15 Jan '13 20:54>
Thought this deserved a thread of its own. On another thread a poster made the claims shown in bold. My responses follow.
Are the poster's claims valid? Why or why not?
BUT the point your missing and that no other Christian religion can agree with, is agreeing even within their churches about the Bible. Not one of any of the other so called Christian religions agrees. Not one of any of the other so called Christian religions agrees. BUT we do. We all do. Everyone of us agrees and that has to say something even if you don't acknowledge that fact.
While that seems to be a distinction that the Watchtower Society likes to make, the reality seems to be something else. For example, from what I gather the majority of JWs do not, in any way, participate in Lent or pre-Lenten celebrations such as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, etc. However this is not true of all JWs.
This full and complete agrement among his followers was clearly explained by Jesus himself. If that were not to be true, he would not have said that but would have said "just do the best you can and don't worry about the specifics" right??? Hardly.
From what I gather, the Watchtower Society brand of "full and complete agreement" is something other than what Jesus had in mind. For what Jesus had in mind there would be no changes in doctrine, followers would no longer commit sin, etc. In short, all the "full and complete agreement" would be a natural result of all of His followers having become one with God as He was one with God. It would not be the result of disfellowshipment and the threat of disfellowshipment.
Are the poster's claims valid? Why or why not?