Jehovahs Witnesses make a big deal about following first century christianity, so please explain this.

by smiddy 44 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • smiddy
    smiddy

    Where in the christian greek scriptures do disciples of christ record how many hours a month they preached.

    " " " " 10 hours for women and children and slack husbands with no ambition

    " " " " do they record how many back calls / return visits they made in a month.

    " " " " have they set down how many bible studys they had in a month.

    " " " " do they have pioneers ,special pioneers , aux.pioneers , with goals to reach each month.

    " " " " do they have D.O. , C.O., Zone servants , etc.etc.

    " " " " Where in the christian greek scriptures is the word " organisation" applied to christianity

    " " " " do they identify by name the " governing body" a phrase which does not appear in the christian greek scriptures incidentally , that is supposed to exist in the first century ?

    Last but not least : The tetragrammaton does not appear in the christian greek scriptures , so the erroneous name jehovah should not appear in the christian greek scriptures . See The Kingdom Interlinear printed by the WTB&TS . Interestingly it was a 13th century CATHOLIC MONK who first coined that name , and it became popular in christendom . Christendom , who JW`s say are the main part of babylon the great who is going to be destroyed by GOD in the battle of armageddon , And jehovahs witnesses have stuck with that name because it is popular in christendom . Ironic isnt it ? Jw`s get their name from Isa. 43:10-12 , however the jews from that time onward never identified themselves as JW`s as that was not the intent. Jesus christ hundreds of years later did not correct the erring jews , and told them to call themselves JW`s , no because the book of ACTS says" by divine providence" followers of christ were to be called ,{ not jehovahs witnesses} but christians .

    So in conclusion would you say jehovahs witnesses base their religion on first century christians and the bible ?

    I sure as hell wouldnt !

    smiddy

  • jhine
    jhine

    AGREED

    Jan

  • Phizzy
    Phizzy

    " would you say jehovahs witnesses base their religion on first century christians and the bible ? "

    Great big fat NO !!!!!!!!

  • Tiktaalik
    Tiktaalik

    By gosh, Smiddy, I think you may be on to something!!

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    Did first century Christians have printing presses?

    Did women own scrolls? Did they read?

    How many in the first century church were literate?

    Were scrolls carried in satchels from door-to-door? How is this different than meeting from house to house, praying and breaking bread together and sharing everything in common?

    http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/books/

    Do Witnesses eat together as they did in the early church?

    How about the foot-washing ceremony?

  • mynameislame
    mynameislame

    How about the foot-washing ceremony?

    Wow that's an epiphany for me.

    When do you ever see an elder or better yet one of the GB doing something so humble for someone else?

    Never! Quite the opposite, you are expected to wash the feet of the GB and feel grateful for the privledge.

  • sir82
    sir82

    Even the term "first century Christinaity", as if there were one and only one form of it, is utterly misleading.

    A rudimentary study of history reveals that there were multiple groups which called themselves "Christian", and everybody was convinced that their own group was right and everyone else was wrong.

    Heck, you don't even have to study history - the NT letters are full of such assertions and name-calling: "superfine apostles", "antichrist", etc...

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    lame, it never fails to boggle me that people who have self-identified themselves as slaves expect to be revered and obeyed. If they did follow the command to love their fellow brothers as slaves in Christ, there would be a completely different dynamic.

  • Jon Preston
    Jon Preston

    Marked

  • wasblind
    wasblind

    Y'all know good and well the Apostles carried scrolls D2D

    It has to be true , cuz the WTS printed a pic of them doin' " Jus' so "

    LOL

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