Thursday, February 28, 2019

Jehovah's Witnesses are batshit crazy.

Today I had a conversation (about 10 minutes) with a Jehovah's Witness which is one of the Christian cults here in Idiot America. He wasn't very interested in evolution when I asked him about it. I suggested he should google "Wikipedia evidence for evolution" but he said he wasn't going to do that.

He talked about how Adam & Eve fucked up the magical paradise they lived in when they didn't obey the Magic Man.

I asked him "Do you believe you will go to heaven after you drop dead?" His answer surprised me. He said there is a heaven where the angels and God live but he's not going there. I forgot to ask him if he's not going to heaven why does he worship the god thing?

I looked it up when I got home. He thinks he's not going to heaven however he will live forever in an earthly paradise.

Right, that makes sense. It's totally insane but I think I get the logic.

Here is the bullshit I found at Wikipedia:

The 'anointed'[edit]

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that exactly 144,000 faithful Christians go to heaven to rule with Christ in the kingdom of God. They, with Jesus, will also perform priestly duties that will bring faithful mankind to perfect health and 'everlasting life'.[14] They believe that most of those are already in heaven, and that the "remnant" at Revelation 12:17 (KJV) refers to those remaining alive on earth who will be immediately resurrected to heaven when they die. The Witnesses understand Jesus’ words at John 3:3—"except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God"—to apply to the 144,000 who are "born again" as "anointed" sons of God in heaven.[15] They teach that the New Testament, which they refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures, is primarily directed to the 144,000, and by extension, to those associated with them.[16] They believe that the terms "Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16), "little flock" (Luke 12:32), "New Jerusalem," and "the bride, the Lamb's wife" (Revelation 21:2,9) in the New Testament also refer to the same group of "anointed" Christians.[17][18][19]
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that being 'anointed' involves a personal revelation by God's spirit which "gives positive assurance of adoption" to the individual alone.[20] Members who claim to be anointed are not given special treatment by other congregation members.[21] However, only those in the anointed class partake of the unleavened bread and wine at the yearly commemoration of Christ's death, or Memorial.

The 'other sheep' and the 'great crowd'[edit]

Watch Tower Society literature states that Jesus' use of the term "other sheep" in John 10:16 was intended to indicate that the majority of his followers were not part of the 144,000 and would have an earthly, rather than heavenly, hope.[22][23] In the resurrection, those who died faithful to God are included in the 'other sheep' and will receive the "resurrection of the righteous" ("just" KJV) mentioned in Acts 24:15.[24] Those who died without faithfully serving God will receive the "resurrection of the ... unrighteous" ("unjust" KJV). They will be given an opportunity to gain God's favor and join Jesus' 'other sheep' and live forever in an earthly paradise.[25][26] Individuals unfavorably judged by God are not resurrected, and are said to be in Gehenna, which they consider to be a metaphor for eternal destruction.[27] Those of the 'other sheep' who are alive today, some of whom survive through Armageddon without needing a resurrection, are referred to as the 'great crowd'.[28][29]

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