lepermessiah - regarding the faithful steward you might find the research by Leolaia thought provoking.
zarco
What exactly are JWs unique in?
by isaacaustin 105 Replies latest jw friends
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angel eyes
remaining calm when under persecution and when being lied about.
Having lies said about them ALL the time.
Being accused of things they havent done.
I'll stop there for now.....
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jookbeard
Ae if it's lies why are so many leaving? failed prophecy, enforcement of the blood ban on their minors, organ ban, sending their own brothers to rape/torture/false imprisonment/ kidnap in Malawi, covering up pedophiles, having homosexual members of the G/B, all lies is it?
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dissed
AE
Not unique, the Mormons are treated the same way
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angel eyes
and yet many are remaining too and yes many are getting baptised, but we know only a few will get through at Armegeddon.
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JWoods
remaining calm when under persecution and when being lied about.
Having lies said about them ALL the time.
Being accused of things they havent done.
I'll stop there for now.....
The thread was asking about unique doctrines that are reasonable. Not about persecution complexes. I submit that many religions, probably a majority, have the same persecution complex issues as listed above. So we are taking your answer as "no unique doctrines" -
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aSphereisnotaCircle
It seems to me that the only thing unique about the JW's is their belief that Jesus died on a stake not a cross.
I believe that everything else they teach and practice is also taught and practiced by various other "religions".
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zarco
AE wrote "Remaining calm when under persecution and when being lied about"
I do admire the many individual Witnesses who stood fast to what they believe when under tremendous pressure. It is profoundly sad when the beliefs that such ones are standing firm for change or are proved false. A couple of examples, (1) the change in the blood doctrine, (2) the change to allowing organ transplants , (3) the change in allowing civil service, (4) the discrepancy in how the Witnesses in Malawi and Mexico were directed and many more.
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jookbeard
AE this whole site with Links as well explains all the lies from the WTS from it's inception with Chuckie to the present day lies, at least the WTS is consistent in it's lies
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JWoods
It seems to me that the only thing unique about the JW's is their belief that Jesus died on a stake not a cross.
This was not a JW original - remember Catholic Dissident Alexander Hisslop and The Two Babylons? They actually got it from him.