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by Anonymous on December 16th, 2005

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses believe they are the only true religion?

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  • by Perryman on May 31st, 2006

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    The organization that most closley follows the footsteps of Jesus Christ would be the only true religion in the eyes of the one who matters most, God the Father. This would mean upholding the standards of Christ, living a clean Christian lifestyle. Talking the talk and walking the walk. Like Christ, being "no part of the world".
    Preaching the good news of God's kingdom.
    Does that sound like anyone that you know in your community?

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  • by pugwashjw65 on January 20th, 2006

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    On the basis of obeying God's requirements through study of the scriptures, YES.
    Examples; Matthew 23;9. They do not address any member as 'Father'. Even those guiding the congregation.
    Exodus 3;13-15 and 6;3. They use Almighty God's personal name, Jehovah.
    They regard Jesus Christ as the son of Almighty God. And note that Jesus always directed worship to his Father, in heaven.
    Proverbs 8;22-30. They consider that Jesus was Almighty God's very first creation, before even the universe or the angels. Jesus was also 'begotten' enabling him to be sent to earth as a man.
    Matthew 7; 7,8 and Luke 11;9. They continually seek and study the scriptures, knowing that obvious facts are veiled from those 'who are perishing' 2 Corinthians 4;3.
    They are the ONLY organisation in the world OBEYING to the full, the scripture at Matthew 28; 19,20. Considering the number of people in the world, simple logic and maths will show that individual priests/rabbis/pastors by themselves cannot achieve the results asked for in this scripture. Pope john Paul 11 in a newspaper article called for such a huge work, for Catholics to 'evangelise' their neighbours, but only with the teachings of Vatican 11. The Bible was not mentioned.
    Mormons do a door to door ministry, but again using the 'Book of Mormon', and rarely the Bible..
    They consider that the door to door work can only be achieved with the help of God's holy Spirit, his power. This power is not regarded as a 'third person', Thus the concept of the Trinity is rejected.
    In answer to three commenters. 1. Findtruth; Just copying Jesus. A positive result is immediately seen. Or a negative. The important thing is not converting but making sure that everyone has been told. Its up to them if they act on the knowledge gained.2. Humblezyte; The J.W.'s LACK of belief in the trinity doctrine is Bible based. Those who fervently believe in it may not get a result until Armageddon.
    3. Smitty 777. Almighty God's personal name is stated very clearly at Exodus 3; 13-15 and 6;3. 13 Nevertheless, Moses said to the [true] God: “Suppose I am now come to the sons of Israel and I do say to them, ‘The God of YOUR forefathers has sent me to YOU,’ and they do say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14 At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to YOU.’” 15 Then God said once more to Moses:

    “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘Jehovah the God of YOUR forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to YOU.’ This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation.
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    3 And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but as respects my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them
    THE LAST LINE SAYS IT ALL.
    Jehovah is simply the english equivalent of the Hebrew YHWH or YaHWeH. This original name had no vowels, so the pronunciation has been lost. God does want us to use his personal name, just like we would with a personal friend.

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  • by pugwashjw65 on January 22nd, 2006

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    The door to door work is following Jesus' example. As to ' modernise', the society has the world's BEST printing setup. Door to door makes it very personal. Whether the society spoke to you or presented you with a gold leaf bound book, I doubt if you would take heed. The simple fact that you have read bible information here and taken no note puts any blood-guilt on your own head.
    BLOODGUILT

    At times the Hebrew word for “blood” (dam; plural, da·mim´) refers to guilt incurred by the shedding of innocent blood and is thus rendered “bloodguilt.”—Ex 22:2, ftn; 1Ki 2:37, ftn.

    “Hands that are shedding innocent blood” have been one of the most detestable things to Jehovah ever since righteous Abel’s blood cried out from the ground. (Pr 6:16, 17; Ge 4:10; Ps 5:6) Men also have long been aware of the sacredness of blood; when Noah and his family came out of the ark they were informed of the dire consequences befalling those upon whom there was bloodguilt.—Ge 9:6; 37:21, 22; 42:22.

    In due time laws were published, spelling out what constituted crimes worthy of death, and in this way, everyone could avoid doing that which would bring bloodguilt upon his own head. Other legislation was enacted as preventive safeguard to protect people from spilling innocent blood. Parapets had to be built around the edge of the flat-topped houses so people would not fall off. (De 22:8) A man had to provide safeguards to prevent his bull from goring people. (Ex 21:29) If a thief was killed while breaking in at night, there was no bloodguilt; but if he was killed during the daylight, it was a different matter. (Ex 22:2, 3) Cities of refuge were set up to protect the accidental manslayer from the avenger of blood. (Nu 35:25; De 19:9, 10; Jos 20:2, 3; see AVENGER OF BLOOD.) If Ezekiel failed in his duty as a watchman to Israel, the blood of the inhabitants would be upon him. (Eze 3:18, 20; 33:6, 8) With this in mind we find understandable what the apostle Paul meant when he said that he was innocent of bloodguilt.—Ac 18:6; 20:26.

    The Bible lists both those that were free of bloodguilt and those that were not free of it, and these well serve as warning examples. There was Saul, who at one time escaped bloodguilt because he refrained from killing David; yet later Saul brought bloodguilt upon his whole household when he foolishly killed off some of the Gibeonites. (1Sa 19:5, 6; 2Sa 21:1) There were others too that in various ways became bloodguilty. (Jg 9:24; 2Sa 1:16; 4:6-12) David, on the other hand, escaped such guilt when he heeded Jehovah’s warning sent to him through Abigail. (1Sa 25:24-26, 31, 33) The city of Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E. because of gross bloodguilt. (Eze 22:2-4; 23:37, 45) The false religious leaders of Jesus’ day could not deny their bloodguiltiness any more than the leaders of Jeremiah’s time, for, in both instances, their skirts were crimson red with the blood of Jehovah’s faithful ones. (Jer 2:34; Mt 23:35, 36; 27:24, 25; Lu 11:50, 51) The great “harlot” Babylon the Great is so bloodguilty that she is said to be drunk with the blood of Jehovah’s people.—Re 17:5, 6; 18:24.
    And once again, for smitty 777. Comments and even criticism is good, but please support your comments with checkable facts. If you are just here to 'bag' witnesses or scripture, it will come across to other readers of this forum and pretty soon you will be 'bagged'

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  • by Tavonjeho on January 12th, 2007

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    Ofcourse they do

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  • by Hellaphunt's Skynet on May 31st, 2006

    Hellaphunt's Skynet

    You cannot be a true believer of one faith and consider that another faith is right.

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  • by Anonymous on September 27th, 2006

    Anonymous

    Of course they do. And then again so do the Catholics, Protestants, Jihadists, Jews, Hindus, Moonies, devil-worshipers, and atheists. To find out if it is the truth, one only needs to compare the organization's teachings with worldly sources and from those who were once involved but have become sick and tired of the lies, hypocrisy, and stuck-up attitude of its leaders. If the religion was reasonably true, the ex-members would be blatantly obviously lying. But if the religion is crap, the ex-member stories should make more sense than the official site. Anyone thinking of joining the JW's or any new religion needs to research both sides before coming to a decision, because they ALL claim to be the only true religiion.

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