Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians. It's impossible.

by DATA-DOG 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  fulltimestudent

  The proposition assumes that ALL early Christians thought the same, believed the same.

  If you care to take the time to research first century Christianity, you'll find first of all that in the beginning at least the Jerusalem congregation could still consider themselves as part of Judaism, bearing in mind that Judaism itself was divided into factions. And secondly, that there was not neccessarily any unity of thought among the different groups of Christians.

  One of the reasons Constantine had in mind when he called the general council of the church in Nicaea was to attempt to unify the church.

  So to argue, that some group today is or is not Christian, you must first define true Christianity in the first centuy
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  DATA-DOG

  LOL! Exactly! There is no such thing as a true Christian, unless it's anyone actually following Jesus' teachings. Even then we would have to decipher which teachings are true. That would mean deciding which translations were accurate....

  If it were possible for the Apostles to speak with a JW, they would try to convert them to Xianity! Can you imagine an early Xian trying to talk to a Dub?? They would be like, " Who is Jehovah???"

  DD
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  Vidiot

  Data-Dog - "Can you imagine an early Xian trying to talk to a Dub?"

  Nope.

  The JW would run screaming, thinking the poor guy was an "apostate". :smirk:
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  Sabin

  I believe there is a method to their madness. Yes they do believe firmly in Jesus, his ransom sacrifice is what will ultimately save everybody. However to put Jesus on the peddle stool would mean they have a responsibility to live up to the way he treated others, to put Jehovah (the God of the old Testament, in most peoples view) a God of war gives them the perfect excuse to be BASTARDS. That's why they come out with crap like "if we were under law you would be stoned". It's just another way they can keep control. That's my opinion, & what has brought me to this conclusion? it's because they never really talk about Jesus in any real depth, they skip around him, even though the Christian cong is founded on his name, he being the head of it.
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  talesin

  D-D and the OP:

  That being said, the JWS are far from unique. I can't think of *any* Xtian religion that practices the ways of the early worshippers.
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  Vidiot

  talesin - "...I can't think of any Xtian religion that practices the ways of the early worshippers."

  That's because there aren't any Christian religions that practice the ways of the early worshippers.

  If there were, they wouldn't be practicing Christianity... they'd be (arguably) practicing... well... Judaism.