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Is the
Jehovah's Witness religion Christian?
The answer to the question is, "No. It is not Christian." Like
all non-Christian cults, the Jehovah's Witness organization distorts the essential
doctrines of Christianity. It denies the deity of Christ, His physical
resurrection, and salvation by grace. This alone makes it
non-Christian. To support its erring doctrines, the Watchtower
organization (which is the author and teacher of all official Jehovah's
Witness theology), has even altered the Bible to make it agree with its
changing and non-Christian teachings.
Typical with cults that use the Bible to
support its position is a host of interpretive errors:
- Taking verses out of their immediate
context.
- Refusing to read verses in the entire
biblical context.
- Inserting their theological
presuppositions into the text.
- Altering the Biblical text to suit
their needs.
- Latching onto one verse to interpret a
host of others.
- Changing the meanings of words.
- Proclaiming some passages to be
figurative when they contradict their doctrines.
- Adding to the Word of God.
Additionally, the Jehovah's Witness organization requires of its members
regular weekly attendance at their "Bible Study" meetings where
they are repeatedly indoctrinated with anti-Christian teachings. This is
done by reading the Watchtower magazine, following along with what it
says, reading the questions it asks, and reciting the answers it
gives. In other words, the Watchtower Organization carefully trains
its members to let the Organization do their thinking for them. For
confirmation of this, please read Does the
Watchtower organization control the JW's thinking?
The Witnesses are told they will be persecuted
when they go door to door teaching their doctrines. They are further
told that this is simply the enemy fighting against God's organization
because they are in "the truth." So, when someone
disagrees with them, they are conditioned to reflect on what the
Watchtower has told them. They then feel confirmed in being in God's
true organization on earth (like all cults claim). They are strongly
encouraged to have friends and acquaintances that are only JW’s, thereby
keeping outside examination to a minimum. They are told to shun those who
leave their group, that way, there is no way to see why someone has left
and no way to find out that they are in error from those who have found
the truth in Christ. They are conditioned to shy away from any real
biblically knowledgeable person. An example of this is frequently
found on the Internet. I was once banned from a Jehovah's Witness
chat room after I not only answered their objections to the Trinity and
deity of Christ, but challenged them in return. Subsequently, my name was
passed around to all other Jehovah's Witness rooms where I was banned from
them as well. This is a frequent occurrence on the Internet where
the Jehovah's Witnesses are alive and well. It is obvious that
critical examination of their doctrines is not encouraged by the
Watchtower Organization.
The Jehovah's Witnesses consider themselves
to be Christians because they believe they are serving the true and living
God. Like many cults, they think they are the only true church on
earth. Yet, they deny the Trinity,
the deity of Christ, the personhood
of the Holy Spirit, Jesus'
physical resurrection, and salvation by grace through faith.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are discouraged
from looking into Jehovah's Witness history or old Watchtower literature
which is replete with contradictions, altered doctrines, and false
prophecies. Instead, they are indoctrinated repeatedly against
basic Christian doctrines (Trinity, deity of Christ, etc) and into the
notion that they alone are the true servants of God and that all others
are either in "Christendom" or simply unbelievers.
Primarily, the Jehovah's Witness
organization is a mind control organization that uses its people to pass
out literature and send in "donations" to the headquarters in
Brooklyn, New York.
"Thus the Bible is an
organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an
organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they
may believe that they can interpret the Bible." The Watchtower,
Oct. 1, 1967. p. 587.
The Watchtower organization of the
Jehovah's Witnesses is a non-Christian organization that uses its people
to promulgate false doctrines, and collects "contributions" for
distribution of a multitudinous amount of literature,
and expand its grip into the lives of its members and their families.
It is a non-Christian cult.
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