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08-04-2014 12:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by TheAshWolf
(Post 551818)
Hey, I'm glad you watched the video! ^_^ And I'm glad that we agree on why the world is such a mess--the first step to dealing with a problem is identifying its source, after all.
I can understand how you feel. There are a lot of misconceptions about the Witnesses out there. I assure you, we are Christians, too. We base all of our beliefs firmly on the Bible, and, as you know, the Bible talks about Jesus in great detail. His ransom sacrifice is the only thing that allows us to be forgiven of our sins. And we strive to follow is example in our daily lives.
And Jehovah's Witnesses differ from the Mormons in many, many ways--including the fact that there is no Book of Jehovah's Witnesses like there is the Book of Mormon. (No offense to the Mormons; I'm merely pointing out how we differ.) Although we DO have publications such as the Watchtower and Awake! magazines, these are NOT our interpretations of what the Bible says or anything like that. They are simply study tools for people who want to learn about the Bible in detail. They provide factual evidence and bring up important historical points on a variety of topics to aid in understanding. They also do a lot of cross-referencing between different Bible passages to support the meaning of a particular scripture. In a nutshell, we don't add anything to our publications that isn't already in the Bible. After all, Revelation 22:18, 19 says, "If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll; and if anyone takes anything away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take his portion away from the trees of life." Meaning, anyone who adds to the Bible or takes away part of it will be severely punished and will not have God's approval.
Jehovah's Witnesses simply encourage people to turn to the Bible for answers, and encourage people to live by God's standards.
Mind if I ask, what specific Christian religion do yo belong to? And what beliefs that we don't agree on do you mean? ^_^ I'd be more than happy to explain why Jehovah's Witnesses believe what they believe. Our faith is NOT blind; we have reasons behind it. Because, like I said, all we're doing is turning to the Bible, and following EXACTLY what it says. Many Christian religions teach doctrines that are not actually found in the Bible, which is usually where these disagreements begin.
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Actually since I was raised with my mom being agnostic (I guess?) and my dad being either atheist, agnostic, Buddhist, or a combination of those, I haven't really belonged to any denominations. I don't go to church yet but I'm leaning towards going to a non-denominational one.
Apparently JWs don't celebrate holidays? My aunt and uncle are JWs and I remember one year we didn't put up the Christmas tree because it was Thanksgiving (usually we do it on Thanksgiving) (this was at another relative's) and we had invited them and they came, and we didn't want to sort of celebrate another holiday with them there because we had already invited them to a get together for a holiday they didn't celebrate.
Also apparently JWs reject the Holy Trinity according to this page where more differences can be found. The Holy Trinity is a very important part of Christianity.
The page is http://www.religionfacts.com/jehovah...comparison.htm
I mean I just don't agree with things like not celebrating holidays and not believing in the Holy Trinity, but we're all welcome to our own beliefs.
(By the way if you don't want to call me blossom my name is Belle haha)
Also on an unrelated note woah ok so my brother has speech problems like a stutter and he can't pronounce his r's still and there was this kid who told him he "talks stupid" and hhh people are rude. |
