JW, a Protestant Religion

by Gerard 14 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Gerard

  I was just surfing TheFreedictionary.com and found their definition of Jehovah Witnesses: a Protestant denomination (!?!?):

  Protestant denomination

  Noun

  1.

  Protestant denomination - group of Protestant congregations Protestant Church , Protestant - the Protestant churches and denominations collectively Disciples of Christ , Christian Church - a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion Anglican Church , Anglican Communion , Church of England - the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the Sovereign as its temporal head Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Mormon Church , Mormons - church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah Baptist Church , Baptists - any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers Baptist denomination - group of Baptist congregations Christian Science , Church of Christ Scientist - Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866 Congregational Church - a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing Congregational Christian Church - merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church Evangelical and Reformed Church - a Protestant denomination of Calvinist faith United Church of Christ - merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957 Jehovah's Witnesses - Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884 Lutheran Church - the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Martin Luther Presbyterian Church - the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin Unitarian Church - the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity Arminian Church - the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius Methodist Church , Methodists - a Protestant denomination founded on the principles of John Wesley and Charles Wesley Methodist denomination - group of Methodist congregations Anabaptist denomination - a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers Mennonite Church - formed from the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century; noted for its simplicity of life denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith Assemblies of God - a charismatic Protestant denomination in the United States
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  Love_Truth

  But, of course.
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  Phantom Stranger

  Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  	Definition:		\Prot"es*tant\, n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See {Protest}, v.] One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adheredto Luther, and protested against, or made a solemndeclaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor CharlesV. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popularsense to designate any Christian who does not belong to theRoman Catholic or the Greek Church.
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  Kenneson

  Oh, yes. They protest and protest and protest against all religions. Do you know any denomination that has escaped their seething denunciations?
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  Gretchen956

  hmmmm..... everyone apparently knows they are all one and the same except the dubs.

  Gretchen
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  FirstInLine

  Yeah, like what dont they protest. They are protestant of protestant.

  The only thing they won't protest is being praised. They love praise more than anything else and when people don't actually praise them leave it to the talk giver at the district convention to talk of the praise that Jehovah's people bring to Jehovah's organization and his people.
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  RR

  It should read : Protestant denomination founded by Joseph Franklin Rutherford - 1931
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  freeman

  RR you are spot on! This Frankenstein monster of a religion known today as Jehovah?s Witnesses hardly resembles what CT Russell started many years ago. The organization that exists today is largely the handiwork of a drunken, degenerate, and thankfully now very much deceased JF Rutherford.

  Freeman
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  stillajwexelder

  protestant - originally protested at the Roman Catholic Church -- the JWs have a go at all religions but especailly Catholic -- no doubt they are Protestant Sect
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  Gerard

  *** Reasoning From the Scriptures (1985, 1989) p.202 Jehovah's Witnesses ***

  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a sect or a cult?

  Some define sect to mean a group that has broken away from an established religion. Others apply the term to a group that follows a particular human leader or teacher. The term is usually used in a derogatory way. Jehovah's Witnesses are not an offshoot of some church but include persons from all walks of life and from many religious backgrounds. They do not look to any human, but rather to Jesus Christ, as their leader.

  A cult is a religion that is said to be unorthodox or that emphasizes devotion according to prescribed ritual. Many cults follow a living human leader, and often their adherents live in groups apart from the rest of society. The standard for what is orthodox, however, should be God's Word, and Jehovah's Witnesses strictly adhere to the Bible. Their worship is a way of life, not a ritual devotion. They neither follow a human nor isolate themselves from the rest of society. They live and work in the midst of other people.