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Belshazzar
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I’ve got a heel spur on my left foot and walking from door to door to door is absolutely unthinkable right now.
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Lenten_ashes
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I think the #1 reason is itching ears.
People cant just be satisfied with the Word of God the way it is, they want updates from the watchtower instead.
People cant just be satisfied with the Word of God the way it is, they want updates from the watchtower instead.
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adamhovey1988
Guest
Inconsistency in theology.
catholic.com/tracts/stumpers-for-the-jehovahs-witnesses
catholic.com/tracts/more-stumpers-for-the-jehovahs-witnesses
catholic.com/blog/trent-horn/jehovah’s-witnesses-and-the-cross
Charles Taze Russell grave (has a cross on it)
image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/310/5591_125764693742.jpg
catholic.com/tracts/stumpers-for-the-jehovahs-witnesses
catholic.com/tracts/more-stumpers-for-the-jehovahs-witnesses
catholic.com/blog/trent-horn/jehovah’s-witnesses-and-the-cross
Charles Taze Russell grave (has a cross on it)
image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/310/5591_125764693742.jpg
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Michael_Allen
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I would never convert if I never heard a compelling argument to convert (either an argument to show that JW had a better insight into ‘truth’ or that JW led to a better way of living than could be done without being JW).
So far I haven’t heard a compelling argument, but I haven’t had much exposure to JW.
I’m not averse to looking at what different faiths might teach me, so if there was something you think is compelling and unique about JW then I would certainly be willing to listen.
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Graceful_Lamb
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I would never convert to be a JW, because it isn’t the Truth. They don’t believe that Jesus is their Savior. They don’t believe in celebrating Christmas or any other holiday. They believe that all holidays are man made. They don’t believe in having their picture taken. They don’t celebrate birthdays, anniversaries.
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adf417
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The only way you can become a JW is to be fully taught through fellowship by another JW which I think is a good paridigm. The problem I have is that no JW to date has been able to tell me the “who taught who” all the way back to Christ. They come to a complete halt at or around the the 17th century. This would be most important for a “bible believing” organization that professes the bible as their sole rule of faith, did not have A bible of their own till 1950.
Peace!!!
Peace!!!
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drac16
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Because they falsely predicted the end of the world (several times). Moreover, their Bible translation is dubious. One of the marks of a false religion is that it changes all the time. If they had had the truth all along, they wouldn’t have had to adjust their end-of-the-world prophecies.
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SAVINGRACE
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Because I am responsible for my own salvation and the only way to secure that is through receiving and understanding the Truth. There can only be one Truth and JH don’t teach Truth. Not saying they are liars, they don’t know any better. 
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thecolorsblend
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The JW’s are not Trinitarian. That’s a big problem right there. But it looks like their entire religion exists as a method of covering their founder’s mistaken prediction about Our Lord’s return.
The few times JW’s have come to my door, I think they’ve been a bit rude. They mostly start off with the assumption that I’m some hopeless, heartless, godless, philandering, child-aborting, drug-using heathen and they’re here to set me straight. Say whatever you want about the Mormons; they’re at least prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt. The JW’s? Less so.
All of this is not to speak of the fact that I’ve never been able to shake my suspicion that they’re a cult.
LaughingBoy1503
Well-known member
The number one reason…
I can not take their religious beliefs serious because they cannot prove that The Early Church believed like how they believe. I have heard at least one Jehovah’s witness claim that The Early Churches’ beliefs were very similar to Jehovah’s witnesses of today but that person could not prove it at all. Their doctrine contradicts Early Church documents and its interpretation of scripture. Their interpretations of scripture are obviously new. I would rather trust the disciples of the apostles and their interpretations of scripture and recorded history over some man and his organization that came along 1800 years later and claim that everyone was wrong after the apostles died until their organization came along but they cannot prove it at all. Also the restoration movements of the 1800 render their organization not as unique as I am sure they would like to believe that it is. Mormons and 7th day Adventists popped up around the same time The JW’s did. I wonder how many other restoration movements popped up around that time but died out.
They just have no credibility at all to me. With that said, I like how dedicated most of them are to their works even though I believe that they are incorrect in a lot of what they preach (the main one being their rejection of Christs divinity) and I also like their friendliness.
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jeffrey_erwin
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**The early Church did not have the “Just War Doctrine.” That was instituted after the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
JW theology does not subscribe to the Just War Doctrine, so in that respect there is a similarity.
I like the JW people and always invite them in. **
JW theology does not subscribe to the Just War Doctrine, so in that respect there is a similarity.
I like the JW people and always invite them in. **
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TruthSeeker319
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Because they do not have the Real Presence of Jesus Christ has he is in the Eucharist. That’s the same reason I am not anything other than Catholic.
I want Jesus, Jesus is with the Catholic Church.
I want Jesus, Jesus is with the Catholic Church.
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Miriam1947
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Because if you leave you will be shunned by all including your entire family.
Not a Christ like religion at all.
Not a Christ like religion at all.
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Wannano
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It seems cultish to me to follow an organization who provides and mandates all the answers to life’s questions and then claims to be the one and only true revelation of God.
It interests me to see how many really like to have someone decide for them what to believe.
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Lenten_ashes
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Hi Wanna
One question i would have for JW, LDS or the others…tell me about your pedigree?
If they cant trace their lineage back to the Lord then they are likely a cult.
That is not fair.
It’s doesn’t sound reasonable to call Anglicans, Lutherans or Presbyterians cults, and yet they cannot trace their origins to the apostles.
The brush is therefore broad.
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Lenten_ashes
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No, they can’t. Anglicans lost apostolic succession during the reign of Edward VI.
But as you say, they can’t be called a cult, just another form of Christianity.
And yes, JW’s have a cultish tinge to them.
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adamhovey1988
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Anglican orders are and void according to Apostolica Curae. Either way, those groups are hardly cults
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WillyAL
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Hmmmm. The exact reason a JW might give when asked why he didn’t want to be a Catholic.
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