Jehovah's Witness
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- arinya0
The point I was making before you got off subject was that your argument is based on incorrect information. People that we do not learn from.
- discipler0
you've lost me, arinya.
- arinya0
Oh yeah Fusion I am! I assume you are as well. =)
- arinya0
Dis your saying that we based our beliefs on the early christian followers. The only early christians we study about are from the scriptures not those other men you sighted.
- fusion410
arinya...
Yes I am. Anyway gotta get home – got the meeting tonight
:)
- discipler0
No. What I was saying is this...
1. The Watchtower teaches that it's beliefs are the same as the early Christians, from just after the Apostolic era and the closing of the canon of scripture.
2. I was demonstrating, by direct quotes from said early Christians, that this claim by the Watchtower is completely false. And that the teachings of the early Christians support traditional Christian doctrine.
- Mimio0
Fusion it's also interesting that Hebrews don't share the Xtian view of Satan either.
- discipler0
How's that Mimio, since the Hebrew scriptures portray him as a cognizant personal being, just as the Greek scriptures do?
- arinya0
Mimiio what is Xtian?
- discipler0
that's slang for "Christian".
- Mimio0
Jews don't believe satan is out to destroy mankind, they consider him a tester of God's will. Not an enemy.
- discipler0
Ah. Well, I'm sure there are plenty of areas that Jews differ from Christians. ;)
- arinya0
Dis. I just said we don't learn or are taught anything in respects to any christians following the faithful followers in the scriptures.
- discipler0
Oh, well... I actually have Watchtower literature here which cites early church believers out of context in support of Watchtower teachings.
- Mimio0
I'm basically saying that the NT and xtianity, are inventions on top of an already existing religion. More retro-fitted than spiritual continuation.
- arinya0
Really? What book is it?
- discipler0
Sounds like an argument from silence. Especially when you consider the volume of Hebrew scripture passages which point towards and prophesy of the coming savior. Where he would be born, what he would accomplish, etc...
The N.T. completes the O.T..
- discipler0
arinya, there are a few publications where they do this. The most notorious one that was exposed for blatant dishonesty in this regard, is called "Should You Believe In the Trinity".
- discipler0
Must run, peeps.
Chat tomorrow if you are so fortunate. ;)
- Mimio0
You're looking at it incorrectly. If someone had knowledge of the OT they could create a new text that would fulfill every prophesy. The Authors of the synoptic gospels aren't mentioning those fulfillments out of the blue, they're crafting the messiah.