Don, At 09:31 PM 9/28/03 -0600, you wrote: >>Which is part of the reason why it is difficult to discuss things like world peace >>with some evangelical fundamentalists. Man being intrinsicly flawed thru' the >>original sin, peace is impossible. Man continue to descend into more profound >>sinfullness; and eventually God will get fed up and destroy creation. (or at least >>the earth.) Very depressing perspective when you can not see yourself as one of the >>144,000 who will be saved.<<
The Jehovah's Witnesses regard the 144,000 as the those *true* Christians, based on their own theology, who will go to heaven. The "meek," the rest of the true Christians, "will inherit the earth" (obviously not destroyed). Since the 144,000 were already been accounted for 20 years ago, all new converts to the organization are presumed to be among the meek. The Watch Tower Society also believes that all non-Christians will be instantaneously consumed in a lake of fire. There is no Jehovah's Witness doctrine of eternal hellfire, as understood by most Christian fundamentalists and neo-evangelicals. Do you know of a denomination which believes that only 144,000 will be saved? Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net http://CompuServe.m.foster.name ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
