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Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses (view source)
Revision as of 02:45, January 7, 2008
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Perhaps the most famous book on cults in Christian History, Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin, has a chapter on this group. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 18:26, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
Perhaps the most famous book on cults in Christian History, Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin, has a chapter on this group. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 18:26, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
'''Update'''
After looking at this entry for a while, decided to give it a bit of a tweaking to be a little tighter and (hopefully) read a little easier. Noticed some of the above commentary and tried to make updates in line with feedback provided on whatever the former entries had been. For those who are intersted, I've including the following logic/rationale on the updates provided:
* Edited the first line with regard to J.W.'s being a "religious organization which considers itself Christian," but rejects the divinity of Jesus Christ. According to the dictionary, ''Christian'' is defined as: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ, a person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ, or in the religion based on the teachings of Jesus (Merroam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - 10th Edition; Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary - Deluxe 2nd Edition). Their principal magazine, The Watchtower, meets those definitions when it states that it promotes "faith in Jesus Christ, who died so that we might gain everlasting life and who is now ruling as King of God's Kingdom".
* Info re: C.T. Russell ... ran across interesting book by early J.W. (A.H. Macmillan) who gave insight into how the Bible study routine of the J.W.'s got started. Frank S. Mead's ''Handbook of Demoninations in the United States'' (copyright 1970, pages 117-120) noted that J.W.'s use the proof-text method in verifying their beliefs.
* Noted comments regarding previous lack of notation of "controversy" surrounding J.W.'s. and added interesting note from former J.W. president N.H. Knorr regarding infallibilty. While I personally believe it is beneficial to do research on what a religion believes, I'm not one for doing a hack job on them. Have J.W.'s made mistakes (sometimes what some might consider to be whoppers)? Undoubtedly (and I think they usually acknowledge them). Show me a religion that hasn't and I'll show you a religion that isn't doing anything.
I will probably see what else I can round up regarding their beliefs. Rediscovered Leo Rosten's ''Religions of America''.
Respectfully yours, [[User:BibleBrown|BibleBrown]] 21:45, 6 January 2008 (EST)