The Watchtower has Created Another New Word.

sammielee24

In the new tract today, A Peaceful New World, Will it Come?, on the last page, there is a bit of a disclaimer. The paragraph says that "Jehovahs Witnesses, the publishers of this tract though no part of Christendom or Judaism, accept these holy scriptures as the only basis for accurate knowledge of Gods will.

Further, using the word 'accept' is unusual because 'belief' should be more appropriate. It almost sounds as if they don't really believe it's the word but they'll take it for now because it's all they've got.

Now, the definition in books should any 'worldly' people look that up, explains Christendom as being part of - inclusive. So - JW's belong to the Christian Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses = Christian group = Christendom.

They have now declared that although a Christian congregation, although declared a Christian, they are not part of Christendom. What group do they belong to then? Should they stop using the word Christian and instead use Jehovah's Congregation so as not to confuse people all over the world?

sammieswife.

Chris·ten·dom (kr

s

n-d

m) n. 1. Christians considered as a group. 2. The Christian world.

[Middle English Cristendom , from Old English cristend

m : cristen , Christian; see Christian + -d

m , -dom.]

Christendom Noun all Christian people or countries

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

Christendom Christians collectively or the Christian world.

insearchoftruth

In the new tract today, A Peaceful New World, Will it Come?

When was this tract released???? Is it something they are getting at the service meeting this week?

BluesBrother

For the past 50 years of my experience, and before that too, they have slammed "Christendom" as being part of Satan's organization. Their definition of the word is all other Christian religions apart from their own

They are good at re writing the dictionary

Farkel

:Their definition of the word is all other Christian religions apart from their own

:They are good at re writing the dictionary

I'm so happified to hear that.

Farkel

Heaven

What group do they belong to then?

They are "Jehovans".

sammielee24

When was this tract released???? Is it something they are getting at the service meeting this week?

It was just put in the door today...small, thin and not much changed..just no mention of 1914. sammieswife.

villabolo

In JW speak you have:

Kingdom Hall instead of Church.

Podium instead of pulpit.

Talk instead of sermon.

Information board (at least in my time) instead of bulletin board due to the fact that the bull in bulletin was derived from the phrase Papal Bull.

Basically the JWs want to distance themselves in every way possible from the Non Jevohah's Witness world including any language used by "Christendom".

villabolo

insearchoftruth

Personal Bible Study when one is at present really reading the Bible Teach book.

parakeet

When I was in, many years ago, dubs made a distinction between "Christianity" (dubs, the only "true" Christians) and "Christendom" (all other "Christian" religions, which were really under Satan's rule).

Don't know if they're still making that distinction here. Of course, any normal person reading that would assume, as you did, sammie, that dubs were excluding themselves from being Christians.

That's the trouble when you have your own special jargon. Outsiders find it confusing and irritating. Yet the WTS just keeps making it up as they go along.

WTWizard

I think anyone trying to talk with the witlesses needs to strictly hold them to definitions of words as they are used in common English. Otherwise, they will make up their own definitions to suit their needs--including the plunging of the whole world into the Second Dark Ages.

The Watchtower has Created Another New Word.

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