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Why do Jehovah Witnesses call themselves Christian when they don't believbe in the Trinty?
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∙ 11y ago
Simply because we believe in Christ. And we follow the lifestyle of Christ. We walk in his footsteps. So we are Christians. That's what a Christian is -- someone who follows Christ.
We believe exactly what The Bible teaches about Christ, namely that he is the 'son of Jehovah God'. The Bible says it -- we believe it; we believe nothing more / nothing less.
The Bible does NOT teach that Jesus is 'God the son'. It NEVER uses that expression; -- so we never call Jesus that. If you (like the trinity) call Jesus 'God the Son', then you have the burden of proof. It's not in the Bible. It's in human creeds, developed by 'humans', not by Christ. That's what a creed is. We don't follow creeds, we follow Christ. So we are 'Christians'.
Jesus worshiped Jehovah God. We follow that. We worship Jehovah God. So we are 'like Christ', namely Christian.
In Revelation, Jesus is called 'the faithful witness'. He was a faithful witness of Jehovah God. Therefore, like Christ, we also call ourselves the same: Jehovah's Witnesses, a faithful Witness of Jehovah God, just like Jesus. That's how easy it is for us to be called Christian.
Besides, any intensive and extensive Google search on the origin of the trinity, will land you the fact that the trinity is NOT a Bible teaching; but that it's origins come from pagandom; just like most other things taught by mainstream religions.
We wonder why you don't call yourself a 'Jehovah's Witness'. We even wonder if you believe in Jehovah. Jesus did. Jesus taught us to pray "Hallowed be thy (the Father's) name." Jesus didn't say: "Hallowed be MY name." Jesus wanted Jehovah's name hallowed. We wonder if the aversion people have to the word 'Jehovah', if that really 'hallows' the Father's personal name, which happens to be 'Jehovah'.
So the trinity means nothing to us but a pagan concept. Therefore a genuine follower of Christ, a genuine Christian, would never believe in such a pagan concept as the trinity.
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Why do Jehovah witnesses not call themselves christian?
Jehovah's Witnesses DO call themselves Christian. They acknowledge they are a Christian religion and are baptised in Christ's name. Most secular authorities recognise Jehovah's Witnesses as a Christian denomination.
Why do Jehovah witnesses not called christian?
Jehovah's Witnesses DO call themselves Christian. They acknowledge they are a Christian religion and are baptised in Christ's name. Most secular authorities recognise Jehovah's Witnesses as a Christian denomination.
What does Jehovah's Witnesses mean?
Jehovah's Witnesses is the name of a Christian Group that worship the God of The Bible, identified therein as "Jehovah". They are best known for their "Witnessing" or speaking about the gospel.Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian Group."Jehovah" is the English transliteration of the name of God found in the bible (YHWH) and a Witnesses is someone that testifies (speaks) about what they know or have seen, thus a Jehovah's Witnesses is someone that speaks about what they believe to be true about the God of the bible.
Are Jehovah's Witnesses considered a religion?
Yes. Jehovah' s Witnesses are generally considered a Christian denomination and are classified as such by most authorities.
What is the proper name for a Jehovah's Witness?
Jehovah's Witnesses are Christian so they can be referred to as such but their name differentiates them from other christian denominations. Prior to adopting their name in 1931 they were identiied as "International Bible Students" (IBS) but they presently only have the one name and are recognised internationally only as "Jehovah's Witnesses". Opponents and criticts use other derogatory terms but most authorities only refer to them as Jehovah's Witnesses.
What Christian group in specific calls Jehovah as his god?
The Pentecostals? The Jehovah's Witnesses? Thanks, Pregunton13
What does witnesses mean?
Jehovah's Witnesses is the name of a Christian Group that worship the God of The Bible, identified therein as "Jehovah". They are best known for their "Witnessing" or speaking about the gospel.Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian Group."Jehovah" is the English transliteration of the name of God found in The Bible (YHWH) and a Witnesses is someone that testifies (speaks) about what they know or have seen, thus a Jehovah's Witnesses is someone that speaks about what they believe to be true about the God of the bible.
What does witnesses' mean?
Jehovah's Witnesses is the name of a Christian Group that worship the God of The Bible, identified therein as "Jehovah". They are best known for their "Witnessing" or speaking about the gospel.Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian Group."Jehovah" is the English transliteration of the name of God found in The Bible (YHWH) and a Witnesses is someone that testifies (speaks) about what they know or have seen, thus a Jehovah's Witnesses is someone that speaks about what they believe to be true about the God of The Bible.
Are Jehovah's Witnesses growing?
Yes, at the rate of about 300,000 or so every year worldwide. Jehovah's Witnesses are the fastest growing Christian group in American.
What are Selena's beliefs?
She is Jehovah's Witnesses.
Do Jehovah's Witnesses have a good retention rate?
According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Lifewhich deals with the USA'' Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition. Only 37% of all those who say they were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses still identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses.''
How do you spell jhovis?
The likely word is the possessive plural noun Jehovah's (e.g. the Christian sect Jehovah's Witnesses).
