Author: AlbaSaab » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:10 am
Diri wrote:Here I will encourage Lorri our dear Scottish forum whom is a follower of this fascinating religion!

Please ask your questions here - and cross your fingers that Lorri will answer your questions!
1) What is the concept of "God" in Yahweh's Witness?
2) What is the faith's stance on Jesus, Moses and Mohammed (peace be upon them all)?
3) What rituals do you have and for what purpose?
That's me for now... Maybe I'll inquire some more when I get a reply...

Hi, The concept of God is basically the same as yours I beleive. One God. He is a spirit being/person, according to the Bible.
Jesus was/is Gods son; he was God's/Yahweh's first creation, and beteween them, they created everything. The prophets in the Bible, ie: Moses, were given divine inspiration to write the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it mention Mohammed, or indeed another prophet after Jesus. I could try to look for scriptures, but seeing as I have only grabbed about two hours sleep since yesterday morning, I can't be arsed, at the moment. My typing's crap too.
Jesus was fortold from the beginning of the Bible in Genesis. He was to come to Earth to serve as a ransom to pay for the life that Adam lost ,by choosing to follow his own desires. We take ALL of th Bible, Hebrew and Greek scriptures),, because it's quite useless without all of it.
There are no rituals, it is a pure religion which adheres to the Bible. We can also be taken to a "judicial committee" if our sins are bad enough, and that can result in being disfellowshipped, if we don't repent, because having the name "Jehovah's Winesses puts us under a very heavy obligation, not to bring shame on God's name (Jehovahs/Yahweh). We are allowed back in, if we show proof that we have changed our ways. We can also have a public or private reproof for transgressions. If the transgression is only known to the transgressor, a private reproof is enough, but privelages may be taken away for a short time. If the trangression has been found out by other members of the congregation, a public reproof is required, so that all can see that the transgressor is being dealt with. These disciplinary meetings are taken by Elders of the congregation. Does that help for the time being?