Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Misconceptions about JW's (Re: Lazarus again) Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 08:59:13 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 45 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , cadence!stevep@uunet.uu.net (Steve Peterson) writes: ****(alan@syacus wrote the bit below to which Steve replies) |> >Also, they do not believe that Christ paid their debt in |> >full at Calvary, thus their belief in a mixture of faith in |> >"another Jesus" (2 Corr 11:4) and works for salvation. And Charles |> Taze |> >Russell certainly came and preached another Jesus back in the late |> 1800's. |> |> What has ever left you with this idea? Did you get this info from |> Jehovah's |> Witnesses or someone who writes anti-JW books? |> Do you mean "anti-JW PEOPLE" or "anti-JW DOCTRINE" books ??? I personnally have never seen an "anti-JW" book, or an "anti-Mormon", or an "anti-Seventh Day Adventist", or an "anti-Christian Scientist", et hoc genus omne, book. I have only read books that examine the DOCTRINES of the above groups and compare them with the Bible. The conclusion that most authors reach is that the group's doctrines are not based solely on the Bible, but on the teachings of that particular groups prophet. Of these books that condemn doctrines as being not based in scripture, EVERY author has stated clearly that it is the doctrines that are being 'attacked', not those who believe those doctrines. I have noticed (in my interaction with some of the above groups) that SDA's, JW's, etc. Find it hard to distinguish between the doctrines that they believe and their own personal identity. (There have been books written on the psychology of the 'cults' [no disparagement meant in the use of the term 'cult' !] - go look in your local library !!!). That is, any 'attack' on the doctrines of such 'sensitive' people will be interpreted as personal disparagement !!! BTW, (just out of interest) the JW's that I have talked to (here in Wellington) don't like being called 'christian' (they don't follow Christ, they say). Jim. [Actually, it's not that uncommon to see books that attack not only doctrines but the character of leaders of the churches. --clh]