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“This church is the only true and living church on the face of the whole earth.” Mormonism (D and C 1:30)

“We acknowledge as the visible organization of Jehovah on earth the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" Jehovah’s Witness (Watchtower, April 15, 1939 p. 125)

“There is one church! There is one God. There is one kingdom of God and this is it!" International Church of Christ (The Great Commission, audio tape, Weger/Rock, Hodge/Hamann/Fulcher/Fields)

"Since we keep all ten Commandments and have Ellen White as our prophet, we Seventh-day Adventists are The Remnant Church!" Seventh Day Adventists

“The True Jesus Church is the true church restored by God through the Holy Spirit of the latter rain. She is the revival of the apostolic church in the end times.” True Jesus Church On 5. on the web

“The “household” is God's Family or true church. It's the family that God rules. This is God's inner circle--His very elect...we are God's only true representative on this earth.” The Philadelphia Church of God (The Philadelphia Trumpet, p.1 May 1995)


“LCOG is the true Church of God which teaches and practices Apostolic Christianity!" Living Church of God

"This is the only Way that was started by Christ." Cooneyites (Post Falls, ID Conference 1957 REF #185

"We are not following some way founded in the early 1900's, but it goes clear back to Christ." Cooneyites Tharold Sylvester 11/16/83

"Ours is the Church Christ founded." Iglesia ni Cristo

“God has made no covenant with any other church” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, A History of the Church, page 20

“All sects organized alongside of His Church have not been endowed with heavenly wisdom; otherwise they would not have been established to the displeasure of God and His Church.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, Founder, Mittor of Truth page 30

"If 10,000 persons should receive remission of sin and join in fellowship with each other by organizing themselves into a body without baptism, we could not acknowledge them as the church of God...before we could acknowledge them, they must be willing to unity with the truly organized Church of God baptism.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, Founder, Mirror of Truth page 183


"We believe in one united Church of God, a true, organized, visible Church of God, which constitutes the true believers” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Conference Reports 1896-1993 published by Gospel Publishers article 9

" Can we appreciate to be in a Church where it is a lone Church? We have many different denominations, we have many different so-called churches, but there was a lone Church, there, in the desert. Today, there is a lone Church, right here in Lone Tree Township [The original congregation in Kansas]….So that when we hear about other denominations, other so called churches, we think about Lone Tree.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Paul Swartly before a crowd of 2500-3000 at the centennial program recorded in Centennial of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 1959 published by Gospel Publishers page 40-41

" There will be an unbroken lineage, or succession, of true doctrine unto the end of time. Therefore, there will never be a need for the church to be reestablished on a ground or foundation apart from that succession which reaches back to Christ” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Bible Doctrines and Practices published by Gospel Publishers page 181

“The Church is careful to not be allied with other churches…The Church will not tolerate any effort of equating the churches. This would be considered heresy.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Reuben Koehn , a leading minister, Sixty-Five Years a Holdeman page 26,27

“Wherever you find a Christian, that’s the church, we are told. That’s not John Holdeman’s teaching, it’s not the teaching of the Christian.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Minister Frank H. Wenger in a speech in front of about 3000 members. Centennial of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 1959



“Boasting to be the true church is akin to boasting of an endowment or inheritance of which we had no influence of power to bring about.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Article in The Messenger of Truth published by Gospel Publishers Sept 11, 2002

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“This church is the only true and living church on the face of the whole earth.” Mormonism (D and C 1:30)

“We acknowledge as the visible organization of Jehovah on earth the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" Jehovah’s Witness (Watchtower, April 15, 1939 p. 125)

“There is one church! There is one God. There is one kingdom of God and this is it!" International Church of Christ (The Great Commission, audio tape, Weger/Rock, Hodge/Hamann/Fulcher/Fields)

"Since we keep all ten Commandments and have Ellen White as our prophet, we Seventh-day Adventists are The Remnant Church!" Seventh Day Adventists

“The True Jesus Church is the true church restored by God through the Holy Spirit of the latter rain. She is the revival of the apostolic church in the end times.” True Jesus Church On 5. on the web

“The “household” is God's Family or true church. It's the family that God rules. This is God's inner circle--His very elect...we are God's only true representative on this earth.” The Philadelphia Church of God (The Philadelphia Trumpet, p.1 May 1995)


“LCOG is the true Church of God which teaches and practices Apostolic Christianity!" Living Church of God

"This is the only Way that was started by Christ." Cooneyites (Post Falls, ID Conference 1957 REF #185

"We are not following some way founded in the early 1900's, but it goes clear back to Christ." Cooneyites Tharold Sylvester 11/16/83

"Ours is the Church Christ founded." Iglesia ni Cristo

“God has made no covenant with any other church” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, A History of the Church, page 20

“All sects organized alongside of His Church have not been endowed with heavenly wisdom; otherwise they would not have been established to the displeasure of God and His Church.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, Founder, Mittor of Truth page 30

"If 10,000 persons should receive remission of sin and join in fellowship with each other by organizing themselves into a body without baptism, we could not acknowledge them as the church of God...before we could acknowledge them, they must be willing to unity with the truly organized Church of God baptism.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite John Holdeman, Founder, Mirror of Truth page 183


"We believe in one united Church of God, a true, organized, visible Church of God, which constitutes the true believers” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Conference Reports 1896-1993 published by Gospel Publishers article 9

" Can we appreciate to be in a Church where it is a lone Church? We have many different denominations, we have many different so-called churches, but there was a lone Church, there, in the desert. Today, there is a lone Church, right here in Lone Tree Township [The original congregation in Kansas]….So that when we hear about other denominations, other so called churches, we think about Lone Tree.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Paul Swartly before a crowd of 2500-3000 at the centennial program recorded in Centennial of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 1959 published by Gospel Publishers page 40-41

" There will be an unbroken lineage, or succession, of true doctrine unto the end of time. Therefore, there will never be a need for the church to be reestablished on a ground or foundation apart from that succession which reaches back to Christ” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Bible Doctrines and Practices published by Gospel Publishers page 181

“The Church is careful to not be allied with other churches…The Church will not tolerate any effort of equating the churches. This would be considered heresy.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Reuben Koehn , a leading minister, Sixty-Five Years a Holdeman page 26,27

“Wherever you find a Christian, that’s the church, we are told. That’s not John Holdeman’s teaching, it’s not the teaching of the Christian.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Minister Frank H. Wenger in a speech in front of about 3000 members. Centennial of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 1959



“Boasting to be the true church is akin to boasting of an endowment or inheritance of which we had no influence of power to bring about.” Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Article in The Messenger of Truth published by Gospel Publishers Sept 11, 2002

>>Luulisi, että joku pysähtyisi hetkeksi ajattelemaan:

Luulisi tosiaan, mutta järjestön pauloissa olevalle uskovaiselle asia ei ole sama kuin ulkopuolelta asiaa tarkastelevalle. Perusteltu järkipuhe on ilmeisen huono väline tällaisessa tilanteessa.

Tuollaisen kulttimankelin läpikäyneenä tiedän nyt tuskallisen hyvin mitä on sokea luottamus uskonnolliseen valheeseen. Jehovantodistajana pidin itseäni "maailmallisia" parempana, olihan minulla "totuus(TM)", jota heillä ei ollut. Harmagedon oli (1975) tulossa pyyhkimään maapallolta kaikki nuo uppiniskaiset typerykset, jotka eivät olleet samaa mieltä Vartiotorniseuran opetusten kanssa. (On syytä muistaa, että oppi vuohiin ja lampaisiin jakamisesta muuttui vasta 1995, sitä ennen jehovantodistajat tekivät saarnaamisellaan tuon jaon.)

Mikään mahti maailmassa, mikään todistelu ei voinut järkyttää mielipiteitäni, jotka ammensin ainoastaan Vartiotorniseuran julkaisuista. Minulla oli ratkaisu lähes kaikkiin maailman ongelmiin, jos ei muuta niin odotetaan Jehovaa.

Ristiriidat oli helppo kuitata Jehovan ihmeinä. Jos niitä ristiriitoja yleensä olikaan, koska selityksiä oli joka lähtöön ja tuntuvat paranevan kuin vuosikertaviini.