How A Witness Might Respond to Doctrinal Errors

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  • ChristFollower
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    The following is fallacious logic:

    "Well we might be wrong on this but this matter is not as bad as teaching that God burns sinners in a fiery hell forever like some religion of Christendom do. I do not feel that chronology (or some other matter) affects my relationship with Jehovah and his organization."
    First, it is side stepping the issue. The issue is doctinal errors (major errors) made by anonymous, un-educated, "un-inspired" men who simultaneously claim to be "the only channel of communication from God to men" (that's what Christ claims for himself, btw). Is God lying to them? Or is God vauge in communicating His message to them? Or are they just way to incompetent to get the message right?

    The objection is like saying "Ya, we may be wrong, but at least we got no money". What does that have to do with anything? It sides steps the issue and attempts to place the blame elsewhere.

    Second, it isn't even accurate or factual. In the protestant religion, there is the following declaration that is some 500 years old. Please note that it does not teach "hell fire" it teaches hell is a place of torments - meaning you don't want to be there, regardless if there are flames or not. Hell is complete seperation from God. Heaven is where the redeemed say to God "Thy will be done." Hell is the place where God says to the lost "Thy will be done". In other words, they want nothing to do with God, so it is a kindness that they don't have to be forced to be in the presence of God. But, it is not pleasant.

    "I. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption:(Genesis 3:19) but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them:(Luke 23:43, Ecclesiastes 12:7) the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies.(Hebrews 12:23, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8; Philippians 1:23; Acts 3:21; Ephesians 4:100 And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day.(Luke 16:23-24; Acts 1:25; Jude 6-7; 1 Peter 3:19) Besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none."

    The problem, partly, is that they really have no idea what Christians believe. They only know the SimpleThink(tm) the WT-Borg has taught them.

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