Can Jehovah's witnesses be saved

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So I have an important question, I was raised in a jws family, but I realized that the Catholic Church is the right religion 👍
But I’m really afraid for my family because they are still jws 😦
I asked some Protestants and they said that jws can’t be saved because they are not chosen, which made me really sad.
I don’t want to go to heaven if my family is going to hell :dts:
So what do Catholics teach, can my family be saved outside of the church?

Thank you
 
Good question the Watchtower organization is just a cult,like Jim Jones of Jonestown or David Koresh.

People have exited theses other cults,I myself was born Jehovah’s Witness in 1957 and didn’t see the light until 1992.

Best regards,Danny Haszard
 
bpp85 said:
So what do Catholics teach, can my family be saved outside of the church?
Thank you
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No. For “outside the Church there is no salvation.” On the other hand, “God, in ways known to Himself, can lead those inculpably ignorant of the Gospel to find that faith without which it is impossible to please Him (Heb. 11:6)” (Ad Gentes, 7).

The faith “without which it is impossible to please Him” is the Catholic faith.

The Council of Constance, Session 8: “We learn from the writings and deeds of the holy fathers that the catholic faith without which (as the Apostle says) it is impossible to please God…”

The Council of Trent, in its Decree on Original Sin, also refers to “our Catholic faith, without which it is impossible to please God.” Because the Catholic faith that saves is a gift that is prompted by the prevenient grace of God and made saving in the sacrament of baptism, “which is the sacrament of faith, without which (faith) no man was ever justified” (Trent), a Jehovah’s Witness would have to, before death, be joined to the Catholic Church through faith and by baptism.

And God is able to do this “in ways known to Himself” for those who are “inculpably ignorant”. He can do this through the preaching of the Holy Spirit directly in the heart, through the Voice of the Spirit, the Word of God (cf. CCC para. 848). And when God does this, the person is no longer “outside the Church.”

Whether inculpably ignorant or not, Jehovah’s Witnesses are, “objectively speaking,” in a “gravely deficient situation” (Dominus Iesus). So let us witness and pray, hope against hope, and never despair.

This is my understanding that the Lord has given me. May God bless you and your family. I will pray for you all.
 
Jw’s going to heaven would have to be based on there sincerity.

Because they are anti church, they are against any church. And they are very anti Catholic.
 
DannyHaszard said:
Good question the Watchtower organization is just a cult,like Jim Jones of Jonestown or David Koresh.

People have exited theses other cults,I myself was born Jehovah’s Witness in 1957 and didn’t see the light until 1992.

Defenition of cult: System of religious worship; devotion or thing!!! catholicsm could be defined as a cult. The word cult has become associated with a derogatory term for transient “fads”, are the jehovah witness folk a transient fad, and can you seriously place them in the same league as Jim Jones and David Koresh?
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Pete_Holter said:
No. For “outside the Church there is no salvation.”

I could have left all of the post in but this piece says rather alot. So a person who lives their life harming no one and helping those who are in need, and thier only “weakness” for want of a better word, is that they are not part of the catholic faith, cannot recieve salvation. surely God has more compassion than that?
And as for the bit about being inculpably ignorant of the gospels, then in the compassion stakes… I rest my case!!!
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magisterfaust said:
I could have left all of the post in but this piece says rather alot. So a person who lives their life harming no one and helping those who are in need, and thier only “weakness” for want of a better word, is that they are not part of the catholic faith, cannot recieve salvation. surely God has more compassion than that?
And as for the bit about being inculpably ignorant of the gospels, then in the compassion stakes… I rest my case!!!
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As i understand it, the Catholic Church says that salvation is possible outside of the church if the person is sincere, just like a person can be saved without baptism, then it’s called baptism by desire, so this can be salvation by desire or something 😃
If i’m wrong other catholics can correct me :o
And in my experience i think that protestants have less compassionate salvation, my protestant friend told me that mentally ill people go to hell, what would you say to that :cool:
 
bpp85; That about the protestants I didn’t know, thanx for that one. I happen to work with people with mental health issues and disabilities and I find the notion that the protestants hold such an abhorent view on the subject of mental illness. It may appear that i am having a pop at the catholic faith, and this is not my intention.
 
bpp85 said:
I asked some Protestants and they said that jws can’t be saved because they are not chosen, which made me really sad.
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Not all Protestants would agree with the ones you asked. In fact, I think most would not. Calvinist protestants might say that but generally they believe that if a JW was to be Saved that God would make it happen before their death. The Arminian Protestants believe that anyone can be saved, with God all things are possible.
 
magisterfaust said:
and can you seriously place them in the same league as Jim Jones and David Koresh?
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Cult Help and Information - Cult or Ministers of God? by David …**In fact, Jehovah’s Witnesses are a deadly cult. **A single sentence in the February 15, 1994 Watchtower article admits
culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=311&Itemid=8

Know this… far more men,women,children have died from the Watchtower cult’s deadly flip-flopping bogus man made blood transfusion ban then died at Waco and Jonestown combined.

I was THERE born JW in 1957 got bleeding severe Ulcerative Colitis at age 13 in 1970 in and out of hospitals and nearly died many times confronted with the JW 'blood issue.So,I am not just a JW basher I am a Watchtower cult victim of their twisted dogmas.

Thank you,Danny Haszard
 
Syele said:
Not all Protestants would agree with the ones you asked. In fact, I think most would not. Calvinist protestants might say that but generally they believe that if a JW was to be Saved that God would make it happen before their death. The Arminian Protestants believe that anyone can be saved, with God all things are possible.
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I know that all protestants don’t believe that, i said that my protestant friends told me that my family is going to hell because they are not chosen and they told me that they believe that mentally ill people go to hell because of original sin and because they can’t accept Jesus.:mad:
 
Pete_Holter said:
No. For “outside the Church there is no salvation.” On the other hand, “God, in ways known to Himself, can lead those inculpably ignorant of the Gospel to find that faith without which it is impossible to please Him (Heb. 11:6)” (Ad Gentes, 7).

The faith “without which it is impossible to please Him” is the Catholic faith.

The Council of Constance, Session 8: “We learn from the writings and deeds of the holy fathers that the catholic faith without which (as the Apostle says) it is impossible to please God…”

The Council of Trent, in its Decree on Original Sin, also refers to “our Catholic faith, without which it is impossible to please God.” Because the Catholic faith that saves is a gift that is prompted by the prevenient grace of God and made saving in the sacrament of baptism, “which is the sacrament of faith, without which (faith) no man was ever justified” (Trent), a Jehovah’s Witness would have to, before death, be joined to the Catholic Church through faith and by baptism.

And God is able to do this “in ways known to Himself” for those who are “inculpably ignorant”. He can do this through the preaching of the Holy Spirit directly in the heart, through the Voice of the Spirit, the Word of God (cf. CCC para. 848). And when God does this, the person is no longer “outside the Church.”

Whether inculpably ignorant or not, Jehovah’s Witnesses are, “objectively speaking,” in a “gravely deficient situation” (Dominus Iesus). So let us witness and pray, hope against hope, and never despair.

This is my understanding that the Lord has given me. May God bless you and your family. I will pray for you all.
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There is no salvation in the Catholic church or any church.

There is salvation in no other than the blood of Christ.
The council of constance or trent are secondary to the Word of God.

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a Jehovahs witness can be saved, yes. Through their own ignorance of truth and knowing no different, yet following God’s will to the best of their ability. There is a possibility of salvation. This would mean that in some implicit way, this person would be part of the Body of Christ and therefore part of the Catholic church, implicitly. There is no salvation outside of the church.
 
justinthemartyr said:
a Jehovahs witness can be saved, yes. Through their own ignorance of truth and knowing no different, yet following God’s will to the best of their ability. There is a possibility of salvation. This would mean that in some implicit way, this person would be part of the Body of Christ and therefore part of the Catholic church, implicitly. There is no salvation outside of the church.
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That’s exactly what i think 🙂
 
First bbp85 we all join you in prayer for the salvation of your family. And, no one on earth knows who will respond to the gospel. So, there is always hope they will come to the truth.

Fact is, they are following a false gospel ( gal 1 ), they have another Jesus ( 2 cor 11 ), and follow one of those false christs.

Your job is to share the gospel with them and to pray for them, so do it.

Listen to the catholic podcasts on witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses. catholicxjw.com/doctrines.html Read any book you can find on witnessing to them, even protestant ones.

Be Prepared to give an answer ( I peter 3:15 ). preach to them in and out of season. Don’t use Romans 2:15 as an excuse to avoid doing your part. Seek out others who are ex-jws, to bounce ideas off of for sharing with your family.

Use the overlooked apologetic of sharing praise music with them.

Galatians 1:6-8 (New International Version)

6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 (New International Version - UK)

3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
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4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
 
bbp85 The watchtower is about to suffer a major shock when its members finaly realize that the generation of 1914 is basicly gone.

I hear that they won’t stop or question new people who consume the bread and wine, so there about to open the way for new 144,000!

The watchtower will be fighting for its life if all these changes don’t go over smothly.

Do you think your family won’t be able to figure any of this out?
 
excaliber said:
bbp85 The watchtower is about to suffer a major shock when its members finaly realize that the generation of 1914 is basicly gone.

I hear that they won’t stop or question new people who consume the bread and wine, so there about to open the way for new 144,000!

The watchtower will be fighting for its life if all these changes don’t go over smothly.

Do you think your family won’t be able to figure any of this out?
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Well jws always seem to find a way to manipulate their members :rolleyes:
 
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