Love and unity....

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
Charles Russell wrote six books (Scripture Studies) and boldly declared that it would be better to leave the Scriptures unread and read his books, rather than to read the Scriptures and neglect his books. In The Watch Tower, September 15, 1910, p. 298 he wrote:

“If the six volumes of Scripture Studies are practically the Bible, topically arranged with Bible proof t ...[text shortened]... e would be in the light at the end of two years, because he would have the light of the Scriptures.”

To be honest you really have to be among the world's dumbest people to follow after these cults.

@divegeester said
Are these behaviours you speak of here and in you OP only applicable to members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion, or can anyone follow these commands and still be recognised by Jehovah as one of “his people”?

Because if not, then you ARE in a cult @Galveston75.

And it is very interesting that despite me asking you this question 4 times, you still refuse to answer it.

@divegeester said
Because if not, then you ARE in a cult @Galveston75.

And it is very interesting that despite me asking you this question 4 times, you still refuse to answer it.

Well he is not responding because it is public knowledge [if you read their website], that it is only JWs who will survive Armageddon and enter the earthly Kingdom. All other people are destroyed.

@Rajk999 said
Well he is not responding because it is public knowledge [if you read their website], that it is only JWs who will survive Armageddon and enter the earthly Kingdom. All other people are destroyed.

A chap arrives at the gates of heaven. St. Peter asks, "Religion?"
The man says, "Methodist"
St. Peter looks down his list, and says, "Go to room twenty-eight, but be very quiet as you pass room eight."
Another man arrives at the gates of heaven. "Religion?"
"Baptist"
"Go to room eighteen, but be very quiet as you pass room eight."
A third man arrives at the gates. "Religion?"
"Jewish"
"Go to room eleven, but be very quiet as you pass room eight."
The man replies, "I can understand there being different rooms for different religions, but why must I be quiet when I pass room eight?"
St Peter replies, "The Jehovah's Witnesses are in room eight, and they think they're the only ones here."

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
A chap arrives at the gates of heaven. St. Peter asks, "Religion?"
The man says, "Methodist"
St. Peter looks down his list, and says, "Go to room twenty-eight, but be very quiet as you pass room eight."
Another man arrives at the gates of heaven. "Religion?"
"Baptist"
"Go to room eighteen, but be very quiet as you pass room eight."
A third man arrives at the gat ...[text shortened]... ter replies, "The Jehovah's Witnesses are in room eight, and they think they're the only ones here."

Good one. Maybe it also has a lesson for us there... that we should leave the JWs in their delusion that they are the only ones.

@Rajk999 said
Good one. Maybe it also has a lesson for us there... that we should leave the JWs in their delusion that they are the only ones.

It is kind of funny; however, many Christian sects think that they are the only ones making it. They at least think that if you're not one of them, that your salvation is a crap shoot at best; so to speak. From my personal experience.

@Rajk999 said
Well he is not responding because it is public knowledge [if you read their website], that it is only JWs who will survive Armageddon and enter the earthly Kingdom. All other people are destroyed.

I can only assume @Galveston75 is too ashamed to answer my question truthfully because he is aware of the connotations of claiming that only members of the JW cult get to go to heaven (or whatever term they use for it).

- Join our cult if you want to go to heaven

- No you cannot follow Jehovah without being a member

- Behave as we say if you want to remain in our cult

- Not conforming will result is expulsion

- We are the custodians of your life and afterlife

Yeah … it’s a cult.

@KingDavid403 said
It is kind of funny; however, many Christian sects think that they are the only ones making it. They at least think that if you're not one of them, that your salvation is a crap shoot at best; so to speak. From my personal experience.

Which are these “many” sects … can you list some of them please?

@galveston75 said
I'll make a deal with you and everyone else here.
You all post here as you please. I will either comment on your post, or I may not.

Intellectual cowardice.

@KingDavid403 said
It is kind of funny; however, many Christian sects think that they are the only ones making it. They at least think that if you're not one of them, that your salvation is a crap shoot at best; so to speak. From my personal experience.

Nothing new under the sun, it is the same problem the Scribes and Pharisees had they created their own rules on righteousness and those rules allow for less and less in except them. If you are not trusting in the work of Jesus Christ alone, you will set up your own or join someone else's if you care about such things.

@KingDavid403 said
It is kind of funny; however, many Christian sects think that they are the only ones making it. They at least think that if you're not one of them, that your salvation is a crap shoot at best; so to speak. From my personal experience.

Yeah .. its a common delusion among many Christian sects.

@divegeester said
I can only assume @Galveston75 is too ashamed to answer my question truthfully because he is aware of the connotations of claiming that only members of the JW cult get to go to heaven (or whatever term they use for it).

- Join our cult if you want to go to heaven

- No you cannot follow Jehovah without being a member

- Behave as we say if you want to remain in ...[text shortened]... l result is expulsion

- We are the custodians of your life and afterlife

Yeah … it’s a cult.

Definitely. They have all the signs.

@divegeester said
Which are these “many” sects … can you list some of them please?

Just in my area we have JWs, SDAs, Mormons. Catholics. Presbyterians are more tolerant. Seventh Day Adventists believe the rest of the world worships on the wrong day and dont believe in the Sabbath, and that is damnation for them. Catholics believe they are the only true religion started by Peter through Jesus Christ.

@Rajk999 said
Just in my area we have JWs, SDAs, Mormons. Catholics. Presbyterians are more tolerant. Seventh Day Adventists believe the rest of the world worships on the wrong day and dont believe in the Sabbath, and that is damnation for them. Catholics believe they are the only true religion started by Peter through Jesus Christ.

JWs, SDA and Mormons are all cults, I would call them “Christian sects”.

As for Catholics, they don’t have such a clear doctrine on membership, as far as I know.

To clarify the Church’s teaching, the Holy Office, with the approval of Pope Pius XII, sent a letter to the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Richard Cushing, on 8 August 1949. It stated, among other things, that in order for someone to be saved, “it is not always required that he be incorporated into the Church actually as a member, but it is necessary that at least he be united to her by desire and longing.

https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/can-non-catholics-be-saved/

@Rajk999 said
Yeah .. its a common delusion among many Christian sects.

God doesn't exist of course, but if He/She did, and did actually want to save all humankind, then I suspect they would make themselves equally (rather than geographically) accessible to everybody. That being the case, all sects, indeed all religions, would lead to God. (Like varying paths up a mountain).