The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum The Trinity - Essential Doctrine # 1

Although some JWs have made the leap from heresy to orthodoxy in one sitting, I find that to be extremely rare. They are usually so steeped in their error that it takes months or years to make the transition.

In my own case (I was raised a Unitarian, became an atheist in my teen years, then a JW -- remained a JW 13 years, 8 years as an elder) the first step in correcting my view of the Deity was to realize Jesus could not be an angel. The Watchtower Society teaches he was the first angel created by Jehovah, and so was like a son to him.

What broke through my muddled thinking in that area was the realization that, although an angel can be in only one place at a time (Dan. 10:10-20), Jesus faces no such limitation, but rather interacts with believers worldwide simultaneously. Not a surprise to Christians, but an eye-opener to me as I was leaving the JWs.

From there, it was just a few more steps -- but painful and slow -- to put it all together that he is who even his Jewish opponents realized he claimed to be: "The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." - John 10:33