Posted on 02/25/2011 3:36:52 PM PST by NYer
Poster comment:
Patrick, The first sentence in your post on the Jehovahs Witnesses is incorrect. It was not until 1935 that they came up with the idea of two hopes one heavenly and the other earthly. They began laying the groundwork for the theology change in 1931 with the publication of the book Vindication. On May 31st, 1935, at a convention in Washington DC, the then President of the Watchtower Society, Joseph Rutherford, made clear the distinction.
FYI ping!
It’s enough to make you say, “Hold the magazine, I’ll take the 72 virgins.”
Oh boy.
Another cult thread.
How interesting.
(yawn)
Whether or not only 144,000 people will ascend to heaven during the Rapture is debatable; however, we do know one thing. When Hell is full, the dead will vote in Chicago.
It won’t be a surprise for the rest of the Witnesses, they know they aren’t part of that group.
And as for the rest of humanity - well, that is why they go door to door to share their beliefs so that others too may live forever in a paradise earth.
It is just what they believe they do no harm to anyone.
I’ve always felt a bit sorry for the Jehovah’s Witnesses who would occasionally come knocking at my door, ever since I leafed through a few of their tracts and saw that literalist interpretation about only 144,000 people getting into Heaven.
So, these guys put in endless efforts at these missionary activities, and they have no hope of getting into heaven themselves, according to their odd belief.
I hadn’t realized that none of their women will get into heaven at all. That seems a bit unfair.
What I really want to see is a thread where the Mormons, J-Dubs, Catholics, and Scientologists can have at it with each other over who’s going to hell and whatnot while they stop clogging up the forum with evangelizing tripe posing as actual information.
I was planning on reciting the Islamic Adhan to a group of Jehovah’s witnesses but they rang the doorbell when someone else was home. Oh well there’s always next time ;P
Actually women are part of the 144,000 - that information is incorrect.
Who do they think they are anyway that they can just come up with their own bible and start telling people about theological matters? It’s totally nuts when you think about it.
Now that there is funny, don't care who you are.
I remember a story a while back about a Jehovah witness who ended up rejecting Christianity and religion entirely because he couldn’t stop people from slamming the door in his face.
He now spends 3-5 hours a week evangelizing atheism at Times Square and being very condescending and nasty towards anyone who tries to challenge him to a debate. Of course if you ask him it was because “[he] saw the many logical contradictions in the Bible and discovered it was all nonsense.”
Not that I have anything against Jehovah’s witnesses but...you know.
Based on current population figures, the odds ain't good.
Only 0.00205% of the population would qualify.
144,000
“I do not think there will be that many,” - Prymaat Conehead
Yet, they keep recruiting.
As goofy as the relatively unknown teachings of Mormonism are, Jehovah’s Witness teaching is impossible to take seriously. Their green bible actually omits key scripture, e.g. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
My parents were JW for a very short time. My mother’s sister and her family were JW their entire life.
>>Oh boy.
Another cult thread.
How interesting.
(yawn)<<
I see a lot of yawner threads. You know how you can tell I consider them yawners? I don’t post in them. I ignore them...
...and boring as Hades....
Even if it were possible, I don’t think I would want to be part of the 144,000 that the bible refers to.
First of all, its a reference to 144,000 JEWISH believers, who will be witnesses ON EARTH during the tribulation period.
Everyone else who is saved will already be gone to heaven.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are just another cult that prays upon people who don’t know their bible.
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