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anglagard
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Message 374 of 517 (515633)
07-20-2009 3:01 AM
Reply to: Message 373 by slevesque
07-20-2009 1:17 AM


Re: Jehovah Witnesses are STILL a Christian cult
slevesque writes:
These disputes were settled once and for all (well, supposedly) only during the councils in the years following the death of Constantine
It appears to me that such disputes were not settled very well, as there are several unusual denominations that grew out of the 'great awakening' in the US in the 1830's. Each has the mark of stating that the NT needed a supplement from a new prophet to be fully appreciated and understood.
The most obvious is of course from Joseph Smith in creating Mormonism, but one also has the Seventh-Day Adventists, who thrived on the failure of prophecies concerning the second coming. We also have the Southern Baptists, who split off due to their support of slavery in 1845. Perhaps their prophet was John C. Calhoun.
After the Civil War, we get the infallibles like Mary Baker Eddy of Christian Science fame, or Ellen G. White of the 7ths. The latter, after being kicked in the head by a horse and having subsequent seizures, dreamed of a literal 7 day creation. Now all 7ths have to kowtow to the party line in opposing science.
Nowadays we have televangelists who blame homosexuals for hurricanes, and democrats for earthquakes. And L. Ron Hubbard creating a fake religion to win a $1000 bet.
Manson, Jim Jones, and Koresh are the ultimate goal of those who sold their soul, just like the child murdering suicide bombers of a corrupted Islam.
JWs are no more or no less than another weird, latter day prophet version of Christianity. At least they don't suicide bomb schoolchildren, collect firearms for any imagined immanent second coming, or even wake you up on Saturday at 8am anymore.
They are just stuck with the likes of Peg as a spokesperson.

Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

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