Re: Jehovah's Witness
Jee, you guys (and girls) are lucky!
I have the utmost difficulty to get them to visit me.
How do you people succeed? I enjoy talking to them and in reality know their religion better than themselves. Even had the South African college head in my home at one time. Now my home is "marked" and they won't come again :(
Some pointers to differences between mainstream Christianity and Jehovas (also reasons why they are not considered as Christianity but rather an offshoot sect):
- They believe Jesus is an archangel
- They don't believe in hell as a place of torture
- They don't believe in the Tri-Une concept of God
- They believe that they are the only correct way to everlasting life
- They believe only 144 000 can go to heaven - and this number are already full
- They believe they will have families after the Final Day and use their time rectifying/improving the Earth because of all the bad humans have done to it
- They don't believe in violence but don't see anything wrong in having others sin by using violence on their behalf
- They are very tightly controlled and even their visiting (or "witnessing") time and energy are closely documented and scrutinized
- If one of their followers step out of line, they are shunned as being "dead" by even his/her own family
- They have so many doctrines that differ with standard Bible interpretation and translation that they made their own translation changing the Bible to corresponds with their doctrines. They will NEVER give detail to the people that did the translation so one can check the translator's experience or abilities.
- Only the lucky 144 000 are allowed to partake in the Christian Communion
- They don't believe in the Holy Spirit