tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post2629906016191450734..comments2023-04-17T21:27:49.092+08:00Comments on Jesus <i>is</i> Jehovah!: The Watchtower's false teaching against Christmas #1: Not celebrated by early ChristiansStephen E. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-166639362514087482013-10-21T10:32:17.008+08:002013-10-21T10:32:17.008+08:00Anonymous
>I am glad that the Witnesses explai...Anonymous<br /><br />>I am glad that the Witnesses explain their non celibration of Christmas in a more understandable way than this exhaustive critisism. <br /><br />As my post above states:<br /><br />1) the only reason the Watchtower cult prohibits JWs from celebrating Christmas (and Easter and birthdays) is because it wants to cut them off from non-JW family and friends so that they are more under Watchtower control; and<br /><br />2) the Watchtower is in breach of its own NWT Bible's command that "each" should be "fully convinced in his own mind" whether to "judge... one day (which includes Christmas and Easter) as above another":<br /><br />"One [man] judges one day as above another; another [man] judges one day as all others; let each [man] be fully convinced in his own mind." (<a href="http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/romans/14/?cb=nwt#v45014005" rel="nofollow">Rom 14:5</a> NWT).<br /><br />and "no man" should "judge" another "in respect of a festival" (which again includes Christmas and Easter": <br /><br />"Therefore let no man judge YOU in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath;" (<a href="http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/colossians/2/?cb=nwt#v51002016" rel="nofollow">Col 2:16</a> NWT).<br /><br />But if you are a JW who chooses to believe the Watchtower over the Bible; and be more under the control of the Watchtower cult's control, then that's your problem.<br /><br />Not only are you not earning any rewards from Jehovah (<a href="http://jesusisyhwh.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/jesus-is-jehovah.html" rel="nofollow">who is Jesus</a>) from disobeying His but you are earning His punishment when you stand before Him (not the Watchtower) at the Last Judgment:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/bi12/books/2-corinthians/5/#v47005010" rel="nofollow">2Cor 5:10</a> NWT For we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of the Christ, that each one may get his award for the things done through the body, according to the things he has practiced, whether it is good or vile.<br /><br />Stephen E. Jones<br /><a href="http://jesusisyhwh.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/jesus-is-jehovah.html" rel="nofollow">Jesus <i>IS</i> Jehovah!</a>Stephen E. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-54798789564937112892013-10-21T06:17:02.894+08:002013-10-21T06:17:02.894+08:00I am glad that the Witnesses explain their non cel...I am glad that the Witnesses explain their non celibration of Christmas<br />in a more understandable way than this exhaustive critisism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-76641213180075901042009-12-21T06:27:15.966+08:002009-12-21T06:27:15.966+08:00Daniel7
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>Yes The So...Daniel7<br /> <br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />>Yes The Society did celebrate Christmas at one time ,<br /><br />It was not just for "one time" but for <i>47 years</i> (1879-1926). <br /><br />>but was humble enough and God fearing enough to admit they were wrong and make the need changes to root out false worship.<br /><br />So all the Society's members and leaders (including its founder C.T. Russell) for the first 1/3rd of its history were, on its own admission, all guilty of "false worship"!<br /><br />And the Society is still guilty of false worship because, on its own admission, JWs pray through an angel, Michael the Archangel, aka. Jesus, to God:<br /><br />"Nevertheless, we need to learn the proper approach to God ... we are required to pray in Jesus’ name, recognizing Jesus as the sole channel through which God’s blessings are extended to all mankind." ("Let Your Petitions Be Made Known to God," WT, 9/1/06, p.28).<br /><br />"The angel foremost in power and authority is Michael the archangel, or Jesus Christ." ("Angels—How They Affect Us," WT, 1/15/06, p.6).<br /><br />>Some more interesting reading: <br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/15551003/Jesus-Is-Not-Jehovah<br /><br />Thanks for the link but I could not make any sense out of it.<br /><br />But Jesus IS Jehovah incarnate (see my one-page "<a href="http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2007/09/jesus-is-jehovah-off-topic.html" rel="nofollow">Jesus <i>is</i> Jehovah!</a>") and my ongoing series <a href="http://jesusisyhwh.blogspot.com/2009/01/jesus-is-jehovah-in-new-testament-index.html" rel="nofollow">Jesus is Jehovah in the New Testament</a>.<br /><br />If you do not accept that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh) come in human flesh, you will die in your sins:<br /><br />Jn 8:24 LITV. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.<br /><br />Your choice - your consequences.<br /><br />Stephen E. JonesStephen E. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-72162077392078604612009-12-21T01:00:21.453+08:002009-12-21T01:00:21.453+08:00Yes The Society did celebrate Christmas at one tim...Yes The Society did celebrate Christmas at one time , but was humble enough and God fearing enough to admit they were wrong and make the need changes to root out false worship.<br /><br />Some more interesting reading:<br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/15551003/Jesus-Is-Not-JehovahDaniel7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-34573885963385706852009-12-20T12:20:46.786+08:002009-12-20T12:20:46.786+08:00Anonymous
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>Don'...Anonymous<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.<br /> <br />>Don't just listen to Jehovah's Witnesses; they are only quoting.<br /><br />I do listen to JWs but only to show the errors in the Watchtower's arguments, in the hope that I can help rescue some JWs from the Watchtower cult and prevent others joining it in the first place.<br /><br />>If you need more evidence, I recommend this link. http://www.history.com/content/christmas/the-real-story-of-christmas/<br /><br />Thanks for that link. But it just repeats many of the same fallacies that the Watchtower does.<br /><br />>Then ask yourself if you celebrate this day Christ DID command to celebrate (without the fertility symbols of rabbits and eggs)?<br /><br />That's Easter. And I will deal with that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fallacy" rel="nofollow">Genetic Fallacy</a> argument in one of the posts in this series. <br /><br />>Most professed Christians don't even know what it is! Remember "the TRUTH will set you free", not compromise.<br /><br />You are misquoting <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn%208:31-32&version=NIV" rel="nofollow">Jn 8:31-32</a>. The Truth (Jesus - <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn%2014:6&version=NIV" rel="nofollow">Jn 14:6</a>) <i>has</i> set me free 42 years ago. <br /><br />But you are <i>not</i> set free if you really think that not celebrating Jesus' birth is a truth that sets you free.<br /><br />Stephen E. JonesStephen E. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574858940069385599.post-6625857577982191122009-12-20T11:35:33.107+08:002009-12-20T11:35:33.107+08:00Don't just listen to Jehovah's Witnesses; ...Don't just listen to Jehovah's Witnesses; they are only quoting. If you need more evidence, I recommend this link. http://www.history.com/content/christmas/the-real-story-of-christmas/<br />Then ask yourself if you celebrate this day Christ DID command to celebrate (without the fertility symbols of rabbits and eggs)? Most professed Christians don't even know what it is! Remember "the TRUTH will set you free", not compromise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com