I can remember last summer when the Jehovah Witnesses came to Toledo, where my dad lives. My dad and his family attend a strict Lutheran church and so, of course, they felt the need to hand out an article about how Jehovah Witnesses aren't real Christians and that they're evil and this and that. I just recently read the article.
Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in hell...but they do believe that when Jesus Christ returns, exactly 144,000 people will be saved and sent to heaven. The rest will be abolished. This is different from Lutherans because they believe that on Judgement Day, a select few people will go to heaven with Jesus, and the rest will be eternally punished in hell. Personally, I disagree with both view points.
It is written in the article that the founder of Jehovah Witnesses, Charles Taze Russel, predicted that Jesus would return in 1914, but most believe that this never happened. I'd like to point out that Mahatma Gandhi was alive and active during this time.
Does Gandhi really differ from Jesus Christ all that much? They both believed in peace, love, and non-violence. They both had a HUGE impact on their community, their culture, and the entire world. They both believed deeply in a higher power, and they both drew their reasoning and energy from that power.
Who's to say that this prediction of Christ's return wasn't about Gandhi? Maybe Charles Taze Russel meant that someone would see the world in the same way that Jesus did. He may not have even known that Gandhi was the prophet he spoke of...it is possible that Russel heard something from God that he was meant to spread to those he knew and he didn't fully understand it. That wouldn't be the first time that has happened.
Thats just a thought I had the other day and wanted to share. :)
hate the sin, love the sinner - Gandhi
i object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. - Gandhi
victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. -Gandhi
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