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The Jehovah's Witnesses

The Jehovah's Witnesses also reject belief in the trinity. Although
they agree with traditional Christianity in many areas, their rejection of
the trinity has caused many Christians to view them as non-Christians,
despite their obvious Judeo-Christian basis.
According to the Jehovah's Witnesses, belief in the trinity is a non-
Biblical belief. They say that if people read the Bible without any precon-
ceived notions, they will never encounter any such idea, for this idea was
added long after Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) had been raised to God's pres-
ence. Although this sect resembles Judaism in terms of its conception of
God, their beliefs concerning Prophet Jesus (pbuh) distinguish them

from it. The Jehovah's Witnesses stress that they are the real Christians
and that all others are all in error:
The teachings of the Bible about God and his purposes are clear,
easy to understand, and reasonable. But the teachings of
Christendom's churches are not. Worse, they contradict the Bible...
Also, Christendom's Trinity doctrine portrays God as some mysteri-
ous three-in-one God. But that teaching is not found in the Bible ei-
ther. 92
According to Jehovah's Witness statistics for 2001, this sect has ap-

proximately 6 million members.

Islam strengthened the Unitarian Church

When we look at how the Unitarian Church gained strength, we en-
counter a most interesting connection: the influence of the Ottoman
Empire. In Transylvania, which was part of the Ottoman territories in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, monotheistic beliefs grew very
powerful. In a sermon entitled "Islam, the US, and Yeats' Dilemma," Jack
Donovan, a priest in the Florida Unitarian Church, emphasizes this de-