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Posted by Just Passing Through (Member # 1864) on :

My cousin has a friend who often visits her and sleeps over when she comes to town to visit her family that lives near my cousin---- my cousin is a Christian friend is a J. W. they often get in bible talks---now with love I am saying my cousin has a week mind,always been this way, you could talk her into anything----she is always wanting me to come there to talk to her friend-- I keep telling her no---you cant change a J.W. mind, most times---I am so afraid she will mess up my cousins mind with her stuff---she does not believe in hel and so many other things --its so sad----I keep telling my cousin she shouldnt be talking to her about bible to this person---now I know of one place in the bible that tels you about someone comming to you preaching a different message than your---2 JN 1-10,11 do you know of anymore---also advice that I can tell my cousin-----Thanks

Posted by INRI (Member # 1465) on :

Just Passing Through,

Here are some excellent resources about Jehovah's Witnesses [their history, distinct beliefs, and ways to refute them] you will want to view, print out and give to your cousin.

http://www.catholic.com/library/Are_They_Awake_on_the_Watchtower.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/Distinctive_Beliefs_of_Jehovahs.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/God_of_the_Jehovah_Witnesses.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/History_of_the_Jehovah_Witnesesses.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/More_Stumpers_for_Jehovah_Wit.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/Strategies_of_Jehovah_Witness.asp

http://www.catholic.com/library/Stumpers_for_Jehovah_Witnesse.asp

If you are hesitant towards Catholicism, not to worry, these tracts will not be pushing Catholic doctrine but rather informing all Christians about the Jehovah's Witnesses. We as Christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, share this very same concern because this quasi-Christian sect is leading Christians away from the truth everyday. Often when JW's engage in bible talk it is for the expressed purpose of leading the recipient to the Watch Tower.

I will pray for your cousin, peace and GOD Bless!

Posted by Chuck_Slotter (Member # 1632) on :

I recommend the book "Reasoning through the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses" by Dr. Ron Rhodes.

Dr. Ron Rhodes is also online at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ronrhodes/

Posted by Tyme (Member # 3017) on :

Tell her God Loves her.

How she chose to show her Love to God is her Choice.

Tyme.

Posted by Caretaker (Member # 36) on :

JW's are a cult and do not worship the Jesus of the Bible, the Word who is God manifest in the flesh.

http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm

Posted by Endoxos (Member # 2929) on :

For a long time, I shared their beliefs. Point out Isaiah 9:6 ("For he shall be called... Eternal Father, Mighty God..."). There is only two possible solutions to that: 1.) Either Jesus is a lesser god (then point out that that is polytheism, belief in two gods, a greater and lesser God, which goes against their ingrained "God is one" overkill) [if this is the case, bring up John 1:1. Either He *IS* God, or he is a lesser god, then remind them Isaiah 43:10 "...Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me." They believe Jesus was a created being. Either Jesus IS God, or is a lesser god created after God.] or 2.) Jesus is God, simple as that.

As to convincing them about hell... go to http://www.livingwaters.com. There's a whole slew of stuff there that will help.

But a word of warning. They (generally) do not believe the Bible is inerrant, and rely upon the Watchtower heavily. They ignore the OT and abandon it as being nothing more than history. And although they are deeply into prophecy (studying the words of those around Jesus and God), they will take the words of Jesus alone instead of the people around Him (ie it doesn't matter if Timothy said to Jesus "My Lord and my God", if Jesus didn't say He was God, then He isn't God). They will also take the words of Jesus above those of God's.

Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :

you should be concerned for your cousin, especially if she is not well studied and strong in her faith.

The JW do not believe in the Jesus of Christianity. They believe that Jesus was a created being... the arch angel Michael.

They deny the diety of Christ and thus they deny Christ.

They believe that man is not able to study scripture and rightly divide the word except with the aide of the watchtower society.

They are a very dangerous cult and it is very difficult to break through to one of them because they risk complete excommunication from their friends and family if they speak against the watchtower society.

Posted by Endoxos (Member # 2929) on :

Their Bible is also a vile translation. Words are inserted where they do not belong (ie "Jehovah" in the NT, "Jesus created all *other* things", etc), they change words to avoid Jesus-worship passages ("He did obescience to Him" instead of "He worshipped Him"), they even completely rewrite passages (instead of "Thy throne, o God, goes on forever and ever", it reads essentially "God is your eternal throne", which doesn't make *ANY* sense, Jesus can't sit on God as a throne! He's not a chair!),