(April 28, 2013 at 12:50 pm)Tonus Wrote:(April 28, 2013 at 12:44 pm)Drich Wrote: When I confronted them with the contextual meaning of the verse their only response was, this is how we do it here, and then proceeded to establish themselves as a direct line to God. (What we say is what God wants.)
Sounds just like the Watchtower Society. The notion that there is some higher class of believer and that only they can instruct the masses runs counter to the example of the Bereans.
I have found when most religious expressions of whatever faith are confronted with a traditional teaching coondraticting a 'holy book' decree, the practishioners often default to simply knowing the will of God. This is not limited to the mormons or the JWs. Catholosim, and just about every single branch of Christianity based in ritual and strict tradition have to default to this position at some point when push comes to shove.
It is just easier to identify the JWs and mormons because of how far some of their decrees fall short of what the bible actually says.
