The Chisholm Source

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Jesus as God

Clinton Chisholm — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:01:25 PDT

Jehovah’s Witnesses (hereafter JWs) reject the deity of Jesus Christ despite the fact that the New Testament is replete with clear affirmations of the fact that Jesus is called God. We turn to that testimony now. As a colleague pointed out to me, the JWs’ treatment of Jn. 1.1c as saying ‘Jesus is a god’ begs the question ‘what… Related posts:

Jehovah: Bona Fide or Bogus Name?

Clinton Chisholm — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:57:46 PDT

Though Jehovah’s Witnesses proudly assert that the only proper name for God is Jehovah there is evidence available for years now that the word Jehovah is not even a defensible name for God, based on the Bible. Charles T. Russell’s successor, Judge Rutherford, had selected the current name of the group to distinguish those who accepted… Related posts:

God & Gender

Clinton Chisholm — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:07:57 PDT

The New York Times Bestselling novel The Shack by Wm. Paul Young is an interesting story of a man’s encounter with God, manifested as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the novel God, the Father is a Black woman, God the Son is a Jewish man and God the Holy Spirit is an Asian woman. For the person who is unfamiliar with… No related posts.

Rastafari vs. Christianity

Clinton Chisholm — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:37:39 PDT

Historians, sociologists, cultural anthropologists and some soft-headed Christians, are to blame for the now popular but suspect or meaningless notion that Rastafarianism is the most indigenous religious expression that Jamaica has known. This kind of argument is usually advanced with an implied (or expressed) criticism of Christianity as being an alien religion. Let me indulge an aside. Notice how Rastafarianism and African religious retentions… Related posts:

‘Ripping off’ the Egyptians at God’s command?

Clinton Chisholm — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:02:17 PDT

There is no getting away from it. The Bible says in Ex. 3:22 that the holy God told Moses to instruct the Israelites “Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.” (New International Version, NIV).… Related posts:

Slavery & the Bible

Clinton Chisholm — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:33:59 PDT

If the Bible and Jesus are so holy and wise how is it that both are so complicit with slavery? What defense or explanation can defenders of Christianity offer to intelligent modern critics? Well for starters we need to remember that slavery in the Old Testament and through the time of Jesus, though cruel, was not like the slavery we in the modern world are accustomed… Related posts:

Misconceptions About Christianity Revisited (corrected 5/30/10)

Clinton Chisholm — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:11:00 PDT

Christians and critics of Christianity alike have problems with some things in the Bible because they are ignorant of how to read the Bible properly. A few persons responded to my letter in the Jamaica Gleaner (May 22, 2010, see A Popular Misconception About Christianity) about killings in history by raising the issue of the God-commanded ‘slaughters in the Old Testament’ like the… Related posts:

‘Ripping off’ the Egyptians at God’s command?

Breeding Contempt or Converts?

Clinton Chisholm — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:17 PDT

There is a video clip doing the e-mail rounds now which shows the changing demographics of our world. The population of Muslims is rapidly rising not because people are converting to Islam but because Muslim women are breeding at a faster rate than non-Muslim women (approximately 6 to 1). Even if Christian leaders became radical and decided to reword Jesus’ Great commission to… No related posts.

The Founding Witness of Jehovah Flounders

Clinton Chisholm — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:43:28 PDT

The Jehovah’s Witnesses deserve commendation for the zeal with which they go about their business. They are in a pitiable position though with reference to their doctrinal beliefs and their founder’s bogus claims for himself and his views on the Bible. The very colourful and even bombastic pioneer of the group now called Jehovah’s Witnesses, was Charles Taze Russell. Russell, while only eighteen years… Related posts:

A Popular Misconception About Christianity

Clinton Chisholm — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:59:43 PDT

It is a dismissive comment that one hears ever so often even from people who ought to know better “More people have been killed in the name of God and religion than any other cause. I can’t be bothered with Christianity.” Apart from the sloppiness of thought involved in this quotation—there is no link established between the tenets of Christianity and the alleged killings “in the… Related posts: