Watchtower organization of the Jehovah's Witnesses is a non-Christian organization that uses its people to promulgate false doctrines, collects "contributions" for distribution of a multitudinous amount of literature, and expands its grip into the lives of its members and their families.

It is a non-Christian cult.

7 comments:

  1. So, you seem so sure and confident about your understanding. If you are set in your ways and sure of your position with Jehovah, why are you determined to advocate against Jehovah's Witnesses. Have they fine something to you, attached you or sought to discredit you?

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    1. they the Jehovah's False Witness are a False Cult.

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    2. So, who do you say is not false and what factual bases do you declare?

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    3. The Bible i.e., the Word of God is the factual bases for that determination. Read it instead of the watchtower.

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    4. I agree with you. The bible is the authority. Thankfully, I have and continue to read and study the scriptures to ensure my relationship with Jehovah is the best it can be regardless of my imperfect nature.

      Since you brought up the bible, I am guessing you respect and value it's content.

      What's your take on Deuteronomy 18:18? What's your opinion on the fulfillment?

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    5. Take Deut 18:1u8 in context Say from verse 15-20 speaks of coming Messiah verse 20 false prophet like Jehovah False Witness

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  2. So, you agree with the scriptures that Jehovah was going to raise up a person that the Israelites or the Children of Abraham must follow and listen to in the future. Despite all that Moses accomplished by means of Jehovah, it clearly was not going to be Moses. History as shown that it was not Joshua, Elijah, Jeremiah or any of the minor Prophets. This person whom Jehovah was raising up had not been identified for more than a 1,000 years from the time Moses communicated Deuteronomy 18:18.

    Moreover, Jehovah never told Moses to communicate that he was raising up a God for them to follow. Jehovah was their God and they were following him. Clearly, it was not and never has been the Governing Body of the WT. 18:18 states the person (Messiah or Anointed One) would come from amongst them, the Israelites, the Children of Abraham.

    So, why do you think Jehovah needed to provide the Israelites with a person in the future to follow when he himself proved to be their God, their Savior, their Law Giver and Judge and their Protector? And why would this person that Jehovah was going to establish need to be a Israelite when Jehovah can use anybody and anything he wants to achieve his purpose?

    What are your thoughts?

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