http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_2x2.htm
This is about the Cooneyites, and it is absolutely on target! Thanks again, MF2!!
bebu
Feeling like chopped liver.
by bebu 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Euphemism
A few interesting JW parallels from that link:
They believe that the Gospel is only effectively taught if communicated on a person-to-person basis. Teams of two members of the same sex go into the world in pairs to spread the gospel.
[The founder] taught that Christ had chosen him to announce that the end of the "age of Grace" was coming in 1914-AUG.
They celebrate two ordinances: adult baptism by total immersion and the Lord's Supper. In the early years of the movement, Easter and Christmas were not celebrated.
Members who deviate from expected norms of behavior may have privileges removed. ... More serious transgressions can lead to shunning and excommunication. They apparently ignore the concept of the Trinity and believe that God, the Father, is a single deity, undivided, and not three persons.
Jesus is viewed as the son of God, a being separate from the Father.
The Holy Spirit is seen as a force or power emanating from God, not a person within the Trinity. Only their group, who total about 0.001% of the human race, will be saved. This implies that very few humans will go to heaven when they die. 99.999% will "go to a lost eternity"