My Friend and Jehovah Witness

[myMUSICveins]

Well, I've been working out with him for over a year, and as of recently, the past 6-8 months or so, he's had what I thought were Bible studies, and I later learned they were, you guessed it, Jehovah Witnesses.

So I finally glazed on the subject the other night, asking him (knowing the answer already) what kind of Bible study it was.

I asked him how his beliefs differed from say a Christians, and not to his fault, he wasn’t sure exactly beyond saying he/they don't believe in hell.

His reasoning is, a loving God wouldn’t burn people in hell. He proceeded to say everything he’s been learning about is straight out of the Bible, and this just feels "right" to him.

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Now, I don't like to pry, and I'm not going to tell anyone WHAT to believe, but I did lightly rebuttal, and explained my reasoning for why I felt what he said was false.

Now, one thing we did agree on, was Jesus, and that he is the son of God, and died for our sins. Now, to me this is fundamental, and the key reason for my post. If he believes this with his heart, as confused as he might be about the details (Jesus died on a stake, not a cross? no hell, and a few other odd things he said) isn’t he still saved?

I know I don't know all the details, but I know one thing about Jesus, so if he feels the same way, does it matter he may be confused about other things?

[blitzkreig]

I know I don't know all the details, but I know one thing about Jesus, so if he feels the same way, does it matter he may be confused about other things?They teach that Michael the Archangel is Jesus. A created being, and not God.

You will find this web page most enlightening --> http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm

Annihilationism seems to be going around now-a-days. :tsk

The JW organization is a cult. Run don't walk ...

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[newname]

I believe the Jehovah's Witness and Mormon Jesus is what would constitute 'another Jesus' as Paul put it. If anyone preaches another Jesus or another gospel they are cursed.

I still can't figure out the Jehovah's Witness stuff. They must have really changed the Bible. I was reading the other day in Hebrews. Its talking about scripture that is pointed towards angels as opposed to scripture that is pointed towards Jesus. One pointed towards Christ says 'you LORD laid the heavens and the earth....' it's quoting the scriptures - one that is obviously talking about God, and the writer of Hebrews says this is said to the Son........I wonder how the Jehovah's Witness answers that question. Strange.

[HDoggie19]

I have a very good friend who is also a Jehovah's Witness. It breaks my heart. She is not officially into the cult yet, she's "in training." So every night, I pray for God to show her how the JWs are false and give me the words to convince her so. Whenever she talks of God, she refers to him as "Jehovah God" and that always bugs me. Like one time, we prayed together before a meal, and I felt like we were praying to different Gods.
One thing I've been thinking of, is how they insist on calling God by his name. Well, do you call your earthly father by his first name? No, of course not. We honor and respect our fathers by calling them Dad or Papa or whatever. Why would we call the Most High God by his first name? Even Jesus didn't refer to Him in that way.
Even this woman's 7-year-old daughter is brainwashed. She talked to me about how Jesus died on a stake, not a cross. It is so sad.

[happyhiker]

Check out the website www.witforjesus.com. I believe "To Every Man an Answer" recommends this site.

[LLee]

JW's specifically deny that Jesus is God. You can be a little confused about that, but you cannot REJECT that Jesus is God and be saved. I wrote a letter to a JW friend, using her own Bible to show her that even HER Bible confirms that Jesus IS Jehovah. If you're interested, you can read it here:
http://www.geocities.com/christianconcerns/index-JehovahWitness.htm

I've also gathered JW information links on my cult page, here:
http://www.geocities.com/christianconcerns/index.cultinfo.htm